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A frase “a cada três dias, temos uma decisão”, habitualmente dita por Renato Gaúcho durante as coletivas de imprensa, nunca teve um peso tão forte quanto neste sábado. Isso porque o treinador do Flamengo entra pressionado para manter vivo o sonho dotricampeonato e, consequentemente, para vencer o Alético-MG, líder do Campeonato Brasileiro, no Maracanã, às 19h. A partida é válida pela 29ª rodada da competição e terá transmissão em tempo real do L!.

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Não bastasse a pressão em cima de Renato – que foi questionado sobre a parte tática e chegou a entregar o cargo à diretoria, mas foi demovido da ideia -, o adversário da vez tem sido um carrasco com os recentes treinadores do Fla.

Entre Jorge Jesus e Portaluppi, o Flamengo foi comandado por dois técnicos: Domènec Torrent e Rogério Ceni – e ambos foram demitidos após derrotas contra o Atlético-MG. O catalão perdeu o cargo após uma goleada por 4 a 0, no Mineirão, enquanto o ex-goleiro caiu após uma derrota por 2 a 1, no mesmo estádio.

O cenário dentro do Flamengo na época de ambas as demissões, inclusive, era de crise. Com Domènec, pesaram não só as duas goleadas consecutivas que o time sofreu (para São Paulo e Atlético-MG), mas tambémseguidas falhas – coletivas e individuais -, em especial no sistema defensivo.

Com Rogério Ceni, que foi demitido de madrugada, houve o episódio de um áudio vazado de Roberto Drummond, analista do departamento de scout do clube, que continha duras críticas ao treinador. O funcionário em questão ainda classificou Ceni como “uma pessoa ruim”. No fim, ficou exposta uma relação desagastada do então treinador com a diretoria.

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Como visto nos parágrafos anteriores, a situação com Renato também é de crise, mas diferenças ainda podem ser notadas. A mais clara é a confiança da diretoria do Fla, que bancou Portaluppimesmo após ele ter colocado o cargo de treinador à disposição.

Outro ponto é que o jogo contra o Galo deste sábado será realizado no Maracanã. Nos casos deDomènec e Ceni, o Flamengo visitou o Atlético-MG em Belo Horizonte. Portanto, nesta noite, oRubro-Negro Carioca contará com o apoio da Nação nas arquibancadas para sair com os três pontos desta “decisão” do Campeonato Brasileiro.

Real Madrid reportedly chose to ignore a medical report predicting Kylian Mbappe's poor start to life in Spain.

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• Mbappe has poor start to life in Madrid
• Medical report supposedly predicted slow start
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  Madrid decided to sign the French forward this summer, despite his medical report showing signs of physical decline since 2018, as per . The report suggested that Mbappe's physical performances had been worsening season after season and that he would decline further again in 2024/25 but Madrid still opted to confirm his expensive signature. Those at the club believed that the goals and assists he would provide, as well as the lack of a transfer fee and profits made through marketing would outweigh his physical decline.

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  Mbappe's difficult start to life in Spain has now raised doubts over whether Los Blancos should have sanctioned his signing. The reports of physical decline, coupled with the forward's lack of success in front of goal, make for worrying reading for Madrid. While most footballers experience a physical decline as they age, Mbappe's speed has always been a vital asset and Madrid may be concerned that, should he lose yet more pace, it could start to negatively impact his goal and assist output. Carlo Ancelotti has eased concerns over Mbappe's form.

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  In March this year, during a game against his current side for Paris Saint-Germain, Mbappe clocked a 100-metre speed of 10.9 seconds. This is just over a second slower than Usain Bolt's world-record pace of 9.58 seconds. While he may be wearing slightly physically, the French captain is still lightning fast.

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  Mbappe has a chance to redeem his poor showing and missed penalty against Liverpool in midweek on Sunday when Madrid host Getafe. He will be desperate to end a dry period in front of goal and get his career at Madrid back on track.

