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Tim Southee believes that the World Cup will give his team an opportunity to “get the whole country right in behind us”

Andrew Fidel Fernando10-Feb-2015Players from almost every World Cup team have spoken about the primacy of the collective goal over individual ambition, but perhaps no team appears as positive and as unified as the New Zealand outfit. Over the past two months, they have been flaunting their regard for each other, backing one another in the field, stroking each other’s egos in press conferences, and generally pushing at the boundaries of tasteful admiration and support for team-mates.New Zealand’s public has also joined the love-fest, embracing the side almost as if they were the All Blacks, though that process has been aided by New Zealand’s recent ascent across all formats. Fast bowler Tim Southee said the team can do little more than love their public back, four days out from the tournament opener.”It’s great to have that public support, and I don’t think you can help but embrace it,” Southee said. “We’ve played some great cricket leading up to now. People are getting behind the brand of cricket that we’re playing. I think it’s an exciting brand. It’s getting people to the grounds and, I guess, watching on TV.”The World Cup is a chance to get the country right in behind us. We saw what happened with the All Blacks in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. That was great to be a part of as a rugby fan. Hopefully we can do our part as cricketers over the next two months, and enjoy and embrace what a special time it’s going to be.”The public goodwill has largely been built upon two exceptional home summers, in which New Zealand have trounced India and Sri Lanka in Tests and ODIs, as well as defeated West Indies in Tests, both home and away.”The last two summers have been a lot of fun to be part of,” Southee said. “All three formats, we’ve had a lot of success. We speak a lot about it being the time of our lives, and the last couple of years have been great memories that will stick with the guys for a long time. Hopefully the next two months will as well.A hallmark of New Zealand’s success – particularly in recent months – has been the side’s ability to find substantial contributions from virtually everywhere in their XI. In the ODIs against Sri Lanka, the attack continued to thrive even when team management was rotating bowlers through the series, and each of the regular top six crossed fifty at least once. Opener Martin Guptill had struggled at times in those matches, but had struck form with a fifty against Pakistan, and a century in the warm-up match against Zimbabwe on Monday.”That’s the sign of a good team,” Southee said. “You’re not relying on one or two guys to stand up. There’s been different guys standing up over the last 18 months. It’s testament to the team environment, and guys expressing themselves and doing well.””At some stage everyone has had their chance to be a match winner. You’re not relying on certain people. Every guy is going out there to be that person. You can’t do it every day, but it’s good to know that there is someone there to pick up the slack if someone can’t. We saw that yesterday with the way Martin Guptill played. He’s been training the house down, and for him go out and get those runs and that confidence bodes well.”New Zealand play South Africa at Hagley Oval in their final warm-up before the tournament, on Wednesday. Southee suggested New Zealand were chasing a good result in the game, despite its counting for little.”We’ve played a lot of cricket and won a lot of cricket, so tomorrow it will be nice to tick off another one and move into Saturday with that winning momentum. I think there are things that have to be fine tuned. “

أعلن ميكيل أرتيتا، المدير الفني لفريق آرسنال، التشكيل الرسمي، الذي سيخوض لقاء اليوم أمام تشيلسي، في الدوري الإنجليزي.

ويستضيف تشيلسي، فريق آرسنال في قمة الجولة التاسعة من الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز “بريميرليج”، على ملعب ستامفورد بريدج، حيث ستبدأ المباراة في السابعة والنصف مساء.

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يحتل آرسنال المركز الرابع برصيد 20 نقطة بفارق نقطة عن مانشستر سيتي وبالتساوي مع ليفربول وتوتنهام، لكن سيتي والريدز لعبا مباراة أكثر، ويأتي تشيلسي في المركز 12 برصيد 11 نقطة. تشكيل آرسنال اليوم أمام تشيلسي في الدوري الإنجليزي

حراسة المرمى: ديفيد رايا.

خط الدفاع: بن وايت، جابرييل، ساليبا، زينتشينكو.

خط الوسط: مارتن أوديجارد، جورجينيو، رايس.

خط الهجوم: ساكا، جيسوس، مارتينيلي.

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تشكيل تشيلسي أمام أرسنال في الدوري الإنجليزي

حراسة المرمى: روبرت سانتشيز.

خط الدفاع: مالو جوستو، تياجو سيلفا، كولويل، كوكوريلا.

خط الوسط: إنزو فرنانديز، كايسيدو.

