Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
ULionel Messi uzoba nelinye ithuba futhi mhlawumbe elokugcina lokudlala kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ye-Fifa ngemuva kokuthi i-Argentina ihlule i-Croatia ngo 3-0 emdlalweni wokuqala owandulela owamanqamu ngoLwesibili ebusuku.
Ngemuva kokuhlulwa kowamanqamu eNdebe yoMhlaba ngo-2014, kubonakale sengathi ithuba lokuwina iNdebe yoMhlaba selidlulile kuMessi.
Kodwa-ke, kulokhu e-Qatar kubukeka kukhanya kwi-Argentina.
Ngemuva kokukhipha i-Brazil, i-Croatia kungenzeka ibinethemba ngendlela edlala ngayo kanti leli qembu laseYurophu lidlale ngenkululeko engakaze ibonwe emidlalweni yalo edlule.
Iqembu lase-Croatia elijwayele ukuzimisela layisa umdlalo kwi-Argentina, mhlawumbe umdlalo obulindelwe kakhulu iqembu lase-North America.
Leyo nkululeko ibuye yazohlupha i-Croatia
ngesikhathi ubonda lwayo lwasemuva elinamandla livuleka livumela umgadli we-Manchester City uJulian Alvarez ukuthi adlulele emapalini.
Lo mdlali osemncane ukhahlele ibhola ladlula unozinti we-Croatia kodwa uDominik Livaković uye wanquma ukudlalisa u-Alvarez kabi ebhokisini.
Yize bekunokungabaza mayelana nokukhishwa kwephenathi, bekungangabazeki ukuthi ngubani ozoyithatha njengoba uMessi kunguyena oyikhahlelile.
Lo mdlali (35) ubezibophezele njengoba bekulindelekile, ubeke ibhola kude nonozinti ekhoneni eliphezulu kwesokudla.
Le phenathi ayigcinanga ngokunikeza i-Argentina ithuba lokuhamba phambili kodwa kube igoli likaMessi lesi-11 leNdebe Yomhlaba, okumenza abe umshayi magoli ohamba phambili kulo mqhudelwano.
I-Argentina ibihamba phambili ngamagoli kodwa ibiyazi ukuthi kudingeka elinye igoli ukuze iphephe.
Lowo mzuzu uye wafika ngesikhathi u-Alvarez ethatha ibhola emugqeni osemuva enyuka nalo futhi ngosizo lozakwabo ambalwa waba nethuba lokushaya igoli elenze ukuthi i-Argentina ihambe phambili ngamagoli amabili.
I-Croatia ebidangele ngemuva kungena kwaleli goli.
Lawo mathemba aye eshabalala ngempela ngesikhathi u-Alvarez osizwe uMessi eshayela i-Argentina igoli lesithathu nelokugcina.
I-Argentina ayikaze iyiwine iNdebe yoMhlaba kusukela ngo-1986, i-Morocco noma i-France ezizoma endleleni yokuthi iyiwine leNdebe.
Esithombeni esingenhla: ULionel Messi noJulian Alvarez
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