يخوض فريق مانشستر سيتي مباراة صعبة في بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز موسم 2024/25، مساء يوم الثلاثاء، ضد نظيره فريق أستون فيلا.
ويستضيف ملعب “الاتحاد” مباراة مانشستر سيتي وأستون فيلا ضمن منافسات الجولة الرابعة والثلاثين من الدوري الإنجليزي.
كانت مباراة الدور الأول بين الفريقين هذا الموسم قد انتهت بفوز أستون فيلا بهدفين لهدف.
ويمتلك مانشستر سيتي حاليًا 58 نقطة في المركز الخامس، بفارق نقطة واحدة فقط عن أستون فيلا صاحب المركز السابع.
ويتواجد مانشستر سيتي وأستون فيلا ضمن المتنافسين بقوة من أجل التأهل إلى دوري أبطال أوروبا الموسم المقبل. موعد مباراة مانشستر سيتي وأستون فيلا اليوم في الدوري الإنجليزي
تنطلق المباراة في تمام الساعة 9 مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، 10 بتوقيت السعودية. القناة الناقلة لمباراة مانشستر سيتي وأستون فيلا اليوم في الدوري الإنجليزي
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ويُمكنكم متابعة أحداث مباريات اليوم لحظة بلحظة من مركز المباريات من هنـــــا.
da doce： Os atos de racismo e violência sofridos pela torcida do Flamengo marcaram a vitória do clube carioca sobre a Universidad Católica (CHI), na quinta, por 3 a 2 em Santiago. O jovem Thiago Sepúlveda, de 10 anos, foi um dos atingidos por sinalizadores arremessados contra o setor destinado aos rubro-negros. A mãe de Thiago, Danielle Carvalho, disse que o filho “não quer mais saber de futebol”.
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da 888casino： – O Thiago ficou com a marca de queimadura em volta do olho. E ele me disse: ‘Mãe, eu senti algo quente’. Foi sinalizador. Saía aquela fumaça vermelha, e lançavam. Poderia ter sido pior. O médico disse que foi leve, mas por mais alguns centímetros ele poderia ficar até cego. Meu fiho está muito afetado, triste. Ele me falou: ‘Mãe, não consigo parar de pensar. Estou com medo, não quero saber de futebol agora’. E eu não quero que ele tenha essa imagem – afirmou Danielle Carvalho, mãe de Thiago, em entrevista ao jornal “O Globo”.
Danielle Santiago, que é jornalista e mora em Santiago há 14 anos, registrou ocorrência na delegacia e, agora, cobra punição aos responsáveis. Em seu relato, a mãe de Thiago reclamou da falta de apoio recebida pelos funcionários e policiais presentes no Estádio San Carlos Apoquindo.
Segundo seu relato, foram os torcedores do Flamengo que conseguiram levar Thiago para uma área segura, onde foi atendido.
– Falei que tinha visto quem foi, pedi para me levarem para prendê-lo, mas ninguém me deu confiança. Se tivessem me ouvido, ele estava preso agora. Criaram problema para eu entrar com guarda-chuva, e tinha chovido no dia anterior. Mas os torcedores da Católica tinham garrafas, pedra, sinalizador. Como entraram com isso? Não podemos normalizar mais um caso de violência. Esse torcedor tem que ser punido – completou.
As agressões à torcida do Flamengo se intensificaram na etapa final da partida. Após o jogo, tanto o Flamengo quanto a Universidad Católica se pronunciaram sobre os episóidos. Nesta sexta, a Conmebol publicou um comunicado a respeito dos recentes casos de racismo em jogos da Libertadores.
da roleta： Leeds United got back to winning ways in the Championship last weekend with a 2-0 win over Cardiff City, who went down to ten men in the first half, on Saturday.
da stake casino： The Whites bounced back from their 1-0 defeat to Burnley at Elland Road the previous weekend with a comfortable win over the Welsh outfit, thanks to goals from Largie Ramazani and Joel Piroe.
Daniel Farke will surely have been pleased with Ramazani’s first goal for the club, as the winger raced away off the back of Mateo Joseph to go one-on-one with the goalkeeper before slotting the ball into the bottom corner.
The German head coach needed to add attacking quality to his squad during the summer transfer window, after Crysencio Summerville left to join West Ham United and Georginio Rutter signed for Brighton & Hove Albion – with both players leaving to play in the Premier League again.