“I don’t think I could have done anything more than that,” Samson said after just failing to clear the rope

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Sangakkara: Next time Sanju will hit it 10 yards further

Rajasthan Royals team director Kumar Sangakkara has backed his captain Sanju Samson’s decision to retain the strike for the last ball of the chase against Punjab Kings by declining the single that would have brought allrounder Chris Morris on strike.When the Royals needed five to win off two balls against Arshdeep Singh in the 222 chase, Samson, batting on 119, drilled the ball to wide long-off and sent Morris back, who returned in disbelief after nearly coming face to face with the captain. Samson trusted himself to hit a six off the final ball and he nearly pulled it off but ended up slicing the ball to deep cover where Deepak Hooda took the catch only a few yards inside the boundary, and the Royals fell short by four runs.”I think Sanju backed himself to get the job done and he nearly did,” Sangakkara said at the post-match press conference. “He was five or six yards short of hitting the last ball for a six and sometimes when you know you’re hitting the ball well and you’re in form and you believe that you can do it, you’ve got to take that responsibility. And it was really encouraging to see Sanju do that.Related

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“We can always talk about a missed single here or there but the crucial thing for me is the players’ belief in attitude and commitment and they know what their strengths are. And Sanju took it upon himself to finish that game and he just fell a few yards short. That happens, but the next time I’ll believe he’ll hit it that 10 yards further to win us the game.”Compared to Samson, who had already struck seven sixes on the night including one on the fourth ball of the final over, Morris was new at the crease having faced only four balls. Morris, who otherwise has a T20 strike rate of 150 and is a fearless lower-order batsman, had missed one ball, struck one straight to cover and managed only two singles after coming in to bat in the 19th over when the Royals needed 21 to win from 11 balls. That might have led Samson to giving himself a higher chance of hitting the last ball for six than giving the strike to Morris to hit a four on the final ball.1:42

Should Samson have taken the single on the penultimate ball?

After Samson’s stroke off the last ball fell just a few yards short, he said he thought he had connected well for a six.”I don’t think I could have done anything more than that [on the last ball],” an exhausted Samson said on Star Sports. “I thought I timed it well for a six but it somehow landed inside the rope.”I don’t have words to tell that [explain my feelings]. It was a very close game and would really loved to have finished it off for my team but unfortunately…don’t have much to say.”Samson single-handedly carried the Royals to the last ball with his third IPL century, off 54 balls, that was filled with crisp boundaries. He had started much slower by scoring 29 runs off the first 22 balls he faced in the first eight overs. Even though two wickets had fallen, Samson then took off by taking on the quick bowlers and raced to his fifty by striking his next 11 balls for 21 runs and his second fifty – from 50 to 100 – in just 21 balls.”The second part of my innings was my best IPL performance,” Samson said during the presentation. “The first part I was really struggling to get my rhythm but I went back to the basics, communicated with my partners, I took my time a bit more, respected the bowlers bowling well, I took the singles and I rotated the strike and slowly I got into my rhythm.”Sanju Samson came within one stroke of pulling off a huge chase•BCCI/IPL

Samson realised his batting style came with a high-risk high-reward approach, and that’s exactly how he preferred it.”When I am in the zone, and I’m watching the ball well with a good intent, my batting automatically happens. The sixes come out naturally, and in that process I tend to lose my wickets also. I’ve very happy to play in that manner no matter what.”In the end, it was only one shot that stood between Samson and victory on his IPL captaincy debut. Arshdeep finished with 3 for 35 from his four overs and later said his plan in the last over was to bowl wide to the batsman, which worked because when the Royals needed 13, he conceded just two runs off the first three balls by bowling wide, and didn’t lose his composure despite getting hit for a six off the fourth ball by Samson.”The plan was to bowl wide to the batsmen, try as many wide yorkers and if we try to execute all six balls properly then it’ll be difficult for them to get under the ball,” Arshdeep said. “The main thing was to back the execution and the plans we had made.”

IPL franchises had enquired about Topley but change to rules meant he had to stay with Surrey

Matt Roller26-Apr-2021A new cut-off date for county players to sign IPL contracts stopped Reece Topley becoming a late injury replacement in this year’s competition.In 2018, county coaches and directors of cricket called a crisis meeting at Edgbaston after Liam Plunkett, David Willey and Tom Curran became last-minute injury replacements for franchises. Their involvement ruled them out of the start of the County Championship season and prompted Martyn Moxon, Yorkshire’s director of cricket, to call for the competition to be “future-proofed” via a cut-off date, after which county players would be unable to sign deals to be replacement players.ESPNcricinfo understands that a cut-off date of February 28 – 10 days after the auction – was agreed for this season, with a similar arrangement likely to follow in future years. The date applied to players who draw their primary salary from their county rather than from the ECB, meaning Jason Roy – who has a white-ball central contract – was able to join Sunrisers Hyderabad in March as a replacement for Mitchell Marsh.Related

