Valentim confirma volta de Jefferson, mas despista titularidade

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Logo após o o Botafogo apresentar Rodrigo Aguirre, a sala de imprensa do Estádio Nilton Santos foi palanque para o técnico Alberto Valentim. Na entrevista coletiva de antevisão do clássico contra o Vasco, o treinador voltou a frisar o caráter decisivo da partida de domingo.

Além disso, Valentim confirmou que Jefferson volta a estar à disposição, porém optou por fazer mistério quanto à disputa entre o experiente goleiro e Gatito Fernandéz, atual titular enquanto Jefferson recuperava-se recente lesão.

-Acho que vocês (da imprensa) vão ficar sabendo que serão os 11 titulares, na primeira vez, não consegui esconder. O Jefferson estará à disposição, mas não posso revelar o time titular – falou, em tom de brincadeira.

Valentim, contudo, afirmou que há a possibilidade de “coisas novas” surgirem para o jogo deste domingo, em que ele acredita que a questão física do Vasco, que teve diversos jogadores com virose ao longo da semana, não pesará.

O técnico do Glorioso também abordou o badalado tema Aguirre.

-Falei com ele (Aguirre) um pouco ali fora, está muito feliz e louco para começar a treinar. A forma que ele veio para o clube, com muita vontade de mostrar o seu futebol para o Brasil é bacana. Vamos ver como ele vai estar fisicamente daqui para frente – disse, sem dar pistas sobre a possível estreia do uruguaio no início do Campeonato Brasileiro.

Cabe lembrar que o clássico entre Botafogo e Vasco será válido pela última rodada antes das semifinais da Taça Rio, às 16h (de Brasília), no Niltão. O time de Valentim não depende só de si para avançar à próxima fase do returno.

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فيديو | هاتريك راموس يقود البرتغال لاكتساح سويسرا بسداسية وملاقاة المغرب في ربع نهائي مونديال قطر

اكتسح منتخب البرتغال نظيره سويسرا بنتيجة (6-1) في منافسات كأس العالم قطر 2022، ليتأهل لملاقاة منتخب المغرب في الدور ربع النهائي. 

واستضاف ملعب “لوسيل” مباراة البرتغال وسويسرا، في إطار منافسات دور الـ16 من البطولة، في نسختها الثانية والعشرين. أهداف مباراة البرتغال وسويسرا

“بطولات” قدم تغطية حية ومباشرة لمباراة البرتغال سويسرا لحظة بلحظة بالفيديو، يمكنك متابعتها من خلال الرابط. بداية مباراة البرتغال وسويسرا

شهدت الربع ساعة الأولى بداية حذرة من الفريقين، ونجحت البرتغال في استغلال فرصتها بالدقيقة 17.

