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Bayern Munich chief Max Eberl has opened up on striker Harry Kane's current scoring struggles with the Bundesliga club.

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Kane without non-penalty goal since NovemberHasn't scored from open play in seven gamesEberl not concerned about Kane's form since returnFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Kane started his Bayern Munich career with a bang as the England captain enjoyed a prolific debut campaign. Despite the Bavarians' trophyless season, the former Tottenham Hotspur striker quickly became a fan favourite at Allianz Arena. However, Kane has not enjoyed quite the same kind of goalscoring form as he did last season, which has raised concerns among fans and Bayern's top brass.

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Kane has not managed a non-penalty goal for Bayern Munich since the middle of November and missed a hatful of chances last time out against Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga. Kane also had an off-night as Bayern were beaten by Feyenoord in the Champions League. Eberl has now opened up on Kane's struggles in front of goal but insists he is not worried.

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Speaking to the media, Eberl said: "Harry [Kane] is the least of my worries. When you have a young player, you might worry more, but Harry Kane has had so many highs and also some lows. So if anyone can cope and deal with it, it's Harry Kane. He hasn't scored from open play for a long time, but he also was injured.

"Of course, we need his goals. He knows that and is probably the one who is most critical of himself. But I don't think it's causing a mental problem for Harry."

WHAT NEXT FOR KANE?

The England captain will play a major role for Bayern Munich in the second half of the season as they look to regain their Bundesliga title from Bayer Leverkusen and challenge for the Champions League as well. Kane will be in action next when the Bavarians take on Freiburg on Saturday.

Hamish Rutherford’s memorable debut takes the mind back to his father’s, and those from other cricketing dynasties in New Zealand

Steven Lynch16-Mar-2013I wrote here a few weeks ago about veterans, and how they seem to be getting younger all the time. And then something happened that made me feel a bit of a veteran myself: the son of someone I knew quite well went out and scored a Test century.We’re not talking Comptons here: I’m not quite old enough to have seen Denis play, although I was lucky enough to meet Nick’s grandfather a few times. I remember feeling inordinately chuffed when, on bumping into him again a few minutes after our initial introduction, I received a genial “Hello, old boy.”No, the relative in question is Hamish Rutherford, who took England apart on his debut in Dunedin a few weeks ago with a superb 171. He professes to be “as blind as a bat” without his contact lenses, but didn’t seem to have too much trouble seeing England’s bowlers in his first Test. Some of his left-handed drives were reminiscent of another son of a Test-playing father, Mark Butcher, who just occasionally touched greatness – Headingley 2001, Brisbane 1998-99 – in the quality of his play straight down the ground. It was something his dad, Alan, never quite matched during a long and successful county career (plus one precious England cap).Hamish Rutherford’s father, Ken, was an early winner of a scholarship from the New Zealand board which sent a promising youngster to Lord’s each year. I was working on the cricket side there at the time, and welcomed him in on his first day in 1984. A couple of years previously the scholarship winner had been Martin Crowe: the contrast between the two was quite striking. Crowe was intense, dedicated to cricket, and anxious to play at every opportunity. He’d been asked to send written reports of what he’d been doing back to New Zealand; he dutifully trotted round to the pavilion every week or so, and asked me to photocopy them and send them off.Rutherford was rather less preoccupied. I don’t recall any written reports at all, although it’s possible the NZ board had stopped asking for them. He was much more laidback, and seemed intent on enjoying life in London. When I later discovered that he liked to bet on the horses, I wasn’t entirely surprised.But both Crowe and Rutherford could play. Crowe remains probably the greatest batsman New Zealand has produced, able to execute the on-drive – possibly the hardest shot of all to get right – as well as anyone I’ve ever seen, apart perhaps from Greg Chappell (actually much of Crowe’s cricket, even his bowling, was Chappell-like). Ken Rutherford was a fine driver too, but more of a square-of-the-wicket player. That’s higher-risk stuff, and partially helps explain why his Test average was 27 while Crowe’s was 45.They both had difficult introductions to Test cricket. Although Crowe was obviously a class act, he was still only 19 when he was named for the home series against Australia in 1981-82, less than six months after that Lord’s stint finished. The Aussie new-ball pair was Jeff Thomson and Terry Alderman, with a rather handy first-change called Dennis Lillee: Crowe predictably struggled, managing scores of 9, 2 0, and 9. A chapter in his autobiography about his debut series was simply entitled “Way too soon”.Rutherford, though, managed to draw an even shorter straw for his first series: he was called up to tour the Caribbean in 1984-85, when the West Indian “mean machine” was at the height of its powers. Rutherford, also 19, was included in the first Test after a century in a warm-up game, and faced a bowling attack of Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding and Joel Garner. Not the gentlest of introductions – especially when he was asked to open.

