Bukela yonke imidlalo ebalulekileyo njengoko iqela lesizwe labasetyhini laseMelika lidlala neThailand kwiNdebe yeHlabathi yabasetyhini ka-2019.
Iqela lesizwe labasetyhini laseMelika liqalise ukukhusela isihloko salo seNdebe yeHlabathi yabasetyhini ngendlela yembali neyonwabisayo–kwaye oko akubonakali ngathi kuyathethwa.
Amagoli amahlanu ka-Alex Morgan, amabini kaSam Mewis noRose Lavelle kunye namagoli kaLindsey Horan, uMegan Rapinoe, uMal Pugh noCarli Lloyd banike amaMelika ithuba lokubetha iThailand ngo 13-0 kumdlalo wabo wokuqala kwiQela F eFransi. Njengenxalenye yokoyiswa ngabadlali abadlala kwicala elinye, uMorgan ulingane nerekhodi likaMichelle Akers lokufumana amanqaku amaninzi kumdlalo weNdebe yeHlabathi yabasetyhini kwaye wabeka irekhodi lokufumana amanqaku amaninzi (amathathu), ethatha inyathelo elikhulu lokufumana isihlangu segolide emva komdlalo omnye kuphela.
Elinye ixesha elinye kuphela la maqela mabini adibana ngalo yayimalunga neminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo, kwaye i-US yabaleka ngokuphumelela ngo-9-0 kumdlalo wokugqibela kaHeather O'Reilly kumdlalo wamazwe ngamazwe. Okufanayo kwenzeka kwinqanaba leNdebe yeHlabathi yabasetyhini, i-US iqalisa kakuhle ngaphambi kokuba kube yindlela enzima ngakumbi.
Utshintsho olukhulu kuluhlu olulindelekileyo lwe-USA lufike kukhuselo oluphakathi, apho uBecky Sauerbrunn (i-quad) wayebanjwe ngaphandle ngento i-US Soccer eyibize ngokuba "yizizathu zokhuseleko". UJulie Ertz wabuyela kwindima kaSauerbrunn kumqolo ophakathi - apho wadlala khona waza wavela kwinqanaba lehlabathi kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo - kwaye uMewis wangena kuluhlu lokuqala kumgca ophakathi. Konke ngokuqinisekileyo kwahamba kakuhle.
Njengoko bekulindelekile, umlo wokulawula ibhola kwasekuqaleni wawulawulwa yi-US. I-Thailand ayizange idlale ngokupheleleyo kukhuselo kwaye yafaka uxinzelelo embindini webala, kodwa amaMelika afumana indlela yawo ngokulula. UTobin Heath noMewis bobabini baphoqelekile ukusindisa ibhola kwimizuzu emine yokuqala, ngelixa uLavelle naye wayenebhola ende esuka kwiiyadi ezili-18, nto leyo eyayibonakala ngathi ivale igoli ngaphambi kokuba ifike apho yayisiya khona.
I-US yayicinga ukuba ikhokela ngomzuzu wesithandathu, kodwa igoli laza lalahlwa. U-Abby Dahlkemper uthumele ibhola elide elivela kwicala lasekunene, waza uHoran waliphosa ngentloko kuMorgan, owafumana igoli lokugqibela. Nangona kunjalo, uMorgan wayegwetywe ukuba u-offside kulo mdlalo, kwaye emva kokuba uvavanyo lwe-VAR luqinisekisile ukuba umdlalo uphumelele, umdlalo waqhubeka ngo 0-0.
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Ixesha lokuthumela: Disemba-03-2019