وتقدم جونزالو راموس بهدف البرتغال الأول في الدقيقة 17 بعد رمية تماس لعبت من فيتينها ووصلت لجواو فيليكس الذي مرر لراموس ليسدد في الشباك ببراعة. هدف راموس في مباراة البرتغال وسويسرا  في الدقيقة 33 تحصل منتخب البرتغال على ركلة ركنية، لعبها برونو فرنانديز وصلت لمنطقة الجزاء وبرأسية نجح بيبي في إضافة الهدف الثاني للمنتخب البرتغالي بالدقيقة 33. هدف بيبي في مباراة البرتغال وسويسراوشهدت الدقيقة 38 فرصة خطيرة لسويسرا لعبها فريلير وتصدى لها كوستا ووصلت لشاكيري لكن يبعدها الدفاع.فرصة شاكيري أمام البرتغالدالوت ينقذ البرتغال من هدف سويسري  ولاحت فرصة خطيرة للبرتغال، فيليكس يمرر لراموس الذي يسدد لكن حارس سويسرا يخرج بالوقت المناسب ويحرمه من التسجيل بالدقيقة 43.انفراد راموس أمام سويسرا وأشهر حكم بطاقة صفراء للسويسري فابيان شار، بعد تدخله على فليكيس أثناء تمرير الكرة.شهدت بداية الشوط الثاني تبديل أول للمنتخب السويسري بخروج شار ومشاركة كومارت.واصل راموس التألق وسجل الهدف الثالث للبرتغال، والذي جاء بعد تمريرة عرضية أرضية من دالوت تصل لراموس ليسدد كرة مرت بين أقدام سومر وسكنت الشباك السويسرية في الدقيقة 51.هدف راموس في مرمى سويسراوأجرى تبديليين لسويسرا بمشاركة دينيس زكريا وهاريس سيفيروفيتش بدلاً من سو وفريلير في الدقيقة 54.والضغط البرتغالي لم يتوقف، وأحرز رفائيل جوريرو الهدف الرابع للبرتغال بتسديدة قوية في شباك المنتخب السويسري مستفيدًا من تمريرة راموس بالدقيقة 54.هدف البرتغال الرابع في مرمى سويسرا وبالدقيقة 58 لعبت ركنية للمنتخب السويسري وصلت داخل منطقة الجزاء لتجد أكانجي الخالي من الرقابة الدفاعية ليسدد في شباك البرتغال ويحرز هدف أول لسويسرا.هدف سويسرا في مرمى  البرتغالأجرى تبديل آخر للمنتخب السويسري بخروج فارجاس ومشاركة أوكافو في الدقيقة 66.ويستمر إبداع راموس في المباراة، البرتغالي يستفيد من تمريرة حاسمة وصلت له جواو فيليكس وسدد في شباك سومر بالدقيقة 67 ليحرز الهاتريك له والهدف الخامس للبرتغال.هدف البرتغال الخامس في مرمى سويسرا وقرر فرناندو سانتوس مدرب البرتغال استبدال برناردو سيلفا في الدقيقة 81 وشارك روبن نيفيز بديلاً له. وفي الدقيقة 84 سجل كريستيانو رونالدو هدف البرتغال السادس لكن لم يحتسب بداع التسلل. هدف كريستيانو رونالدو المغلي في مرمى سويسراثم دفع سانتوس بلياو بدلاً من برونو فرنانديز في الدقيقة 87، وأجرى تبديل آخر لسويسرا بمشاركة جاشاري بدلاً من إيمبولو. وفي الدقيقة الثانية من الوقت المحتسب بدلاً من الضائع يتمكن البديل لياو من تسجيل هدف رائع للبرتغال حيث انطلق بالكرة وسدد في شباك سويسرا. هدف لياو الرائع في مباراة البرتغال وسويسراانتهت المباراة بفوز البرتغال على سويسرا (6-1) لتلاقي منتخب المغرب في دور ربع النهائي لكأس العالم قطر 2022.يذكر أن منتخب المغرب أقصى إسبانيا بركلات الترجيح.

SS Das dropped from Orissa squad

Orissa captain Shiv Sunder Das has been dropped from the state’s Ranji Trophy squad and will be replaced as captain by Debasis Mohanty

ESPNcricinfo staff29-Nov-2010Orissa captain Shiv Sunder Das has been dropped from the state’s Ranji Trophy squad after his pair in their innings loss to Karnataka. Das, who has scored just five runs in five innings during this season’s Ranji Trophy Super League, will be replaced as captain by seamer Debasis Mohanty.Allrounder Rakesh Mohanty was also dropped from the squad, while Orissa’s second-highest run-getter this year, Niranjan Behera, was named vice-captain. Das and Rakesh will not be replaced in the squad, which was pruned from 16 to 14.Orissa are second from bottom in Group B of the Super League with just four points from three games. Their form took a downward curve after they started with a creditable performance against Baroda where they took three points for a first-innings lead. They then conceded a first-innings lead to Uttar Pradesh before the heavy loss to Karnataka in the last round. They next take on bottom-placed Punjab in a crucial home tie on December 1.

Técnico, postura e direção: próximos passos da reformulação do Flamengo

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O departamento de futebol do Flamengo está em processo de reformulação. As saídas e demissões no corpo técnico – cinco no total – já aconteceram e agora a direção do clube tem os próximos passos em mente. Inicialmente, a prioridade é a reposição dos cargos de treinador e diretor de futebol. Veja mais abaixo:

BUSCA POR TÉCNICO JÁ COMEÇOU

Logo após a demissão de Carpegiani, o Flamengo já passou a avaliar o mercado em busca de um novo técnico. O LANCE! apurou que o nome de Luiz Felipe Scolari foi consenso entre os conselheiros e diretores. O treinador é visto como quem que pode ‘sacudir’ o elenco e recuperar o ânimo dos principais atletas.

Porém, a chegada de Felipão tem uma série de osbtáculos, começando pela questão financeira. Além disso, o treinador tem uma série de compromissos marcados na Europa e também é cotado por times de fora do Brasil.

