Tunisia — Netherlands
Imizuzu emithathu. Yilokho kuphela okwathatha — futhi nansi umbuzo okufanele ubambelele kuwo kuze kube sekupheleni komdlalo: ingabe i-Tunisia yayingakaze ibuye ngempela ngemuva kokuqala okunjalo?
U-Ellyes Skhiri ushintshe isiphambano se-Netherlands saba inethi yakhe ngomzuzu wesithathu — igoli elibi ngaphambi kokuba i-Tunisia ithinte ibhola ngendlela efanele. Emizuzwini emine kamuva, u-Brian Brobbey wenza kwaba ngu-2–0, edlula emuva ngokuqonda, ukukholwa ngokomzimba. Ngomzuzu wesikhombisa, iqembu F lase lishilo okokuqala.
Manje okuphambene: i-xG ye-Tunisia yayingu-0.62, i-Netherlands 1.85. Isikolo sokugcina esingu-1–3 sithembekile kakhulu — kodwa asihambisani kahle nanoma yiluphi uhlangothi. AmaDashi akhiqize okwanele ukuze anqobe kalula, kodwa aphuthelwa yithuba elilodwa elikhulu futhi aguqula amagoli amabili kuphela avela ku-1.85 xG. Ngokubamba ibhola okungamaphesenti angu-71 kanye nokunemba kokudlula okungamaphesenti angu-93, umshini wawunamandla; ukuqedela kwanele.
I-Tunisia yenqaba ukugoqa. Ngamaphesenti angu-29 kuphela ebhola, bahlala behamba phambili egumbini lenjini, kodwa igoli likaMastouri ngomzuzu wama-54 — libukhali, lizolile, ngokungazelelwe lenza kwaba ngu-1–2 — lanikeza lo mdlalo inhliziyo yangempela. Ukushintshwa okukhulu okuthathu cishe ngomzuzu wama-67 kwakhombisa ukugoqa okukhulu kwedayisi, futhi imizuzu eyisishiyagalombili isikolo sasithuthumela.
Khona-ke uJan Paul van Hecke, olinganiselwe ku-8.74 ngalobo busuku futhi obekhanya kakhulu emdlalweni, waqeda umdlalo ngomzuzu wama-62 — umvikeli ofika ngesiqiniseko somgadli. U-Virgil van Dijk eceleni kwakhe wayezolile, engajahi, efunda izinsongo ngaphambi kokuba zivele.
Ubuthakathaka bangempela be-Tunisia babungokwakhiwo: bahlala phansi kakhulu ngokushesha, bememela ingcindezi kunokuba baphazamise ukwakhiwa kwamaDashi phezulu enkundleni. Ithuba elilodwa elikhulu abaliphuthelwa ngemuva kwegoli likaMastouri lalingashintsha yonke into. Kunalokho, uvan Hecke wajezisa ukuvulwa kwesikhashana ngakolunye uhlangothi.
Ku-FootLegion, amagoli isizwe sakho esiwashayayo kuleNdebe Yomhlaba angawakho unomphela — akekho owathathayo.
Manje, kuwe: ingabe ukulwa kwe-Tunisia kwesigamu sesibili kwakuncane kakhulu, sekwephuze kakhulu? Futhi ingabe i-Netherlands ikhombise okwanele ukuze ihambe kude kulo mqhudelwano?