“That first Test innings I survived for 20 minutes. It seemed a lifetime. I was out off a bat-pad from the bowling of Marshall. I didn’t score a run”Ken Rutherford on batting against a fearsome West Indies

“That first Test innings I survived for 20 minutes,” he later wrote. “It seemed a lifetime. I was out off a bat-pad from the bowling of Marshall. I didn’t score a run.”He didn’t score a run in the second innings either – or face a ball. Rutherford’s pair was sealed after he was run out without facing when John Wright tried a quick single to Roger Harper, the best fielder in the world at the time.Rutherford’s maiden series didn’t improve much: 4 in the second Test, 0 and 2 in the third, and 1 and 5 in the fourth, for a not-so-grand total of 12 runs at an average of 1.71. “The scars from that tour stayed with me for a very long time,” he admitted in his autobiography, an entertaining read entitled A Hell of a Way to Make a Living. In the circumstances, that career average of 27 wasn’t too bad: his next innings was 65 against Australia, and he eventually scored three Test centuries – and a rollicking 317 in a match in the Scarborough Festival at the end of New Zealand’s 1986 tour of England, an innings that included 199 between lunch and tea.Ken Rutherford, like Martin Crowe, went on to captain New Zealand. Both of them should have had longer Test careers: Crowe’s was blighted by injury, latterly a serious knee problem, while Rutherford was dumped after a modest run and went off to South Africa to play for Transvaal.And now Hamish Rutherford has arrived. He does look a good player, although he’s clearly not, as their respective Test debuts might suggest, really 171 times better than his dad. New Zealand Test cricket has a rich history of families: Martin Crowe’s brother Jeff also captained them, Chris Cairns followed his father Lance into the national side and outdid his achievements, and there have been Hadlees and Bracewells galore, among many others. Ken Rutherford’s brother Ian – Hamish’s uncle – himself had a distinguished career with Central Districts and Otago, although he never quite cracked the Test side.One word of warning, though: England’s bowling looked undercooked – or do I mean under-Cooked? – in Dunedin: Hamish Rutherford may never clatter 171 again. Let’s hope, though, that it’s not a reverse of New Zealand’s Redmond saga: Rodney (another left-hander) announced his arrival in Test cricket with 107 and 56 against Pakistan in Auckland in February 1973… and never won another cap, for various reasons, chief among them an inability to adapt from glasses to contact lenses. Rodney’s son, Aaron, made his Test debut in England in 2008, and collected a duck: in his seventh Test, against Australia in Adelaide later that year, he made his top score of 83… and, in accordance with family tradition, hasn’t played again since.

