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Danny Röhl has made an encouraging start to life as Rangers manager, but there is still plenty of work to do.

Last Sunday’s 3-0 drubbing of Dundee makes it three Premiership victories out of three for the German, likely to maintain that perfect record when bottom-of-the-table Livingston visit Ibrox after the international break.

However, the Gers remain rock bottom of the Europa League table without a point to their name, beaten by both Sturm Graz and Roma under Röhl, while also dumped out of the League Cup in the semi-finals by Celtic, albeit Thelo Aasgaard’s red card at Hampden did not help their cause.

So, having inherited a complete mess, Röhl is still figuring out which plays he can rely on as well as who he wants to build around for the future.

Jack Butland, James Tavernier, John Souttar and Nicolas Raskin have quickly established themselves as key figures, with the new manager showing faith in expensive new striker Youssef Chermiti too.

However, other players are not seeing as much game time as they may have anticipated, so is one summer signing in danger of becoming the club’s latest Óscar Cortés?

Óscar Cortés: Rangers transfer bust

One of Rangers’ 14 summer signings, officially at least, Cortés was one, albeit he’d been with the club since 1 February 2024 on loan.

Despite making little impact in Glasgow, the Colombian’s move from Lens was made permanent for £4.5m, due to a pre-agreed obligation to buy.

At the time of his arrival, Rangers supporters were very excited, considering Cortés had starred at the 2023 U20 World Cup, scoring four goals and registering two assists for Colombia, awarded the tournament’s Bronze Ball.

Scout António Mango thereby labelled him an “insane talent”, while the Rangers Journal forecast that he would “provide pace, power and… goal contributions” to Rangers’ forward line, which certainly has not been the case thus far.

In just 21 appearances to date, 764 minutes, he has scored only one goal for the Gers, missing 58 matches entirely, the majority of which have been due to injury.

Thus, he was sent out on loan to Sporting Gijón on deadline day, but is yet to do very much in the Segunda División either, as his market value continues to diminish at a rapid rate.

So now, which current Rangers forward could follow a similar path if he continues to be under-utilised by Röhl?

Rangers star becoming Cortés repeat

They say that first impressions are the most important, and Oliver Antman certainly made a good one at Rangers.

The Finnish forward joined from Go Ahead Eagles for a reported fee of £3.5m, thrown straight into Champions League qualifying action.

Less than 24 hours after landing in Glasgow, Antman put in a man of the match performance as Rangers demolished Viktoria Plzeň 3-0, providing two assists and playing a starring role in, by some distance, the club’s best performance of the ill-fated Russell Martin era.

Considering the forward’s performances in the Netherlands last season, his signature was viewed as a major coup, as the table below documents.

Goals

6

38th

Assists

15

1st

Expected assists

9.1

1st

Big chances created

16

1st

Shots

54

22nd

Key passes

50

10th

Big chances missed

11

7th

Goal-creating actions

19

4th

Progressive carries

96

10th

As the table documents, Antman was one of the most creative players in the Eredivisie last season, racking up 15 assists as well as ranking first for expected assists and big chances created.

This is made all the more impressive by the fact he was not playing for one of the Netherlands’ traditional powerhouses, his Go Ahead Eagles team ending up seventh, albeit they did win the KNVB Beker for the very first time, defeating AZ Alkmaar on penalties, with Antman starting the final victory at De Kuip.

Jacek Kulig of Football Talent Scout was certainly impressed, labelling him “creative” while, upon his arrival, sporting director Kevin Thelwell described him as an “exciting talent” who boasts “great technical ability”.

However, following that promising start to life at Rangers, Antman has not lived up to expectations, registering just a solitary assist since his blistering debut, yet to score for his new club.

Furthermore, since starting Röhl’s first match as manager against Brann, Antman has been an unused substitute on three occasions, coming off the bench against Celtic and Dundee, but making very little impact.

In the German’s 3-4-3 formation too, there is one fewer attacking position up for grabs, very much currently behind Chermiti, Danilo, Djeidi Gassama, Mikey Moore, all of whom have scored in recent matches, and others in the pecking order.

