تحدث عمر جابر لاعب فريق الكرة الأول بنادي الزمالك، عن مواجهة فريقه أمام الأهلي، في نهائي بطولة كأس السوبر المصري للأبطال.
ويواجه فريق الزمالك غريمه التقليدي النادي الأهلي، غدًا الأحد، في تمام الساعة الخامسة والنصف مساء بتوقيت القاهرة، في نهائي بطولة كأس السوبر المصري.
وكان فريق الزمالك قد فاز في مباراته الماضية على نظيره فريق بيراميدز بركلات الترجيح، في نصف نهائي كأس السوبر، بينما فاز الأهلي على فريق سيراميكا كليوباترا بهدفين مقابل هدف.
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وقال عمر جابر في تصريحاته للمؤتمر الصحفي للمباراة: “نحترم فريق الأهلي ولاعبيه، والأحمر يمتلك اسكواد قوي للغاية، ونعمل ألف حساب لمباراة الأهلي، وأتمنى أن يكون التوفيق حليفنا”.
وأضاف: “مباريات القمة لها حسابات مختلفة، والأهلي والزمالك هما قطبي الكرة المصرية، ومواجهة الأهلي لا تختلف عن مواجهة بيراميدز من حيث القوة، ولكن أتمنى أن يحالفنا التوفيق، ومباريات القمة بها تفاصيل كبيرة ونعمل لها حساب”.
وتابع: “الإمارات هي بيتنا الثاني والعلاقة بين مصر والإمارات مميزة، واللعب في دولة الإمارات ليس غريبا علينا، وليست المرة الأولى التي نلعب فيها بالإمارات”.
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Can England get early wickets and push their way past India in their quest to take a 2-1 lead in the series? Can India stay positive and get the 135 runs required to win consecutive Tests after losing the series opener?According to Marcus Trescothick, England’s assistant coach, both teams are “desperate” to win, which will only add to the excitement to this gripping Lord’s Test, which has been drama-filled over the weekend.”Well, if I knew that, I could probably relax a little bit easier coming into tomorrow,” Trescothick said at the post-match media briefing when asked which team had the edge going into day five. “But of course, both teams are desperate to win.Related
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“It’s going to be amazing, isn’t it? Already we’ve seen four good days of cricket and two games, which have been well supported, but that last sort of hour or half-an-hour, the support and the energy around the ground made it amazing really, didn’t it? Everybody was invested into it.”From an England point of view, obviously brilliant – we love those sorts of situations when the crowd is really up behind the team. Hopefully we can get a bit more of that tomorrow and we can sort of push forward to winning the game. So it will revolve around the first hour of the day tomorrow, how positive India can be, how dominant we can be with the ball, and how many earlier wickets we can get.”Lord’s has been a sellout over the weekend and the crowd had been on the edge of their seats for most of Sunday. which was bookended by a lot of drama. If the morning session started with Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj delivering probing spells to strangle England, Brydon Carse and Ben Stokes took back control from India by picking three late wickets to leave them at 58 for 4.Still England will be wary of the remaining India batters. KL Rahul, who is unbeaten on 33, still has Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar left to come in. Trescothick agreed that Rahul and Pant were the two “dangerous” batters who could hurt England on Monday if they found their footing.Rahul, who scored his second century of this series on Saturday, has found success with his old-school approach to Test batting, which relies on defence, and Trescothick said dismissing him early would be key to prising open the India batting.”KL’s been classical old-school style of Test cricket and he’s left the ball really well. His judgment of the length is good, looked to bat for a long period of time and he’s done it well,” he said. “Obviously [Rahul got] a hundred in the first innings. Hopefully we can get him out early and we can start getting into the rest of the tail as they come along. But he’s been pretty dominant in a few of the games that he’s played and he’s pretty much got a score in most innings that he’s played.”2:02
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India remain confident of claiming another Lord’s win after their thrilling victory in 2021, which ended on the final hour of the fifth day. Washington, who enjoyed one of his “best” days in Test cricket after picking 4 for 22, said India were positive and it would be “amazing” to win a Test at Lord’s. The allrounder said there was no particular “approach” India would take in scaling the target, barring playing to the situation. “We know it’s going to go really well for us,” he said.All through, fans of both teams were completely immersed in the run of play, especially the India supporters who – based on the noise levels – seemed to have outnumbered those backing Stokes’ side. That the fans could be a catalyst was evident when Joe Root, standing in slips, started to bring his hands together asking the home fans to get behind England.Trescothick agreed the electric atmosphere was an important element and would once again play a role on Monday.”It might take a wicket [early on day five] to sort of get it going,” he said. “We might need Joe to wind them [the fans] up again. But the support has been brilliant throughout because obviously we know both teams are really well supported and it’s great that we have that. And of course, tomorrow will be no different, because everyone loves their cricket and we’ll get another full house where both sets of supporters will get to see a finale of amazing Test.”