Outros dois nomes foram levantados nos corredores da Gávea. O técnico Dorival Júnior, recém-demitido do São Paulo, é um deles, assim como Cuca. Os dois já passaram pelo clube e não trazem boas recordações para a torcida.

MUDANÇA DE POSTURA

A cobrança da torcida por um time mais enérgico já é antiga e agora, com as saídas do departamento de futebol, a busca da diretoria é por profissionais capazes de cobrar e tirar dos jogadores o comportamento desejado. Assim, conciliar os resultados e vitórias com um desempenho melhor em campo.

A reposição, a principio será total. O Flamengo buscará nomes para ocupar os cargos de técnico, diretor de futebol, gerente de futebol, preparador físico e auxiliar-técnico. Enquando o novo comandante não é definido, Maurício Barbieri é quem comandará as atividades do elenco no Ninho do Urubu.

Se o Flamengo só volta a atuar no dia 15 de abril, contra o Vitória, em Salvador, pela primeira rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro, a ideia da diretoria rubro-negra é avançar na negociação por um novo técnico até a próxima terça-feira.

NOVO COMANDO DE FUTEBOL

Ricardo Lomba ganhou força política nos bastidores e liderou a reformulação do departamento de futebol. O caminho mais natural é que o VP de futebol passe a ter mais autonomia, trabalhando em conjunto com os profissionais contratados para os cargos até então ocupados por Rodrigo Caetano e Mozer.

Por outro lado, o CEO Fred Luz deve retomar o foco à administração do clube.

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Boycott hails 'textbook' Hussey

Geoffrey Boycott has hailed Mike Hussey’s series-levelling efforts in the third Test as “textbook” and “magnificent”

ESPNcricinfo staff20-Dec-2010Geoffrey Boycott knows a thing or two about playing at the WACA – he averaged 63.80 at the ground on two separate Ashes campaigns – and has hailed Mike Hussey’s series-levelling efforts in the third Test as “textbook” and “magnificent”.It’s no secret that Mike Hussey has been Australia’s best batsman of this Ashes series, and his run tally stands at 517, the most on either side, with two hundreds and three fifties. On his home ground at Perth, his innings of 61 and 116 kept England out of the game and, together with six-wicket hauls for Mitchell Johnson and Ryan Harris, helped set up a 267-run win.On a grassy pitch with plenty of bounce, if not quite the pace that the WACA used to be famous for, “you’ve got to play like Hussey did”, Boycott told ESPNcricinfo. “Hussey’s innings was absolutely a class. If you want to know how to bat, watch him bat in this innings. He didn’t play anything he didn’t have to. Anything around off stump that he didn’t have to play, he kept right away from.”So he made the bowlers bowl straighter to him, and then he has a wide range of shots he played. But when he played forward, he made a big stride right to the pitch of the ball, got his nose over the top of it and his balance forward: absolutely textbook.Hussey entered with his side in deep trouble at 3 for 28 in the first innings and helped them limp past 100 before half-centuries from Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson carried Australia to 268. It was a similar situation in the second innings, when the hosts were wobbling at 3 for 64 before Hussey stemmed the tide by adding 113 with Shane Watson and 75 with Steven Smith.”He hardly missed a ball, and never looked like missing a ball,” added Boycott. “And you watch a lot of the England batsmen, they’re sat back because of the short ball and bouncer. But then when it’s pitched up, you’ve got to get your feet out, like Hussey, to the pitch of it. They got caught on the crease. I thought Hussey’s innings was magnificent – how to play on a bouncy pitch. I’m afraid England were exposed by a better side.”Boycott remained firm in his view that there was little to separate the two sides, suggesting that “then it’s a question on what type of surface you play on, that helps certain bowlers, and what sort of form people are in. You have to have excellent planning for the types of surfaces you’re going to play on. If England played on more of these bouncy surfaces, they’ll lose.”A seamer-friendly surface in Melbourne doesn’t appear to be on the cards – in England’s warm-up game against Victoria the back-up seam attack managed just one wicket in two innings. The Test will be played on a different surface, however, and Boycott suggested that Australia would ask for something that would help their seamers.”Australia might say we don’t want a flat nothing for this pitch, that helps England’s batsmen and brings Graeme Swann into the act. They might ask for something with pace and bounce, and then it’s a question of can he make one with pace and bounce? If you have a surface that tends to be flat and die on you, can you make it bounce?”At the WACA we know you can, but Melbourne doesn’t have a history of that. So can he? If he can, then they might ask him to leave grass on, and then they can get their quicks into it.”