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In Topley’s case, the change in regulations denied him the opportunity to join Chennai Super Kings after Josh Hazlewood’s withdrawal, with the franchise ultimately signing Jason Behrendorff instead. It is understood that Topley – who went unsold at the auction – was also contacted by Rajasthan Royals about the prospect of a trial after it became clear that Jofra Archer would not be available for the start of the season through injury.”There was an opportunity to go out” Topley said. “It’s unfortunate – I was really keen to go, but there’s something in place that means English county players can’t go out as replacements. Jason went but he’s contracted to the ECB, whereas I’m contracted to Surrey, and I fell under that rule. It was something I’d have liked to have done but those are the rules.”Topley’s unavailability for the IPL has seen him play two out of Surrey’s first three Championship fixtures, taking match figures of 6 for 126 against Gloucestershire in the first round of games and 4 for 61 against Middlesex at Lord’s last week. He had bowled in only three first-class games since 2015 ahead of the season following a series of serious injuries, but his height (6ft 8in) and left-arm angle makes him a possible wildcard inclusion for this winter’s Ashes squad – particularly with England likely to bring an enlarged touring party and the prospect of him replicating Mitchell Starc’s threat in the nets.”I’m fortunate to be playing and I don’t take it for granted at all,” he said. “Whatever the format, the batsman or the scenario, it’s just amazing to be playing. [My involvement at Surrey] is on a week-by-week basis but I feel great. Obviously the long-term plan is the T20 World Cup at the end of the year and that’s my main focus, but with this huge chunk of Championship cricket at the start of the season I really want to contribute towards winning games for Surrey.”More immediately, England players look set to continue their participation in this season’s IPL despite the ongoing public health emergency in India. Players returning to the UK would have to quarantine for 10 days in a designated hotel following India’s addition to the travel red list – there is no exemption for elite sportspeople – with Liam Livingstone opting to return last week just before the change in status. Livingstone has been quarantining at home, and is likely to play for Lancashire in the Championship at some point in the next few rounds.An ECB spokesperson told the PA news agency: “We continue to monitor and work with the players on an individual basis. We are offering advice daily to those that seek it. Our thoughts are with the people of India during these difficult times.”

Amid a hectic summer of arrivals, West Ham United could now sign further reinforcements, including a two-time Champions League winner who now wants to join the Hammers over any other club this month.

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It looks as though the Irons could be in for a busy final eight days in the summer window, having been linked to the likes of Carlos Soler in recent days. They're reportedly in talks to sign the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder in a deal that could be worth just £20m. The PSG man would instantly ease any concerns regarding Lucas Paqueta and the potential ban that he could receive for allegedly breaching betting rules.

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Meanwhile, even after welcoming both Max Kilman and Jean-Clair Todibo, those at the London Stadium could still welcome further defensive additions, having been linked to Galatasaray centre-back Viktor Nelsson this week. The 25-year-old could replace Kurt Zouma, whose future remains in doubt following the collapse of his move to Shabab Al-Ahli earlier this summer.

Looking to possibly sign both a midfielder and another defender, however, West Ham would be wise to kill two birds with one stone, which one arrival would certainly do.

According to Sport in Spain via Hammers News, free agent Sergi Roberto now wants to join West Ham above all in the remaining days of the transfer window, though the London club are yet to make an official offer.

Roberto left Barcelona at the end of his contract earlier this summer and will forever have his place in history as a Champions League hero, having scored the goal to complete the infamous comeback against PSG in 2017.

A two-time Champions League-winning, versatile defender, Roberto could be one of the bargains of the summer as a free agent.

"Marvellous" Roberto could complete West Ham's summer

With the ability to play in midfield and as a right-back whilst bringing a wealth of experience, Roberto would be a fine way to complete an excellent summer transfer window for West Ham. Of course, his arrival wouldn't break the bank either, given that he'd arrive without a transfer fee. At 32 years old, the Spaniard may not be a starter, but there's no doubt he'd add key depth.

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Described as "marvellous" by former manager Luis Enrique, West Ham could even be Roberto's final big move, stepping foot in the Premier League for the first time and out of Barcelona for the first time in his career.

The experienced Spaniard will be one to keep an eye on in the final week of the transfer window, especially if the Hammers grant him his wish by making their move for his signature late on.

كشف نادي بورتو البرتغالي، عن الأموال التي سيحصل عليها برشلونة نظير بيع نيكو جونزاليس لاعب وسط الدراجاو إلى مانشستر سيتي في ميركاتو الشتاء.

