Norway — France

I-Gillette Stadium eFoxborough ibone into exakile namhlanje: IFulansi yawina ngo 4-1, kodwa i-xG yaseNorway engu-1.69 empeleni yeqe eyeFulansi engu-1.31. Isikolo sakhombisa ukubusa; izinombolo zahlebela okuthile okuyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu. Le paradox kufanele ihlolwe ngokwethembeka. Ingxenye yokuqala yomdlalo ibingeyomuntu oyedwa. U-Ousmane Dembélé uqede iNorway kathathu ngaphambi kwekhefu — ngomzuzu we-7, we-20, nowe-32. Ukunyakaza kwakhe ezindaweni abanye abangaziboni, leso sinyathelo sokuqala esiqhumayo, umuzwa wokufika lapho abavikeli bengakho khona — bekuyisifundo. I-hat-trick ngomzuzu we-32 eNdebeni Yomhlaba idinga umdlali osebenza ngezinga elingenakulinganiswa. Isilinganiso esingu-9.71 asanele ukudumisa. Kodwa iNorway ifanele ukudunyiswa kakhulu kunalokho okukhonjiswa isikolo. Bakhe amathuba amakhulu amane futhi bashaya elilodwa kuphela — u-Thelo Aasgaard ebuyisela elilodwa ngomzuzu we-21, umzuzu wokungavumi okukhulu okufakwe phakathi kwegoli lesibili nelesithathu likaDembélé. Amathuba amakhulu amathathu aphuthelwe yisibalo esibuhlungu. Ukube kungenani elilodwa elengeziwe lingenile ngaphambi kwekhefu, bekuzobe kukhulunywa ngomdlalo ohluke ngokuphelele. Ukuqedela kudumaze iNorway ngezindlela ukucindezela kwabo okungazange kwenze ngazo. IFulansi, naphezu kokusebenza kahle kwayo, ibingaphelele. Amaphutha ayishumi nanye, kanye ne-xG engu-1.31 kukutshela ukuthi la magoli avela ekusebenzeni okubukhali kunokucindezela okukhulu. Amabili kwamathuba abo amakhulu amathathu aphuthelwe. Ukulawula akuzange kuphelele njengoba isikolo sasisho. Umzuzu we-VAR ngomzuzu we-48 wengeza olunye ungqimba: iphenathi enikezwe iNorway ebandakanya u-Oscar Bobb — naye obengumdlali ovelele ngesilinganiso esingu-8.19. Ukuthi ukuthintana kwakufanele isinqumo yingxoxo ezogcwalisa yonke indawo yokucima ukoma kusihlwa. U-Michael Oliver ukuqinisekisile, i-VAR yakuqinisekisa — kodwa izithombe kuzophikiswana ngazo izinsuku. INorway yathuthuka ngemuva kwekhefu, ukubamba ibhola kwenyuka kusuka ku-37% kuya ku-49%, kodwa igoli likaDésiré Doué ngomzuzu we-90 lavala umnyango ngokuphelele. Ku-FootLegion, wonke amagoli izwe lakho eliwashayayo angawakho ukuba uwagcine ingunaphakade. Imibuzo emibili yamazwana: ingabe i-hat-trick kaDembélé ekugcineni ithulisa konke ukungabaza mayelana nokungaguquguquki kwakhe eziteji ezinkulu? Futhi ingabe iNorway ingasinda kuleli qembu uma iqhubeka nokwakha amathuba ngalesi silinganiso — kodwa iwashaya ngalesi silinganiso?