Spurs: Conte must axe Moura v Liverpool

The race for the top four in the Premier League is heating up heading into the final few matches of the 2021/22 season but for Tottenham Hotspur, it doesn’t get trickier than this evening.

Antonio Conte’s side travel to Merseyside to face an in-form and title-chasing Liverpool team at Anfield, who too are in need of points to keep the pressure on Manchester City, who were knocked out of the Champions League in agonising fashion in midweek.

Last weekend, Spurs bolstered their claims for European football next season with a resounding 3-1 victory over a heavily-rotated Leicester City side; their fifth win in seven.

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Just like Brendan Rodgers, the Italian head coach also tinkered with his lineup but only slightly, with Lucas Moura coming in for Dejan Kulusevski in the attack.

Ten minutes into the second half, the Brazilian winger was withdrawn for the Sweden international with the Lilywhites only holding a 1-0 lead, and Kulusevski quickly made his presence known by providing two assists for Heung-min Son to net a brace.

Moura has struggled for form and has lost his place in the starting XI to Kulusevski, so that change is ought to be one that Conte makes for this encounter.

Across 31 league appearances, the former Paris Saint-Germain ace has delivered only two goals and five assists – by comparison, the Juventus loanee has already usurped that with three goals and eight assists in only 14 games, via WhoScored.

Valued at £18m by Transfermarkt, the 29-year-old winger has previously been described as a “nightmare” to train against by team-mate Eric Dier, but we’ve seen anything but that from Moura in 2022, with his last league goal coming back in December.

Moura has also provided two assists since Boxing Day, despite only failing to make two appearances in that time.

Furthermore, Kulusevski is clear for creating chances, even if they do not get converted into a goal – his average of 1.6 key passes per game eclipses Moura by 0.7.

Therefore, it should be a no-brainer for Conte to make the ruthless call to axe Moura from the starting XI up against Liverpool. If there’s any game where he’ll go missing, it’s certainly this one. He is just not good enough to start for Tottenham.

AND in other news, Conte could land his own Jorginho in Spurs swoop for “extraordinary” £45m-rated titan…

Em festa do Corinthians, Sheik xinga Palmeiras e Dudu; veja o vídeo

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Após falar que o presidente do Palmeiras, Maurício Galiotte, é “doente mental”, o atacante Sheik voltou a criar polêmica na festa do título paulista do Corinthians. Em vídeo divulgado nas redes sociais, o jogador pega o microfone e xinga o atacante Dudu e o clube alviverde.

– Dudu, vai tomar no c… – disparou Sheik, em cima de um palco ao lado de outros jogadores do Corinthians (veja o vídeo abaixo).

A comemoração do título do Corinthians aconteceu em uma casa noturna na zona sul de São Paulo. O elenco ganhou folga e só volta aos trabalhos na quarta-feira de manhã, no CT Joaquim Grava.

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تأكد جاهزية لاعب الزمالك لمباراة البنك الأهلي في الدوري

تأكد جاهزية لاعب الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي الزمالك، للمشاركة مع الفارس الأبيض خلال المواجهات المُقبلة بعد تعافيه من الإصابة.

وشارك أحمد فتوح الظهير في تدريبات، اليوم الثلاثاء، التي أقيمت على ملعب عبد اللطيف أبورجيلة بشكل طبيعي.

وتعرض أحمد فتوح لإصابة بشد عضلي خلال مباراة الزمالك الأخيرة أمام بيراميدز مما دفع الجهاز الفني لاستبداله في الشوط الثاني للقاء.

وشهد مران اليوم مشاركة الظهير الأيسر بشكل طبيعي في كافة الفقرات البدنية والفنية، ليتم التأكد من جاهزيته للفترة المقبلة.

جدير بالذكر أن الزمالك فاز على بيراميدز بهدف دون رد، في المباراة التي أقيمت بينهما مساء يوم الأحد الماضي في اللقاء المؤجل من الجولة الثالثة من عمر الدوري المصري الممتاز.

