headline: Umqeqeshi weBrazil uhlomla ngokwenzeke emdlalweni wayizolo
text: Indebe yehlabathi yalo nyaka inomahluko kunezinye. Amazwe amakhulu ekujongwe kuwo kakhulu ngabantu asokole kwimidlalo yawo yokuqala. Lo nto inokuwabeka emngciphekweni ukuba izinto aziguquki kwimidlalo elandelayo. NgoLwesihlanu weveki ephelileyo, iSpain sibanjwe yiPortugal ngo’3-3, i-Argentina ibanjwe ngobhongwane yi-Icelannd kumdlalo ophele ngo’1-1, iintshatsheli ezikhuselayo (iGermany) yothuswe yiMexico ngo’1-0 kumdlalo obutshisa bhe – kanti yona iBrazil isokoliswe yiSwitzerland kumdlalo obunzima ophele ngo’1-1. Zingene izixhiliphithi zaseBrazil zikhokelwa nguNeymar. Njengelizwe eliphumelele indebe yehlabathi izihlandlo esihlanu – iBrazil ingene ebaleni inoxinizelelo kuba kulindelwe ukuba iyibethe lula iSwitzerland. Akubanganjalo nakubeni iBrazil idlale umdlalo ongcono kune Switzerland. 
   
  Iqhube kakuhle iBrazil kwisigaba sokuqala somdlalo. Abadlali bayo bakwazile ukuyiqhekeza iSwitzerland ebithe finini emva. Kumzuzu wamashumi amabini uPhilipe Coutinho uzibonakalisile ukuba ungumdlali ophokeleyo ngokufaka igowuli ekude. Kuyiwe kwixesha lokuphumla iSwitzerland ifuthela emagxeni weBrazil – kodwa khange ikwazi ukubhalisa ebhodini. Izinto zijikile kwisigaba sesibini somdlalo. Abadlali beSwitzerland bayibeke phantsi koxinizelelo iBrazil yade yavula. Igowuli lokulinganisa lamaSwiss ifakwe nguStephen Zuber – ongqube ibhola ngentloko eyedwa – kodwa emva kokubonakala etyala umdlali weBrazil wasemva uMiranda. 
   
  Umqeqeshi weBrazil, uTite, akayithandanga into eyenzeke kuMiranda kwaye ucinga ukuba usompempe wenze impazamo. “Into eyenzeke kuMiranda icacile. Singaxoxa ngepenela esingayinikwanga – kodwa yona le kaMiranda icacile. UMiranda uthe utshoviwe. Ndithe kuye kulungile ngoku angawanga wanga ngoba ibiza kubonakala ngolunye uhlobo ebantwini,” utshilo uTite. 
  Kumdlalo wayizolo, iSwitzerland ibonisile ukuba akukho lizwe eliza kunyathela phezu kwayo nangona ingakwazanga ukudala amathuba acacileyo emdlalweni ngaphezulu kweBrazil.  
    
  BRAZIL: Allisson, Thiago Sliva, Miranda, Casemiro, Gabriel Jesus, Neymar, Philippe Coutinho, Marcelo, Danilo, Paulinho, Willian. 
  SWITZERLAND: Yann Sommer, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Manuel Akanji, Haris Seferovic, Granit Xhaka, Valon Behrami, Ricardo Rodriguez, Steven Zuber,  Blerim Dzemaili, Fabian Schaer, Xherdan Shaqiri.