Arthur Greene
Emdlalweni wabo wokuqala selokhu uChristian Eriksen wavukwa yisifo senhliziyo enkundleni, iDenmark kanye neBelgium bamise okwesikhashana ukudlala ukuhlonipha lo mdlali oneminyaka engama-29.
Noma iveze ubuqhawe iDenmark, ekugcineni ayikwazanga ukunqoba iqembu elihamba phambili emhlabeni.
Ngesikhathi umdlalo umiswa ngomzuzu we-10, kubonakale ubumbano oluphelele njengoba abadlali baseDenmark nabaseBelgium bahlangene ukujabulisa u-Eriksen, okungangabazeki ukuthi ubewubukela embhedeni wakhe esibhedlela umdlalo.
Ngaphambi kokuqala komdlalo, izakhiwo ezizungeze inkundla ye-Copenhagen bezilengise imibhalo yokweseka u-Eriksen nefulegi elikhulu ebelinejezi lakhe livezwa enkundleni.
Njengoba bekubonakala sengathi ubesekelwa ngumhlaba wonke, iDenmark iwuqale kahle umdlalo yahola ngemuva kwemizuzu emibili nje ngesikhathi uDane Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg enza ushintsho ngephasi embi ebivela kuJason Denayer.
Ulidlulisele kuYussuf Poulsen, oshaye igoli ekhoneni elingezansi. Lo mgadli waseDenmark ubebukeka eseduze ukukhipha izinyembezi njengoba ebegubha nozakwabo.
IDenmark iqhubeke nokudlala ngokuzimisela, kodwa umuzwa wokuncintisana uphele ngomzuzu we-10 ngesikhathi umdlalo umisiwe.
Umgadli wase-Belgium uRomelu Lukaku, onguzakwabo ka-Eriksen ku-Inter Milan, ugone unozinti waseDenmark uKasper Schmeichel ngesikhathi kushaywa ihlombe.
Kube yisipho esifanelekile ku-Eriksen, okwadingeka ukuba anikezwe i-CPR enkundleni ngemuva kokuwa kwakhe ngesikhathi somdlalo wokuvula we-European Championship phakathi kweDenmark neFinland.
NgoLwesine kuvele izindaba ezithi inhliziyo ka-Eriksen izofakelwa umshini olawula inhliziyo.
Ngemuva kokushayelwa ihlombe, iDenmark ibingayiniki thuba iBelgium esiwombeni sokuqala.
Kodwa esiwombeni sesibili, iBelgium ifake uKevin de Bruyne ohamba phambili, wabaholela empumelelweni ngesikhathi behlangana noLukaku ukushaya igoli lokulinganisa, ngaphambi kokuthi lo mdlali ovelele ashaye igoli lokuwinisa iqembu engaphandle kwendawo.
Ngomzuzu wama-54, uThorgan Hazard ushaye igoli ngemuva kokuthi uLukaku ehole ukuhlasela okusheshayo. Lo mdlali odlala phambili uDe Bruyne, othinte okokuqala ngqa ibhola wakhipha abavikeli ababili baseDenmark, ngaphambi kokuyibeka kuHazard ngomzuzwana.
IBelgium iqale lapho ukulawula umdlalo, kanti futhi umdlali odlalela iMan City ubanqobele umdlalo ngomzuzu wama-70 ukubadlulisela emzuliswaneni we-16.
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