Morocco — Haiti

Kune u-4-2 ebhodini. Kodwa imizuzu engamashumi amane nantathu, iMorocco yayibukeka njengeqembu elisenkingeni yangempela. Gcina lowo mcabango. Iqembu C, iMercedes-Benz Stadium, e-Atlanta. Ephepheni bekungafani. Enkundleni, isiwombe sokuqala esisodwa sasihlanya, kwakungekhona. Amabhubesi e-Atlas ayelawula yonke into engalinganiswa ngeso – u-69% wokugcina ibhola, amashothi angu-22, i-xG engu-3.26. Izibalo zithi bebefanelwe yilokhu. Kodwa isikolo siyayihlonipha indlela. Emizuzwini eyishumi, unozinti uYassine Bounou wafaka ibhola enetheni lakhe, futhi isixuku sathula ngendlela engahlangene nokushisa kwe-Atlanta. Indlela yokuzivikela yaseMorocco, eyayivame ukuthenjwa, yahlakazeka kumdlalo obekufanele bawenze belele. I-Haiti ibimangalisa ngemikhawulo yayo. I-xG engu-0.66 ikutshela ukuthi bebengazivikela ngempilo yabo – futhi bakwenza ngesiyalo nangokuzimisela. Ukusindisa okuyisishiyagalombili kunozinti wabo. Igoli likaWilson Isidor ngomzuzu wama-43 kwakuyisiteleka esicacile, elalinganiswe njengomdlali ohamba phambili emdlalweni ohlangothini lwaseHaiti ku-7.93. Ngokwesikhashana, u-2-1 kuya eHaiti, okungenakwenzeka kwakhanya. Bese ikhwalithi yaseMorocco izibonakalisa futhi. U-Achraf Hakimi walungisa ngomzuzu wama-39, u-Ismael Saibari wakwenza kwaba u-2-2 ngesikhathi sekhefu, futhi inqaba yaqala ukuqhekeka. Ngomzuzu wama-57 ukubuyekezwa kwe-VAR okubandakanya uBrahim Díaz kwaphikisana neMorocco – kunesikhala sangempela sokuphikisana ngazo zombili izindlela, futhi ngeke ngenze sengathi akunjalo. USoufiane Rahimi washaya igoli ngomzuzu wama-78 ngemuva kokuphuma ebhentshini, uGessime Yassine walivala ngomzuzu wama-89. Amagoli amathathu avela kubadlali abangena esikhundleni emizuzwini engamashumi amabili – lokho kungukujula kweqembu, hhayi inhlanhla. Lapho iHaiti yawa khona: ayikwazanga ukugcina udonga lapho ibhentshi laseMorocco selifikile. Amakhadi aphuzi amathathu emizuzwini eyishumi nambili yokugcina akutshela ukuthi imilenze nesiyalo kwahamba ndawonye. Lapho iMorocco yadalulwa khona: ukuvikela okushintshayo. Igoli elilodwa lokuzishaya kanye nelilodwa elishaywe ngokuphikisana kakhulu kakhulu eqenjini elilawula kangaka ibhola. UBilal El Khannouss wayengumdlali ovelele wobusuku ku-8.6 – umdlali wasesiswini owenza umdlalo ubukeke uhamba kancane lapho ewenza – kodwa umugqa wasemuva udinga ukuba bukhali uma kuza abaphikisi abaqinile. Ku-FootLegion, amagoli ezwe lakho ahlala phakade – akukho VAR, akukho ukudumala okungawathatha. Manje ngitshele: ingabe isiwombe sokuqala seHaiti kwakuyisimanga esikhulu kunazo zonke kuleNdebe Yomhlaba kuze kube manje? Futhi ingabe ukujula kwebhentshi laseMorocco kungakwazi ukunxephezela uma abaqalayo beqhubeka bevala ukuvikela?