GIFs para a história: Palmeiras revê Boca, carrasco e vítima de 6 a 1

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O Palmeiras, enfim, vai reencontrar o Boca Juniors (ARG) por uma Copa Libertadores, nesta quarta-feira, às 21h45, pela terceira rodada da fase de grupos, no Allianz Parque. Há torcedores que já estão prestes a tirar a carteira de habilitação e nunca viram o confronto pela competição. Um confronto que marcou a última virada do século. Quase 17 anos se passaram desde o último duelo, na semifinal de 2001, quando o personagem principal da disputa foi o árbitro paraguaio Ubaldo Aquino, responsável por cometer erros crassos contra o Verdão na partida de ida, empatada em 2 a 2, em La Bombonera – o Boca se classificou na volta, nos pênaltis, após empate pelo mesmo placar. Uma noite em que Juan Román Riquelme brilhou no velho Palestra Itália. O LANCE! conta um pouco da história do confronto, jogo único deste meio de semana pela Copa Libertadores… Os olhos da América estarão no Allianz!

A maior goleada sofrida pelo Boca

Antes de chegar ao fim do século passado, vamos parar a máquina do tempo na noite de 9 de março de 1994, também no antigo Palestra. Foi ali que o Boca Juniors (ARG) sofreu, para o Palmeiras, a maior goleada de sua história na Libertadores. Um baile do esquadrão palmeirense da Era Parmalat, que seria bicampeão brasileiro e bicampeão paulista naquele ano. A conta foi fechada em 6 a 1:Cléber, Roberto Carlos, Edílson, Evair (dois) e Jean Carlo marcaram para o Verdão. Martinez, de pênalti, descontou para os argentinos.O segundo gol foi um golaço, com assistência de calcanhar para a bomba de Roberto Carlos, para delírio dos 19 mil pagantes presentes no estádio. O volante argentino Mancuso jogava pelo Boca e, no ano seguinte, reforçou o Verdão.

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Imagine um grupo com Palmeiras, Cruzeiro, Boca Juniors (ARG) eVélez Sarsfield (ARG). Pois naquela época era possível. Dois clubes representavam cada país e eles sempre caíam na mesma chave com outra dupla. Deu Brasil e Argentina no sorteio para aquele Grupo 2. O Verdão campeão brasileiro de 1993 encarou os argentinos ao lado da Raposa, campeã da Copa do Brasil. O Palmeiras venceu todos jogos em casa e perdeu todos fora. Três se classificavam e o Verdão foi o terceiro – o Boca acabou ficando na lanterna e foi eliminado da Copa. Na Argentina, o time de Vanderlei Luxemburgo perdeu por 2 a 1. Nas oitavas, o Alviverde acabou eliminado para o São Paulo, então atual campeão do torneio.

Deu Verdão na Mercosul

O reencontro com o Boca aconteceu quatro anos depois, pela Copa Mercosul, conquistada pelo Palmeiras. O torneio cumpria no calendário o papel da atual Copa Sul-Americana e teve quatro edições, de 1998 a 2001 (o Verdão chegou em três finais e conquistou uma taça, justamente a primeira). Nas quartas de final,Almir, Arílson e Magrão marcaram na ida, no Palestra, em vitória por 3 a 1. A classificação veio em La Bombonera com empate (1 a 1): gol de Alex. O Palmeiras conquistou o título na final contra o Cruzeiro naquela competição, que foi considerada como ensaio para a conquista da Libertadores de 1999.

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Final de gigantes

De um lado, o atual campeão da América em busca do bi. Do outro, um bicampeão que não conquistava a Libertadores há 22 anos. Neste cenário, Palmeiras e Boca Juniors chegaram à final de 2000. Ambos eliminaram seus grandes rivais na campanha: o Verdão bateu o Corinthians na semifinal (“correu Marcelinho, bateu, defendeeeeu Marcos”) e o Boca tirou o River Plate nas quartas, com um 3 a 0 histórico em La Bombonera no jogo de volta, quando Palermo voltou de uma grave lesão, fez o seu, chorou e fez o estádio chorar de emoção.Córdoba; Ibarra, Samuel, Bermúdez e Arruabarrena; Battaglia, Traverso, Basualdo e Riquelme; Guillermo Schelloto (atual treinador da equipe argentina) e Palermo era a formação de um Boca que hoje é considerado um dos maiores da história do clube. Comandados pelo ídolo Carlos Bianchi.