From Akash Kaware, Canada

Cricinfo25-Feb-2013
Revolver EntertainmentIn 1995, West Indies lost their tag of undisputed champions of Test cricket to Australia in a seismic series and started the slide down a slippery slope of defeat and despair that continues to this day. For someone like me who started following cricket only in 1996, the current bunch of strugglers in maroon is a much more familiar sight than the juggernaut that steamrolled anything and everything that came in its way for a mind-boggling period of 15 years.For young cricket fans and old, , the much-acclaimed documentary on Clive Lloyd’s great West Indies team, is a delicious glimpse into the rosy past of a proud group of cricketing nations. The best thing about the documentary is that it is not a bunch of doddery old cricket historians talking about this dominant team in flowery language. The speakers are the very people whom the documentary is about, the players and to some extent the fans. Viv Richards and Michael Holding are the show-stealers, but Lloyd, Andy Roberts, Derryck Murray, Joel Garner, Colin Croft, Desmond Haynes, Gordon Greenidge all make an appearance. Add to that a bunch of truly eccentric characters like Bunny Wailer, Frank I, some Calypso artists and groundsmen, and the narration of the documentary is representative of the spirit of West Indies cricket in a way a historian or statistician could never have been. In fact, when one groundsman pronounces, “When West Indies lose, we cry tears maan”, you can’t help but be moved and wonder how many tears he must be shedding these days.And then of course there are those unforgettable images; Michael Holding with that graceful run-up, which was a thing of beauty to everyone other than the hapless batsman at the other end; Richards, helmetless and chewing gum, getting hit on the face by a bouncer, and hooking the very next ball for six; Malcolm Marshall bowling with a broken arm in a plaster and batting with one hand; That famous picture of Roberts, Holding, Croft and Garner together, the Horsemen of the Apocalypse; Each time a batsman had his jaws, nose, ribs, hands or other features rearranged – and there are plenty of such instances through the 88-minute documentary – the watcher is sure to wince, yet feel a visceral pleasure. One can only imagine what went through the minds of the batsmen themselves.Exhilarating as it is to watch, the documentary is not without its flaws. The cultural impact of the success of the West Indies team and cricket’s role in bringing together those independent countries in the Caribbean is undeniable. But the aspect of ‘Black Power’, the portrayal of the West Indian success as a payback for years of oppression by their colonial masters is a tad overplayed.Many players in the documentary talk about taking out their anger on the ball and the batsmen, but the fact is, no amount of anger can make a batsman play like Richards did at The Oval in 1976 or Greenidge did at Lord’s in 1984. They could play like that because they were supremely talented players, their skills honed by hours of practice. After all, when a batsman is facing a bowler bowling at 90mph, if he is thinking about the weight of history rather than the ball itself, it is hard to imagine him scoring any runs at all, forget about breaking records!You can try to find a higher political meaning in all events with the passage of time, but in this case, the documentary attempts to attribute the phenomenal success of the team to socio-political factors, rather than more believable ones like outstanding skills with bat and ball, and years of hard work. Ditto with the intimidating bowling. Throughout the documentary, fear and intimidation are a common theme. Batsmen are shown hopping all over the place to avoid bumpers, many are seen getting hit and poor old Brian Close, an elderly, but awfully brave English batsman is seen getting a thorough working over from Holding.Yet there was more to the West Indian attack than bouncers. Roberts was, in Sunil Gavaskar’s words, the cleverest fast bowler there ever was. When Holding took those 14 wickets on a featherbed of a track at the Oval in 1976, he did so by sending those batsmen to the pavilion, not to the hospital. In fact, a look at the scorecard of the particular match would tell you that of those 14 wickets, 12 were either bowled or LBW, suggesting a bowler targeting the stumps rather than batsmen’s heads. Marshall was not exactly a brainless brute either. He, along with Dennis Lillee, was probably the most complete fast bowler the game has ever seen. To the uninitiated, it would appear that the West Indian quicks were all about intimidation. But they were more, so much more.Also, the portrayal of the West Indies team before 1975 as ‘Calypso cricketers’, a bunch of players who could entertain but not win, was shocking. The tour of Australia in 1975-76, which resulted in a chastening 5-1 defeat, largely the handiwork of Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thompson, is said to have galvanized the team to come together, and go on to conquer everything there was there was to conquer on a cricket field. However, it must be noted that though West Indies became truly invincible under Lloyd, they had been winning more than they had been losing since the time of Frank Worrell, who doesn’t find more than a passing mention. The 1976 shellacking of England is said to be the ultimate triumph against their old colonial masters, when in fact, they had beaten England in England in 1963, 1966 and 1973 as well.A movie might be forgiven for taking dramatic liberties, a documentary cannot. However, for all its faults that might irk a knowledgeable cricket fan, the documentary still makes for delightful viewing. After all, when the subjects themselves are so fascinating, you hardly need to create drama. Sometimes true stories are enough to give you goosebumps..

