Curaçao — Côte d'Ivoire

I-Lincoln Financial Field ePhiladelphia yabona okuthile okwakubonakala kulula – isikolo esingu-0:2 esasho iqiniso. Nasi isiphithiphithi engasishoyo ekuqaleni komdlalo: I-Côte d'Ivoire yaba nengxenye enkulu yokudlala ibhola, yakha amathuba amathathu amakhulu, yaba ne-xG engu-1.31 uma kuqhathaniswa ne-0.5 encane ye-Curaçao, futhi yawina ngo 2:0. Okokuqala, izinombolo kanye nesikolo kwahlangana. Akukho ukuphikisana, akukho ukungalungi – yiqembu elingcono elenza lokho amaqembu angcono okufanele akwenze. Indaba yalo mdlalo ingeka Nicolas Pépé. Amagoli amabili – elika-7th minute nelika-64th – agcizelela ukusebenza okwakhumbuza wonke umuntu ukuthi kungani i-Côte d'Ivoire yamletha lapha. Kukhona ukucaca ngoPépé uma ebukhali: akalindeli ukuthi umdlalo ummeme, ukhahlela umnyango phansi kusenesikhathi. Igoli lakhe lokuqala labeka ithoni ngaphambi kokuba i-Curaçao izinze, kanti elesibili lavimbela noma yikuphi ukubuya ngaphambi kokuba kuphefumule. Ikhadi eliphuzi ngomzuzu ka-35 – elingadingekile, uhlobo olwalungaphazamisa intambama yakhe – kunalokho kwabonakala kulola ukugxila kwakhe. Washintshwa ngomzuzu ka-67, umsebenzi wenziwe. U-Ibrahim Sangaré eduze kwakhe naye wayezolile ngokulinganayo: isilinganiso esingu-8.19 sikutshela ukuthi walawula isivinini senkundla ngegunya elithulile. I-Côte d'Ivoire yayingaphelele, noma kunjalo. Ithuba elilodwa elikhulu laphuthelwa, kuphela amashothi ama-3 agoliwe kwangu-7, futhi ukudlala ibhola kwehle kusuka ku-70% engxenyeni yokuqala kuya ku-57% ngemuva kwekhefu – izimpawu zokuthi bavumela i-Curaçao ukuthi ibuye emdlalweni lapho babengawuqeda ngokuphelele. I-Curaçao, ngokufanelekile, yayingezona izihambi. Amashothi ayishumi nanye – aphindwe kabili kunalawo ama-Ivorians – kanye ne-43% yokudlala ibhola engxenyeni yesibili kukhombisa impi yangempela. Kodwa amathuba amakhulu ayiziro kanye ne-xG engu-0.5 kuphela kuveza iqiniso elingakhululekile: ivolumu ngaphandle kwekhwalithi. U-Juninho Bacuna no-Gervane Kastaneer bobabili bathola amakhadi aphuzi ezigabeni zokugcina – ukukhungatheka okubonakalayo. Ku-FootLegion, amagoli izwe lakho eliwashayile namuhla angawakho ukuwagcina phakade. Manje ngitshele – ingabe lelo khadi eliphuzi likaPépé laliyiphuzu langempela lokuguquka engxenyeni yokuqala? Futhi ingabe i-Curaçao ingathola ubukhali obuyidinga kakhulu ngaphambi kokuba umkhankaso wayo weNdebe yoMhlaba ushabalale?