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I-France ne-Argentina balingana ku-2-2 njengoba iNdebe Yomhlaba ye-FIFA ka-2022 iya esikhathini esengeziwe, womabili amaqembu asajaha udumo lwendebe yesithathu yomhlaba.
Umdlalo uqale ngo-16:00 CET, amaqembu aphezulu e-Europe naseNingizimu Melika efuna ukunqoba emdlalweni wokugcina walo mqhudelwano ozothatha inyanga yonke.
Ukaputeni we-Argentina uLionel Messi uthole igoli lokuqala, iphenathi ngomzuzu ka-23, kwathi uzakwabo u-Angel Di Maria walibeka enethini igoli lesibili le-Argentina ngomzuzu wama-36.
I-France ibibukeka ivilapha kwesinye isikhathi, futhi igajwe yindlela yokudlala ye-Argentina enolaka. Nokho u-Les Bleus ungene empilweni emizuzwini eyishumi yokugcina yokudlala ejwayelekile, ngesikhathi uKylian Mbappé eshaya igoli endaweni ngomzuzu wama-80, waphinde walandela umzuzu owodwa kamuva ngegoli lakhe lesibili lomdlalo.
Uma kungekho qembu elishaye igoli ngesikhathi sokuma, umdlalo ulibangise esikhathini esengeziwe.
IFrance iyona engompetha futhi isekelwa izinkulungwane zabalandeli kowamanqamu, okuhlanganisa nomlandeli omkhulu u-Emmanuel Macron osevele wandizela kanye eQatar ukuyobuka iLes Bleus iwina owandulela owamanqamu bedlala neMorocco.
“Ngisekela iqembu laseFrance futhi ngicabanga ukuthi amaFrance nawo,” kusho uMacron kuleli sonto.
IParis namanye amadolobha amakhulu aseFrance anqume ukungasakazi imidlalo yeNdebe Yomhlaba ezikrinini ezinkulu ezindaweni zabalandeli bomphakathi phakathi nokukhathazeka ngerekhodi lamalungelo abantu eQatar, kodwa uMacron uhlangana nezikhulu zaseQatari ohambweni lwakhe.
Enkundleni, umqeqeshi weFrance uDidier Deschamps uyazi ukuthi abalandeli abaningi abangathathi hlangothi bafuna i-Argentina iwine umdlalo wamanqamu weNdebe yoMhlaba ukuze banikeze uLionel Messi ithuba elihle lokuphuma emqhudelwaneni omkhulu webhola likanobhutshuzwayo.
Eqinisweni, uDeschamps ukholelwa ukuthi abanye abantu baseFrance banethemba lokuthi lokho kuzokwenzeka, futhi.
“Ngiyaphila ngokuba ngedwa emhlabeni — lokho akungikhathazi,” esho emamatheka.
Kuzwakala sengathi uDeschamps neqembu lakhe laseFrance bebebhekene nalo kulo mqhudelwano.
INdebe Yomhlaba iqale eFrance ngozamcolo wokulimala, uKarim Benzema, Christopher Nkunku kanye no-Presnel Kimpembe bekhishwe ukuthi bajoyine uPaul Pogba kanye no-N’Golo Kante eceleni.
Iphetha ngokuthi isikwati saseFrance senziwe buthaka ngenxa yegciwane eliholele ekutheni umdlali wasemuva uDayot Upamecano nomdlali wasesiswini u-Adrien Rabiot baphuthelwe ukunqoba iMorocco kowandulela owamanqamu.
Abanye abadlali abathathu – abadlali basemuva u-Raphael Varane kanye no-Iraima Konaté kanye nowinger Kingsley Coman – bebengekho ezivivinyweni ngoLwesihlanu kodwa babekhona ngoMgqibelo, lapho wonke amalungu eqembu angama-24 ebekhona esifundweni sokugcina sokuzilolonga seqembu ngaphambi komdlalo wamanqamu ngeSonto.
Abalandeli abashisekayo base-Argentina
Abantu base-Argentina bavuke ngeSonto sebelungele ukubuka iqembu lesizwe lidlala eQatar ukuze linqobe isicoco sesithathu seNdebe yoMhlaba, esokuqala kusukela ngo-1986, phakathi nomuzwa wobunye nenjabulo eyivelakancane ezweni osekuphele iminyaka likhungethwe yizinkinga zomnotho.
“Abantu bahlezi bezwa injabulo enkulu. Izimoto zihamba zihamba nefulegi. Idolobha lonke ligqokiswe ifulegi,” kusho isakhamuzi saseBuenos Aires uGuillermo Ortiz, 52.
“Okuhlanyisayo wukuthi sonke sibumbene sithi sifuna okungcono kakhulu okuyinto engenzeki kuleli. Kufana nokuthi ibhola lidonsa isiyingi lisifake sonke ngaphakathi.”
I-Argentina yagcina ukufinyelela kowamanqamu eNdebeni yoMhlaba ngo-2014, ngesikhathi ihlulwa yiGermany, kodwa ukulangazelela kanye nesasasa ngalo mdlalo kukhulu kakhulu kunalokho okwakukhona kulowo mdlalo eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili edlule eBrazil.
I-Argentina ngokungangabazeki inabalandeli abashiseka kakhulu beNdebe Yomhlaba, abaziwa ngokucula kwabo okunesigqi, ukushaya izigubhu okungapheli kanye nolaka olufana nolwengqondo.
Umlando wezwe wempumelelo kwiNdebe yoMhlaba — ompetha ngo-1978 no-1986, nabaphume isibili izikhathi ezintathu — uqhathwa ngabambalwa. Lo mdlandla uzokhula njengoba uLionel Messi ehola i-Argentina ibhekene neFrance evikela isicoco kowamanqamu ngeSonto eQatar.
Akukho ukubalekela umqondo wokuthi isiphetho sikaMessi ukulingisa isihlabani sebhola likanobhutshuzwayo u-Diego Maradona futhi ahole i-Argentina esicongweni seNdebe yoMhlaba.
Lo mgadli oneminyaka engu-35 ubudala waseParis Saint-Germain ubesefomini egqugquzelwe eQatar, washaya amagoli amahlanu endleleni eya kowamanqamu futhi ekhiqizela ozakwabo abayimilingo. UMaradona, owashona ngo-2020, naye washaya amagoli amahlanu ngo-1986 futhi wayeyisithombe esihle seqembu lakhe nezwe.
UMessi akakhosi imidlalo ngaphezu kwemizuzu engu-90 ngendlela enza ngayo eminyakeni yakhe ephezulu.
Kunalokho uwanquma ngezikhathi zobuhlakani ezikhombisa amakhono aholele ekutheni abaningi bamchaze njengomdlali webhola ohamba phambili emlandweni. Uthwale okulindelwe yisizwe sakhe kuyo yonke impilo yakhe, kodwa akazange aphumelele eNdebeni yoMhlaba.
Nakuba engase adlule ezingeni lakhe elihle, ube nomthelela omkhulu kulo mqhudelwano kunanoma iyiphi kweyeNdebe Yomhlaba emine edlule.
Abalandeli be-Argentina babukeka beqinisekile ukuthi bazoyinqoba okwesithathu le ndebe futhi kungaphezu kukaMessi nje obaholayo. “UMaradona,” bacula, “ujabulisa uLionel” esezulwini.