O Botafogo conta com mais um motivo para fortalecer sua confiança na conquista do Campeonato Brasileiro. A vitória por 2 a 0 sobre o Fluminense, aliada à combinação de resultados, aumentou para nove pontos a distância sobre o segundo colocado. Com este panorama, ao fim da 26ª rodada, os comandados de Lúcio Flávio só estão abaixo de um líder na história do Brasileirão disputado por pontos corridos.
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Na mesma rodada, o Cruzeiro, na edição de 2013, estava com 59 pontos, 11 pontos a mais que o Grêmio, vice-líder com 48. A Raposa sagrou-se campeã.
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Em outras três edições, o líder do Brasileiro abriu uma distância de nove pontos no Brasileirão: o São Paulo em 2007, o Cruzeiro em 2014 e o Atlético-MG em 2021. Todas as equipes foram campeãs.
O Botafogo volta a campo no dia 18, uma quarta-feira, quando encara o América-MG, no Independência, às 20h.
كشفت تقارير صحفية بريطانية، تطورات جديدة بشأن العديد من القضايا في مانشستر سيتي، على رأسها مستقبل ثلاث نجوم في الفريق وبيب جوارديولا إذا كان سيواصل الموسم المقبل.
وأكدت “ديلي ميل” البريطانية أنه من المتوقع أن يبدأ مانشستر سيتي مفاوضات تجديد عقد فيل فودين الذي يتألق هذا الموسم في مختلف المباريات، ويتبقى للدولي الإنجليزي 18 شهراً في عقده الحالي.
أما عن رودري فإن عقد لاعب خط الوسط الاسباني ينتهي في عام 2027، وتأجلت مفاوضات تجديد عقده بسبب الإصابة الطويلة التي تعرض لها في الركبة، وأنه من المفهوم أن ينتظر مانشستر سيتي ليرى كيف سيتعافى اللاعب قبل أن يتم تحديد مصير عقده الجديد.
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وينتهي عقد المدافع الإنجليزي جون ستونز مع مانشستر سيتي الصيف المقبل، ويرغب في استعادة لياقته البدنية التي ستضعه في موقف قوي بشأن مستقبله مع النادي.
وأشارت أيضًا إلى أنه ليس من الواضح مستقبل بيب جوارديولا مع مانشستر سيتي ولا أحد يستطيع التخمين بشأن ذلك، والشك أصبح يحيط بمصيره وموقفه بشكل دائم.
O Internacional já tem a sua programação para a Data Fifa definida. Estendendo o final de semana, em que o Colorado foi derrotado pelo Palmeiras por 3 a 0, os jogadores terão quatro dias de folga até a reapresentação, que acontece apenas nesta quinta-feira (16).
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A partir da quinta (16), serão dez dias de trabalho até o retorno do Campeonato Brasileiro, no dia 26 de novembro (domingo), quando o Inter enfrenta o Bragantino, no Beira-Rio, às 18h30. Algumas prioridades já foram definidas pelo clube para o período.
Como o próprio Eduardo Coudet disse em entrevista coletiva, o Internacional não tem mais nenhum objetivo claro na temporada, o que ficou bem claro na derrota sofrida pelo Palmeiras. Já sem chances de uma vaga na próxima edição da Libertadores, com baixo risco de rebaixamento e estando na parte do meio da tabela, o Colorado segue um ritmo de fim de ano.
Um dos focos do clube no período da Data Fifa será a observação e recuperação dos jogadores lesionados, como Hugo Mallo, Renê e Matheus Dias, todos no departamento médico com lesões musculares na coxa esquerda. No entanto, surgiram novas preocupações para Coudet, já que Dalbert foi substituído ainda no primeiro tempo diante do Verdão, e o equatoriano Enner Valencia também deixou o gramado com dores.
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Outro ponto é o descanso e o recondicionamento físico dos atletas. O tempo de paralisação será precioso para que o elenco possa se recuperar fisicamente diante da sequência de jogos, questão também citada pelo técnico colorado. O Inter jogou oito partidas em 24 dias desde o retorno da última Data Fifa, tendo uma média de um duelo a cada três dias.