This left the West Yorkshire outfit with holes to fill at the top end of the pitch and the club swooped to sign Ramazani and Manor Solomon, whilst Brenden Aaronson returned from his loan with Union Berlin.
Farke will also need other players, who were already at the club, to step up and increase their output to fire the team to promotion – including Dan James.
Dan James' redemption at Leeds United
The Wales international is currently out of action with a hamstring injury and will be hoping to contribute to the club’s promotion charge when he returns to full fitness.
He started the 2024/25 campaign with a return of one goal and zero assists in three appearances after an impressive season last term under Farke, having struggled at Elland Road previously.
In the summer of 2021, Victor Orta and Marcelo Bielsa swooped to sign the forward from Manchester United in a deal reportedly worth £25m.
The Welsh speedster went on to produce four goals and four assists in 36 appearances in the Premier League for the Whites that season, which shows that he did not offer regular quality as either a scorer or a creator of goals.
Jesse Marsch had replaced Bielsa by the end of that season and deemed James to be surplus to requirements in the summer of 2022, sending him out on loan to Fulham.
The former Swansea man scored two goals and provided one assist in 24 outings in the Premier League for the Cottagers before returning to Leeds, who had just been relegated, with Farke appointed as the new head coach.
23/24 Championship
Dan James
Appearances
40
Goals
13
Big chances created
13
Assists
7
Key passes per game
1.4
Stats via Sofascore
As you can see in the table above, James thrived in the Championship last season with a return of 20 direct goal contributions in 40 appearances.
The drop down to the second tier allowed him to thrive in the final third and Leeds are now starting to finally get value for the £25m they spent on his services.
Dan James
Things could have been different for the Whites, however, if they had gone ahead with a deal they had lined up before they opted to swoop for the Welshman on deadline day in the summer of 2021.
Leeds United's interest in Noa Lang
Speaking last year, Netherlands international Noa Lang confirmed that Leeds did have an interest in securing his services from Club Brugge a number of years ago.
The winger, who talent scout Jacek Kulig dubbed “unstoppable”, claimed that the Whites “wanted to buy” him for a fee of “€40m”, which equates to around £33m, during his time with the Belgian outfit.
Lang went on to reveal that he was left “mentally exhausted” after the deal eventually fell through, and added that Bielsa pulled the plug because of doubts over how much work the forward would do out of possession.
Club Brugge winger Noa Lang.
He did not confirm the transfer window that it happened in but The Real EFL suggested that it was the summer of 2021, as Bielsa had left Elland Road before the 2022 summer transfer window and the Whites went on to sign James to fill the wing position in 2022 instead.
In the 2020/21 campaign, Lang had racked up 16 goals and nine assists in 29 Pro League appearances for Club Brugge, which may be why the Whites had initially been willing to pay £33m for his services.
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Bielsa’s decision to pull the plug on that particular deal may now be looked back on as a bullet that was dodged, as his value has plummeted since that summer.
Noa Lang's current market value
At the time of writing (24/09/2024), the 25-year-old forward is valued at €18m (£15m) by Transfermarkt and that is significantly lower – less than half in fact – than the £33m Leeds were seemingly willing to pay for him around three years ago.
Lang went on to spend two more years with Brugge in Belgium after his move to Elland Road collapsed and could not hit the heights of his 16-goal campaign in the 2020/21 season.
In the 2021/22 term, the Dutch winger racked up seven goals and 14 assists in 37 appearances in the Pro League, before a return of nine goals and seven assists in 33 league outings the following season.
Former Club Brugge star Noa Lang.
In the summer of 2023, Lang finally secured his transfer away from Belgium and signed for PSV for a club-record fee of €15m (£12m), which was an even bigger drop in value from £33m than his current valuation is.
The 25-year-old whiz missed a staggering 32 matches through injury for PSV in his debut campaign with the club, which limited his impact on the pitch.
23/24 Eredivisie
Noa Lang
Appearances
11
Goals
4
Big chances created
6
Assists
1
Key passes per game
1.5
Stats via Sofascore
As you can see in the table above, Lang did catch the eye with his performances on the pitch when he was fit in the Eredivisie, with ten goals and ‘big chances’ created combined in 11 appearances.
However, his significant fall in value over the last three years, and James’ redemption at Elland Road over the last 13 months, suggests that Bielsa dodged a bullet by avoiding a £33m deal for the winger.
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The Whites failed to secure a deal for the impressive attacking midfielder that summer.
Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori, too, believes Pant is at his batting best when he’s “reckless”
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Shastri to Pant: Bat in the ‘Russell mode’
If Rishabh Pant wants to get the best out of himself as a batter and help Delhi Capitals in the remainder of this IPL, then he needs to bat in the Andre Russell “mode” without thinking too much . That is the simple suggestion of former India head coach Ravi Shastri, who also believes that Pant can become a matchwinner if Capitals use him at No. 3.Related
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“I feel once he gets the tempo going he shouldn’t change, he should be in the [Andre] Russell mould in this format of the game,” Shastri said on ESPNcricinfo’s T20 Time Out. “You get your eye in, you’re striking it well – don’t think too much. No matter who the bowler is, if it’s there to be smacked, smack it. Who knows, you might win more matches than people expect you to.”It’s been an indifferent campaign for Pant, much like Capitals, who are four points behind the top four, having registered five wins and six losses in 11 games so far. Pant has reached at least 20 in eight of his ten innings in the campaign, but hasn’t converted any of those knocks into fifties.Shastri believes the clarity of mindset that sets Russell apart as one of the most destructive batters in the shortest format will serve Pant well.”Russell is very, very clear in his mindset. It is bang-bang-bang once he’s in the mood. There’s no stopping him, there’s not even a negative thought that will peep through his system – it is [all about] smacking. Rishabh is totally capable of playing in that fashion, and I hope he thinks in that way because you’ll see some special innings from him in T20 cricket.”Those special knocks in his early years are what set Pant apart as a batter with a tremendously high ceiling: he smashed 1172 runs from 30 innings in IPL 2018 and 2019, averaging over 45 and striking at nearly 170 (average 45.07, SR 168.88) – with nine 50-plus scores.Since taking over as Capitals’ skipper in 2021, though, Pant has had two middling campaigns in varying capacities. Last season, visibly bogged down in his approach, he finished with a strike rate below 130; this year, he’s striking at more than 150, but failing to kick on and deliver match-winning efforts. Shastri doesn’t think Pant needs to temper his approach. “He’s getting off to starts and then getting out in a manner which he wouldn’t like, but I don’t think he should change his tempo.”It’s a sentiment shared by former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori.”Rishabh Pant is almost at his best when he’s reckless, and we’ve seen him play some exceptional innings when he just continues to take teams down time and time again,” Vettori said on ESPNcricinfo’s T20 Time Out following Capitals’ latest defeat – a 91-run thrashing in pursuit of Chennai Super Kings’ 208 at DY Patil Stadium on Sunday.ESPNcricinfo Ltd
That was the fifth time out of seven attempts where Capitals lost chasing – with targets in the range of 172 to 223 in those defeats – and Pant’s scores in those games read 43(29), 34(17), 44(24), 44(30), 21(11). While some of these matches demanded a hell-for-leather approach, there were a few where the equation appeared to be in Capitals’ grasp – against Gujarat Titans in Pune, they needed 54 off 36 (chasing 172) when Pant fell, and went on to lose by 14 runs; when he got out versus Lucknow Super Giants, a target of 196 had boiled down to 76 needed from 43 balls, and Capitals eventually lost by six runs.It hasn’t helped that the Capitals are short on finishing prowess, with the likes of Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel and Ripal Patel often batting as high as No. 6. And probably that has prompted Pant to put a lid on his uninhibited batting approach, which remains his strength. Shastri, however, said that Pant should understand the burden is not all his to finish the job.”It’s a team game, you don’t expect an individual to go and win the game all the time. But in that short period of time, if he does the damage, there’s enough damage to bring that required rate from say 12 an over to 10 an over. Then it’s for the other guys to take it home.”In their remaining three matches, Capitals face a virtual must-win scenario. To get the best out of Pant which will empower the team’s batting, Shastri has identified a clear route for his former ward. “I’d like to see him bat at three for Delhi Capitals, especially now when the heat is on, when they’ve got to win. Let him go and smack it.”Both Shastri and Vettori agreed that Pant was on the cusp of turning the corner. “He’s threatened, I feel like he’s threatened in every game,” Vettori said. “We’ve had discussions around whether he’s out of form and I’ve suggested because of his strike rate – against pace and spin, still over 150 for both facets – that he’s so close to having that big performance. I think that big innings can still happen in these last three games.”
da winzada777： While it is often bemoaned by fans and Premier League clubs alike, the international break does have its silver linings.
da esoccer bet： One is that it gives players who are perhaps on the periphery of the national team the chance to make their debut or pick up some more caps, as the stakes are far lower.