Plays of the Day from the first day of the first Test between India and Australia in Chennai

Brydon Coverdale22-Feb-2013Edge of the day
Test matches can turn on moments like this. Shortly before tea, when Michael Clarke and Moises Henriques were rebuilding Australia’s innings, R Ashwin should have had his sixth wicket when Clarke, on 39, pushed forward and inside-edged onto his leg and up to the fielder at bat-pad. Vociferous appeals from the Indians were unable to sway the ICC’s Umpire of the Year Kumar Dharmasena, who ruled not out as Clarke nonchalantly re-marked his guard and settled in for a longer stay. With no DRS in place, there was nothing India could do about the decision, which saved Australia from becoming 206 for 6.Drop of the day
India could consider themselves unlucky not to have had Clarke, but they had nobody to blame but themselves earlier in the day for allowing David Warner a life. On 18, Warner was beaten in flight by Ashwin and his edge sailed towards Virender Sehwag at slip. But Sehwag’s reflexes deserted him and he didn’t manage to get his hands in the right position, spilling the chance and giving Warner what proved to be a somewhat costly reprieve. Warner went on to make 59.Unexpected six of the day
If a market had been framed for the first Australian to hit a six in this Test series, Ed Cowan might have been the ninth or tenth favourite. In a two-way market between Cowan and his opening partner Warner, Cowan would have still been a massive long-shot. So it was quite a surprise to see that when a batsman advanced to Harbhajan Singh and lofted the ball cleanly over the long-off boundary early in the day’s play, it was not Warner but Cowan who had taken the risk. Unfortunately for Cowan, a second attempt at a similar stroke off Ashwin brought about his downfall.Caps of the day
On a pitch that was clearly going to favour the spinners, it was interesting that both teams named medium-pacers to make their Test debuts. Moises Henriques became the second Portugal-born Test cricketer after the South African Dick Westcott and received his baggy green from Steve Rixon, the former Australia wicketkeeper and current assistant coach. Bhuvneshwar Kumar collected his cap from his team-mate and the only other seamer in the Indian outfit, Ishant Sharma.

Liverpool are reportedly closing on an agreement with Egyptian superstar Mohamed Salah about a new contract at Anfield.

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Salah into final year of contractLiverpool optimistic about extensionEgyptian in stunning form again this seasonFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Liverpool are said to have moved from "absolute pessimism" to "total optimism" regarding a new contract for Salah. The Egyptian said recently he was "more out than in" at Liverpool and was still waiting for a contract offer. However, the situation has changed completely since then and the forward is now close to securing his future at the club, according to . An official announcement could even be made before the end of 2025.

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Liverpool fans will be eager for the saga to be resolved as quickly as possible, particularly because Salah will be able to negotiate with overseas clubs from January 1 as he is into the final year of his contract at Anfield. The forward has been in brilliant form again this season and has 13 goals and nine assists in just 15 Premier League matches for Arne Slot's side.

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Salah's assist against Fulham last time out was his 100th for Liverpool in all competitions, with 13 of those coming this season – the most of any Premier League player in 2024-25.

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While fans await news of Salah's future, the team return to action on Wednesday against Southampton in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup and then head to Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday.

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da fezbet： A Portuguesa confirmou a boa fase na Série A-2 do Campeonato Paulista e garantiu de vez a primeira colocação na fase de classificação após vencer a Portuguesa Santista por 3 a 1 na tarde deste sábado (19), no Canindé, na última rodada.