ومن المقرر أن يلتقي الزمالك مع البنك الأهلي، يوم الجمعة المُقبل، الموافق 16 ديسمبر الجاري، ضمن منافسات الجولة السابعة من عمر المسابقة المحلية.

Ganga dedicates win to Joey Carew

Trinidad & Tobago’s team has returned home to a warm welcome after emerging champions in the Caribbean T20

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Jan-2011

Darren Bravo was instrumental in two of T&T’s victories•Randy Brooks

Trinidad & Tobago’s team has returned home to a warm welcome after emerging champions in the Caribbean T20. Their captain Daren Ganga dedicated the victory to former West Indies opener, Joey Carew, who died earlier this month.”When we heard about the passing of Joey Carew, we felt it was very important to pay respect to a man who changed the face of local cricket,” Ganga said. “There’s no better way that we could have done it than to give him this send off and dedicate this Caribbean T20 victory to him.”Carew played 19 Tests in a decade-long career that ended in 1972, and also served as a selector for West Indies cricket for 20 years, on and off, retiring from the post in 2006.T&T were without their two biggest stars, Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo, for the entire tournament but still came out on top. They caught the imagination with their brand of attacking cricket during their run to the final of the inaugural Champions League in 2009, and Ganga targeted the title this time.”The journey has now begun. I urge every single supporter of T&T cricket to step forward and ensure that Champions League 2011 is one step better than Champions League 2009. This time around, we’re not first-timers.”Two players pivotal to T&T’s title win in the Caribbean T20 were batsmen Lendl Simmons and Darren Bravo. Simmons was the second-highest run-getter in the tournament, making 249 including three half-centuries to be Player of the Series.”I am really working hard to get better and better at my game,” said Simmons, who has been out of the West Indies side for nearly a year now. “I am more relaxed as a cricketer and I am happy I got some runs under my name. I am now looking forward to the WICB Four Day Tournament. I will be looking to get some more runs in that and some more big performances and get back into the picture.”Darren Bravo was Man of the Match in the final after top scoring with 41, and also starred in a league phase win over Barbados. “I really enjoyed batting in the Caribbean T20,” he said. “I was feeling good at the crease and the ball was coming off the bat quite nicely. I have been doing a lot of work on my game and it was really a continuation from the way I started my Test career in Sri Lanka.”

Dwayne Bravo certain of quarter-final qualification

West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo is certain of his team’s qualification for the quarter-finals of the 2011 World Cup

