headline: Iya kumdlalo wokugqibela iFrance emva kokunikezela kweBelgium
text: Kugqityiwe, iFrance iza kudlala umdlalo wokugqibela kwi-2018 FIFA World Cup nelizwe eliphumeleleyo phakathi kweCroatia neNgilane emva kokunikezela kweBelgium kumdlalo obuseSaint Petersburg Stadium namhlanje. Umdlali wasemva, uSamuel Umtiti, ungcangcazelise umnatha kumzuzu wesihlanu kwisiqingatha sesibini somdlalo. Lelo gowuli elithe lasondeza iFrance kwiphupha layo lokuphakamisa eyona ndebe inexabiso kwibhola yehlabathi. Liphelile ithemba leBelgium lokuya kumdlalo wokugqibela okokuqala embalini yayo kwindebe yehlabathi. 
  Ukubethwa kwayo iBelgium yinto abalandeli bayo abangangayamkeli ncam ngoba yiyo ebiqale yabonisa amandla emdlalweni nangona ingakwazanga nje ukufumana igowuli. Umdlali waseswini weBelgium, u-Eden Hazard, ebesenza unothanda kwiindawo eziyingozi emhlabeni weFrance – kodwa namhlanje iBelgium iphoxhwe bubuthuntu bukaRomelu Lukaku phambili oze emdlalweni ekhangela igowuli lesihlanu. UKavin du Bruyne, owabhokodisa iBrazil kwiveki ephelileyo, ngomnye wabadlali abazamileyo ukudlala umdlalo ophucukileyo – kodwa ngelishwa izinto azivumanga namhlanje. 
     
  Unozinti weFrance, uHugo Lloris, ubonisile ukuba ungumdlali osezingeni eliphezulu futhi oluncedo kakhulu kwilizwe. Iibhola azivalileyo kwizigaba zozibini zomdlalo ziyigcine isemdlalweni iFrance. Amendu kaKylian Mbappe ayincedile iFrance – kodwa u-Olivier Giroud akakwazanga ukusebenzisa iibhola ebezimane ukuthi gqi emacaleni. Amakhwenkwe kaRoberto Martinez agoduka ekhathazekile – kodwa eyenzile indima yawo ekufanele kukuqhwatyelwa izandla ngabantu baseBelgium eze kwindebe yehlabathi yothuba abantu abaninzi ngomdlalo ophucukileyo. 
        
  Kwimizuzu yokugqibela, iFrance ibiphantsi koxinizelelo – kodwa abadlali bayo bakwazile ukuxhathisa nokukhusela igowuli abalifumeneyo. Ikwazile kekambe iFrance ukudlala umdlalo ozinzileyo phaya naphaya. Ngoku iza kulinda ephumeleleyo kumdlalo ophakathi kweCroatia neNgilane ngomso. Umdlalo wokugqibela wendebe yehlabathi uya kudlalwa ngeCawe ngentsimbi yesihlanu emalanga eMoscow. 
  Belgium: Thibaut Courtois, Jan Vertonghen, Vincent Kompany, Toby Alderweireld, Kevin de Bruyne, Marouane Fellaini, Axel Witsel, Moussa Dembele, Macer Chadli, Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku. 
  France: Hugo Lloris, Lucas Hernandez, Samuel Umtiti, Raphael Varane, Benjamin Pavard,  Blaise Matuidi, Ngolo Kante, Antonine Griezmann, Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappe, Olivier Giroud.