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Daniel Costa, aos 4 minutos do primeiro tempo, Gustavo França, aos 13, e Flávio Boaventura, aos 23 da etapa final, de cabeça, marcaram os gols da Lusa, que com o resultado chegou aos 32 pontos e com isso terá a vantagem decidir em casa todas as partida da fase final da segunda divisão do futebol paulista. A xará litorânea está eliminada.

O adversário da Rubro-Verde será o surpreendente Primavera de Indaiatuba, uma das zebras desta última rodada. Mesmo jogando fora de casa, o Fantasma bateu o XV de Piracicaba, um dos favoritos na competição, por 1 a 0, com o gol sendo marcado de pênalti pelo veterano Alecsandro, ex-Palmeiras, Vasco e Atlético-MG.

A outra vaga que estava em aberta para o G-8 ficou com o Rio Claro, que atuando em casa, não teve problemas para bater o Taubaté de virada por 2 a 1 e sela sua vaga.

O placar tirou do G-8 o Lemense, que cumpriu seu papel, venceu o Linense, já classificado, por 1 a 0, mas não conquistou pontuação necessária para avançar na competição.

O Velo Clube foi outro que fez valer um duelo com um rival já classificado. Com a classificação ameaçada, foi a Sorocaba e bateu o São Bento por 2 a 1, garantindo sua vaga nas quartas de final. Fará agora o clássico de Rio Claro no mata-mata.

Precisando vencer para seguir na A-2, o Osasco Audax, vice-campeão da divisão principal em 2016, foi a Barueri e levou 3 a 1 do Oeste, vice-líder, sendo rebaixado para a terceira divisão.

Dois clubes tradicionais do Estado, São Caetano e Juventus, acabaram eliminados e disputarão de novo a A-2 no ano que vem.

Os duelos das quartas-de-final começam no próximo final de semana. A tabela detalhada deve ser divulgada nesta segunda-feira (21) pela FPF (Federação Paulista de Futebol). Somente campeão e vice da A-2 garantem o acesso à elite estadual no ano que vem.

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> Veja tabela e classificação da Série A-2 do Paulistão clicando aqui

> Conheça o aplicativo de resultados do LANCE!

CONFIRA OS RESULTADOS DA ÚLTIMA RODADA:

São Caetano 0 x 2 Juventus
Oeste 3 x 1 Osasco Audax
Red Bull Brasil 1 x 1 Monte Azul
Rio Calro 2 x 1 Taubaté
Lemense 1 x 0 Linense
São Bento 1 x 2 Velo Clube
XV de Piracicaba 0 x 1 Primavera
Portuguesa 3 x 1 Portuguesa Santista

CONFIRA COMO FICOU A CLASSIFICAÇÃO:

1 – Portuguesa – 32 pontos (classificado)
2 – Oeste – 30 pontos (classificado)
3 – XV de Piracicaba – 26 pontos (classificado)
4 – Rio Claro – 23 pontos (classificado)
5 – Velo Clube – 22 pontos (classificado)
6 – São Bento – 22 pontos (classificado)
7 – Linense – 22 pontos (classificado)
8 – Primavera – 22 pontos (classificado)
9 – Lemense – 21 pontos
10 – Juventus – 19 pontos
11 – São Caetano – 17 pontos
12 – Monte Azul – 16 pontos
13 – Portuguesa Santista – 16 pontos
14 – Taubaté – 13 pontos
15 – Osasco Audax – 11 pontos (rebaixado)
16 – Red Bull Brasil – 7 pontos (rebaixado)

CONFIRA OS CONFRONTOS DAS QUARTAS DE FINAL:

Portuguesa x Primavera
Oeste x Linense
XV de Piracicaba x São Bento
Rio Claro x Velo Clube

Using his height, action and intelligence, Tim Southee has set himself to become New Zealand’s long-term leader of the pace pack

