Vakna\u00f0i vi\u00f0 vekjaraklukkuna \u00ed morgun, 04:45 st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00e1 henni. \u00deetta voru ekki mist\u00f6k, \u00e9g \u00e6tla\u00f0i m\u00e9r nefnilega a\u00f0 vera fyrir framan sj\u00f3nvarpi\u00f0 \u00feegar a\u00f0 bein \u00fatsending fr\u00e1 HM h\u00e6fist klukkan 05:10, st\u00f3rleikur Argent\u00ednu og N\u00edger\u00edu fyrstur \u00e1 dagskr\u00e1.<\/p>\n
Argent\u00edna 1-0 N\u00edger\u00eda<\/b>
\nGaman a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 tv\u00f6 li\u00f0 spila \u00fear sem hver einasti leikma\u00f0ur kann f\u00f3tbolta, getur gefi\u00f0 boltann meir en skammlaust og hreyft sig \u00e1n hans. \u00c9g haf\u00f0i talsver\u00f0ar \u00e1hyggjur af N\u00edger\u00edum\u00f6nnum fyrir leikinn, \u00fej\u00e1lfaram\u00e1lin hafa veri\u00f0 \u00ed rugli og mikil \u00falf\u00fa\u00f0 veri\u00f0 \u00ed kringum val leikmanna \u00ed li\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00feannig a\u00f0 l\u00edkur voru \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00feeir n\u00e6\u00f0u ekki a\u00f0 stilla saman strengi. \u00cd fyrri h\u00e1lfleik virtist \u00feessi \u00f3tti minn ver\u00f0a a\u00f0 veruleika, Argent\u00ednumenn byrju\u00f0u me\u00f0 hrikalega pressu og N\u00edger\u00edumenn lentu \u00ed verulegum vandr\u00e6\u00f0um. Undir lokin g\u00e1fu Argent\u00ednumenn a\u00f0eins eftir og v\u00f6rn N\u00edger\u00edumanna f\u00f3r a\u00f0 braggast. \u00cd seinni h\u00e1lfleik h\u00e9ldu N\u00edger\u00edumenn \u00e1fram a\u00f0 eflast, en s\u00fdndu sama veikleika n\u00fa og hefur hrj\u00e1\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1 undanfari\u00f0. Veikleikinn er varnarvinna \u00ed f\u00f6stum leikatri\u00f0um, og marki\u00f0 sem Argent\u00ednumenn skoru\u00f0u kom einmitt upp \u00far svolei\u00f0is, einfaldur skalli fr\u00e1 fr\u00edum Batistuta (Batistuta og fr\u00edr \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ir bara mark, mj\u00f6g einfalt). Argent\u00ednumenn eru me\u00f0 svakalegt li\u00f0, f\u00e1r\u00e1nlega tekn\u00edskir og me\u00f0 fr\u00e1b\u00e6rt leikskipulag og samvinnu.<\/p>\n
\u00c1\u00f0ur en n\u00e6sti leikur byrja\u00f0i var s\u00fdnd mynd af Joao Havelange, fyrrum forseta FIFA og ofurskri\u00f0d\u00fdri, hann vir\u00f0ist vera \u00ed hei\u00f0ursst\u00faku \u00e1 hverjum einasta leik sem er spila\u00f0ur \u00ed Su\u00f0ur-K\u00f3reu.<\/p>\n
Paragv\u00e6 2-2 Su\u00f0ur-Afr\u00edka<\/b> MacBeth yfir \u00e1 MacDonald<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Shakespeare hef\u00f0i or\u00f0i\u00f0 stoltur af nafngiftum Su\u00f0ur-Afr\u00edkumanna.<\/p>\n England 1-1 Sv\u00ed\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0<\/b> Sp\u00e1nn 3-1 Sl\u00f3ven\u00eda<\/b> Bandar\u00edskir \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttabla\u00f0amenn gera hins vegar f\u00e1tt anna\u00f0 \u00feessa dagana en a\u00f0 segja hva\u00f0 \u00feeim finnst f\u00f3tbolti asnalegur<\/a> og lei\u00f0inlegur<\/a>. Hef\u00f0i haldi\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 v\u00e6ri l\u00edtil g\u00farkut\u00ed\u00f0 samt \u00ed gangi hj\u00e1 \u00feeim, NBA og fleira \u00e1 fullu hj\u00e1 \u00feeim, augl\u00fdsingarnar um f\u00f3tboltann \u00ed sj\u00f3nvarpinu vir\u00f0ast hins vegar pirra \u00fe\u00e1. Sumir eru \u00fe\u00f3 \u00ed betra skapi<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00c1hugavert:<\/p>\n Vakna\u00f0i vi\u00f0 vekjaraklukkuna \u00ed morgun, 04:45 st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00e1 