This happened in England's game against Ireland over the weekend, as former Manchester United youngster Angel Gomes earned his first cap and then started his first game for the Three Lions against Finland a few days later.
The talented midfielder looked great in both games, and unfortunately for the United fans upset at missing out on him, they may have already sold a youngster who could have been their next Gomes, a prospect who's even been compared to Frenkie de Jong before.
Angel Gomes journey to England
After rising through the youth ranks, Gomes left United in the summer of 2020 and joined French outfit LOSC Lillie on a free, although he was immediately loaned out to Portuguese side Boavista for the 20/21 season.
The young Englishman made 32 appearances in all competitions, scoring six goals and providing six assists, impressing his parent club in the process.
He wasn't one of the first names on the teamsheet upon his return to Lille, but he did make 30 appearances across the 21/22 campaign, during which he also became a mainstay in Lee Carsley's England U21 side.
The following two years saw him establish himself as an important cog in Les Dogues' machine, as he made 84 appearances, primarily in defensive, central, and attacking midfield, in which he racked up 21 goals and assists. Unsurprisingly, the 24-year-old has been just as important this season.
He has already made four appearances in the league and Champions League qualifiers, in addition to his two England caps, and while he couldn't get into United's team four years ago, he certainly looks like he would today.
Gomes' Lille record
Appearances
118
Goals
8
Assists
18
Goal Involvements per Match
0.22
All Stats via Transfermarkt
The bad news for the Red Devils is that they may have just sold their next Gomes as well.
Why selling Zidane Iqbal might've been a mistake
Yes, the former United youngster in question is Zidaen Iqbal, who was sold to FC Utrecht in June 2023 for a fee believed to be just £850k.
Now, he's certainly not a household name, but Iqbal was a player who looked very promising during Ten Hag's first preseason campaign with the club, and while you cannot fully judge a player off of how they perform in friendlies, the signs were positive, with BBC Sport journalist Simon Stone describing his performances as "so impressive."
The then 19-year-old also impressed Sky Sports reporter Melissa Reddy, who described the midfielder as possessing "heaps of technical quality, skill and intelligence" and that he's the sort of player who "demands the ball, moves, scans, never hides and is not scared of making a mistake" – in short, he was looking like an excellent prospect.
If that is not enough, then you should listen to what talent scout Jacek Kulig had to say about the Manchester-born gem, as he described him as a "roaming playmaker" and compared him to the incredibly gifted De Jong, which, based on his position and the way others had spoken about him at the time, makes sense.
Moreover, like the Dutchman, the former Red Devil stands at 5 foot 11, and while that's not short, he's not a midfield destroyer.
Lastly, while he wasn't quite able to break into the first team, he was a star of the youth sides and made 35 appearances for the U23s despite leaving the club when he was just 20.
Ultimately, letting Iqbal leave last summer was probably the right thing to do for his development, as when fit, he played for Utrecht last season, but with how Gomes has progressed in Portugal and France and the pair's positional similarities, it's hard not to look at the Iraqi international and see him developing into a player United should have kept on the books.
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خاض نجم فريق ليفربول، محمد صلاح، مباراة اليوم ضد نظيره ليستر سيتي، في إطار منافسات بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز لكرة القدم.
واستضاف ملعب “كينج باور” مباراة الفريقين في الجولة الثالثة والثلاثين من الدوري الإنجليزي، حيث فاز ليفربول بهدف دون رد.
وشارك محمد صلاح في تلك المباراة كأساسي وخاضها حتى النهاية، دون أن يسجل أو يصنع. ملخص لمسات محمد صلاح في مباراة ليفربول وليستر سيتي
وكاد محمد صلاح أن يسجل هدفًا مبكرًا لصالح ليفربول، في الدقيقة الثالثة من عمر الشوط الأول، حيث تلقى كرة من لويس دياز وسددها من داخل منطقة الجزاء ولكنها اصطدمت بالقائم.
وفي الدقيقة الثامنة، وجه لويس دياز كرة عرضية ووصلت إلى محمد صلاح الذي سددها من داخل المنطقة، ولكن شتتها الدفاع لتتحول إلى ركنية.
وتمكن محمد صلاح من تسديد كرة قوية في الدقيقة 11، من على حدود منطقة الجزاء ولكن حارس ليستر سيتي تصدى ببراعة.
