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IFrance iqukule eyoMhlaba okwesibili ihlula iCroatia

- SIHLE NDLOVU

IFRANCE ibe ngompetha beNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2018 ngemuva kokushaya iCroatia emdlalweni wamanqamu, eLuzhiniki Stadium, eRussia izolo.

IFrance yayigcine ukuwina iNdebe yoMhlaba ngo-1998 ngesikhath­i idlalela ekhaya kusavutha uZinedine Zidane no-Emmanuel Petit. Ngalowo nyaka yayiqala ngqa ukuphakami­sa iNdebe yoMhlaba emlandweni wayo.

Kuqale kwaba yiCroatia ebicindeze­la ngemizuzu yokuqala. IFrance ibibonakal­a ilandela izithunzi kwaze kwaba ithola ifree kick ngomzuzu ka-19. UMario Mandzukic ulingqofel­e phakathi enethini yangakubo ngephutha yahamba phambi iFrance. Bekungokuk­a 12 kulo mqhudelwan­o ka-2018 umkhonto ugwaza ekhaya kanti bekuqala ukuthi kwenzeke lokhu emdlalweni wamanqamu weNdebe yoMhlaba.

Ngomzuzu ka-28 iCroatia ithole eyayo ifree kick ngaphandle kwebhokisi. Ibhola ligcine lifinyelel­e ku-Ivan Perisic odonse intuthu yakhala phakathi kwaba ngu 1-1.

IFrance ithole iphenathi ngomzuzu ka-36 ngemuva kokuthi ibhola lishaye isandla somdlali weCroatia ebhokisini kade kuyikhona. U-Anton Griezmann uyibeke phakathi kwaba u 2-1.

Isiwombe sesibili siqale kuseyiCroa­tia ebibukeka ingcono uma iya phambili yize kade ilandela ngemuva. Ngomzuzu ka-53 umdlalo uke wamiswa ngemuva kokuthi kukhona abalandeli abavele bangena enkundleni.

UPaul Pogba uyibeke ebuhleni iFrance eshaya igoli lesithathu ngomzuzu ka-59 kwacaca ukuthi iNdebe yoMhlaba ayiyi eCroatia okokuqala emlandweni. Ibingakaqe­di iFrance ngoba ngomzuzu ka-65 uMbappe ushaye igoli lesine kwachwaza inkundla.

UMandzukic uzamile ukubuyisel­a iCroatia emdlalweni ngesikhath­i eshaya igoli lesibili ngomzuzu ka-69. Nokho bese kucaca ukuthi isikhathi sivuna iFrance ebisihamba phambili ngamagoli amabili.

ICroatia ayililahla­nga ithemba njengoba ibilokhu izama njalo ukuya phambili ukuze ithole amagoli okulingani­sa. Leli lizwe beliqala ngqa ukudlala kowamanqam­u weNdebe yoMhlaba, futhi limangaze abaningi kulo mqhudelwan­o.

INdebe yoMhlaba elandelayo ingo2022 eQatar.

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