Aakash Chopra02-Sep-2012It’s not often that a fast bowler takes seven Indian wickets in an innings, especially if the match in question is played on slow, low Indian tracks. The chances of achieving these figures become even slimmer if you are asked to bowl on the usually dull second and third days of a Test. Though the pitch at Bangalore for the second Test between India and New Zealand isn’t a typical Indian dustbowl, it is still a far cry from being a fast bowler’s haven. So the efforts of Tim Southee, who was picked in place of Chris Martin, become more creditable. While the other New Zealand bowlers were effectively blunted late on day two, Southee shone as the sole redeemer.A potent bowler with the new ball and quite threatening at the death with his strict and accurate yorkers, Southee looks like he is being primed for the role of New Zealand’s premier bowling prospect.What is it that makes Southee a tremendous possibility? More importantly, what did he find in the pitch on the second day of the Test that the likes of Zaheer Khan and Umesh Yadav couldn’t find on the first day?For starters, Southee has the distinct advantage of height over his Indian counterparts, which helped him extract a bit more bounce from the surface. His high arm action also accentuated that advantage by a couple of feet. His biggest strength in this Test, though, has been the lines he operated in. Thanks to the lack of bounce, pace and lateral movement off the surface, the margin for error on subcontinental pitches is really small. The moment you offer a bit of room, Indian batsmen force the ball through the off-side. If you try to bowl straighter and drift the ball slightly towards leg, they quickly bring their supple wrists into action to dispatch it. Hence it is imperative to operate in the fourth-fifth stump line to keep the batsmen honest.That’s exactly where Southee remained for the better part of his bowling stint. In addition to the teasing lines, he pitched the ball a foot fuller and brought the batsmen forward. Since there’s very little movement available off the surface, bowlers must make the most of the time the ball spends in the air. The longer it stays in the air, the better the chances of doing something. Good wrist position and near-perfect release allowed Southee to swing the ball in the air, which deceived the batsmen.

Southee on target

• Of the 145 balls Tim Southee bowled in the Indian innings, 101 landed on a good length, in which he took 4 for 32.

• Against right-handers, Southee took 4 for 50 off 122 balls, dismissing Pujara, Kohli, Dhoni and Zaheer; against left-handers, he had figures of 3 for 12 in 23 balls, dismissing Gambhir, Raina and Ojha.

• In 110 balls that Southee bowled to the top seven batsmen in the Indian line-up, he conceded 34 runs and took 5 wickets; against the bottom four, he conceded 28 from 35 balls and dismissed two batsmen.

Southee did something else very smart that many bowlers usually ignore, which was to use the width of the crease to create different angles. Once he was able to shape the ball away from the right-hander in the air and get his bearings right, he started changing his positioning on the crease. He increased the frequency of his visits to the corner of the crease once the ball got a little older and didn’t swing it as much in the air. If the ball isn’t swinging much, it’s relatively easy to cover the swing if bowled from closer to the stumps. But the same movement can trouble the batsman if bowled from the corner of the crease, for the angle lures you into believing that the ball is heading into you, which forces you to play inside the line and hence even the tiniest away movement becomes too much to handle.In addition to using the crease astutely to make the away-going ball far more threatening, Southee also bowled a very effective off-cutter. Most of those off-cutters were also bowled from the corner of the crease with a slightly scrambled seam. The one that got Virat Kohli was the prime example of out-thinking a very well-set batsman. Many bowlers try to bowl with a cross-seam instead of seam up to scuff up the ball in Indian conditions; however, those deliveries are not only easier to pick but also rarely do something off the surface except holding up or bouncing just a tad higher. Southee has induced the off-cutter by putting more pressure on the index finger at the point of release and by bringing the non-bowling arm down a fraction earlier than normal. The change has been too subtle for the batsman to pick and if the batsman fails to acknowledge the scrambled seam in the air, he is doomed.If Southee can stay fit and maintain the pace, attack and swing he showed through his 24 overs at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, the role of New Zealand’s pace spearhead seems his – with potent support from Chris Martin, Trent Boult and Doug Bracewell.