وواصل الدفاع محاولاته لتشتيت هجوم محمد صلاح، حيث سدد الأخير كرة في الدقيقة 12، واعتلت المرمى بعد تدخل من دفاع ليستر سيتي، لتتحول إلى ركنية جديدة للضيوف.
وحاول محمد صلاح الانطلاق بالكرة من الناحية اليمنى، ولكن دفاع ليستر سيتي شتت الهجمة قبل أن تتحول فرصة خطيرة، في الدقيقة 20.
ومرر محمد صلاح الكرة ناحية كونور برادلي، في الدقيقة 23، حيث سددها الأخير ولكن اصطدمت بالدفاع لترتد إلى الخلف وتنتهي الهجمة.
وتكررت محاولات محمد صلاح حيث سدد كرة من داخل المنطقة، في الدقيقة 29، ولكن الدفاع شتتها وتحولت إلى ركنية أخرى لكتيبة آرني سلوت.
وحاول كودي جاكبو تمرير كرة ناحية محمد صلاح، في الدقيقة 39، ولكنها كانت أطول من اللازم على المصري، قبل أن تُشتت من قِبل الدفاع وتتحول إلى ركنية.
وسدد محمد صلاح كرة أعلى من اللازم، بعد تمريرة من تسيميكاس، في الدقيقة 42، لتتحول إلى ضربة مرمى.
وتحصل محمد صلاح على ركلة ركنية بعدما اصطدمت كرته بأحد لاعبي ليستر سيتي، في الدقيقة 51.
وكاد محمد صلاح أن يسجل هدفًا في الدقيقة 59، بعدما سدد كرة قوية ولكنها مرت بجوار المرمى.
وحاول محمد صلاح تسجيل هدف، في الدقيقة 77، بعد رأسية من فان دايك، لتصل إلى محمد صلاح ويسددها برأسه وتصطدم الكرة في القائم وترتد لتصل إلى جوتا حيث سددها واصطدمت في العارضة، وارتدت مجددًا وتصل إلى أرنولد ليسددها في الشباك.
وكاد صلاح أن يصنع الهدف الثاني في الدقيقة 79، بعدما قدم عرضية متقنة، ووصلت إلى جوتا الذي سددها برأسه ولكن أعلى المرمى.
WA had been 6 for 89 before the lower order hauled them to a total which proved just enough
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Andrew Tye claimed four wickets to take Western Australia to the title•Getty Images
Australian pace bowler Jhye Richardson played a crucial role with the bat but suffered a hamstring injury when bowling as Western Australia beat New South Wales in the one-day final.Star WA batter Shaun Marsh (knee sprain) was also injured in Friday’s match at Melbourne’s Junction Oval as they triumphed by 18 runs, collecting their 15th domestic one-day title.In a see-sawing game highlighted by Hilton Cartwright’s astonishing and crucial outfield catch, WA made 9 for 225 from their 50 overs before NSW were dismissed for 207 in 46.3 overs.Richardson top-scored with 44, leading WA’s rearguard fightback after they had slumped to 6 for 89. An over after bowling Baxter Holt for a duck, Richardson pulled up awkwardly in his delivery stride and had to leave the field injured with NSW on 6 for 117.Richardson took five wickets in the second Ashes Test win at Adelaide Oval, but then went out of the side because of soreness and was left out of the Pakistan tour squad.No. 3 Moises Henriques had paced the NSW innings with 43 from 75 balls when he belted spinner D’Arcy Short to long-on. Cartwright was horizontal when he took an all-time classic diving catch, leaving NSW 8 for 204. It proved the match-winning moment – Henriques and Ben Dwarshuis, who was unbeaten on 31, had put on 36 for the eighth wicket and NSW appeared to be heading to a win. Adam Zampa and Tanveer Sangha were then dismissed for ducks to end the match.WA quick Andrew Tye, who was on a hat-trick, took 4 for 30 and was named player of the match, while Aaron Hardie snared 3 for 41.Matthew Kelly and Jason Behrendorff put on 52, a WA record for the 10th wicket in one-dayers, and that proved the difference. Kelly made 27 not out and Behrendorff hit two sixes off Hayden Kerr in the last over of the innings for his unbeaten 24.While WA’s score was well short of par on a wicket that did not appear to be playing too many tricks, it proved enough to thwart NSW.Marsh gave WA an injury scare at 2 for 70 when he turned back quickly after attempting a quick single. He had a sharp pain in his left leg and dropped to the ground in pain. Marsh needed medical attention for several minutes before resuming his innings.But two runs later, Adam Zampa bowled him for 29, ending his 61-run stand with Cameron Bancroft. Zampa bowled captain Ashton Turner with his next delivery for a duck and Cartwright survived the hat-trick ball.Matthew Gilkes dropped a sitter off Kelly when he had only made 2. Gilkes then caught Richardson in the deep to give Daniel Sams his third wicket and it was given out, despite the fielder appearing to touch the boundary rope with his foot.
