Arthur Greene
Ngomzuzu wokugcina womdlalo othokozisayo, uTheo Hernández uqede umdlalo ocacile wesigamu sesibili osuka ku-France ngokuhlula i-Belgium futhi wahlela umdlalo wamanqamu ne-Spain ngeSonto.
Ngesikhathi sekhefu, abadlali base-France babhekwe ngabomvu. Benqoba ngo-2-0, bebengakholwa ukuthi iqembu labo lompetha lizoxebuka ngokudumazayo liphume kumqhudelwano omkhulu okwesibili kuleli hlobo.
Kodwa amagoli kaYannick Carrasco noRomelu Lukaku esiwombe sokuqala asebenze ukuhlela isiwombe esikhulu sesibili, lapho i-France enqobe khona izitha zayo ngo-3-2 futhi yanqoba emdlalweni owawungangabazeki ukuthi uhamba phambili emlandweni omncane walo mqhudelwano.
Umdlali wasemuva we-Belgium uCarrasco uvule amagoli ngemuva kwemizuzu engama-37 yebhola elidonse kanzima, elingaxaki. Ibhola lakhe lithathe unozinti uHugo Lloris obegxile kuleyo ndawo ngesikhathi ibhola ligingqika lidlula eduze kwakhe.
ULukaku uphindaphinde ukuhola kabili ngebhola lakhe elihlabe umxhwele. Yize ikhona lakhe belibukhali nebhola liseduze noLloris, ibhola lakhe belinganqandeki.
Ngokushesha nje ngenkathi kuqala isiwombe sesibili, ukukhanya kukaKylian Mbappé kuqale ukuphefumula impilo ohlangothini lwe-France ebesihlulwa.
Ngomzuzu wama-62, weqe wadlula uYii Tielemans wadlala noKarim Benzema. Lo mgadli ubambe abadlali basemuva abagugile base-Belgium futhi washayaa ibhola ekhoneni lenethi.
Ngemuva nje kwemizuzu emithathu, u-Antoine Griezmann noTielemans badlale ibhola eliphambukele ebhokisini lase-Belgium. Isithende somdlali wase-France sibanjwe ngabase-Belgium. Ngemuva kokuthi i-VAR ihlolisise okwenzekile, unompempe ukhombe ibhola endaweni yephenalthi.
Futhi ngubani okufanele asukume ngaphandle kukaMbappé, ophuthwe yiphenalthi ebucayi yase-France kuma-Euro ekuqaleni kwaleli hlobo ukubenze baphuma emqhudelwaneni bedlala ne-Switzerland.
Akukho phutha kulokhu; ushaye ibhola ekhoneni eliphezulu ukulinganisa amaphuzu.
Ukusuka lapha, umdlalo ubunzima kubadlali nakubabukeli.
Ngomzuzu wama-87, i-Belgium icabange ukuthi izovimba ukudlulela phambili kwe-France ngesikhathi uCarrasco edlala ekhahlela ibhola kakhulu ebhekise kuLukaku, oqede leli bhola ngokuthembekile. Kodwa-ke, i-VAR ihlole yathola ukuthi lo mgadli wase-Belgium ube-offside ngamasentimitha ambalwa nje ngenkathi ekhahlela ibhola.
Ngomzuzu wokugcina womdlalo, umdlali wasohlangothini uTheo Hernández ushaye into ecokeme eqenjini elihamba phambili futhi. UBenjamin Pavard umthole onqenqemeni lwebhokisi futhi, ngemuva kokuthinta ibhola, ukhahlele ibhola ladlula uCourtois.
I-France manje izobhekene ne-Spain kowamanqamu, kumdlalo ozoqala ngo-8.45 ebusuku.
I-Spain sishaye i-Italy, ompetha ababusayo baseYurophu ngo-2-1 ngoLwesithathu, ngemuva kokuthi uFerran Torres eshaye amagoli amabili.
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