أمامهما: كول بالمر، كالاجر، مودريك.

خط الهجوم: رحيم ستيرلينج.

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A missão pode parecer difícil, mas o Botafogo entra em campo contra o Atlético-MG, nesta quarta-feira, pela Copa Sul-Americana, no Independência com a esperança de superar a derrota de 1 a 0, sofrida na partida de ida, no Rio de Janeiro. O LANCE! apresenta sete motivos que podem fazer o Alvinegro acreditar que é possível se garantir nas quartas de final da competição.

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O Botafogo ainda não venceu após o fim da Copa América, mas mostrou evolução na última partida, contra o Flamengo, no domingo, pelo Brasileirão. Apesar da derrota por 3 a 2, a equipe comandada por Eduardo Barroca deu fim ao jejum de quatro partidas sem fazer gol e voltou a criar chances de perigo.

Uma classificação diante do Atlético-MG representaria a continuidade de tal evolução e, por consequência, uma mudança na postura da equipe para o decorrer da temporada. Desde o retorno das atividades, o Botafogo não mostrou o melhor futebol com Eduardo Barroca, mas este fator pode mudar em caso de vitória em Belo Horizonte.

FATOR DIEGO SOUZA

Diego Souza foi fundamental contra o Flamengo, marcando, em cobrança de falta, o segundo gol do Botafogo na partida. O tento foi fundamental no jogo e pode ser ainda mais importante para o futuro do jogador dentro do Alvinegro. Com confiança, o atacante pode somar boas atuações – e, sendo um dos atletas mais importantes do elenco – e ajudar a equipe.

O jogador, inclusive, conta com a “Lei do Ex” como uma vantagem para o jogo. Diego Souza teve uma passagem pelo Atlético-MG em 2010, clube no qual marcou seis gols. Em toda a carreira, o histórico do atacante contra o ex-clube é positivo: nove vitórias, sete empates e seis derrotas, com dez gols marcados em 22 partidas disputadas.

GATITO FERNÁNDEZ E A POSSIBILIDADE DE PÊNALTIS

Se o Botafogo vencer a partida por 1 a 0, a vaga para as quartas de final da Copa Sul-Americana será decidida nos pênaltis. Neste quesito, o Alvinegro possui uma carta a seu favor: Gatito Fernández, marcado pela frieza e bom aproveitamento nas defesas em chutes à marca da cal com a camisa alvinegra.

O histórico não mente: Gatito Fernández defendeu dez das 21 cobranças de pênaltis que teve de encarar no Botafogo, o que resulta em um aproveitamento de 47,6%. Se a vaga for decidida por este meio, o Botafogo pode contar com o paraguaio, decisivo na fase preliminar da Libertadores de 2017.

HISTÓRICO FAVORÁVEL

Se o placar do primeiro jogo foi negativo, o histórico geral dos mata-matas entre Botafogo e Atlético-MG é favorável ao time carioca. Essa é a décima vez que os times se enfrentam em quesito eliminatório na história; das últimas nove oportunidades, o Galo saiu vencedor em apenas duas. Na Sul-Americana, o Alvinegro levou a melhor sobre os mineiros nas edições de 2008 e 2011.

A última vez que as equipes se encontraram em um mata-mata foi na Copa do Brasil de 2017. Na ocasião, o Botafogo saiu classificado para as semifinais do torneio após reverter uma derrota de 1 a 0, em Belo Horizonte, em uma goleada por 3 a 0 no Estádio Nilton Santos.

SALÁRIOS PAGOS

Os bastidores do Botafogo ficaram mais tranquilos nos últimos dias. A diretoria quitou os dois meses de salários atrasados em julho e, após o pagamento da folha salarial referente a junho, quitado na última segunda-feira, os jogadores ficaram em dia com a diretoria na questão financeira.

Isto havia sido um problema durante boa parte desse mês. Durante três semanas, os jogadores do Botafogo resolveram, em tom de protesto pelos salários atrasados, não dar entrevistas coletivas ou participar de ações de marketing junto ao clube. Apesar de não ter faltado empenho em nenhuma partida durante este período, a cabeça dos jogadores fica mais confortável com a parte financeira sem problemas.

DINHEIRO DA CLASSIFICAÇÃO

Apesar de ter pago dois meses de salários em um, a situação financeira do Botafogo ainda é desconfortável. O Alvinegro quitou parte dos atrasados com a ajuda de torcedores ilustres, o que prova que os cofres do clube ainda passam por dias ruins.