A história do confronto é marcante para os xeneizes, que dedicam espaço especial em seu memorial para a final contra o Palmeiras – imagens da decisão abrem um documentário sobre o clube (“Boca juniors 3D”) que está no Netflix. Pois o jogo de ida, na entupida Bombonera, fez os argentinos viajarem ao Brasil com gosto de derrota. O Palmeiras arrancou um 2 a 2 na casa do adversário, buscando duas vezes o empate após ficar em desvantagem.Arruabarrena marcou dois para o Boca, Pena e Euller empataram para o Verdão.

Com Maradona, torcedor do Boca, como comentarista de uma TV argentina no Morumbi, o Palmeiras de Felipão confiava no bicampeonato na volta. Mas a festa foi dos torcedores argentinos, que ocuparam um espaço considerável da arquibancada e fizeram muito barulho. O jogo terminou 0 a 0, com um gol mal anulado de Palermo, e um pênalti reclamado no palmeirense Asprilla.

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Não havia critério do gol qualificado, o que daria vantagem ao Palmeiras. O jeito foi decidir o título nas cobranças de pênaltis. A sorte (e competência) que acompanhava o Palmeiras em penalidades desde a conquista de 1999 acabou. Após quatro vitórias seguidas em penalidades pela competição,Córdoba estudou os palmeirenses e pegou as cobranças de Asprilla e Roque Júnior.Bermúdez fechou a conta para a vitória dos argentinos por 4 a 2.

A festa no Morumbi ficou com os xeneizes. O zagueiro Argel deixou o campo chorando, mesma reação de muitos palmeirenses na arquibancada. Véspera de feriado de Corpus Christi, restou à torcida aguentar a piada de “Porcos Triste”.

‘Robaldo’ Aquino

Este é o apelido que a torcida do Palmeiras deu ao árbitro Ubaldo Aquino no reencontro entre Boca e Verdão, no ano seguinte, desta vez pela semifinal da Libertadores. O placar da ida, também na Bombonera, foi igual ao do ano anterior. Mas poderia ter sido muito diferente, não fosse a influência da arbitragem. “Em futebolês claro, foi um dos maiores assaltados da história. O Palmeiras, apesar do apito inimigo, foi sempre melhor e perdeu chances para detonar o Boca”, diz o texto narrado por Fernando Vanucci em matéria do jogo na TV Band.O Palmeiras, de Celso Roth, ficou duas vezes na frente. O primeiro empate, após gol de Alex, veio de pênalti inexiste convertido porSchelloto.

Fábio Júnior voltou a colocar o Palmeiras na frente eBarijho, que já poderia ter sido expulso por pisão na mão do goleiro Marcos, empatou. O Verdão reagiu de novo quando Fernando saiu na cara do goleiroCórdoba e sofreu pênalti. Aquino não só não marcou a penalidade como expulsou Fernando com o segundo amarelo, alegando simulação… O jogo ficou no 2 a 2.

Eliminação e voadora no auxiliar

Os erros de arbitragem voltaram a acontecer no jogo de volta, em 13 de junho de 2001, no último jogo por competição entre Palmeiras e Boca. É verdade que antes disso o meia Riquelme começou a dar seu show no Palestra Itália, conduzindo o time argentino a um placar de 2 a 0 logo no início do jogo. O craque, que quase jogou no Verdão em 2013, colocou Argel para dançar.

Um impedimento mal marcado em gol de Fabio Júnior fez com que um torcedor palmeirense invadisse o campo com uma voadora no auxiliar. O mesmo Fabio já tinha descontado (2 a 1), antes, mas ninguém segurou o palmeirense, conhecido como Zeca Urubu, que ficou famoso na arquibancada do Palestra. O Palmeiras empatou na etapa final e, de novo, parou em Córdoba nos pênaltis. Alex, Arce e Basílio perderam as cobranças naquela noite… O Boca pegou o Cruz Azul (MEX) na final e, de novo nos pênaltis, foi campeão. Foi uma década de domínio xeneize, com títulos em 2000, 2001, 2003 e 2007, esta a última conquista do clube na Copa. São seis taças do Boca na Libertadores, só atrás do rival Independiente (ARG), que tem sete.

