Crystal Palace: Ingcindezi ku-Pierre Sage iyakhula, uMateta umiswa imidlalo emithathu

ICrystal Palace ingena esontweni elibalulekile umqeqeshi wayo omkhulu ebhekwe ngeso elibukhali kanti umgadli wayo ophambili umisiwe. Ukuhlulwa ngo-2-0 yiTottenham Hotspur ngoMgqibelo bekungukuhlulwa kwesithathu kulandelana kwePalace ku-Premier League futhi kuyiwisele endaweni yokwehla. UPierre Sage uqinisekisa ukuthi ngeke ahambe – kodwa ngokwemibiko yaseNgilandi, abanikazi beqembu manje bacabanga ukuthi kufanele yini kwenziwe izinguquko.

Ikhadi elibomvu ngemuva kwemizuzu eyi-13

Intambama enyakatho yeLondon yashintsha kusenesikhathi. Unompempe uMichael Oliver uqale wanikeza uJean-Philippe Mateta ikhadi eliphuzi ngokuthinta uMicky van de Ven sekwephuzile ephakamise izicathulo, wabe esekuguqula kwaba ikhadi elibomvu ngqo ngemuva kokubheka i-VAR ngenxa yesenzo esibi kakhulu. Bedlala bebayishumi isikhathi esingaphezu kwemizuzu engama-75, iPalace yangeniswa igoli ekhoneni lapho u-Archie Gray eshaya ngekhanda, kwathi uJan Paul van Hecke wengeza igoli lesibili ngemuva kwekhefu.

Imiphumela idlula umdlalo owodwa. Ikhadi elibomvu ngqo ngesenzo esibi kakhulu liletha ukumiswa imidlalo emithathu, ngakho-ke, njengoba kusho iSky Sports, uMateta uzophuthelwa imidlalo emithathu elandelayo yeligi yePalace: iLiverpool eSelhurst Park ngeSonto, bese kuba yiCoventry City neHull City ngemuva kwekhefu lamazwe ngamazwe. Ukumiswa kusebenza emidlalweni yasekhaya kuphela, ngakho usengadlala emdlalweni we-Europa League ngoLwesine.

USage: "Angisoze ngayeka"

Ngemuva komdlalo, lo mFulentshi owake waqeqesha iLyon ucele abalandeli ukuthi babekezele. "Ningangethemba, angisoze ngayeka," kusho uSage, enezela ukuthi ufuna ukuba "ngowokuqala enkundleni ngoMsombuluko". Ubekhuluma iqiniso nangetafula – akakhululekile ngendawo iPalace ekuyo – nangekusasa lakhe: "Akuyimina ozonquma lokhu." USihlalo uSteve Parish ubebukele esezitendini.

UDavid Ornstein waseThe Athletic uthi ingcindezi iyakhula ngenxa yemiphumela, isimo esizungeze iqembu kanye nendawo yeqembu kuligi. Ngesikhathi esifanayo ubika ukuthi abadlali abadala basamsekela uSage nokuthi akazi lutho ngokuthi umqeqeshi ulahlekelwe yigumbi lokushintshela. U-Ornstein ubiza lesi sinqumo ngokuthi "yisinqumo esikhulu kakhulu" kuParish, kubanikazi abahlanganyelayo baseMelika kanye nomqondisi wezemidlalo uMatt Hobbs. ISouth London News ibika ukuthi ibhodi isilungise uhlu lwabangase bathathe isikhundla njengesu lokulungiselela. Abezindaba baseNgilandi baxhumanise uSean Dyche, uThomas Frank noVítor Pereira nalo msebenzi – lokhu kuyimibiko yabezindaba kuphela, akukho okuqinisekisiwe, futhi iqembu alikaphawuli.

Itafula nesonto elizayo

Indawo	Iqembu	Idlaliwe	Amaphuzu	Umehluko wamagoli
18	Crystal Palace	9	7	–12
19	Nottingham Forest	9	6	–6
20	Sunderland	9	5	–10

Amaqembu amathathu aphansi ku-Premier League ngemuva komzuliswano wesi-9 (idatha yemidlalo ye-EZCO).

• ULwesine, 5 Novemba, 19:45 isikhathi saseNingizimu Afrika (SAST): Crystal Palace vs TSG Hoffenheim (Europa League, isigaba seligi, umzuliswano wesi-4)
• ISonto, 8 Novemba, 16:00 isikhathi saseNingizimu Afrika (SAST): Crystal Palace vs Liverpool (Premier League) – ngaphandle kukaMateta
• Ngemuva kwalokho: ikhefu lamazwe ngamazwe, bese kuba yiCoventry City neHull City – uMateta usamisiwe

Umbono wethu

Isimo siyaxubana, futhi yikho kanye okwenza isinqumo sibe nzima. IPalace ayidlalanga kabi yonke indawo: ilingene ngo-2-2 neBeşiktaş ku-Europa League futhi yanqoba iFulham ngo-1-0 ekhaya layo yangena kuma-quarter-final eCarabao Cup, lapho iSunderland ilinde khona ngoDisemba. Kodwa kuligi, amaphuzu ayisikhombisa emidlalweni eyisishiyagalolunye kanye nomehluko wamagoli ongu –12 akushiyi sikhala sokubekezela. Ukulahlekelwa nguMateta, insika yokuhlasela, imidlalo emithathu yeligi kwenza umdlalo neLiverpool ube nzima nakakhulu.

Ukusikisela kuka-Ornstein ngesikhathi kubalulekile: ikhefu lamazwe ngamazwe ngemuva kweSonto yithuba elijwayelekile lanoma yiluphi ushintsho. Lokho kwenza uLwesine neSonto kube yisivivinyo sokuthi uSage usenalo yini iqembu ngakuye – umdlalo onomdlandla neLiverpool ungamnika isikhathi, kodwa ukuhlulwa futhi kungashiya ibhodi nesinqumo esikhulu nakakhulu.

Landela iCrystal Palace bukhoma ku-EZCO, nemiphumela yonke kanye netafula le-Premier League njengoba lishintsha – kanye nayo yonke imidlalo ye-Premier League.