A classificação, portanto, pode aliviar essa questão. A equipe que garantir a vaga nas quartas de final da Sul-Americana desembolsará o valor de 600 mil dólares (cerca de R$ 2,3 milhões, na cotação atual). Tal valor representa mais da metade de uma folha salarial mensal do Glorioso.

TRAJETÓRIA ‘TRANQUILA’ NA SEQUÊNCIA DA COMPETIÇÃO

O sorteio pode não ter sido favorável ao Botafogo por agora – afinal de contas, o Atlético-MG é um dos candidatos ao título da Copa Sul-Americana -, mas foi ‘feliz’ na sequência da competição. Ou seja, a equipe que passar por essa fase vai garantir, em tese, uma vida tranquila no restante do torneio.

A equipe que avançar nessa eliminatória vai enfrentar o Deportivo La Equidad, da Colômbia, nas quartas de final; com mais uma classificação, o adversário sairá entre Colón, da Argentina, Zulia, da Venezuela, e Sporting Cristal, do Peru. Se comparado à outras equipes na competição – como Independiente ou algum time brasileiro -, a trajetória é favorável.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsKane Williamson brought up his seventh Test hundred and highest Test score•WICB

Kane Williamson was at his meticulous best. His seventh Test century took his series tally past 400 and guided New Zealand into a commanding position. The visitors stretched their lead to 307 and, with the fourth-day Kensington Oval pitch showing signs of variable bounce, West Indies’ hopes would have started to dwindle. A sharp downpour either side of tea forced play to end early and was the only menace to New Zealand’s hopes of a series win.Memories of Dunedin might tempt New Zealand to declare overnight considering weather is likely to intervene on the final day as well, with scattered showers predicted.The West Indies bowlers struggled to pose much threat with the old ball. Turn was on offer but it was slow. Their desperation was best depicted when the new ball was taken and Jerome Taylor was seen talking to it, as if cajoling it would fetch him his first wicket of the match. His plea did work, but the benefactor was Kemar Roach who claimed his 100th Test wicket by dismissing BJ Watling. However, it was the batsman at the other end who sapped them of their energy.Williamson had to defuse a tricky situation last evening and those skills were needed once again. He was the common denominator in all four of New Zealand’s half-century partnerships. Soft hands were a feature of his play as he buckled down; decisive footwork got him into positions that allowed him to tackle extra turn or low bounce. He did not go chasing for runs. They came when the bowlers fed his strengths – behind square on the off side and through midwicket – to contribute to 95 of his 161.He had begun with two fours off his first seven balls before settling into his designated role of sheet anchor. As familiar as that has become for New Zealand, it doesn’t happen often during the second innings. In his last ten second-inning knocks, Williamson had four fifties but the remainder had all been single figures. However, his ability to focus on the next ball helped both him and his side to gain a solid foothold into securing the series. He also joined Martin Crowe at the top of the list of centuries made by New Zealand batsmen by the age of 24.West Indies had bet on the pitch misbehaving as well and utilised spin for much of the morning session. However, Jimmy Neesham did not let them settle. His second half-century of the match was characterised by confident footwork and clean hits, especially down the ground. Neesham’s fluency melded with Williamson’s composure and their 91-run stand completely offset the loss of an early wicket.Brendon McCullum had not looked authoritative and was trapped leg before by an in-dipper from Roach. But aside from that West Indies lacked intensity for much of the morning session. Shane Shillingford, stripped of his doosra, traveled at 4.5 per over. Sulieman Benn managed only one maiden out of 26 overs. Their woes were compounded when Darren Bravo sustained a nasty blow to his hand at forward short leg, when Williamson went for a pull, and was not seen since.

West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach has escaped serious injury following a car accident early on Saturday morning in his native Barbados.Roach, 25, crashed his BMW sedan after losing control due to slippery road conditions at traffic lights near Wanstead Drive, just outside Bridgetown. According to local reports, the car flipped several times before landing in the 3Ws Park, approximately half a mile from the 3Ws Oval.Two wheels of the vehicle were broken off and the airbags deployed reports stated. Roach sustained a head wound but appeared coherent as he was taken by ambulance from the scene.Roach took to Twitter a few hours later after the accident to reveal to follows that he was recovering and in good health. “Sorry To Scare My Friends, Family And Fans But I’m Straight! Thanks For The Love! #BlessUp.”Inspector David Welch confirmed that police responded to the incident but divulged that further details could not be given since the investigating officers were still gathering information.Roach has played 23 Tests and 61 One-Day Internationals but has not appeared up for West Indies in nearly a year because of injury.

