Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
Ukuthola iphuzu behlula iqembu ebelikwawokugcina kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ye-Fifa yango-2018 i-Croatia kuwumphumela omuhle kwi-Morocco.
Leli qembu lase-North Africa alikaze liwine nowodwa umdlalo weNdebe yoMhlaba selokhu lagcina ukudlala esigabeni samaqoqo ngo-1998.
Kusukela lapho i-Morocco yahluleka ukuhlungela imidlalo emine elandelayo yeNdebe yoMhlaba ngaphambi kokuthi ibuye ngo-2018.
Kodwa-ke bahluleka ukuwina umdlalo kwiNdebe yoMhlaba e-Russia futhi bazozizwa beqiniseka ngemuva kokuhlula i-Croatia ngoLwesithathu enkundleni yezemidlalo i-Al Bayt.
Uhlelo lomdlalo we-Morocco belulula, ibicindezela kakhulu emapalini kodwa futhi ibivalile emuva.
Kumqeqeshi we-Morocco, uWalid Regragui uhlelo lomdlalo lucishe lwazuzisa iqembu lakhe ukuwina obekudingeka kakhulu.
Kodwa-ke umdlalo wesithathu weNdebe yoMhlaba e-Qatar uphele lingekho iqembu elishaye igoli.
I-Croatia ibiyizintandokazi zokuwina kulo mdlalo futhi iphushele izimbangi zayo zase-Afrika eceleni kodwa i-Morocco idlale kangcono kunayo.
Bobabili onozinti bebenethezekile umdlalo wonke futhi abazange basetshenziswe ngokwanele.
I-Morocco ibonakale ihleleke kakhulu futhi ikhombise ukusebenza kahle kakhulu ukuvumela ukuhlasela kwe-Croatia noma iyincishe amathuba.
Iqembu lase-North Africa lithole inkululeko ethile kwi-counter attack futhi esikhathini esiningi bebebeke abadlali be-Croatia abadlala emuva ngemuva kwabo kodwa bahlulekile ukushaya amagoli.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Croatia izobuyela ebhodini lokudlala ngemuva kokuzabalaza endaweni yesithathu yokuhlasela emdlalweni wayo wokuqala kwiNdebe yoMhlaba.
Futhi leli qembu alibi ncono. I-Croatia izobhekana ne-Canada emidlalweni wayo wokugcina wesigaba samaqoqo kanti okulandelayo kweqembu lase-Afrika umdlalo wangeSonto lapho ezobe ibhekene khona ne-Belgium, iqembu elihleli endaweni yesibili emhlabeni.
Ukuhlula i-Belgium kuzobeka i-Morocco ethubeni elihle lokudlulela esigabeni samaqoqo okokuqala kusukela ngo-1986.
Esithombeni esingenhla: I-Morocco ne-Croatia
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