وانضم نيكو جونزاليس لاعب وسط بورتو إلى مانشستر سيتي لتدعيم الفريق الإنجليزي، ومن المفترض أن برشلونة لديه بند نسبة من إعادة بيع اللاعب.

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النادي البرتغالي، أعلن أن برشلونة سيحصل على 13 مليون يورو، من الـ60 مليون التي أنفقها نادي مانشستر سيتي للتعاقد مع نيكو جونزاليس.

وكان اللاعب الإسباني قد انضم إلى بورتو في صيف 2023 قادمًا من برشلونة مقابل 8 ملايين يورو، مما يعني أن النادي الكتالوني استفاد من نيكو بـ 21 مليونًا.

ليس فقط نيكو جونزاليس، ولكن برشلونة وضع نفس النسبة 20% في عقود جميع اللاعبين الذين غادروا النادي ومن خريجي اللاماسيا، مثل ميكا فاي الذي انضم إلى رين، وجوليان أراوخو في بورنموث، وشادي رياض لاعب كريستال بالاس، ومارك جويو في تشيلسي، من بين آخرين.

Ben Sanderson and Gareth Berg sliced Sussex apart before Rob Keogh and Saif Zaib garnered half-centuries as Northamptonshire enjoyed a dominant day in the LV= Insurance County Championship.Veteran fast bowlers Sanderson, 32, and Berg, 40, both returned five-wicket hauls, 5 for 28 and 5 for 18 respectively, as Sussex were skittled for 106.The visitors’ pain could have been worse – having been 25 for 7 – had it not been for England Test hopeful Ollie Robinson’s unbeaten 49.Robinson then claimed 4 for 31 but Northants romped to 214 for 5 thanks to Keogh’s 66 and Zaib’s 66 not out, to lead by 108 at the end of day one at Wantage Road.Related

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Play was delayed by half an hour due to rain, but Northants made up for lost time having stuck Sussex in to bat.Tom Haines prodded to first slip for a golden duck, with the fourth ball of the innings. He was quickly followed by Aaron Thomason and the bowled Stiaan van Zyl.Berg produced an almost unplayable ball angled across debutant Travis Head to nick behind before Ben Brown was lbw three balls later.Tom Clark was pinned by Sanderson while Delray Rawlins’ attempt to slog Sussex out of trouble ended with a wild swing landing in first slip’s lap and a duck.While the pitch offered significant nip for the quick bowlers, largely the quality of bowling from the experienced pair rather than reckless batting accounted for the slump – although none of the top seven reached double figures.Robinson, who was dropped thrice, and Stuart Meaker provided a rear-guard 56-run stand for the eighth wicket.But Berg returned after lunch to find Meaker tamely edging behind before completing the sixth five-for of his first-class career when he castled Jack Carson.Sanderson collected his five-for when Joe Sarro poked to Berg at fourth slip to end Sussex’s innings.Northants’ reply started slowly as Ben Curran was leg before to Robinson second ball and 19-year-old Sarro had Ricardo Vasconcelos lbw with the fifth delivery of his first-class career.But Charlie Thurston showed a carefree blueprint with his 24 from 25 balls, before edging to first slip, which pointed Keogh in the direction of his 22nd career half-century. He reached the milestone in 64 balls with three successive boundaries off spinner Carson.Luke Procter was bowled by Robinson, but Keogh and Zaib teamed up for an 88-run stand to steam into a first-innings lead – with the run-rate never dipping below four an over.Keogh departed caught at second slip after some confused umpiring but Zaib, who reached an 83-ball fifty, and Adam Rossington added a further 66 before the close.

Michail Antonio’s first words after suffering a horror car crash have been revealed by the dog walker that found the West Ham star in “big trouble”.

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  The Premier League striker, who has been with the Hammers since 2015, had to be cut from the wreckage of his £260,000 Ferrari FF after colliding with a tree in Theydon Bois, Essex. With the damage to his car taken into account, the 34-year-old can be considered lucky to still be alive.

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  Unsurprisingly, Antonio was left dazed and confused by the scary incident, with Samuel Woods – a local who had been walking his dog in Epping Forest – telling of the scene that he found when pulling over to check on what he initially thought was an abandoned vehicle: “I said to him ‘hello’ to see if anyone was alive. I heard sirens and told him that help was on its way. He was so disorientated. He said, ‘Where am I? What’s going on? What car am I in?’ The paramedics got there really fast. I couldn’t believe what happened. The car smelt of petrol.”