Por fim, a expectativa do Internacional é reerguer os ânimos para que a equipe volta a vencer no Beira-Rio. A última vitória diante do torcedor colorado foi a goleada história por 7 a 1 contra o Santos. Desde então, são três jogos sem vencer, incluindo derrota para o Coritiba, praticamente sem chances de permanência na Série A, empate com o América-MG, matematicamente rebaixado, e igualdade com o Fluminense, que jogou de “ressaca” pós-título da Libertadores.
Finn Allen and Glenn Phillips will also miss the T20I series against Australia while captain Mitchell Santner faces a fitness race
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New Zealand fast bowler Will O’Rourke faces at least three months on the sidelines after being diagnosed with a stress fracture in his lower back. Finn Allen also faces a lengthy spell out while Glenn Phillips will miss the T20Is against Australia and captain Mitchell Santner is doubtful.O’Rourke, who reported back stiffness on the third day of the opening Test against Zimbabwe, will miss the white-ball series against Australia, England and West Indies at a minimum and could also be a doubt for the three Tests against West Indies which follow in December. He will undergo a three-month strength and conditioning block before a firmer timeline is put in place for a return with coach Rob Walter hopeful it won’t develop into an injury that needs surgery.”We’re really feeling for Will at the moment and wishing him speedy recovery,” Walter said in an NZC release. “He’s had such an impressive start to his career and so naturally it is disappointing when an injury like this comes along, but he’s a resilient guy and determined to put the work in and come back stronger.”Related
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“We’re very hopeful for that [three month time frame]. Stress fractures are obviously almost part and parcel of the craft, really, but never nice when it does happen. At this stage, we will reassess after that three month mark, hopefully the healing process has gone really well and we can get into that return to play.”Allrounder Phillips, who was ruled out of the recent Zimbabwe tour with a groin injury, will miss the matches against Australia which take place on October 1, 3 and 4 in Mount Maunganui. Meanwhile, Allen has had surgery on a stress fracture in his right foot which will require three months recovery.However, Santner will be given every chance to feature against Australia after returning from the Hundred with groin pain which will require abdominal surgery.”Mitch is a world class player and a crucial part of our T20 side from a skills and leadership point of view,” Walter said. “With that in mind we expect to name him in our squad when we announce it in a couple of weeks’ time, and from there we can assess how his rest and rehabilitation progresses following surgery, before making a call on the eve of the series.”It’s disappointing to lose the services of Glenn and Finn who have played important batting roles in our T20 set up in recent times. Like in Zimbabwe, their unavailability will present opportunities for others to put their hands up in what’s going to be a hugely exciting and important series against Australia.”Fast bowler Ben Sears has recovered from the side strain that kept him out of the Zimbabwe tour and is expected to be available to face Australia.
Manchester United are interested in completing the signing of Atletico Madrid midfielder Conor Gallagher in the January transfer window.
The Red Devils may have found some real form for the first time under Ruben Amorim, but it is also clear that midfield reinforcements are needed, whether that be in January or next summer.
Casemiro feels almost certain to leave United at the end of the season despite finding his goalscoring boots recently, departing when his contract expires, so bringing in a younger alternative to marshal the troops in front of the defence is key.
There is also a general lack of midfield depth for Amorim to call upon, with the club’s 20th most expensive signing Manuel Ugarte struggling to be a convincing signing since arriving, and Mason Mount continuing to be an injury-prone figure.
Gallagher has been linked with a move to United in the past, with the England international considering a potential addition, and now a new update has emerged on a move to Old Trafford.
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Speaking on his YouTube channel, Fabrizio Romano claimed that Manchester United remain interested in signing Gallagher on loan from Atletico, with a January move possible.
“I told you several times that Man United want to add a midfielder, but in this moment to go for a very expensive midfielder in the January transfer window might be difficult. Players like (Carlos) Baleba maybe are not even available.
“Same for Angelo Stiller and then there could be opportunities – a name that Manchester United considered in the summer transfer window final days was Connor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid. Conor Gallagher remains an option in case Atletico Madrid decide to open doors to a loan move. At the moment Gallagher is only focused on Atletico Madrid.
“Manchester United’s interest is genuine since August. But Gallagher is one of the options they have in case it could be an opportunity on loan, in case it can be a typical general deal. So we will be following the situation. But Gallagher is a name we have to keep there.”
There is plenty to admire about Gallagher for United, not least the fact that he already has so much Premier League experience from his Chelsea and Crystal Palace days, during which Frank Lampard called his work rate “amazing”.