Adeus ao Velho Palestra

A última partida entre Palmeiras e Boca, no entanto, não foi na Libertadores de 2001. Os argentinos foram convidados para um amistoso que marcou o fechamento do Palestra Itália para a construção da nova arena, em 2010. Em 9 de julho daquele ano, feriado em São Paulo, o Boca venceu por 2 a 0. O time palmeirense, comandado por Murtosa, não deixa saudade como o antigo estádio:Bruno (Deola); Vítor, Maurício Ramos (Léo), Danilo e Gabriel Silva; Edinho, Márcio Araújo (Vinícius), Lincoln (Marcos Assunção) e Cleiton Xavier; Ewerthon (Tadeu) e Kléber. Viatri eMuñoz marcaram os gols do Boca.

Retrospecto

Antes de 1994, Palmeiras e Boca só tinham se enfrentado por amistosos e torneios de menor expressão. São 21 partidas, com sete vitórias do Verdão, 11 empates e três triunfos do Boca. Foram seis duelos em Libertadores: uma vitória para cada lado e quatro empates. E duas vitórias argentinas em penais.

الظاهرة رونالدو يوضح رأيه في إمكانية تولي جوارديولا أو أنشيلوتي تدريب البرازيل

أوضح النجم البرازيلي السابق، الظاهرة رونالدو، موقفه من إمكانية تولي مدرب أجنبي لمسؤولية تدريب منتخب البرازيل خلفًا لـ تيتي.

وكانت مهمة تيتي مع منتخب البرازيل قد انتهت بمجرد خروجهم من بطولة كأس العالم قطر 2022.

وودع منتخب البرازيل، نهائيات كأس العالم، بشكل مفاجئ من دور ربع النهائي على يد منتخب كرواتيا.

وذكرت تقارير صحفية أن الاتحاد البرازيلي لكرة القدم يستهدف التعاقد مع مدرب أجنبي من أجل المنتخب، وهناك اسمين بارزين وهما بيب جوارديولا مدرب مانشستر سيتي، وكارلو أنشيلوتي مدرب ريال مدريد.

وعندما سُئل عن ذلك، قال رونالدو في تصريحات لصحيفة “آس” الإسبانية: “نعم، لقد ظهرا في البرازيل، إنها أسماء رائعة، لا أرى أي مشكلة مع أجنبي يُدير البرازيل”.

وأضاف: “سيكون هناك الكثير من الجدل حول هذا الأمر، لكني أرحب بحقيقة أن جوارديولا أو أنشيلوتي يمكن أن يكونا مدربين، أود أن يكون الأمر كذلك، لكنني لا أختار”.

Hilditch won't quit as chairman of selectors

Andrew Hilditch has confirmed he won’t quit as Australia’s chairman of selectors, and the only way he will leave the job is if he is sacked by Cricket Australia

ESPNcricinfo staff11-Jan-2011

Andrew Hilditch is keen to stay on after his contract expires•AFP

Andrew Hilditch has confirmed he won’t volunteer to end his role as Australia’s chairman of selectors, and the only way he will leave the job is if he is sacked by Cricket Australia. Hilditch heads the four-man panel but is only a part-time selector, also working as a solicitor in Adelaide, and his contract with Cricket Australia expires after the World Cup.Late last year, Greg Chappell took on the role as Australia’s national talent manager and full-time selector, which could have created an opportunity for Hilditch to step aside and focus on his legal career. However, despite Australia’s Ashes humiliation, and his own insistence that the selectors had done a good job, Hilditch remains keen to stay on after his contract ends.”I have still got the same passion for everything I can give to Australian cricket, I only do it for one reason and that is I love Australian cricket,” he told reporters on Tuesday. “I’m trying to do the best job I possibly can, as is the whole selection panel. So it will be for someone else to tell me when I’m not required.”Hilditch was in Adelaide announcing Australia’s squad for the first ODI against England, which will feature several auditions from fringe men hoping to win a place at the World Cup. The selection of Australia’s 15-man group to defend the World Cup will be one of Hilditch’s final acts before a review of Australia’s woeful summer is instigated, and if Hilditch is stood down, the search will be on for a new chairman of selectors.Unlike Hilditch, his predecessor Trevor Hohns, who quit in 2006 to pursue his business interests, was seen as a bold selector, who oversaw the separation of the Test and one-day teams and also pushed champions like Ian Healy and Mark Waugh into retirement. Decisions on older plays like Ricky Ponting, Simon Katich and Michael Hussey might need to made in the near future, and Hohns said he would consider returning to the selection panel if he was asked.”It’s quite a challenge,” Hohns told the . “If the opportunity was to arise, I would give it serious consideration. I am not suggesting that is going to happen or suggesting that I am going to do any better.”The current four-man group – Hilditch, Chappell, David Boon and Jamie Cox – was criticised for several decisions this summer, including the lack of certainty over who was the best spinner for the Test side. But nearly a week after the series was surrendered in Sydney, Hilditch maintained that the selectors had not performed poorly, although he was disappointed at how his comments had been construed.”To the extent that someone thinks that we’re not disappointed with the result, I’m disappointed those comments were taken that way,” Hilditch said. “The reality is nobody could be more disappointed than the national selection panel. We picked what we thought was a squad capable of winning the Ashes and it wasn’t capable of winning the Ashes, so that is disappointing.”

