Arthur Greene
Ngemuva kweminyaka engama-55 yamaphenathi aphula inhliziyo, amagoli ayisipoki kanye nokushaywa okuyikho, iNgilandi ekugcineni inqobe izimbangi zayo iJalimane emqhudelwaneni womkhumulajezi.
La mazwe amabili ahlangane ngoLwesibili ebusuku e-Wembley Stadium phambi kwesixuku esibhodlayo sabantu abayizi-40 000, kodwa okwenze umsindo wesixuku wasiphinda kathathu leso sibalo sabantu.
INgilandi inqobe ngo-2-0, okwenze kwaba yisikhathi sokuqala ikhipha amaJalimane emqhudelwaneni omkhulu selokhu kwagcina ukwenzeka ngeNdebe yoMhlaba yowe-1966.
Kodwa kuzo zombili iziwombe, bekuyinto edonsanayo. UBakayo Saka noKai Havertz, baseNgilandi naseJalimane ngokulandelana, bakhombise inhlansi yobukhazikhazi bobusha.
Kodwa bebemataniswa ngamasethi amabili abadlali basesiswini abanekhono, beholwa ngompetha abalawulayo uKalvin Phillips noLeon Goretzka.
INgilandi ekugcineni kudingeke ukuthi ithembele ebuhlakanini bukaRaheem Sterling, othe, ngemuva kokuqala isenzo esihle sokudlulisa ibhola, washaya i-cross ehamba phansi evela kuLuke Shaw ngomzuzu wama-75.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engama-26 ubudala ushayele iNgilandi amagoli amathathu okuqala kulo mqhudelwano, wathulisa abagxeki bokuqala ababebuza ukuthi kungani efakwe kwabayishumi nanye abaqokwe ngumphathi uGareth Southgate.
Ukuhola okuzuze kanzima kucishe kwasaphazeka ngesikhathi uHarry “Slabhead” Maguire evuma i-freekick engadingeki ebangeni nje elingaphandle kwephenathi yeNgilandi – kodwa uThomas Muller washaya udonga.
UMuller unikezwe elinye ithuba legolide lokulinganisa ukuma ngemuva kokuthi uSterling edlulise ibhola walibuyisela ngqo kuHavertz, owadlala uThomas Muller waze wayoshaya igoli.
Ngenkathi umgadli waseJalimane eqonde kunozinti uJordani Pickford, inkundla yathula gcwaka, ilindele lokho okwakubonakala kuyinto engenakugwemeka.
Kodwa ushaye ibhola laya ngaphezu kwezinti.
Futhi ngomzuzu wama-86, ongene esikhundleni somunye uJack Grealish uthumele i-cross efanelekile kuHarry Kane obengaphansi kwengcindezi ukuze ashaye igoli.
Ababukeli bebecula ingoma ethi-“It’s coming home” – ingoma evame ukuculwa ngokungajwayelekile.
INgilandi- okusamele ivume igoli kulo mqhudelwano – idlulele kuma-quarter final lapho izobhekana nomnqobi emdlalweniozoba phakathi kwe-Sweden ne-Ukraine ngoMgqibelo mhla zintathu kuNtulilazi ngo-21: 00.