Antman is clearly a quality player, he’s already shown glimpses of this in a Rangers jersey, and unlike Cortés, availability is not a huge barrier to him featuring in matches.

Nevertheless, the Finn is seemingly currently not in Röhl’s plans, so a January loan is very much not out of the question, and he is in danger of becoming the latest big-money signing to disappear out of Ibrox without a trace.

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“You don’t come to a country to win a Test match, you obviously want to win the series,” South Africa’s coach says

Firdose Moonda16-Nov-20253:22

Philander: Bavuma ‘a wonderful inspiration’

South Africa have (again) proved to themselves that they can “mix it with the best” after winning their first Test in India in 15 years, in conditions they described as providing “a different experience” to what they are used to.Careful to stress that he doesn’t “have a problem with wickets like this”, South Africa’s coach Shukri Conrad preferred to focus on what it meant to have triumphed over both the surface and the opposition. “There was prodigious turn, and the Indian quartet of spinners just don’t give you anything. You throw Jasprit [Bumrah] in there with a new ball and when it starts reverse-swinging, both him and [Mohammed] Siraj are obviously world-class,” Conrad said at the post-match press conference. “It makes our victory even sweeter that we were able to contend with all of that and come out on top. It gives you a belief that you can mix it with the best and do special things.”That South Africa, who are the current World Test Champions, feel the need to justify their abilities or defend their success may seem strange, but it is because they are not regarded in the same terms as other successful teams on the circuit. Not by themselves and not by others.Related

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Conversations about the best Test batters centre around Joe Root, Steven Smith and Shubman Gill, even though Temba Bavuma averages over 50 as captain. Though Kagiso Rabada does crop up in the same discussions on bowlers, Bumrah and Pat Cummins are usually top of mind. As for South Africa’s spinners? Nobody dreams of mentioning them in the same breath as Nathan Lyon, and that’s because they don’t have the same consistency in success.There is also the reality that the Ashes and the Border-Gavaskar and the Anderson-Tendulkar trophies make more headlines than a contest involving South Africa. Perhaps for as long as the Big Three exist, South Africa will be the outside, noses pressed against the window, but now, they are leaving a print that cannot be ignored. “Whilst we might not have the ability that a lot of teams have, or we haven’t tapped that ability yet, what we lack in that, we certainly make up for in our ability to play as a unit and the resilience we show,” Conrad said. “We never give up.”South Africa’s determination to stay in games has seen them do some remarkable things over the last year, like post a match-winning ninth-wicket stand in the Boxing Day Test last year, complete the joint-second-highest successful chase at Lord’s and come back from defeat in Lahore to beat Pakistan in Rawalpindi. It also saw them go from conceding a 30-run first innings deficit to winning this Kolkata Test by the same margin and ensuring they cannot lose the series. The win means Bavuma is unbeaten in 11 Tests as captain – and South Africa have won ten of those – and Conrad, with a first-choice squad available to him, has not (and will not, irrespective of what happens in the second Test) lost a series.Temba Bavuma and Shukri Conrad hug after the game•AFP/Getty Images

Conrad has also chalked up a series of firsts. After overseeing South Africa’s first series win in the subcontinent in a decade (in Bangladesh last year), Conrad has now presided over their first win in Pakistan in 18 years and India in 15 years, which he rates as highly as their World Test Championship final win over Australia at Lord’s.”This was right up there for us. Coming to India, playing at Eden Gardens, doing something we haven’t done for 15 years, this is right up there,” Conrad said. “We won a Test match in Pakistan, we’ve now won a Test match here but the job’s far from done. You don’t come to a country to win a Test match, you obviously want to win the series.”South Africa have not won a series in India since 2000, and that is the only one they have won out of seven, but they have every reason to believe they can add to that after “finding a way”, as Conrad puts it, in difficult conditions in Kolkata. “I’m so proud of the group in terms of the belief that they’ve got and how they pull together as a unit. It will do wonders for our psyche and it will do wonders for us going forward.”In what became a fight for batting survival, South Africa – and Bavuma, in particular – had more staying power than their opponents. There was also a battle of skill and without Rabada, who has a rib issue, South Africa’s attack, especially Simon Harmer, showed guile and grit to keep them in the contest. Harmer’s performance, both in this match and in Pakistan last month, also marks a turning point for how South Africa’s spin stocks could stack up in future. “Youngsters can now see there’s a line of sight that we’re keen on spinners as well,” Conrad said. “We’re not only a fast-bowling country.”Simon Harmer picked up eight wickets in the Test•BCCI

