New Zealand — Belgium

I-BC Place ibone ukubulawa kwabantu emvuleni yaseVancouver — nokho, imizuzu engamashumi amane nanhlanu, iNew Zealand yakulinga ukuthi ukholwe ukuthi kungase kube okunye okuhluke ngokuphelele. Nansi inombolo etshela indaba yangempela: i-xG yaseBelgium yafinyelela ku-3.65 uma kuqhathaniswa ne-0.25 yaseNew Zealand. Isikolo esingu-5-1 asisiyo into yokudumisa — uma kukhona, ukonga okuhlanu okuvela kumgcini we-All Whites kwakugcine kungabi kubi kakhulu. Lokhu kwakuyisikhala sekilasi esenziwe ngezibalo ezibandayo, ezingathetheleli. Kodwa nansi into ephikisayo efanele ukunakwa kwakho: iNew Zealand empeleni yawina impi yokugcinwa kwebhola esiwombeni sesibili, i-54 kuya ku-46. Ngemuva kwekhefu bacindezela, bacindezela. Inkinga ukuthi ukucindezela ngaphandle kwamazinyo kumane nje kugijima. Amashothi ayisithupha ubusuku bonke, amathuba amakhulu ayiziro — iNew Zealand ayizange isongele ngempela umugqa wasemuva waseBelgium. Isiwombe sabo sokuqala sasingcono nakakhulu: i-38% yokugcinwa kwebhola, yaminywa. Ukushintshwa kabili ngesikhathi sekhefu kwakhombisa ukuthi umqeqeshi naye wayekwazi. Lapho u-Elijah Just ebuyisa elilodwa ngemizuzu engama-84 kwakuyisikhathi sekhwalithi yomuntu ngamunye — isilinganiso sakhe esingu-7.41 inombolo enesizungu kunazo zonke ephepheni leqembu. UKevin De Bruyne, olinganiselwe ku-9.33, wayengumqhubi we-orchestra eyayikwazi yonke inothi. Igoli lakhe ngemizuzu engama-66 kwakuyilolo hlobo lokuqeda olunembile, olungenakugwenywa olukukhumbuza ukuthi kungani ukufunda kwakhe isikhala kuhlala kuphezulu. ULeandro Trossard wayengumphathi wokubulala: amagoli amabili, womabili akhiwe, womabili anembile. Kwaphinde kwaba khona lelo sikhathi se-VAR esihlanganisa uTrossard ngemizuzu engama-21 — isinqumo saphikisana neBelgium ngaleso sikhathi. Ingabe kwabaluleka? Ushaye amagoli amabili noma kunjalo. Ingabe ubulungiswa benziwa, noma ingabe i-hat-trick engaba khona yebiwe? Lokho kungokwephabhu. Iphutha laseBelgium? Amathuba amakhulu amabili aphuthelwe kwamane. Isiwombe sesibili sabona nabo behlezi ku-46% yokugcinwa kwebhola, bememela ukuvuselelwa okufushane kweNew Zealand. Kukhululekile, yebo — futhi ukukhululeka kungazala ukunganaki. USaelemaekers noLukaku bobabili bashaya amagoli ngemuva kokuphuma ebhentshini emizuzwini yokugcina, okukutshela ukuthi ukujula kwaleli qembu kuyesabeka ngempela. Ku-FootLegion, amagoli amahlanu aseBelgium akhiyiwe eqoqweni lakho — akukho unompempe, akukho VAR okubasusa. Manje kuwe: ingabe ubuciko bukaDe Bruyne bubeka iBelgium phakathi kwabancintisana ngempela, noma ingabe lokhu kwakungukunganakwa nje? Futhi iNew Zealand — ingabe kukhona uhlelo B, noma ingabe iQembu G seliphelile kubo?