da premier bet： São Paulo embarcou na tarde deste sábado (16) para o Rio de Janeiro para enfrentar o Flamengo, pela segunda rodada das equipes no Campeonato Brasileiro, no domingo (17).
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Após treinar pela manhã, a delegação embarcou em um voo fretado para disputar a partida no estádio do Maracanã. O goleiro Jandrei, recuperado de uma indisposição estomacal, treinou com o restante do elenco e viaja com os outros jogadores.
A outra dúvida era sobre André Anderson. O novo reforço passou mal na manhã deste sábado (16) e ficou de fora da última preparação, além de ter sua apresentação cancelada. Porém, o clube divulgou que o atleta viajará com o Tricolor, mas segue ainda sob supervisão médica.
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O São Paulo enfrenta o Flamengo no domingo (17), às 16h, no estádio do Maracanã. A equipe carioca empatou a primeira partida do campeonato contra o Atlético-GO, por 1 a 1. Já o Tricolor estreou com vitória, contra o Athletico-PR.
Speaking to R Ashwin, the legspinner also opened up about the bond of ‘brotherhood’ he shares with Virat Kohli
ESPNcricinfo staff02-Feb-2022
Yuzvendra Chahal: “There is a bond [with Virat Kohli], which helped me bowl well under him”•BCCI
Yuzvendra Chahal hasn’t had to bother with the IPL auction much for many years now, and now that he must in just over a week, he is happy to go wherever fate takes him but would most want to go back to where he has spent his last eight seasons: Royal Challengers Bangalore. And money isn’t the clincher. “I don’t want to say I want [INR] 15 crore or something, eight crore is enough for me.”All of Chahal’s Royal Challengers’ cricket at the team has been under the leadership of Virat Kohli, who is no longer the captain of either India or the franchise. “I know Virat from the Under-15 days. We played together for one year [for North Zone]. When I went to RCB in 2014, I was very nervous – on the field too,” Chahal said in a chat with R Ashwin on the latter’s YouTube channel.”He used to be in the covers, and he was so energetic. And I was a youngster, and he sometimes got angry with me too. So in 2014, when I used to pick up a wicket those days, I used to charge towards the batsman to show my aggression. That happened two-three times, and the match referee spoke to [the coach] Daniel Vettori.Related
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“Then in one match, I said something bad, and Vettori sir came to me and said, ‘This is not good, you have the potential but if you can change this thing… if you want to run [after picking a wicket], you run towards the covers, to Virat , and say whatever you want to – Virat won’t mind’.”I realised that he [Kohli] had a lot of positive energy. He never tried to change me, he never asked me to bowl this way or that way. We always had two plans, and the first plan was always mine. He would tell me, ‘You plan the way you want to bowl.’ It helped me because I have to bowl, so it helped to think about it, [and] get the field I wanted.””Sometimes I told him to set whatever field he wanted, so he said, ‘Okay, I will make a couple of changes, you bowl the way you want’. That gives you confidence when a big player – your captain – supports you. In some matches when I gave away runs, he would come running from the boundary to tell me, ‘No problem, you carry on, you will bounce back’. So that boosts you.”He is my senior, but the brotherhood we have, the eight years I have been with RCB – whether off the field or on the field – [means] I can ask him [for] whatever I want, whether it’s something personal or whatever. So there is a bond, which helped me bowl well under him.”Yuzvendra Chahal has picked up 138 wickets from 113 matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore over the years•BCCI
And with the mega auction scheduled for February 12 and 13, Chahal hopes he can resume his IPL duties for Royal Challengers.”The journey for eight years [with Royal Challengers] has been memorable. There is no right to match [which the franchise used to retain him in 2018] this time, so I will go to whoever pays the most for me,” he said. “This is the first time where I might end up going to another team because there is no right to match. I am ready to go to any team. As a professional player, you should be ready to play for any team.”Obviously, I want to go to RCB again. But I won’t feel bad if I go somewhere else. All of them have to build new teams. Whoever takes me, I have no problem. I will continue to give my 100%. But yes, when you go to a new franchise, it