أعلن أمير مرتضى منصور المشرف على الكرة بنادي الزمالك، اعتذاره عن عدم الترشح لعضوية رابطة الأندية المحترفة الخاصة بالموسم الجديد من الدوري المصري.

وكان قد تقرر إجراء الانتخابات لاختيار مجلس إدارة لرابطة الأندية المحترفة يوم 15 أغسطس من الشهر الجاري بمقر اتحاد الكرة.

طالع.. قائمة المرشحين لانتخابات مجلس إدارة رابطة الأندية المصرية 2023

وأرسل أمير مرتضى منصور اعتذرًا رسميًا من خلال خطاب موجه لاتحاد الكرة عن عدم قبوله لترشيح الزمالك له بالتواجد في رابطة الأندية في التشكيل الجديد.

ويعد الزمالك بلا ممثل في تشكيل الموسم الجديد لرابطة الأندية بعد اغلاق باب الترشح واعتذار أمير مرتضى عن عدم التواجد.

أراد داني كارفاخال ظهير ريال مدريد الإسباني، طمأنة جماهير فريقه، بعد الهزيمة من برشلونة، في المباراة الودية التي جمعت الفريقين.

وتغلب برشلونة على ريال مدريد بثلاثية دون رد، في الكلاسيكو بالولايات المتحدة الأمريكية، ضمن تحضيرات الفريقين للموسم الجديد.

وتحدث كارفاخال في تصريحات لوسائل الإعلام بعد المباراة والتي نشرتها “Onze mondial” الفرنسية.

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وقال: “صحيح أن الخسارة أمام برشلونة ليست ممتعة أبدًا، ولكن من المهم تحديد اللحظة التي نحن فيها وأهمية اللقاء”.

وأضاف كارفاخال: “يمكن للجماهير أن ترتاح بسهولة، وأنا مقتنع بأنه خلال المسابقات الرسمية، سنسحقهم”.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
File Photo: JP Duminy top scored for South Africa A with a patient 84•Getty Images

Timely wickets were the order of the day in Rustenburg, as every time South Africa A assumed a position of strength, India A’s bowlers, particularly medium-pacer Ishwar Pandey, delivered a blow to regain the advantage. Pandey picked up four wickets, and broke all three of South Africa’s half-century partnerships, to leave them at 312 for 9, and 70 runs short of the follow-on target at stumps.South Africa would have had high hopes for Dean Elgar’s prolific run – 361 runs in his last two first-class matches – to continue, but Mohammed Shami trapped him in front of his stumps in the third over of the morning. A counterattacking Rilee Rossouw and a solid Simon Harmer recovered lost momentum for South Africa, going from 22 or 2 to 94 for 2.Rossouw, with 44 off 46 balls, had just doubled Harmer’s score when Pandey got his first wicket, having the latter caught behind. Suresh Raina replaced Pandey in the 33rd over and found immediate success, getting rid of Rossouw for 57, with eight fours and two sixes. Temba Bavuma followed two overs later as South Africa went to lunch at 119 for 5.The hosts found stability again as JP Duminy, eyeing a comeback into the Test side, displayed great patience, collecting his first four off his 114th ball. He put on 75 runs with Justin Ontong for the sixth wicket, who was drawing comfort from his time at the crease, striking Raina for three fours in the 52nd over. But Pandey, only an over into his second spell, had Ontong edging behind to Wriddhiman Saha for 47.Duminy, though, reached his fifty, and the team’s 250, in the 81st over in the company of wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile. The duo recorded 84 runs but yet again, Pandey, recalled into the attack in the 91st over, dismissed Tsolekile and Wayne Parnell in successive deliveries, as South Africa A slumped to 280 for 8. They sustained another telling blow when Raina had Duminy caught behind for 84 off 222 balls to give Saha his fourth catch of the innings and signal the end of the day’s play.Rossouw regretted the batsmen’s failure to build on their starts. “If you look at the way India batted, most of their batsmen went on to score big which helped them to their total,” he said. “We would have wanted to get close but we haven’t managed to do that.”It [the pitch] was a bit difficult to play on, to be honest i didn’t really know what to expect,” he added. “As a team we said we wanted to look to play as straight as possible and if it was short and wide we would attack.”India A coach Lalchand Rajput enjoyed feelings from the opposite end of the spectrum. “It’s pleasing that we got them to nine wickets down today. It would be even better if they were all out today but Duminy played an excellent innings,” he said. “Pandey made his debut for India A in this match and has bowled exceptionally well. Unadkat and Shami gave him good support. When you come to South Africa you always expect bouncy wickets. It was helpful on the first two days but we expected it to play this way on the third day.”