Sharda Ugra in Delhi22-Feb-2011The group in which the West Indies finds themselves in this World Cup is not quite the football-esque Group of Death, but it could well be called a Cluster of Calamity. Where on any given day, a team that is highly-favoured, generously-rated, strongly-supported could find its plans, dreams and ambitions, upended. To whittle down the company that West Indies keep along with India, South Africa, England, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands into four quarter-finalists is tougher than getting Sreesanth to separate his bowling from his bravado.West Indies’ allrounder Dwayne Bravo, though, has a different point of view, “I have no doubt in my mind we are going to qualify for the second round. And obviously, take it from there.” It is a declaration through which Bravo has painted a target on his back two days before he gets out on the Ferozshah Kotla to play West Indies’ first World Cup match against South Africa. Bravo did so by dismissing the idea that his team’s group was tougher than the one made up of Sri Lanka, Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Canada. “It’s an open tournament and both groups have teams who can spring surprises and that’s what the World Cup wants – one of the big teams being surprised by one of the under-rated teams.”West Indies are one of those under-rated teams, particularly since the last time they beat a Test team in an ODI was in June 2009. Since then, they have been beaten in their last two series at home by Bangladesh (0-3) and South Africa (0-5), both of whom they will meet in this group. It is as if the Gods are mocking the form book, destiny and whatever else can be mocked.The series against South Africa, says Bravo, could have been “4-1 in the West Indies’ favour” and in hindsight, it spelt out his side’s biggest flaw: “We had a lot of opportunities, a lot of key moments that could have won us the games. But it was simple mistakes that cost us. We have identified those mistakes. We have to come up with good game plans as to how if those those situations do occur again, we will be more prepared to facing them.”Bravo’s own form in the run-up to the World Cup has been iffy, with only one fifty in his last ten games, but he said he was now “confident and happy” after his brief run in the rain-drenched ODI series in Sri Lanka. “I am waiting for the tournament to begin, it will be a long one and I have a big role to play with bat and ball.” Two days ago, Chris Gayle said Bravo was a factor because he brought “fireworks” to the team. “He get that buzz around and bring that energy… Regardless of what is happening, I’m not too worried about him, he will be ready to go when the umpire says play.” For his part, Bravo says, “We can’t wait for Thursday to come.”Gayle and Bravo make up two of the trio who turned down central contracts offered to them by the West Indies Cricket Board, giving themselves the opportunity to be freelance Twenty20 players in leagues mushrooming around the world. They may be in the same corner of a debate, but Bravo believes they must also share a common load in the World Cup. Not just because they are IPL regulars but also due to their all-round abilities. “Allrounders are very important in this part of the world and we have four top-quality allrounders. The captain Darren Sammy is one, Kieron Pollard, myself and Chris Gayle. On any given day if two of us out of the four have a good day, the West Indies will be in a good position to win games.”The IPL’s insider information was not going to be enormous, Bravo said, because “it’s the same information that Graeme Smith or J P Duminy will have.” What could give the West Indians a slight advantage was the similarity of the conditions in the sub-continent to their home pitches, but this, too, only when compared to “some of the other teams who play on hard bouncy surfaces.”Once we play properly and execute our plans properly, that obviously is going to come into play… knowing India, spin and slow-medium play a big part and we will also take that into consideration.”The West Indies’ recent form and rankings were dismissed as ‘history’ with Bravo distilling the news, the noise and the predictions into one simple idea: “This is a new tournament in a different setting. Each team starts with zero points and every team has an opportunity to win the World Cup.”The match against South Africa will be the first ‘marquee’ contest of the World Cup not featuring any of the home teams. The West Indies would want to light a few fires under a few chairs in their group, “because we have to begin well…we don’t want to be in the middle of the tournament where we are trying to play catch up cricket. We are not in a position where we can take it easy at the moment as we are rebuilding and trying to get back into winning ways… this tournament is important to us and the people of the Caribbean.”The people of the Caribbean will no doubt also keep Bravo’s promise of a quarter-final spot in mind.

ليكيب تختار ثلاثي المغرب في التشكيل المثالي لكأس العالم 2022

تواجد ثلاثة من لاعبي منتخب المغرب، في التشكيل المثالي لبطولة كأس العالم قطر 2022، من صحيفة “ليكيب” الفرنسية.

وكان منتخب المغرب قد حقق مفاجأة قوية في كأس العالم، في نسخته الثانية والعشرين، بعدما وصل إلى دور نصف النهائي، كأول منتخب عربي وإفريقي يحقق ذلك الإنجاز.

وخسر المغرب أمام فرنسا في نصف النهائي بثنائية نظيفة، قبل أن يفشل في حصد المركز الثالث بعد الخسارة أمام كرواتيا بنتيجة 2-1.

ورغم ذلك، نال لاعبو المغرب إشادة الجميع، مع العلم أن صحيفة “ليكيب” الفرنسية وضعت ثلاثة من لاعبي أسود الأطلس في التشكيل المثالي لكأس العالم.

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ثلاثي منتخب المغرب في التشكيل المثالي لكأس العالم، من الصحيفة المرموقة، هم: سفيان أمرابط، رومان سايس، وأشرف حكيمي.

ولم يتواجد سوى لاعبًا واحدًا من منتخب فرنسا في ذلك التشكيل وهو هداف البطولة كيليان مبابي، إلى جانب ثلاثي أرجنتيني وهم ليونيل ميسي، إنزو فرنانديز، وأكونيا. التشكيل المثالي لكأس العالم قطر 2022 من ليكيب

حراسة المرمى: دومينيك ليفاكوفيتش (كرواتيا).