The 25-year-old has made 136 appearances in the competition, while Atletico’s legendary manager Diego Simeone has lauded his intense style of play.
‘It’s never easy for players coming from England to adapt to the Spanish championship, to the language. He has competed very well in different places and in positions where he doesn’t feel more comfortable. He will evolve, he has room for growth. He is very intense in offensive and defensive play, he brings a lot to us.”
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Gallagher would bring much-needed legs to United’s midfield, potentially proving to be an upgrade on Ugarte, and he has the team ethic to be a popular figure at Old Trafford from the off. The fact that he has only managed two La Liga starts this season also means he could be open for a new challenge.
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A pré-Copa do Nordeste é uma eliminatória antes da fase de grupos da tradicional competição regional. Ela é disputada em duas fases mata-mata, ambas em jogo único, por 16 times, dos quais apenas quatro avançam.
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Em 2024, o Santa Cruz foi surpreendido e eliminado logo após a primeira partida, para o Altos (PI), nos pênaltis. Incluindo a equipe piauiense, oito times se classificaram à segunda fase, sete deles nas penalidades.
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O equilíbrio das disputadas ficou claro em todas as partidas, e alguns favoritos – como o Tricolor Cobra Coral – ficaram pelo caminho. Foram eliminados, além do Santa Cruz, Jacuipense, Sampaio Corrêa, CSA, Moto Club, Confiança, Ferroviário e Sousa; avançaram Botafogo-PB, ABC, Altos, Juazeirense, Iguatu, Potiguar de Mossoró, Retrô e ASA.
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Confira os resultados da primeira fase da pré-Copa do Nordeste 2024:
A segunda fase será disputada entre os dias 13 e 14 de janeiro com quatro confrontos, mais uma vez em jogos únicos. Os vencedores de cada duelo estarão classificados a fase de grupos da Copa do Nordeste 2024. Confira abaixo as partidas:
تحدث الدولي البلجيكي، تيبو كورتوا، حارس مرمى الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي ريال مدريد عن أزمة فينيسيوس جونيور في مباراة برشلونة ضمن منافسات الدوري الإسباني.
كما تطرق الحارس البالغ من العمر 33 عامًا في الحديث عن كارلو أنشيلوتي وتشابي ألونسو والفارق بينهما، مع إبداء رأيه في المقارنة بين مبابي وكريستيانو رونالدو.
وقال كورتوا في تصريحات عبر صحيفة “آس” الإسبانية: ” إذا لعبت ضد بيتيس في ملعبهم فسيكون الأمر أصعب من اللعب في ميامي، حيث سيكون الملعب ممتلئًا بجماهير ريال مدريد، سأقوم بتحية تيباس وأرغب في إجراء نقاش مباشر معه”.
وكشف عن اعتذار فينيسيوس بعد مباراة الكلاسيكو: “انتهت قضيته وتم قبولها، لقد اعتذر وسنكمل مسيرتنا، كلنا بشر وفي مباراة عالية الضغط قد نتصرف بطريقة قد نندم عليها، لقد اعتذر للفريق بأكمله وللجهاز الفني”.
وعن الفارق بين تشابي ألونسو وأنشيلوتي: “كان أنشيلوتي بمثابة أب أو جد لي، أما تشابي فهو أكثر تجددًا، كلاهما مدربان ممتازان ولكل منهما أسلوبه الخاص في كرة القدم”.
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وأردف: “القول إننا نفتقد أنشيلوتي يعتبر قلة احترام لـ تشابي، تربطنا علاقة جيدة مع ألونسو، في غرفة الملابس من الطبيعي أن يشعر بعض اللاعبين بالضيق لقلة مشاركتهم ونحن نتدرب جيدًا”.
وأضاف: “في فريقنا، تتم مناقشة كل الأمور بشكل واضح ولا توجد أي مشاكل، إذا احتجنا لفرض النظام فأنا من القادرين على ذلك، لكننا لم نكن بحاجة لذلك، جميعنا نسير في نفس الاتجاه”.
وعن المقارنة بين مبابي وكريستيانو: “لم أتمكن من التدرب مع كريستيانو، إنهما لاعبان مختلفان، يتمتع كريستيانو بعقلية فوز أقوى من مبابي”.
وأتم: “هذا العام عاد مبابي، في العام الماضي كان يبحث عن مكانه في الفريق وهذا العام يسير للأمام، مبابي قائد، وهذا سيتضح أكثر في كل مباراة”.