  Woods went on to say: “I looked at him and thought, ‘He’s in big trouble’. I just said, ‘You’ve had an accident’. He didn’t reply. He was looking around trying to make sense of what I just said. He was sitting in the passenger side.”

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  It took almost an hour for firefighters to cut Antonio from his mangled car, with the Hammers forward then airlifted to hospital. He has since undergone surgery on a badly broken leg and is expected to be out of action for at least a year.

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  West Ham have said in a statement: “Michail has undergone surgery on a lower limb fracture following a road traffic accident on Saturday afternoon. Michail will continue to be monitored in hospital over the coming days. Everyone at the club wishes Michail a speedy recovery and wishes to express its sincere gratitude to the football family at large for the overwhelming support shown since yesterday’s news.”

Vihari has used his Twitter handle to amplify appeals apart from creating a network of volunteers to help people

Press Trust of India14-May-2021For India batter Hanuma Vihari, the biggest satisfaction these days comes from being able to arrange a hospital bed or an oxygen cylinder for Covid-19 patients through his network of friends.While a number of premier Indian cricketers have helped out in various ways, Vihari, while playing for Warwickshire, created a team of around 100 volunteers – comprising friends and followers from across Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka – who have reached people with plasma and oxygen cylinders, while also arranging food and hospital beds for patients.The Warwickshire experience

Vihari’s best at the County Championship have been scores of 32 and 52 against Essex at Edgbaston, and he hopes the experience helps him during India’s tour of England.
“It’s been challenging as it’s early part of the season but I have gained good experience,” he said. “Getting used to the climate and pitches here is the idea. Hope it helps during the WTC final against New Zealand and the series against England.”

“I don’t want to glorify myself – I am doing it with the intention of helping people at the ground level, who actually need every help possible in these difficult times. It is just the start,” Vihari was quoted as saying by .Vihari left for England in early April to play in the County Championship, and is expected to join the India team directly in the UK when they reach on June 3 for the World Test Championship final against New Zealand (followed by a Test series against England).

“Yes, I am a cricketer, well known but I am able to help because of their untiring efforts to reach the distressed. Even my wife, sister and few of my Andhra team-mates are part of my volunteer team.”Hanuma Vihari

“With the second wave being so strong, getting a bed became a difficulty and that is something which is unthinkable,” he said. “So, I decided to use my followers as my volunteers and help as many people as I can. My goal is to actually mainly reach out to those people who are not able to afford or arrange for plasma, beds and essential medicine. But this is not enough. I would like to do more service in the future.”When the distress calls and messages for help started pouring in, Vihari wanted to create a network of help-givers and he found that support from common people, his own family members and Andhra team-mates like Prithviraj Yarra.”I have around 100 people on a WhatsApp group as volunteers and it’s their hard work that we have been able to help a few people,” he explained. “Yes, I am a cricketer, well known but I am able to help because of their untiring efforts to reach the distressed. Even my wife, sister and few of my Andhra team-mates are part of my volunteer team. It’s so heartening to see their support.”

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O técnico Fábio Carille explicou a entrada do lateral Pará na vaga do suspenso Kaiky na vitória do Santos contra a Chapecoense, na Vila Belmiro, por 2 a 0. Diferente do que esperado, o treinador preferiu improvisar o veterano do que colocar um jogador de origem.

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– Eu queria uma saída um pouco mais rápida, um pouco mais de qualidade. O Pará é um meia de origem, lembro dele no Santo André jogando como um 10, depois recuou. Isso me deu confiança para fazer, já que os atacantes deles não eram altos. Foi essa ideia, dar mais mobilidade, sabendo que eles teriam um contra-ataque rápido, o ponto mais forte que nos apresentaram. Por isso a ideia do Pará ali, uma recomposição rápida e melhor saída de jogo – comentou.

Pará foi titular durante toda a temporada 2020 do Santos, mas perdeu a vaga recentemente para Madson. Com esquema em três zagueiros, Carille valoriza a entrada de Madson como um ala, além de ser importante na bola aérea.

– O esquema (com três zagueiros) favorece ele, ganhamos na altura, que é um problema que estamos conseguindo solucionar no ataque e na defesa, com mais agressividade. É lógico que o esquema favorece quem tem esse potencial – disse o treinador após a vitória contra o Athletico-PR.