أعرب محمد صبري، نجم الزمالك الأسبق ومقدم الاستوديو التحليلي بفضائية ناديه، عن حزنه الشديد بسبب عدم إقامة مباراة القمة بين الأهلي والزمالك، مشددًا على ضرورة اتخاذ قرار حاسم من قبل المسؤولين لمنع تكرار مثل هذه المشاهد التي تسيء إلى كرة القدم المصرية.

وتشهد مباراة الأهلي والزمالك جدلًا كبيرًا حول عدم خوض اللقاء، بعدما تمسك مسؤولو القلعة الحمراء بضرورة تعيين طاقم تحكيم أجنبي لإدارة المباراة، وهو ما رفضه اتحاد الكرة المصري، ليبقى الغموض مسيطرًا على مصير المباراة حتى اللحظات الأخيرة.

حمادة عبد اللطيف يشيد بقرار إدارة الزمالك بشأن أزمة مباراة القمة.. ويطالب بتطبيق اللوائح على الأهلي

وقال صبري في تصريحات عبر الاستديو التحليلي لمباراة القمة عبر فضائية “الزمالك”:”يجب أن يكون هناك احترام لجماهير الأهلي والزمالك التي حضرت إلى استاد القاهرة من أجل تشجيع فرقها، الجماهير جاءت لمتابعة ديربي الكرة المصرية، ويجب أن تُحترم معاناتها”.

وأضاف: “هذه الجماهير دفعت ثمن التذاكر وتحملت مشقة السفر في شهر رمضان من أجل مشاهدة المباراة، ولذلك تستحق منا كل التقدير والاحترام، فنحن رواد في كرة القدم ويجب أن نعكس هذه الريادة في كل شيء”.

وطالب صبري اتحاد الكرة المصري ووزير الشباب والرياضة بالتدخل السريع لحل هذه الأزمة، مشيرًا إلى ضرورة عدم السماح بتكرار هذا السيناريو مستقبلاً، قائلاً: “لا بد من وقفة حازمة من اتحاد الكرة، ولا يمكن ترك الأمر يمر بسهولة، فالقرارات يجب أن تُنفذ على الجميع بعدالة دون أي ازدواجية في المعايير”.

واختتم حديثه: “لقد تعرضنا لنفس الموقف الموسم الماضي وتم تطبيق اللائحة علينا، لذلك لا بد أن يكون هناك مكيال واحد للعدالة، وأتمنى اتخاذ قرار صارم تجاه من يقرر عدم لعب المباريات بهذه الطريقة”.

Manchester United are ready to let one of their first-team squad leave for just £4m this summer as they look to rejuvenate Erik ten Hag's side ahead of the new Premier League season, it has been reported.

Man Utd in midst of clear out

Sir Jim Ratcliffe's arrival has coincided with the aim of a major clear out at Old Trafford, with high-earning pair Anthony Martial and Raphael Varane both having already left as free agents after their contracts expired at the end of the season. Two years on from Ralf Rangnick revealing that United needed "open heart surgery" to improve, the current United boss echoed those comments.

"Rangnick was absolutely right", Ten Hag told the media. "We have been working very hard on this for two years, but he said it exactly right: it is a thorough, very complex operation. And I knew when I started that it was going to be a tough job."

More players are expected to depart this summer as they look to continue their overhaul, with reports at the end of last season revealing that only Alejandro Garnacho, Rasmus Hojlund and Kobbie Mainoo were guaranteed to still be at Old Trafford for 2024/25, with everyone else free to leave for the right price.

Heading that list is right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka, whose departure should facilitate the arrival of Noussair Mazraoui from Bayern Munich, while there are also question marks over the futures of Casemiro, Victor Lindelof and Scott McTominay. And another man within the Man Utd ranks has been up for sale this summer by INEOS.

Man Utd midfielder on the move?

That comes in the form of midfield veteran Christian Eriksen, who is reportedly unhappy at Manchester United given his lack of game time at Old Trafford.

