Türkiye — USA

Mfe a ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa pɛ. Saa na ɛkɔɔ SoFi Stadium no mu — Auston Trusty de USA baa anim ansa na akansifoɔ dodoɔ no ara renya wɔn akonwa, na mpofirim ara na ɛte sɛnea ɔman a ɛyɛ ahɔhoɔ no bɛtumi adi awerɛhoɔ. Nanso, ɛnyɛ saa na ɛkɔɔ. Türkiye san bae na wɔdii nkonim 3–2, na bere a Kaan Ayhan de ne ti bɔɔ bɔɔl wɔ minit 90 mu no, nɔmba ahorow no kyerɛɛ asɛm bi a scoreboard no antumi anka. Ma yɛnka nea xG kyerɛ no nokware. Türkiye yɛɛ 3.01 expected goals wɔ shots 9 pɛ mu — ɛyɛ clinical, na ɛyɛ efficient. USA yɛɛ 2.13 xG wɔ shots 18, corners 9, ne 53 percent possession mu. Wɔdii nkonim wɔ mmeae a ɛyɛ papa wɔ krataa so nanso wɔdii nkogu. Saa ahoma a ɛda xG ne nea efii mu bae no ntam no yɛ akuru a Amerikafoɔ bɛbɔ ho mpae nna pii. Türkiye asɛm no kyerɛw wɔ fahemu a ɛdi kan no mu. Trusty bɔɔ bɔɔl akyi no, Arda Güler — Real Madrid ɔbarima a ne benkum yɛ nea ɛyɛ soronko — yɛɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ wɔ minit du mu a ɛma abɔfoɔ no yɛ sɛnea wɔgyina simenti mu. Afei Barış Alper Yılmaz de nkonim no kɔɔ 2–1 wɔ minit 31 mu. Turkeyfoɔ no bɔɔ wɔn ho ban yiye na wɔde ahoɔden kɔɔ anim, na wɔde 77 percent pass accuracy wɔ 47 percent possession mu — compact, direct, lethal. Wɔn mmerɛwyɛ? Fouls 13 ne akwan kɛseɛ mmienu a wɔhwee; ɛtɔ mmere bi a wɔn asoɔden no yɛ mmerɛw na midfield no mu buee yiye. USA nsɛm no nyɛ mmɔdenbɔ — na ɛyɛ fahemu a ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa no. Akwan kɛseɛ mmiɛnsa a wɔhwee, shots 7 a ɛkɔɔ target wɔ attempts 18 mu, na penetration baako pɛ a ɛyɛ nokware a ɛyɛɛ adwuma: Sebastian Berhalter, a wɔkyerɛw ne din wɔ minit 19 mu, nanso ɔyɛɛ agorɔ no mu nea ɛyɛ papa wɔ 49. Afei, nsakraeɛ no — Pulišić bae wɔ 58, afei nsakraeɛ mmiɛnsa wɔ 76–77 — antumi ammu Türkiye abɔfoɔ a na wɔanya wɔn rhythm no. Amerikafoɔ no bɔɔ mmɔden yiye ma Turkey goalkeeper no yɛɛ saves anum, nanso wɔannya combination a ɛyɛɛ asiane ankasa no. Kaan Ayhan adu agorɔ no mu mfe mmienu pɛ na ɔde sii hɔ wɔ 90. Irony no nyɛ nea ɛyɛ hu kɛseɛ ma akansifoɔ a wɔwɔ fie no. Wɔ FootLegion so no, botaeɛ a w’aman bɔ wɔ Wiase Kupɔn yi mu no yɛ nea wɔde asi hɔ daa — obiara ntumi nnye saa nnoɔma no. Enti, ɛda wo so: Arda Güler na ɔyɛɛ nsakraeɛ a na saa akansi yi hia anaa USA hunahunaa wɔn bere pa? Na Türkiye bɛtumi akɔ so ayɛ saa yiye sɛ wɔhyia akansifoɔ a wɔyɛ den wɔ knockout rounds no mu a?