ScorecardMichael Klinger hit his first T20 hundred to set up a comfortable win for Gloucestershire•Getty Images

Michael Klinger smashed a brilliant 61-ball century to lead Gloucestershire to a 48-run Friends Life t20 victory over Worcestershire at Bristol.The skipper cracked five sixes and nine fours in contributing 108 to the home side’s total of 184 for 5 after winning the toss, with the next highest score Alex Gidman’s 18. In reply Worcestershire could muster only 136 all out, Alexei Kervezee making 39 and Ben Cox 37 going in at No. 8. James Fuller, David Payne and Benny Howell all bowled tightly for Gloucestershire.Both teams went into the game on the back of defeats in their opening match but after a steady start opener Klinger paced his innings perfectly, accelerating to move from a half-century to his first Twenty20 ton in just 27 deliveries. His five sixes included three in the 17th over, sent down by Daryl Mitchell, which cost the Worcestershire captain 25 runs. The first was over extra cover and the next two straight into the flats being constructed at the Ashley Down Road End.Gidman provided the best support in a fifth-wicket stand of 65 from five overs but was felled by a beamer from Chris Russell, which hit him in the chest, in the 19th over and did not field later in the game. It was Russell’s second such delivery in the over so he was ordered out of the attack and it was completed by Gareth Andrew, who bowled Gidman with the first ball after the batsman received treatment.Worcestershire’s reply got off to a bad start when Moeen Ali drove a catch to cover off Fuller’s fourth ball of the innings and it was 4 for 2 when Thilan Samaraweera skied to slip off Dan Christian. At the end of the six overs of the Powerplay the visitors were becalmed on 35 for 2. The next over saw Mitchell caught at short fine-leg off Payne to make it 39 for three.Andre Russell launched left-arm spinner Tom Smith for two big sixes but perished leg before in the same over and at the halfway stage Worcestershire were 60 for 4, needing a further 125 off 10 overs. They never looked remotely capable of that and wickets continued to fall around Kervezee as Gloucestershire outplayed their opponents in all departments. Cox at least hit a couple of sixes in a defiant and impressive 24-ball effort.

أعلن الحساب الرسمي للدوري السعودي (دوري روشن) عن التشكيل المثالي بعد انتهاء البطولة بشكل رسمي للموسم الحالي 2023.

وكان اتحاد جدة حسم اللقب لصالحه وذلك لأول مرة منذ 13 عامًا، وللمرة التاسعة في تاريخه، ويتواجد في صفوف العميد الثنائي المصري أحمد حجازي وطارق حامد.

ووفقاً للحساب الرسمي لدوري روشن على موقع التواصل الاجتماعي “تويتر”، فإن التشكيلة المثالية للدوري السعودي هذا الموسم، شهدت تواجد المدافع المصري أحمد حجازي.

بينما غاب عن التشكيل الأفضل النجم البرتغالي كريستيانو رونالدو مهاجم النصر، وأيضًا هداف الدوري هذا الموسم المغربي عبد الرزاق حمد لله مهاجم اتحاد جدة.

طالع | رسميًا.. اتحاد جدة يعلن التعاقد مع بنزيما حتى عام 2026 التشكيل المثالي للدوري السعودي 2023

حراسة المرمى: مارسيلو جروهي (الاتحاد).

خط الدفاع: مد الله العليان وأحمد حجازي وأحمد شراحيلي (الاتحاد) وجيسلان كونان (النصر).

خط الوسط: رومارينيو (الاتحاد) – لويس جوستافو (النصر) – أليخاندرو روميرو “كاكو” (التعاون).

خط الهجوم: مراد باتنا وفراس البريكان (الفتح) – أوديون إيجالو (الهلال).

التشكيلة المثالية لموسم 2022-2023 من #دوري_روشن_السعودي مقدمة من أوبتا 🔝

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