خط الدفاع: أكونيا (الأرجنتين)، جفارديول (كرواتيا)، رومان سايس (المغرب)، أشرف حكيمي (المغرب).

خط الوسط: لوكا مودريتش (كرواتيا)، سفيان أمرابط (المغرب)، إنزو فرنانديز (الأرجنتين).

خط الهجوم: كيليان مبابي (فرنسا)، ليونيل ميسي (الأرجنتين)، بوكايو ساكا (إنجلترا).

Com frieza e Rodriguinho decisivo, Corinthians reverte adversidades

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Na semifinal do Paulistão, o Corinthians precisava de pelo menos um gol para levar a disputa contra o São Paulo para os pênaltis. O Timão não conseguiu uma boa atuação na Arena, mas não se assustou e viu Rodriguinho marcar de cabeça já nos acréscimos.

Na final, o Corinthians novamente perdeu o duelo de ida por 1 a 0 e precisava de ao menos um gol sobre o Palmeiras, no Allianz Parque. Logo no primeiro minuto, Rodriguinho marcou, e o Timão levou o título nos pênaltis.

Na estreia do Brasileirão, o Fluminense era melhor no segundo tempo após empatar a partida. Mas novamente Rodriguinho apareceu, aos 40 minutos do segundo tempo, para marcar o gol da vitória.

Os três exemplos mostram a frieza que o Corinthians tem para reverter as adversidades. E também como Rodriguinho tem sido decisivo para a equipe.

O Corinthians não se assusta. Como o técnico Fábio Carille costuma dizer, o Timão “sabe sofrer”. Mesmo pressionada, a equipe tem frieza para buscar as jogadas e consegue marcar os gols necessários.

Carille também gosta de dizer que isso é fruto do trabalho, porque todos os jogadores sabem o que fazer em campo, independentemente das situações da partida. Até agora, tem dado certo: o Timão conquistou o Paulistão, estreou com vitória no Brasileirão e lidera o Grupo 7 da Libertadores. Tudo isso graças à frieza da equipe e a Rodriguinho.

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'Reaching quarters not difficult' – Shakib

Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh captain, has said it is not difficult for his team to qualify for the World Cup quarter-finals and they could even go further

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Feb-2011

Shakib Al Hasan says Bangladesh can dream big if they get past the first round•Getty Images

Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh captain, has said it is not difficult for his team to qualify for the World Cup quarter-finals and they could even go further. “We have been playing good cricket for the last 15 months, and if we qualify for the second round, why not think of something big,” Shakib said. “We have to win at least four matches to win a place in the second round. It is not difficult. I think we are capable of booking a place in the second round.”Bangladesh will go in to the World Cup ranked among the top eight teams in ODIs, and have the advantage of playing all their group games at home. Their No. 8 ICC ranking is justification of their recent form; they won two home series in 2010, beating Zimbabwe 3-1 and New Zealand 4-0, and pushed England close in an away series, losing 2-1.While Bangladesh have been giant-killers in past World Cups, beating India and South Africa in 2007, and Pakistan in 1999, their most experienced player, Mohammad Ashraful, says this time the side is firmly aiming at reaching the quarter-finals rather than looking for a few upsets.”Things are now very different to what it was in 2007,” Ashraful, who will take part in his third World Cup in the 2011 tournament, said. “In that World Cup, we were hoping for an upset or two, but this time around we are firmly aiming for the quarter-finals. There is a significant change in the mentality.”Shakib, though, said there has not been any drastic change in the way his side sees themselves. “I don’t feel that there is anything special in terms of attitude,” he said. “Ever since I started playing cricket, I have been playing to win, and I play with the same mentality now, whoever the opposition.”Three victories may be enough for Bangladesh to go past the group stage, since four out of seven teams qualify from each group. Two of their matches will be against Associate teams Ireland and Netherlands, in which they will be favourites. They will also be eyeing fixtures against West Indies, who have slipped below them in the ODI rankings, at Mirpur, and England in Chittagong, while upsets against India and South Africa are not off the cards.Bangladesh have done enough to have lost the underdog tag, but with that, and the fact that they are joint hosts for the tournament, comes added pressure. Shahriar Nafees, who will be playing his second World Cup, said the team was confident of dealing with it. “People handle pressure in different ways; some thrive under it, some play their best when they don’t have it,” he said. “But there is a stern belief within this side because we are finally winning. We know that at home we are considerably tough opposition.”While Bangladesh’s surprise success in the 2006-07 World Cup gave cricket a boost in the country, it was not until the last two years that the results improved. In the period between the last World Cup and the end of 2008, they won just five out of 34 ODIs. Since the start of 2009, though, they have maintained a win/loss ratio of 1.00 in 46 matches.Ashraful points to a victory over Sri Lanka in January 2009, in a tri-nation tournament, as the turning point in Bangladesh’s fortunes. After fast bowlers Mashrafe Mortaza and Rubel Hossain had skittled out Sri Lanka for 147, Ashraful and Shakib had put together a century partnership to help Bangladesh recover from 11 for 3, the latter making an unbeaten 92.”During that game, I had a feeling things were changing,” says Ashraful. “Previously we were happy just competing with the big teams, but that day there was a feeling prevalent that we will be able to beat the big teams if we played to our true potential.” Ashraful’s own form has been on a downward spiral since that series and, after averaging just 14.66 in the first half of 2010, he found himself dropped for the series against New Zealand and given just one match in the one against Zimbabwe. He was quick to acknowledge the recent success of the team has been built on their younger players, saying “there are other match-winners coming through.”Nafees is another player who, like Ashraful, has struggled to live up to his early promise, and, after signing with the ICL kept him out of international cricket for a year, has only played four ODIs in the last two years. He said the development of Bangladesh cricket is an on-going process and previous captains have added to it as well. “It is like a relay race,” Nafees said. “[Habibul] Bashar and his team had bought the team to a certain level and Shakib is now carrying it on. We are moving forward, that is unquestionable.”Bangladesh will kick off the World Cup with a home fixture against India on February 19.

Atacante do Atlético-MG recebe liberação para assinar com Paraná

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Depois de um mês de ida e vindas, o Paraná acertou a contratação do atacante Carlos, 22 anos, do Atlético-MG. O jogador chega à Vila Capanema por empréstimo até o final do Campeonato Brasileiro.

Em março, o LANCE! trouxe a informação de que o centroavante havia fechado com o Tricolor e aguardava apenas a liberação do Galo. O problema é que o Coritiba tentou atravessar, pagando o salário integral e a negociação quase melou. O time mineiro sinalizou o interesse em Matheus Galdezani para incluir na troca.

A princípio, o Coxa não aceitou o envolvimento do atleta por ter reconquistado seu espaço no time titular. Depois do Estadual, entretanto, o volante pediu para se transferir e foi emprestado até o fim do ano. Carlos, por outro lado, não quis jogar no Alto da Glória por atuar na Série B e, a princípio, ser utilizado como extremo e não como 9.

Assim, o atacante preferiu jogar na elite e ao lado do técnico Micale, com quem já trabalhou nas categorias de base do próprio Atlético-MG. O Paraná pagará metade do vencimento de R$ 125 mil.

O atleta subiu para a equipe profissional em 2013. Ele foi cedido ao Internacional no ano passado e quando voltou ao Galo não conseguiu se firmar no time. Carlosdisputou quatro jogos em 2018 com a camisa alvinegra, todos pelo Campeonato Mineiro: Boa Esporte, Villa Nova, Caldense e Tombense.

O empréstimo de Carlos, concorrente de Ricardo Oliveira, servirá para o atacante ganhar ritmo de jogo. Com isso, atendência é que o Galo volte ao mercado para contratar um atacante.No Tricolor, o centroavante terá a concorrência de Luan Viana e Thiago Santos como jogador de referência no ataque.

