Cape Verde — Saudi Arabia

Amaqanda ayisishiyagalolunye, ubulungiswa obuyisishiyagalolunye — yisinqumo esiqotho esivela e-NRG Stadium e-Houston, lapho i-Cabo Verde ne-Saudi Arabia zidlalelane ngokulingana ngo 0-0, kanti izinombolo zikhombisa ohlangothini olulodwa, kuyilapho ibhodi lamaphuzu libe linyamalele. Nansi intshisekelo: i-xG ye-Cabo Verde yayingu-1.52 — cishe izikhathi ezine ngaphezu kwe-Saudi Arabia (0.40). Lokhu akusona isifaniso esilinganayo. "Ama-Blue Sharks" adlala kahle esigabeni sokuqala, adlulisa ibhola ngokunembile okungu-85% futhi adubula izikhathi eziyi-15. Futhi nokho — ezimbili kuphela ezibhekise emgomweni. Isikhathi esisodwa esikhulu, esilahlekile. Umehluko phakathi kwenhloso nokwenza kwabalahlekisela konke. Amashothi ayishumi nanhlanu, amabili emgomweni — le nombolo ichaza kahle ukuthi ukuhlasela kwaphuka kuphi: isinqumo sokugcina, ipasi lokugcina, ukungqubuzana — konke kwashabalala ngesikhathi esifanele. UVozinha emgomweni usebenze isilinganiso sakhe esingu-7.67 ngobuqotho, evimba amashothi amathathu. UDeroy Duarte naye wayethembekile ngemuva — isakhiwo sokuvikela se-Cabo Verde sisebenza. Inkinga ayikaze ibe ekuzivikeleni. I-Saudi Arabia, kufanele kuvunywe, yenza ngendlela eqondile futhi ebukhali ekuhlaseleni okuphikisayo. Amashothi amathathu emgomweni kwabayisikhombisa — i-Cabo Verde ingabe ibe nomona ngalokho. Kodwa ngisho nesikhathi sabo esisodwa esikhulu asizange sifezeke. U-Abdulelah Al-Amri waba ngumdlali ohamba phambili enkundleni ngesilinganiso esingu-8.19, kanti u-Ali Lajami — owangena kakade ngomzuzu wama-33 — waqinisekisa isilinganiso sakhe esingu-7.93 ngomdlalo oqinile. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ama-Saudi enza amaphutha ayi-16, kanti ikhadi eliphuzi lika-Nasser Al-Dawsari ngomzuzu wama-67 lagcizelela: iqembu lalivame ukuphendula kunokuba lenze kuqala. Izigameko ezimbili ze-VAR zengeze ukwesaba: u-João Paulo wahlolwa ngomzuzu wama-39, u-Moteb Al-Harbi — ngomzuzu wama-88. Zombili izinqumo zizoxoxwa ngazo isikhathi eside ngemuva kokuphela komdlalo. Ibhodi lamaphuzu lithi — ukulingana. I-xG ithi — ukuphanga. Ku-FootLegion akekho ozothatha amagoli ezwe lakho — ngokungafani nalawa maphuzu alahlekile. Umbuzo wokuxabana: ingabe umqeqeshi we-Cabo Verde kufanele aphendule ngokuguqulwa kwamashothi — noma ingabe kumane kuyisuku elinzima? Futhi ingabe i-Saudi Arabia ingahamba ibanga elide, ivikela phansi kangaka?