Paraguay — Australia

Zero ebhodini lezikolo. Zero amagoli. Kodwa-ke, ingabe lokhu bekuyisiphetho esingasho lutho, noma iLevi's Stadium eSanta Clara ibone okuthile okuthakazelisayo ngendlela ethulile? Gcina lowo mcabango. I-Paraguay ingene kulo mdlalo njengeqembu obekulindeleke ukuthi lihlupheke. Amaphesenti angamashumi amane nane okuphatha ibhola sekukonke, amashumi amathathu nesikhombisa kuphela engxenyeni yokuqala – abeboshwe emuva, efunda umdlalo ngokuzivikela, ethemba ukuma kwawo. Futhi lokho kuma kwabamba. U-Orlando Gill ube ngumdlali ovelele kakhulu ngalobo busuku ngesilinganiso esingu-8.19, futhi umbukela esebenza uqonda ukuthi kungani – eqinile, enesinqumo, udonga lapho i-Australia izama ukuphusha phakathi. U-Matías Galarza eceleni kwakhe ugcine injini isebenza ezindaweni eziqinile, enesilinganiso esingu-7.67. Ubuthakathaka? I-Paraguay ayizange iphume ngaphandle. Izibhamu eziyisikhombisa, i-xG engu-0.25 kuphela – ayizange isongele neze. Ikhona layo elilodwa likutshela konke mayelana nokuthi ingakanani ingcindezi abayiphushile phambili. Uma uvikeleka kahle kangako futhi usahluleka ukwenza ithuba elilodwa elikhulu ekuhlaseleni okusheshayo, umbuzo kufanele ubuzwe mayelana nesifiso sabo sokuhlasela. I-Australia ibe yiqembu elingcono ngokuya cishe ngayo yonke imethrikhi ebalulekile. Amaphesenti angamashumi amahlanu nesithupha okuphatha ibhola, izibhamu eziyi-12, ezi-5 ezibhekise emgomeni, i-xG engu-0.58 – kabili kwe-Paraguay. U-Lucas Herrington ube ngumdlali wabo ohamba phambili ngesilinganiso esingu-7.36, ephethe ibhola ngenhloso futhi egcina ingcindezi iqhubeka. Ama-Socceroos adlale kahle engxenyeni yokuqala, ephethe amaphesenti angamashumi ayisithupha nantathu ebhola, ehlolela, ejikeleza. Kodwa nansi iqiniso elibuhlungu: abazange bakhe amathuba amakhulu. Akukho. Izibhamu eziyi-12, futhi akukho neyodwa eyenza onozinti bathuthumele ngempela. Ukunemba kokudlulisela ibhola okungamaphesenti angamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nambili kubukeka kuhle ephepheni – kodwa uma lokho kunemba kungalokothi kuveze ukungena, kumane kuyibhola ngenxa yebhola. Izinto ezinhlanu ezisindisiwe zikanogada we-Paraguay zigcizelela ukuthi i-Australia okungenani yazama ukushaya igoli, kodwa ukuntuleka kokunemba ekugcineni kwenkundla kube yindaba yabo ngalobo busuku. Isikolo sihlonipha i-Paraguay futhi sidumaza i-Australia – igebe le-xG elingu-0.58 kuya ku-0.25 liqinisekisa ukuthi ama-Socceroos afanele okungaphezulu. Kodwa ibhola alikhokhi nge-xG. Unogada we-Paraguay kanye nebhulokhi lokuvikela bazizuzile zonke izingxenye zalelo phuzu. Ku-FootLegion, izinto ezisindisiwe, amabhulokhi, ukuzinza kwe-Paraguay – akukho okususiwe kuwe. Manje kuwe kumazwana: Ingabe ukuziphatha kwe-Paraguay kwezokuvikela kuyisikhali sangempela seNdebe Yomhlaba, noma kuzophelelwa amandla uma kubhekene nabaphikisi abaqinile? Futhi ingabe i-Australia ingakwazi ukugcina yakha okuncane kangaka engxenyeni yokugcina ngaphambi kokuba lo mkhankaso weqembu usuke kubo?