New Zealand — Belgium

BC Place hɔ, nsuo tɔeɛ wɔ Vancouver, na ɛhɔ na wɔkunkum adeɛ — nanso, simma aduanan-num (45) no, New Zealand maa yɛgyee dii sɛ ebia adeɛ foforɔ bi na ɛbɛba. Dodoɔ yi na ɛkyerɛ asɛm no ankasa: Belgium xG duruu 3.65, berɛ a New Zealand deɛ yɛ 0.25. 5-1 scoreline no nyɛ nnaadaa koraa — sɛ ɛkɔ ba sɛ ɛyɛ deɛ, na New Zealand bɔɔfoɔ no agye bɔɔlo num (5) na ɛmaa ɛankɔ yie koraa. Saa adeɛ yi kyerɛ sɛ na mfɛntom kɛseɛ bi wɔ wɔn mu. Nanso, asɛm a ɛyɛ nwanwa a ɛsɛ sɛ wode w'adwene si so ne sɛ: New Zealand na ɔdii bɔɔlo no wɔ fa a ɛtɔ so mmienu no mu, 54 vs 46. Berɛ a wɔsan baeɛ no, wɔbɔɔ mmɔden, wɔhyehyɛɛ wɔn ho. Nanso, ɔhaw no ne sɛ, sɛ wopere a na w'anom nni seɛ a, ɛyɛ mmirika kɛkɛ. Wɔtwaa bɔɔlo nsia (6) anadwo no nyinaa, na wɔannya kwan kɛseɛ biara — New Zealand anhyɛ Belgium akyi bɔɔlofoɔ no anhyɛ wɔn hu koraa. Wɔn fa a ɛdi kan no mu yɛ hu koraa: 38% possession, na wɔn ho kyere wɔn. Sɛ wɔsesaa agorɔfoɔ mmienu wɔ fa a ɛdi kan no awieɛ no, ɛkyerɛ sɛ ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ no nso hunuu. Berɛ a Elijah Just de bɔɔlo baako baeɛ wɔ simma 84 no, ɛyɛ ne nko ara nimdeɛ — ne 7.41 rating no ne dodoɔ a ɛyɛ ankonam paa wɔ agorɔfoɔ din no mu. Kevin De Bruyne, a ne rating yɛ 9.33, na ɔyɛ ɔkwankyerɛfoɔ a ɔnim nnwom no nyinaa. Ne botaeɛ a ɔde kɔɔ mu wɔ simma 66 no yɛ deɛ ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ, na ɛkyerɛ wo sɛ ɔnim baabi a ɛsɛ sɛ ɔgyina. Leandro Trossard na ɔkunkum adeɛ: botaeɛ mmienu (2), ne nyinaa yɛ deɛ ɔde ne ho too mu, na ɛyɛ deɛ ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ. Na VAR asɛm bi nso wɔ hɔ a ɛfa Trossard ho wɔ simma 21 no — na wɔbuu atɛn tiaa Belgium saa berɛ no. Ɛho hiaa? Ɔde bɔɔlo mmienu (2) kɔɔ mu deɛ. Wɔbuu atɛn tenenee, anaa wɔwiaa hat-trick a ɛbɛtumi aba? Saa deɛ, ɛyɛ deɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wɔka ho asɛm wɔ baa mu. Belgium animguaseɛ? Wɔhweree kwan kɛseɛ mmienu (2) wɔ nnan (4) mu. Fa a ɛtɔ so mmienu no nso, wɔnyaa 46% possession, a ɛmaa New Zealand nyaa nkwa kakra. Wɔn ho tɔɔ wɔn, yɛɛ — na sɛ wo ho tɔ wo a, ɛtumi de anihaw ba. Saelemaekers ne Lukaku nyinaa de bɔɔlo kɔɔ mu berɛ a wɔbaeɛ wɔ simma a ɛdi akyire no mu, a ɛkyerɛ wo sɛ saa kuo yi mu dɔ no yɛ hu ampa. Wɔ FootLegion so no, Belgium botaeɛ num (5) no wɔ wo collection mu — obiara, referee anaa VAR ntumi nnye mfi wo nsa. Afei deɛ, ɛwɔ wo so: De Bruyne nimdeɛ kɛseɛ yi ma Belgium yɛ contenders ankasa, anaa ɛyɛ mismatch kɛkɛ? Na New Zealand — wɔwɔ plan B bi, anaa Group G no awie ama wɔn dedaw?