Man United ne-Roma: iqembu likaCarrick elingakanqobi libhekene neRoma esesimweni

I-Manchester United ingena kobunye bobusuku obubaluleke kakhulu baseYurophu eminyakeni eminingi ingakanqobi emidlalweni eyisishiyagalolunye. NgoLwesibili, mhla zi-3 kuNovemba (ngo-22:00 ngesikhathi saseNingizimu Afrika, SAST), iqembu likaMichael Carrick lizobamba i-Roma e-Old Trafford ngosuku lwesi-4 lwesigaba seligi se-Champions League. Iqembu likaGian Piero Gasperini lifika linomoya ohluke ngokuphelele: alikahlulwa kuSerie A futhi lishaya amagoli kalula.

Amaqembu amabili abheke ezinhlangothini ezingafani

Uchungechunge lwe-United kuyo yonke imiqhudelwano: ukulingana kathathu nokuhlulwa kayisithupha. Ukunqoba kwabo kokugcina kwaba ngu-4-0 bedlala noSabah emdlalweni wabo wokuqala weChampions League, cishe ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule. Kusukela lapho bahlulwe ngo-2-0 yi-Atlético de Madrid nango-4-1 eComo eYurophu, kwathi ngoMgqibelo bahlulwa ngo-2-0 yiChelsea ekhaya layo: uMorgan Rogers washaya igoli ekuqaleni kwengxenye yesibili, uLisandro Martínez wakhishwa ngekhadi eliphuzi lesibili ngomzuzu wama-63, bese uCole Palmer eshaya iphenathi ngemuva komzuzu owodwa. Ku-Premier League i-United inamaphuzu ayisikhombisa emidlalweni eyisishiyagalolunye futhi isendaweni ye-17, ingaphezu kwendawo yokwehla ngomehluko wamagoli kuphela.

IRoma iyandiza. Ukunqoba ngo-5-2 e-Udinese ngoMgqibelo – amagoli kaBryan Cristante, Rodrigo Mora, Donyell Malen, Evan Ndicka noDaniele Ghilardi – kuyigcine ingakahlulwa ngemuva kwemizuliswano eyishumi ye-Serie A:

Indawo	Iqembu	Imidlalo	Amaphuzu	Umehluko wamagoli
1	Lazio	10	28	+16
2	Inter	10	25	+13
3	Roma	10	24	+18
4	Como	10	23	+10

Lapho bame khona eYurophu

	Manchester United	Roma
Usuku 1	Sabah 0-4 (N)	Fenerbahçe 1-1 (L)
Usuku 2	Atlético de Madrid 2-0 (H)	Real Madrid 4-3 (H)
Usuku 3	Como 4-1 (H)	Slovan Bratislava 4-0 (N)
Amaphuzu	3	4

I-United isendaweni yama-21, iRoma kweye-15, iphambili ngephuzu elilodwa (i-log ephelele yeChampions League). Amaqembu ayisishiyagalombili aphezulu adlulela ngqo kwabayi-16 bokugcina, kanti izindawo zesi-9 kuya kwezama-24 ziya kuma-play-off esigaba sokukhipha, ngakho-ke okunye ukuhlulwa kungashiya i-United ilwela indawo yama-play-off kusele imidlalo emine.

Izindaba zamaqembu

Manchester United: UBenjamin Šeško uzohlala engekho isikhathi eside futhi noLuke Shaw akekho. UPatrick Dorgu usebuyele ekuzilolongeni ngemuva kokulimala emsipheni wangemuva wethanga kodwa akulindelekile ukuthi abe esekulungele, kanti uMarcus Rashford akuqinisekile ukuthi uzodlala. UMartínez uyatholakala: ikhadi lakhe elibomvu e-Stamford Bridge lisebenza emiqhudelwaneni yasekhaya kuphela, ngakho uzophuthelwa umdlalo weligi neAston Villa ngeSonto, mhla ziyi-8 kuNovemba.

Roma: UGasperini ngeke abe nomdlali wasesiswini uManu Koné nonozinti oyinhloko uMile Svilar, futhi uPaulo Dybala kungenzeka angalulami ngesikhathi enkingeni yemisipha. Usongo olukhulu nguMalen, oshaye amagoli ayisishiyagalombili kuSerie A kule sizini kanye nantathu kuChampions League.

Umlando uhlangothini lwe-United

• La makilabhu ahlangane kasishiyagalombili eYurophu: i-United inqobe kahlanu, iRoma kabili, kwalingana kanye.
• I-United inqobe yomine imihlangano e-Old Trafford, okuhlanganisa no-7-1 odumile emlenzeni wesibili wama-quarter-final ngo-2007 – uCarrick washaya amagoli amabili ngalobo busuku.
• Umhlangano wokugcina kwaba yi-semi-final ye-Europa League ngo-2021, i-United eyiwina ngo-8-5 isiyonke ngemuva kokunqoba ngo-6-2 emlenzeni wokuqala eManchester.
• Ngokusho kwe-Opta, iRoma ayikanqobi nowodwa emidlalweni yayo eyi-16 yokugcina eNgilandi (ukulingana kayisithupha, ukuhlulwa kayishumi).

Umbono wethu

Uma ubheka isimo samaqembu, iRoma ithathwa njengeqembu elinamandla amakhulu – into engavamile e-Old Trafford. Iqembu likaGasperini licindezela phezulu, lihlasela ngabadlali abaningi futhi selinabashayi bamagoli abahlukene abayi-14 kule sizini, kanti i-United yehlulekile ukushaya igoli emidlalweni emine kweyisishiyagalolunye yeligi. UCarrick uthi amahemuhemu ngekusasa lakhe awaphazamisi amalungiselelo akhe – "okwenzeka ngemuva, kuyenzeka", esho ngoMsombuluko engqungqutheleni nabezindaba – kodwa umdlalo weshumi ngaphandle kokunqoba ungakhulisa kakhulu ingcindezi ngaphambi kwekhefu lamazwe ngamazwe. Ithemba elikhulu le-United yisenzakalo ngokwaso: inkundla egcwele, uBruno Fernandes noBryan Mbeumo bebhekene neRoma engavamile ukudlala kahle uma ivakashile eYurophu. Ukulingana bekungeke kuwuthuthukise umoya eManchester; kuRoma bekungaba yiphuzu eliqinile.

Landela iManchester United neRoma bukhoma ku-EZCO: imiphumela ebukhoma, amaqembu nezibalo.