فيريرا: مهاجم الزمالك مستواه أقل من الآخرين بدنيًا.. وأي لاعب يريد تسديد ركلة الجزاء

علق جوسفالدو فيريرا المدير الفني للزمالك، على الفوز الذي حققه فريقه أمام حرس الحدود، في المباراة التي أقيمت اليوم، في الدوري المصري الممتاز.

واستطاع الزمالك تحقيق الفوز على حرس الحدود، برباعية نظيفة، في المباراة التي جمعت بينهما اليوم الثلاثاء، على أرضية استاد القاهرة الدولي، ضمن منافسات الجولة الثامنة من عمر المسابقة المحلية.

وبهذا الفوز، عزز الزمالك رصيده ليصل للنقطة 20، محتلاً المركز الثاني في جدول ترتيب الدوري المصري.

وقال فيريرا في تصريحات صحفية: “لسنا في أفضل حالاتنا، أوقات الرتم يزيد وأوقات أخرى يهبط، يوجد لاعبون جدد سيكتسبون الثقة بمرور المباريات، اليوم فزنا ولم يدخل مرمانا أهداف، لكن ما زال أمامنا وقت لكي يفهم اللاعبون الطريقة الأهم بالنسبة لنا”.

طالع…موعد مباراة الزمالك القادمة أمام المقاولون العرب في الدوري

وأضاف: “الأمور ستكون بنفس الوضع بسبب ضغط المباريات، المباريات بالنسبة لنا ستكون أفضل تمرين، سنتجنب الإصابات وسنحاول تقديم المستوى المطلوب والدفع بلاعبين جدد”. 

وأكمل: “اليوم فزنا وبيننا وبين قمة الدوري نقطتين، أرى أن مباراة اليوم لم تكن جيدة بالنسبة لنا، وطالما نلعب ونفوز نكسب ثقة أكثر، ولكن يجب أن يفهم اللاعبون أن الزمالك لا يجب أن يستريح في أي دقيقة من أي مباراة”.

وأوضح: “في الشوط الأول كان حرس الحدود يقف في الدفاع وكنا نجد صعوبة في خلق المساحات، عكس الشوط الثاني تقدموا ولذلك خلقنا فرص خلفهم”.

وأردف: “الجزيري ما زال يُعاني من الإرهاق حتى من قبل كأس العالم، ونحن عندنا لاعبين آخرين نريد أن ندفع بهم، أمامنا مباريات كثيرة واللاعبون يجب أن يكونوا جاهزين”.

واستطرد: “أي لاعب يريد أن يلعب ركلة الجزاء، أنا كمدرب على الخط أريد أن ألعب ركلة الجزاء، وكذلك الحال للعشرة لاعبين، خاصة وأن النتيجة 3-0، يوجد تسلسل في تسديد ركلات الجزاء، وهذه مواقف عادية تحدث في كرة القدم، لكن المشكلة الحقيقية لو توجد ركلة جزاء ولا أحد يريد أن يلعبها”.

وتابع: “سامسون ما زال في مستوى أقل من الآخرين، لا أتحدث عن المستوى الفني ولكن أتحدث عن المقدرة”.

وأفاد: “عندنا 3 رؤوس حربة، الموسم الماضي كان عندنا رأس حربة واحد، يوسف حسن بدأ التدريبات منذ فترة قريبة، عمره 19 عامًا، يجب أن يكتسب الثقة المطلوبة لكي يُشارك، الجزيري الجميع يعرفه لكنه يحتاج وقتًا للاستشفاء، وسامسون يتدرب منذ 3 أسابيع، ورغم ذلك نحن أكثر فريق أحرز أهدافًا”.

وأشار: “هناك مدربون يُفضلون أن يكون عندهم 10 مهاجمين، لكن هذا كثير، أنا لا أحب ذلك”.

وأتم: “نداي وشلبي مع الجهاز الطبي وهو من سيحسم عودتهم”.

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