There is no word on whether Rabada will be available for the second Test and it seems the decision will be, at least in part, left to him as was the case in this match. Rabada was injured in training on Tuesday but only ruled out on Friday morning when he felt discomfort during a fitness test. “We wanted to give him the best chance of being ready, so we gave it up until the morning and when KG tells you ‘I’m not ready’, then you better believe him,” Conrad said. “It makes it so much sweeter that someone that we know can make a huge impact on the game is ruled out and we could still win.”Then he reeled it back in. “It’s important we stay nice and humble and not get too carried away with this. We want to create an environment and a belief in the side that they shouldn’t be surprised when they do certain things. They shouldn’t be surprised when you come to India and beat them. It’s tough. And it’s a massive achievement, but this is what we’re able to do.”The secret to how they did it is that there is no secret: they’re just being themselves.”We’ve really tried to create an environment where, with South Africa being a diverse country with diverse cultures, this change room embraces all of it,” Conrad said. “We’ve allowed players to be exactly who they are and do things how they want to do things. Obviously, we operate with a set of norms and ethics and values as to what’s expected of an elite side and a high-performance side but it’s like a bunch of mates that are playing together. They don’t give up. They practise hard. They’ll party hard. And more importantly, we’ve just allowed a culture to develop organically. I don’t think there’s a recipe or a magic wand. All you can ever ask of a team is to fight for every run and stay in the battle. And I think this side does that.”

Jurgen Klopp has already delivered his verdict on completing a return to Liverpool, who endured yet another disastrous afternoon in the Premier League as Nottingham Forest secured a dominant victory.

It’s hard to believe that the Reds were Premier League champions in May, and impressive ones at that. Arne Slot arrived and quickly conquered to shock the rest of English football. It looked like Michael Edwards had performed another act of recruitment genius, but now uncomfortable questions are beginning to emerge.

Liverpool have lost five of their last eight games and now sit in the bottom-half after 12 league games, all but ending their title defence before January has even arrived. After breaking their transfer record twice to welcome Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak, it is a run of form that no one saw coming.

It’s now up to Slot to prove his credentials in a crisis. Victory over Real Madrid and Aston Villa proved that there is still plenty of quality in this Liverpool side, it’s just a question of when that quality will be on show.

Just how long Slot will have to turn things around is also a big question. Liverpool have never rushed managerial decisions and Slot has much more credit in the bank than others have done in the past, but the current run of results needs to end – especially if they come at Anfield.

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With the pressure building, Liverpool are set to play host to PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League on Wednesday. Defeat there would certainly do further damage to the credit that Slot banked last season and perhaps send a timely reminder about Klopp’s answer about if he’d ever make a shock return.

Klopp's seven-word answer when asked if he was returning to Liverpool

Just before leaving the club, Klopp was asked if he’d ever make a return to the Anfield dugout if Liverpool needed him.

At the time and certainly for the entirety of last season, it was simply a throw-away answer and one that looked unlikely to rear its head again. Now, however, those at Anfield could do with their iconic manager’s energy more than ever.

They won’t and shouldn’t panic about Slot’s current run, but Liverpool should ensure that the Dutchman channels his very own version of Klopp. When Klopp’s sides were up against it, he had that unique ability to pull off what many still deem miracles to this day. He turned doubters to believers to champions. Slot must now remind his very own champions just who they are in similar fashion.

Meanwhile, if the manager’s run continues then Edwards could yet turn back towards one of the best managers in the club’s history for a stunning second stint.

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Will Charlotte Edwards succeed as England Women’s head coach?