takes a little time to adjust. But that’s why we call ourselves professional players.”Chahal has been one of Royal Challengers’ core players over the years after moving there from Mumbai Indians prior to the 2014 season. In 113 matches for them, he has picked up 138 wickets at an economy rate of just over 7.50. These are good figures in any circumstances, but even more impressive when one considers that he has played a large chunk of his IPL matches – 41 out of 114 overall – at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, which is famously small, and a ground where high totals are the order of the day; the average first-innings run rate there is 8.75, the highest among venues to have hosted at least 20 matches in the IPL.”I didn’t have much experience [in 2014], and I had watched even very good spinners getting hit at that ground,” Chahal reminisced. “Then Vettori sir told me, ‘This is a small ground, as you know, so you have to go for wickets. If you give 30 runs in four overs, I want one wicket. If you go for 35 runs, I am happy with two wickets. If you go for 40, make sure you get three wickets.’ So I realised the importance of wickets on that ground.”I asked him if I should stick to my strengths – I flight the ball, I vary my pace. He said, ‘Yes, go for that.’ I realised after the season that if you get a wicket, you get three-four dot balls after that.”He calls Bengaluru his “second home”, and it is not just because of the eight years of memories of the IPL, but also the experience with the city’s fans, who Chahal said were different from other cities: “they are behind you even if you are seventh on the table, they never abuse”.Not to forget the India call-up in 2016 after a good IPL season, where he picked up 21 wickets in 13 games. “I think it’s all because of RCB. They gave me a platform to prove myself,” Chahal said. “And once my journey started, when I got confidence as a bowler… I had played only a few Ranji Trophy matches [until then], but doing well in the IPL gave me confidence that I would be able to survive in this league.””When I went to the training sessions, Vettori sir made me bowl in open nets. I got the first over. I got the 20th over,” he recalls. “They made me bowl a lot to left-handers. Then in 2018, they picked me in the right to match [card]. I was in South Africa at that time.”Kuldeep [Yadav] and I were watching the auction together. My name came at No. 9 and his came at No. 10. I was nervous about how much I would get. But I was confident they would buy me back with the RTM card [which Chahal said the franchise had told him]. So I was very happy to get back to RCB.”
da heads bet： Essa terça-feira (11) marca o último dia para os clubes brasileiros inscreverem jogadores para o Campeonato Brasileiro e Copa do Brasil neste primeiro semestre, e o Corinthians corre contra o tempo para anunciar o lateral-direito Rafael Ramos dentro do prazo.
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da pixbet： O negócio está certo, o jogador está desde a semana passada em São Paulo, mas detalhes burocráticos têm travado o negócio de ser concretizado.
Se tudo correr como a diretoria corintiana espera, Rafael Ramos será oficializado durante o dia, se tornando o terceiro português a vestir a camisa corintiana. O primeiro no Século XXI.
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Antes dele, o goleiro Casemiro do Amaral, entre 1913 e 1914 e 1918 a 1920, e Horácio, em 1914, e os meia Laurentino de Mello, em 1933, e Joaquim Rocha, em 1971, foram os outros atletas lusitanos a vestirem a camisa do Timão.
Com isso, além de Ramos ser o primeiro português do Timão neste século, ele também será o primeiro lateral lusitano da história do clube.
E o feito pode ser ainda maior, caso Rafael vá às redes durante os dois anos de contratos que tendem a ser firmados, já que todos os seus compatriotas antecessores não marcaram gols pelo Corinthians.
A ressalva pode ser feita apenas para o atacante Liedson. Brasileiro, projetado ao futebol pelo Time do Povo, em 2003, e que voltou à equipe alvinegra em 2011, dois anos após ter sido naturalizado português, pra jogar a Copa do Mundo da África do Sul, em 2010.
Na sua segunda passagem pelo Corinthians, já sob natureza lusitana, o centroavante fez 72 jogos e 27 gols, tendo feito parte do elenco campeão da Libertadores, em 2012.
Rafael Ramos chega como 66º contratado estrangeiro do Corinthians, que volta a trazer para o elenco principal um atleta de fora do Brasil depois de um ano e sete meses. O último havia sido o equatoriano Júnior Cazares, que defendeu o Timão por apenas sete meses.