Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
ISundowns kumele ihlule i-Fluminense emdlalweni wokugcina wamaqoqo ukuze igcine iphupho layo le-Club World Cup liphila ngemuva kokuhlulwa.
Amaphutha okuvikela kanye namaphutha kanozinti alahlekise kakhulu ompetha baseNingizimu Afrika ngesikhathi bebhekene nezinkunzi zase-Germany i-Dortmund.
Iphupho leMamelodi Sundowns le-Fifa Club World Cup lilenga eweni ngemuva kokulahla igoli lika 1-0 ihlulwa I-Borussia Dortmund ngo 4-3 ngoMgqibelo.
Ompetha baseNingizimu Afrika manje sebebhekene nomqansa, bazodlala ne-Fluminense emdlalweni wabo wokugcina ka-Group F. Ukunqoba okufunekayo okufinyelela ku-last 16.
Umgadli wase-Brazil, uLucas Ribeiro, unikeze iSundowns isiqalo esihle ngegoli elihle ngomzuzu ka-11. Ushaye eceleni kwakhe wadlula abadlali ababili basemuva wase wadlulisa ibhola kunozinti uGregor Kobel.
Kodwa amaphutha okuzivikela kanye namaphutha kanozinti abalahlekisele kakhulu ngokumelene neziqhwaga zase-Germany.
Igoli lithathe imizuzu emihlanu kuphela ngesikhathi uRonwen Williams epha uFelix Nmecha ibhola lokulinganisa.
Ngemuva kwalokho, umdlali wasesiswini uTeboho Mokoena ulahlekelwe yibhola eduze komugqa, okuholele kuSerhou Guirassy eshayela i-Dortmund phambili ngomzuzu ka-34.
UJobe Bellingham, umfowabo omncane wesihlabani se-Real Madrid uJude, ujezise elinye iphutha likaWilliams okwenza kwaba ngu 3-1 ngaphambi kokuthi kuyiwe ekhefini.
ISundowns ikhombise ukulwa ngesiwombe sesibili yize uKhuliso Mudau eshaye igoli lakhe kwaba ngu 4-1. U-Iqraam Rayners noLebo Mothiba bashaye amagoli kwaba ngu-4-3, kodwa isikhathi bese sihambe kakhulu.
Ukuhlulwa kushiya iSundowns idinga ukwehlula i-Fluminense yase-Brazil ukuze iqhubekele phambili. Ishaye iqembu lase-Korea i-Ulsan HD ngo 1-0 emdlalweni wabo wokuqala, kwathi i-Dortmund yadlala ngokulingana ngo 0-0 ne-Fluminense.
ISundowns iyona kuphela iqembu lase-Afrika elinqobe umdlalo walo wokuqala kulo mqhudelwano. I-Al Ahly ihlulwe ngo 2-0 I-Palmeiras kanti kumele ishaye i-Porto. I-Esperance ibuye yanqoba ngo 1-0 ku-LAFC ngaphambi kokubhekana ne-Chelsea.
I-Wydad Casablanca, ehambisana nabadlali baseNingizimu Afrika uThembinkosi Lorch noCassius Mailula, ihlulwe ngo 2-0 i-Manchester City kanti idinga ukuhlula i-Juventus ne-Al Ain.
KuSundowns, umyalezo ucacile kumele bashaye i-Fluminense noma bagoduke.
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