I-France yaphuma yaya ebaleni iqinisekile ngokonga kwayo, ngokuzithuka ngandlel' ithile, kumda wokuzigwagwisa. Uyazi ukuba akufuneki nokuba alawule umdlalo ukuze agqibezele ukuwa njengeapile kaNewton, ngomthetho omsulwa womxhuzulane. Uzuze ilifa ukuzithemba kwakudala kweJamani kwaye akanaxhala nokwenza i-bobbin lace ukuvula iindlela ezintsonkothileyo zokufikelela kwinjongo yembangi. Kwanele ukuba azityale ngokuzimisela embindini webala kwaye athembe ukuba amaphiko akhe aya kuthabatha ukudlula okuselayo, mhlawumbi ukusuka eGriezmann, kwaye ahambe ukusuka kwi-zero ukuya kwikhulu kwimizuzwana emibini. I-Dembele luguqulelo olungalawulekiyo nolungenangqiqo lweMbappé, kodwa xa bobabini bekhawulezisa ukuzikhusela kotshaba, uqala ukungcangcazela kuba nantoni na inokwenzeka.
UDeschamps akanamdla wokuntywilisela iqela elikhuphisanayo kwindawo yakhe, nangona kubonakala ngathi, ukuba babefuna, amaFrentshi angakwazi. Kodwa khetha ukuzijonga imizuzu kunye nemizuzu ngaphambi kokuba uzibethele izithonga ezininzi zokugqibela.
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EFransi: Lloris (ikhephu) – Kounde (Disasi 90+3), Varane, Upamecano, Theo Hernández – Tchouameni (Fofana 66), Griezmann – Dembele (Kingsley Coman 76), Rabiot, Giroud (Marcus Thuram 76), Mbappé.
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Poland: Szczesny - Cash, Glik, Kiwior (Bednarek 87), Bereszynski - Zielinski, Krychowiak (Bielik 71), Szymanski (Milik 64), Kaminski (Zalewski 71), Frankowski (Kamil Grosicki 87) - Lewandowski (cap).
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Usukelo: 1-0, imiz.44: Giroud; 2-0, imiz. 74: uMbappe; 3-0, imiz. 91: Mbappe; 3-1, imiz. 99: Isohlwayo Lewandowski
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Usompempe: uYesu Valenzuela (VEN). Wayala u-Aurélien Tchouméni (min.32) waseFransi kunye noBartosz Bereszynski (min.47) kunye noMatty Cash (min.88) wasePoland.
Isibetho sokuqala sifike ngomzuzu wama-43, nangona ngaphambi koko kuye kwakho iinzame ezisonjululwe kakuhle nguSzczesny. Iipolisi zazikwazi ukuguqula uphawu lomdlalo kwaye zibeke iFransi kwimeko ephazamisayo, kodwa ukunyamalala kabini kuZielinski kwaphahlazeka eLloris kwaye impendulo kaKaminski yathathwa nguVarane phantsi kwe-crossbar. Kumdlalo olandelayo, nangona kunjalo, ipasi elimnandi elisuka kuMbappé lisiya eGiroud lamkelwa ngumdlali wasemuva waseMilan ukuba abeke iFrance phambili kwibhodi yamanqaku.
Akukho nceba ukuba iPoland ihambe ngeendlebe zayo phantsi ngexesha lesiqingatha, kodwa kukho into engenakulinganiswa kwimpumelelo yaseFransi, umgaqo othotyelwe ukunyanzeliswa kwemithetho yendalo: iibhola zabo zingena kwaye abaphikisana nabo abenzi.
Isibetho sesibini safika ngomzuzu we-73 kwaye yayisisishwankathelo esihle kakhulu seFransi. IPoland yeza, ngeendlela zayo ezinciphileyo, ukufaka uLloris engxakini xa uGriezmann ebambe ibhola ebaleni wayikhaba. Ibhola iwele kuGiroud kumbindi webala. Wayilawula wayigqithisela kuDembele, owayityhala ukubaleka ngokungathi unikwe iibhetri ezintsha. Wabona uMbappé, owayehambela phambili kwicala lasekhohlo kuhlaselo, wamnika ibhola. Unombolo 10 wamaNgesi, obonakala ekulungele ukufumana isithsaba sikaMessi kule Ndebe yeHlabathi, ufake igowuli ngamandla nangokulula.
Ukubetha okwesithathu kwafika ngomzuzu we-90. UMbappé wabamba ibhola kuloo ndawo, walahla umkhuseli wakhe waza waphosa ngokuchanekileyo kunye ne-missile ephosiweyo kwiqela eliza kuphakamisa uKim Jong Un esihlalweni sakhe nakweyiphi na indawo yokumisa. USzczesny wayenokukhapha ibhola kuphela ngesandla sakhe ekude, ngokungathi uqubuda kuyo.
Impumelelo yeFransi iqinisekise ukuba uLewandowski uye ndlela-ntle. Kumgadli waseWarsaw, ukusuka ekudlaleni neBayern okanye iBarça ukuya kuyenza neqela lakhe lesizwe kufuneka kufane nokubekwa kwiqela elitshatileyo ledolophu yakhe, unxunguphalo oluqhubekayo kunye nomzabalazo oqhubekayo ngaphandle kokukrwela ibhola. Ubuncinci, banokuthi ngebhongo elithile ukuba iPoland yale Cawa ayizange iphele, njengoko yenzayo ngokuchasene neArgentina, kodwa yalwa ngezixhobo zayo ezinciphileyo xa yabona amahashe aseFransi egabadula ezama ukufumana amanqaku.
ULewandowski uwufumene kumphefumlo wokugqibela womdlalo, kwisohlwayo kunye nokukrokra. Wayiphosa imbumbulu yakhe yokuqala, kodwa usompempe ngokuqinisekileyo wayiphinda kuba uLloris wayeqhubekile. Kwithuba lakhe lesibini, umhlaseli weBarcelona wabetha ebomvu. EQatar ufake amagowuli amabini kwaye ukwazile ukwaphula isiqalekiso sakhe ngendebe yehlabathi, kodwa ubaleka kumjikelo weshumi elinesithandathu. Ngoku lixesha lokuba uMbappé kunye nale France izibophelele kubachasi bayo ngokuzigwagwisa kancinane kwabaxhaphazi.