Papua New Guinea win again, Denmark stun USA

A round-up of the second day of action from the World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Hong Kong

ESPNcricinfo staff23-Jan-2011

Sultan Ahmed hits a six during his match-winning innings against Hong Kong•ICC/Cricket Europe

Denmark’s 30-run win over United States of America at the Mission Road ground in Mong Kok was the story of the second day of the World Cricket League Division Three tournament. Michael Pedersen played a true captain’s knock for his team, holding the innings together with an unbeaten 78, and followed that up with four wickets as USA were bowled out for 163 in pursuit of Denmark’s 193 for 6.In the lowest scoring fixture of the day, Denmark were put in to bat on a fine and sunny day and the top order put 50 runs on the board before opener Freddie Klokker had his stumps rearranged by medium-pacer Orlando Baker. After Yasir Iqbal departed for 31 it was left to Pedersen to guide his side to a respectable total, with no other batsman scoring more than 13. He eased past fifty and maintained his composure as wickets fell at the other end, facing 123 balls and hitting nine fours.USA weren’t particularly impressive in the field, missing key opportunities that allowed Denmark to score more runs than they otherwise would have. Their bowling attack – Muhammad Ghous apart – was at least economical, with left-arm spinner Asif Khan picking up 2 for 31.Carl Wright launched USA’s chase with an aggressive 43 and it appeared the team’s tactic would be to waste no time in getting past the low total. Denmark’s opening bowlers bore the brunt of their attack, but USA paid the price for their approach as wickets fell at regular intervals and it was spin that proved their undoing. Pedersen provided crucial breakthroughs with the wickets of Wright, Lennox Cush for a 14-ball 16 and Rashard Marshall for 31. Legspinner Bobby Chawla then ran through the lower order, picking up 4 for 32 and removing Kevin Darlington lbw to seal the result.”I think in the first hour or so we played well making 40-odd runs and I was pleased with how Freddie Klokker and Yasir Iqbal performed,” said Pedersen, who was named Man of the Match. “But once the newness of the ball had worn off and it began to lose some of its pace I think our batsmen found it harder to score runs, especially with the USA bowling so straight and not leaving much room for manoeuvre. I felt I had to really sit in and grind out my innings giving the others the opportunities so that we could make a decent total. I think we were also aided in making our total by some poor fielding by the USA who missed at least one sitter of a catch.”Pedersen added his side’s game-plan, when it came to the bowling, was what really paid off for the team today. “The team had a game plan when we took to the field and once we’d taken the pace off the ball after the first 12 overs the USA started to come at the ball.”Bobby’s bowling was brilliant today and as for myself, I think I was pretty lucky with some of my wickets with some good catches being taken by my fielders. This tournament is wide open now which I think is great. We weren’t the favourites in today’s game and today’s results show no team is unbeatable. I feel we’ve got ourselves accustomed to the conditions and are now playing the way we should be at this event.”Papua New Guinea completed their second win in two days, beating Italy by 32 runs at Hong Kong Cricket Club. In another low-scoring game Jason Kila’s innings of 46 proved vital to PNG’s total of 209, while they were also helped by some sloppy bowling from the Italians as 24 wides were conceded. Peter Petricola was once again the pick of Italy’s attack, taking 4 for 38, but he could do nothing to counter a committed team performance from PNG’s bowlers as Italy were bowled out for 172 in the 44th over.Despite their inaccuracy, Italy’s bowlers had reduced PNG to 105 for 6 before they encountered some gritty lower-order resistance. Wicketkeeper Jack Vare made a patient 28 in helping to add 61 for the seventh wicket – the highest partnership in either innings – while Kila struck four fours and a six before he was caught behind to prompt a capitulation from the tail.PNG captain Rarua Dikana shone with the ball, claiming 3 for 24 with his medium pacers and taking the all-important wickets of opener Andy Northcote and the dangerous Petricola. While most of Italy’s batsmen made starts, none were able to push on and play a decisive innings and the wickets were shared around before No. 11 Alauddin was run out to end the innings.”Our batsmen are confident and did a good job spreading the load to make the total but perhaps didn’t perform as strongly as we know they can, but with a strong bowling unit we didn’t feel panicked about taking on Italy’s batting line up and we scored our second victory,” said Dikana. “The pitch was pretty bouncy this morning but it flattened out as when we bowled on it which saw the ball keep low which helped me in claiming at least two of my wickets which were leg before. Tomorrow’s a rest day which means we can relax as a side and prepare for Tuesday and hopefully make it three out of three.”In the tightest match of the day hosts Hong Kong lost out for the second time in a row, this time to a rejuvenated Oman side. In the bright sunshine of Kowloon Cricket Club, Najeeb Amar’s side put on a respectable total of 266 after some strong batting from Hussain Butt who struck 81 of the side’s runs. The stand-out bowler for the Omanis was veteran spinner Khalid Rasheed who managed to claim the scalps of Courtney Kruger and Butt on his way to 3 for 37.Oman’s batsmen didn’t waste any time when it came to scoring runs after lunch with opener Hemin Desai smashing his way to 62 in just 30 balls. The 33-year-old right-handed batsman smashed nine boundaries and three sixes before he was bowled by Nadeem Ahmed. Vaibhav Wategaonkar added an important 68 but the star of the Oman innings was easily the side’s wicketkeeper-batsman Sultan Ahmed, whose unbeaten 70 guided the team to victory with one over to spare.”It’s obviously disappointing not to win for a second time but the side hasn’t lost its confidence. We know we’ve got the ability and today’s game, like yesterday’s, came down to the last over,” said Hong Kong coach Charlie Burke. “Our biggest problem is we’ve not had a big enough batting partnership in our innings and then we’ve gone on to bowl five or six poor overs which has allowed the opposition to get on top of us. We won’t let today’s result hold us back and along with the other results from today’s games the tournament is still wide open.””We have a great depth in our middle-order and today it paid off with everyone contributing throughout the 50 overs to get us over the line,” said Ahmed, who was named Man of the Match. “We knew today’s match was important for both ourselves and Hong Kong and we wanted to give it our all, we made sure we were motivated for today’s match and it really paid off. We always focus on the coming match and not the next four matches and I think that has helped our focus today and hopefully it will help us after the rest day when we face Italy on Tuesday.”