henni. \u00deetta voru ekki mist\u00f6k, \u00e9g \u00e6tla\u00f0i m\u00e9r nefnilega a\u00f0 vera fyrir framan sj\u00f3nvarpi\u00f0 \u00feegar a\u00f0 bein \u00fatsending fr\u00e1 HM h\u00e6fist klukkan 05:10, st\u00f3rleikur Argent\u00ednu og N\u00edger\u00edu fyrstur \u00e1 dagskr\u00e1. Argent\u00edna 1-0 N\u00edger\u00eda Gaman a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 tv\u00f6 li\u00f0 spila \u00fear sem hver einasti leikma\u00f0ur kann f\u00f3tbolta, getur […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","author-joi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joi.betra.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joi.betra.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joi.betra.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joi.betra.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joi.betra.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joi.betra.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joi.betra.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joi.betra.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joi.betra.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nParagv\u00e6ar t\u00f6pu\u00f0u mj\u00f6g naumlega fyrir Fr\u00f6kkum \u00ed 16-li\u00f0a \u00farslitum \u00e1 HM 1998, \u00e1 gullmarki. \u00deeir voru \u00fev\u00ed fyrirfram mun l\u00edklegri til sigurs h\u00e9r en Su\u00f0ur-Afr\u00edkumenn sem a\u00f0 ger\u00f0u engar r\u00f3sir \u00e1 sama HM. Raunin var\u00f0 l\u00edka s\u00fa a\u00f0 Paragv\u00e6ar yfirspilu\u00f0u Su\u00f0ur-Afr\u00edkumenn \u00ed fyrri h\u00e1lfleik, fantagott li\u00f0 sem a\u00f0 \u00feeir eru me\u00f0. Roque Santa Cruz h\u00e9lt \u00feremur varnarm\u00f6nnum \u00ed fullri vinnu og vann \u00fe\u00e1 oft \u00ed \u00feessu \u00f3jafna einv\u00edgi, hann \u00e1tti v\u00edst l\u00edka sinn eigin pr\u00edvat \u00e1hangendaskara \u00fear sem a\u00f0 h\u00f3pur sk\u00f3last\u00falkna \u00f6skra\u00f0i gr\u00fapp\u00edu\u00f6skri \u00ed hvert skipti sem a\u00f0 boltinn kom n\u00e1l\u00e6gt honum. Su\u00f0ur-Afr\u00edkumenn s\u00f6fnu\u00f0u gulu spj\u00f6ldunum \u00ed fyrri h\u00e1lfleik af miklum m\u00f3\u00f0, frekar gr\u00f3fir \u00ed t\u00e6klingunum. \u00deeir komu hins vegar tv\u00edefldir \u00ed seinni h\u00e1lfleik og s\u00fdndu mun betri spilamennsku, eftir a\u00f0 Paragv\u00e6ar komust svo \u00ed 2-0 \u00e1kva\u00f0 hinn afspyrnu lei\u00f0inlegi \u00fej\u00e1lfari \u00feeirra, Cesare Maldini, a\u00f0 skipta yfir \u00ed v\u00f6rn, 40 m\u00edn\u00fatur til leiksloka og sta\u00f0an 2-0, ofbo\u00f0slega \u00edtalskt og lei\u00f0inlegt. Raunin var\u00f0 enda s\u00fa a\u00f0 Su\u00f0ur-Afr\u00edkumennirnir \u00e1ttu seinni h\u00e1lfleikinn og j\u00f6fnu\u00f0u ver\u00f0skulda\u00f0 \u00e1 lokam\u00edn\u00fatunum \u00far v\u00edtaspyrnu sem a\u00f0 markv\u00f6r\u00f0ur Paragv\u00e6 gaf \u00feeim, me\u00f0 Chilavert \u00ed markinu hef\u00f0i \u00feetta or\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00f6ruggur sigur. J\u00f6fnunarmarki\u00f0 kom vel \u00e1 vondan, sums\u00e9 Maldini, en \u00e9g vorkenni Paragv\u00e6unum samt, \u00feeir \u00e1ttu \u00feetta ekki skili\u00f0, hva\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1 \u00fej\u00e1lfarann. St\u00f3r mist\u00f6k sem a\u00f0 knattspyrnusambandi\u00f0 ger\u00f0i a\u00f0 reka vins\u00e6lan, vel li\u00f0inn og virkilega g\u00f3\u00f0an \u00fej\u00e1lfara til \u00feess a\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0a ofmetinn, lei\u00f0inlegan og elli\u00e6rann \u00fej\u00e1lfara.