The Danish midfielder joined the Red Devils in 2022 and made 28 Premier League appearances in his first campaign in a Manchester United shirt. However, that number dropped to 22 in the most recent season and the 32-year-old was increasingly an unused substitute for Ten Hag.

Christian Eriksen's gametime at Manchester United

2022-23 PL season

2023-24 PL season

Appearances

28

22

Starts

25

12

Minutes

2063

1140

% of available minutes played

60%

33%

Goals/assists

9

3

He was dubbed a "class" player by compatriot Hojlund during the March international break, who urged Ten Hag to offer him more opportunities.

"He holds his head high and he is a class player. There is absolutely no doubt about that," the United no.9 told TV2. "He is a good player, so you would like to see him on the field, but we have many good players. So it must be the coach’s decision whether he plays or not."

But he is now into the final 12 months of his £150,000 a week deal at Old Trafford, and Caught Offside report that United "are ready to part ways" with the midfielder this summer.

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They add that Eriksen will be allowed to leave for just €5m (£4.2m), which would still represent a profit given that they signed the Dane for free. However, they will not listen to loan offers given his contract situation, with INEOS "in no mood" to allow Eriksen to leave on a free transfer, meaning that they want to sell either this summer or in January.

Given his lack of gametime, a departure makes sense for all parties, while getting his wages off the books will allow Man Utd more flexibility to agree more signings before the transfer window slams shut.

da jogodeouro： Chelsea are now reportedly most advanced in the race to land a future star worth £52m alongside London rivals Tottenham Hotspur this summer, as they look to add their seventh incoming of the transfer window.

Chelsea transfer news

da bet7： After yet another campaign to forget last time out, it's no surprise that Chelsea and Todd Boehly have enjoyed a busy summer transfer window, welcoming six fresh faces so far and a new head coach in Enzo Maresca. The former Leicester City manager most recently welcomed Renato Veiga from Basel with the 20-year-old among those looking to make an instant impression on the new boss.

Giving Chelsea fans a hint of what they can expect, Veiga told the club's official website after putting pen to paper: "I’m a smart, aggressive player.

"I’m comfortable on the ball and I would describe myself as a complete player due to my versatility. I’m comfortable in many positions on the pitch. I wouldn’t say I have a favourite position because it depends on the opponent or tactical elements, but I have played at left-back, centre-back and as a defensive midfielder."

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He might not be the only young player that excites those at Stamford Bridge, either. According to L'Equipe, Chelsea are now most advanced in the race to sign Desire Doue alongside Tottenham Hotspur, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain. Stade Rennais reportedly value their 19-year-old winger at €60m (£52m) and have already rejected a €35m (£30m) offer from Bayern Munich.

After missing out on Michael Olise, Doue represents an ideal option for the Blues to turn to this summer. The teenager has attracted interest around Europe for good reason and if Chelsea want to continue their trend of signing the next generation of stars, then the Ligue 1 winger certainly makes sense.

"Fantastic" Doue could be a Mudryk upgrade

Over a year on from his arrival, Mykhailo Mudryk is yet to make an impact in a Chelsea shirt, struggling under both Graham Potter and Mauricio Pochettino. Now, if Doue arrives, the Ukraine international could find himself out of Maresca's starting side altogether with places up for grabs for those who impress the Italian this summer. Based on his development so far too, Doue certainly has the talent to take Mudryk's spot.

League stats 23/24 (FBref)

Desire Doue

Mykhailo Mudryk

Goals

4

5

Assists

4

2

Key Passes

31

32

Take-ons Completed

64

39

Whilst Doue's output shows room for improvement, his take-on success at just 19 years of age highlights a player who lacks no confidence driving forward in something that Chelsea may need to add to their attacking options.

The young winger has earned plenty of praise, including from Football Talent Scout's Jacek Kulig who dubbed the teenager "fantastic" on X.

Now, it's Chelsea who could benefit from that "fantastic mix" as they look to beat Tottenham in the race for yet another future star.