Bukela yonke imidlalo ebalulekile njengoba iqembu lesizwe labesifazane lase-US libhekene neThailand kwiNdebe Yomhlaba Yabesifazane ka-2019.
Iqembu lesizwe labesifazane laseMelika seliqalile ukuvikela isicoco seNdebe Yomhlaba Yabesifazane ngendlela yomlando nekholisayo – futhi lokho akulona iqiniso.
Amagoli amahlanu ka-Alex Morgan, amabili kaSam Mewis noRose Lavelle kanye namagoli kaLindsey Horan, uMegan Rapinoe, uMal Pugh noCarli Lloyd banikeze amaMelika ithuba lokushaya iThailand ngo 13-0 emdlalweni wabo wokuqala kuGroup F eFrance. Njengengxenye yokunqoba okuhlangene, uMorgan ulingane nerekhodi likaMichelle Akers lamagoli amaningi emdlalweni weNdebe Yomhlaba Yabesifazane futhi wabeka irekhodi lamagoli amaningi asizayo (amathathu), ethatha isinyathelo esikhulu sokuthola isicathulo segolide ngemuva komdlalo owodwa nje.
Okunye kuphela lapho la maqembu amabili ahlangana khona kwakuseminyakeni emithathu edlule, kanti i-US yabaleka ngokunqoba ngo-9-0 kobungani kulokho okwakungumdlalo wokugcina wamazwe ngamazwe kaHeather O'Reilly. Okunye okufanayo kwenzeka esigabeni seNdebe Yomhlaba Yabesifazane, lapho i-US iqala kahle ngaphambi kwalokho okulindeleke ukuthi kube yindlela enzima kakhulu.
Ushintsho olukhulu eqenjini elilindelwe yi-USA lube semdlalweni wokuvikela ophakathi, lapho uBecky Sauerbrunn (i-quad) ebambeke khona ngenxa yalokho i-US Soccer ekubize ngezizathu "zokuqapha". UJulie Ertz wabuyela esikhundleni sikaSauerbrunn njengomdlali wasemuva ophakathi nendawo - lapho adlala khona futhi wavela khona emhlabeni eminyakeni emine edlule - kanti uMewis wangena eqenjini lokuqala phakathi nendawo. Konke kwahamba kahle impela.
Njengoba bekulindelekile, impi yokuqala yokubamba ibhola yayilawulwa yi-US. I-Thailand ayizange idlale kahle ekuvikelweni futhi yacindezela phakathi nenkundla, kodwa amaMelika athole indlela yawo kalula. UTobin Heath noMewis bobabili baphoqele ukusindisa ibhola ngemizuzu emine yokuqala, kanti uLavelle naye ube nethuba elihle kusukela kumayadi angu-18 okwakubonakala sengathi igoli livinjiwe ngaphambi kokuba lifike lapho liya khona.
I-US yayicabanga ukuthi ihole ngomzuzu wesithupha, kodwa igoli lanqatshwa. U-Abby Dahlkemper uthumele ibhola elide elivela ohlangothini lwesokudla, kwathi uHoran waliphonsa ngekhanda laya kuMorgan, owathola ukuthinta kokugcina. Nokho, uMorgan wanqunywa ukuthi ube offside emdlalweni, kwathi ngemuva kokuhlolwa kwe-VAR kwaqinisekisa ukuthi ibhola lizoqala, umdlalo waqhubeka ngo 0-0.
OKUNGEKHO EMVA!
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Disemba-03-2019