\nAlgj\u00f6r gullkornssetning kom fram h\u00e9rna:<\/p>\n
\nEkki bj\u00f3st ma\u00f0ur n\u00fa vi\u00f0 mj\u00f6g miklu af Englendingum fyrir m\u00f3ti\u00f0, leikmannah\u00f3purinn sem var valinn var me\u00f0 \u00e1berandi gloppu, f\u00e1ir og l\u00e9ttir mi\u00f0jumenn. \u00dev\u00ed kom \u00fea\u00f0 manni talsvert \u00e1 \u00f3vart a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 \u00fe\u00e1 mun betri a\u00f0ilann \u00ed fyrri h\u00e1lfleik \u00e1 m\u00f3ti Sv\u00edum. Sv\u00edar spilu\u00f0u reyndar eins og Englendingar \u00ed den, boltanum sparka\u00f0 blint fram og vona\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 besta. \u00deetta er au\u00f0vita\u00f0 takt\u00edk sem a\u00f0 Englendingar \u00feekkja fram og aftur og \u00fev\u00ed var \u00feetta au\u00f0velt fyrir \u00fe\u00e1, v\u00f6rnin \u00feeirra \u00feekkir ekkert skemmtilegra en a\u00f0 taka \u00e1 m\u00f3ti svona h\u00e1um boltum, einkum \u00feegar a\u00f0 framherjar andst\u00e6\u00f0inganna eru mun minni og veikbygg\u00f0ari. Mark Englendinganna var gott, hornspyrna fr\u00e1 Beckham og skalli fr\u00e1 Sol Campbell. \u00cd seinni h\u00e1lfleik komu Sv\u00edar hins vegar til \u00feess a\u00f0 spila f\u00f3tbolta, h\u00e9ldu boltanum ni\u00f0ri og gj\u00f6rsamlega v\u00f6ltu\u00f0u yfir enska li\u00f0i\u00f0. Fyrrum Sheff Wed<\/a> ma\u00f0urinn Niclas Alexandersson jafna\u00f0i me\u00f0 flottu marki fyrir utan v\u00edtateig. Ef a\u00f0 Henrik Larsson hef\u00f0i veri\u00f0 vakandi hef\u00f0i hann svo geta\u00f0 b\u00e6tt vi\u00f0 tveimur m\u00f6rkum. Englendingar sluppu \u00fev\u00ed fyrir horn en ekki komast \u00feeir upp \u00far ri\u00f0linum me\u00f0 svona spilamennsku.<\/p>\n
\nSp\u00e1nverjar eru fr\u00e6gir fyrir \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 vera ofbo\u00f0slega g\u00f3\u00f0ir \u00ed f\u00f3tbolta me\u00f0 f\u00e9lagsli\u00f0um, og ofbo\u00f0slega l\u00e9legir \u00e1 st\u00f3rm\u00f3tum landsli\u00f0a. Af \u00feessum leik a\u00f0 d\u00e6ma er \u00e1st\u00e6\u00f0an einf\u00f6ld, leikmenn hreyfa sig l\u00edti\u00f0 \u00e1n bolta og vir\u00f0ist einna helst sem a\u00f0 fyrirm\u00e6lin sem menn f\u00e1 eru “\u00fe\u00fa ert vinstri bakv\u00f6r\u00f0ur” og b\u00fai\u00f0. M\u00f6rkin sem a\u00f0 Sp\u00e1nverjarnir skoru\u00f0u komu eftir a\u00f0 einn leikma\u00f0ur \u00e1kva\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00feessi tilgangslausi bolti sem \u00feeir spilu\u00f0u v\u00e6ri slappur og bj\u00f3 til f\u00e6ri sem a\u00f0 annar Sp\u00e1nverji s\u00e1 og n\u00fdtti. Leikmenn eru allir mj\u00f6g flinkir og kunna f\u00f3tbolta en li\u00f0ssamvinnan er harla l\u00edtil, li\u00f0i\u00f0 bj\u00f3 ekki til m\u00f6rkin heldur einn ma\u00f0ur \u00ed hvort skipti. Sl\u00f3venar b\u00f6r\u00f0ust vel og voru Sp\u00e1nverjum mun erfi\u00f0ari en markatalan s\u00fdnir, \u00feeir minnku\u00f0u muninn \u00ed 2-1 \u00e1 80. m\u00edn\u00fatu og voru svo a\u00f0 \u00f3gna verulega \u00feanga\u00f0 til a\u00f0 d\u00f3marinn gaf eina f\u00e1r\u00e1nlegustu v\u00edtaspyrnu sem a\u00f0 s\u00e9st hefur, Sp\u00e1nverjar skoru\u00f0u og sta\u00f0an 3-1. Sl\u00f3venar eru af svipu\u00f0um styrkleika og Paragv\u00e6ar, \u00fea\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur \u00fev\u00ed bar\u00e1tta milli \u00feeirra hvort li\u00f0i\u00f0 eltir Sp\u00e1nverja \u00far ri\u00f0linum. Sp\u00e1nverjar ver\u00f0a ekki meistarar \u00e1 me\u00f0an a\u00f0 \u00feeir koma s\u00e9r ekki upp takt\u00edk, sama hversu flinkir \u00feeir eru hver um sig.<\/p>\n