مودريتش: أتمنى فوز ميسي بكأس العالم لأنه أفضل لاعب في التاريخ

تحدث لوكا مودريتش، قائد ولاعب منتخب كرواتيا، بعد خسارة منتخب بلاده أمام الأرجنتين في نصف نهائي كأس العالم 2022 بثلاثية نظيفة.

وعبر مودريتش عن غضبه بسبب التحكيم خلال المباراة، كما وجه التهنئة لقائد الأرجنتين ليو ميسي.

اقرأ أيضًا.. مدافع الأرجنتين: نحن 26 محاربًا على استعداد للقتال من أجل شعبنا والفوز بكأس العالم

وقال لوكا في تصريحات بعد المباراة نقلتها “موندو ديبورتيفو”: “كنا جيدين حتى ركلة الجزاء، والتي لم تكن ركلة جزاء بالنسبة لي، لا أتحدث عادة عن الحكام، لكن اليوم من المستحيل ألا أفعل، إنه واحد من أسوأ الحكام الذي رأيتهم، ولا أتحدث عن اليوم فقط لأنه حكّم مباريات سابقة لي”.

وأضاف مودريتش: “أود أن أهنئ الأرجنتين، لا أريد أن أسحب الفضل منهم، إنهم يستحقون أن يكونوا في النهائي، لكن تلك العقوبة الأولى دمرتنا”.

واختتم بالحديث عن ميسي: “تهانينا لميسي، أتمنى التوفيق له في النهائي، إنه يخوض بطولة مذهلة ويظهر عظمته وجودته، أتمنى أن يفوز ميسي بكأس العالم، فهو أفضل لاعب في التاريخ ويستحقها”.

وتأهل منتخب الأرجنتين إلى نهائي كأس العالم، في انتظار الفائز من مباراة فرنسا والمغرب.

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