Gudakesh Motie, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford and Romario Shepherd have been rested for the Nepal series, while Shimron Hetmyer had made himself unavailable
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The West Indies team management is looking to expand the bowlers’ pool ahead of the T20 World Cup early next year in India and Sri Lanka.Their next T20I assignment is against Nepal at the end of this month for which the selectors have picked five uncapped players, including legspinner Zishan Motara, left-arm quick Ramon Simmonds and legspin-bowling allrounder Navin Bidaisee, apart from batters Ackeem Auguste and Karima Gore, who played international cricket for USA until 2021 but is yet to get his West Indies cap.They have also picked a support staff heavily stacked with former bowlers to accompany the 15-man squad to Sharjah, with Rayon Griffith as the head coach, Ottis Gibson as fast-bowling consultant, and Nikita Miller and Jerome Taylor as assistant coaches.Related
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“The tour of Nepal is quite strategic for us,” CWI director of cricket Miles Bascombe said in a press meet. “We have recognised that probably over the last few years, our bowling has been a little bit of the Achilles’ heel in our white-ball team. So we have tried to bolster the support for the bowling group.”After touring the UAE, West Indies will tour Bangladesh for six white-ball matches in October and then fly to New Zealand for five T20Is and three ODIs.Full-time head coach Daren Sammy explained that some of the first-choice players like Gudakesh Motie, the second-highest wicket-taker in the ongoing CPL, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford and Romario Shepherd had been rested for the games in Nepal to manage their workloads. Except Shimron Hetmyer, who blew hot and blew cold this CPL and was unavailable for the tour.Ottis Gibson’s presence raises the profile of the West Indies support staff•Getty Images
“If you look at the workload of these guys, Rovman for sure, he has been battling a wrist injury that prevented him from playing in the Pakistan series,” Sammy said. “I mean, he pushed it through this CPL. He requested a time off for him to further look at it. Motie and Shepherd, because of their workload over the last few months, we gave them a time off for that. Sherfane was also [rested] because of his workload.”Hetmyer also requested that he was unavailable for that Nepal trip. So again, like I said, it’s not always a bed of roses. Some things we don’t see, but it’s always a challenge. I’ve said that when I call somebody and tell them, ‘you’ve been selected for some of the series’, and I have to ask to everyone, do you accept the selection to play for West Indies? It’s something that I must do because we don’t own the players. We could only select from what’s available to us. Hettie has been one of our promising, talented players from the Under-19 level. However, the scope of things that now… we could only select and hope guys accept this selection. But he’s always available for selection from our side.”Sammy further said that the selectors and coaches also looked at the performers from the inaugural Breakout League – a new T20 league launched earlier this year to spot talent from across the Caribbean – and the CPL to pick fresh players for the upcoming T20Is.Nathan Edward is a rare left-arm quick in West Indies cricket•ICC/Getty Images
“You look at the Breakout [League] and again, I will emphasise the need for continued avenues for us to showcase and unearth talent,” he said. “And the Breakout, maybe some people were against it because it was a T20 format, but if you see this year, the amount of players that came through – Bidaisee was one of them that came through and show his skillset in the Breakout. And, he reminds me of Samuel Badree, who probably could bowl in the powerplay, bowl in the middle, very consistent around that good-length area that brings challenges to batsmen.”And two areas that I’ve spoken about in our bowling department in T20s is the need for a wristspinner. And every single team I could remember in World Cup T20 cricket, has had a left-arm seamer. Just the angle they bring and the difficulty, especially in the back-end of an innings, or whether the ability to swing. I don’t think in the history of West Indies cricket we’ve actually even had two left-arm seamers playing together, much less three. And we also, from the Breakout, you see a young Nathan Edward, who’s been quite quality as well. So again, you put that and you’re hoping that one or two will graduate so quickly that they could be into the senior team.”We gave Jediah [Blades] the exposure, but the way Ramon Simmonds has been bowling in all phases of the game gives me, and I’m pretty sure the selection group, confidence. It makes us excited about the prospects, the promise he’s shown. And then to top that, having somebody like an Ottis Gibson working with them, it’s a win-win situation for us. And hopefully that experience that they will gain or learn from getting the skillsets and the technical aspects of fast bowling or seam bowling from Ottis on that short trip could be a step…”Matthew Forde was still not fit to be considered for selection after he dislocated his shoulder in August, which made him miss the ODIs against Pakistan. CWI is, however, hoping he will be “up and running again” by the Bangladesh series.