It seemed, on the face of it, to be a classic case of ECB miscommunication. At Lord’s on Tuesday afternoon, with literally minutes to go until the start of a board-hosted event to mark the start of the 2025 county season, a WhatsApp message pinged in the pockets of the invited journalists that drew the attention away from the assembled winners of last year’s eight domestic trophies, and onto rather more pressing matters.Charlotte Edwards, the Grand Dame of England Women’s cricket, had just been confirmed by the ECB’s media machine as their incoming head coach, and the fact that this was a surprise to literally no-one present was another reason to wonder why they couldn’t just let the planned event play out without distraction, and choose a less conflicting moment to divulge such an open secret.And yet, on reflection, Edwards’ unveiling was exactly the news required to tie a bow on the day’s events. For starters it allowed Richard Thompson, the ECB chair, to make mention of the appointment in his address to the assembled guests, but moreover, it leaned into the broader theme of the day, and indeed, the season: the launch of the new tiered structure for women’s county cricket, which is arguably a more significant stride towards gender parity than even the much-trumpeted Hundred.Related

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If, after all, the point of the policy is to create a pyramid for the women’s game that extends from the most under-appreciated grassroots all the way up to the England team itself, then it makes perfect sense to have in place a player-turned-coach at the apex who personifies that very journey.As Beth Barrett-Wild, the ECB’s Director of Women’s Professional Game, put it: “She really bridges that gap between where the women’s game has come from, from those early days of professionalisation back in 2014 – when she was one of our first England women’s cricketers to get a professional contract – and then on through to today. It’s incredibly exciting.”The timing, however, is fascinating. There was a time, nine now increasingly distant years ago, when it was said of Edwards that “nothing grew in her shade”, such was the daunting scope of her personal achievements – in terms of longevity, hunger, and sheer weight of statistics. These included more than 10,000 runs across international formats, a milestone that she was the first to reach globally, and which no England Women’s player has since come close to matching.What’s more incredible is that she achieved all of this from a handicapped start. As the classic anecdote goes, Edwards had to pay for her first England blazer as a 16-year-old in 1996, and had been so immersed in men’s cricket as her vehicle that she hadn’t even known that women’s international cricket was an attainable goal until England’s victory in the 1993 World Cup.And now she is back, just days after Heather Knight – her similarly long-toothed successor – received the same undignified heave-ho that Edwards herself was subjected to back in 2016.Charlotte Edwards has enjoyed huge success as a franchise coach•ECB via Getty ImagesIt’s hardly a surprise that Edwards’ standards have since been transferred to the teams she has overseen in her coaching career – eight trophies in five years, including two WPL titles with Mumbai Indians. But her story also hints at an unspoken gripe about the state of the team she’s about to oversee.Privately, there is a consensus that England’s current professional structure is too soft, perhaps inevitably so, given the change in emphasis from that old-school fight for recognition that Edwards’ generation was the last to truly embody, to the status quo, whereby the signing of that ECB contract – however small it may be compared to the men’s salaries – has inadvertently led to a sating of hunger. As the lack of turnover in Knight’s England teams showed, once the players were on the payroll, it was as hard to be dropped as it was to be selected from outside the bubble.There are perhaps shades in this narrative of the pressure – and jealousy – that West Indies’ players of the early T20 era felt from the generational greats that preceded them. And yet, when Alex Hartley made her comments about England’s fitness levels after their shock exit from the T20 World Cup, she was merely making a point that anyone with a set of eyes could have ascertained for themselves. England’s collapse in standards in that fateful Dubai match was so absolute that Jon Lewis, Edwards’ predecessor as head coach, was obliged to march onto the outfield at the end of West Indies’ riotous powerplay in a desperate bid to salvage their campaign.Heather Knight deals with the feeling of defeat•ICC/Getty ImagesClearly that intervention didn’t work, and nor Lewis’s exhortations throughout a dismal Ashes campaign, as shown when Sophie Ecclestone’s touchy response to Hartley’s interview request in Sydney caused those comments to resurface. Despite this, in his infamous “Bondi Beach” address at the end of the tour, Lewis still swore blind that he could not have asked more of his players’ work-rates.And, perhaps, he truly couldn’t. As the recent allegations of bullying in Britain’s cycling and swimming circles have shown, there is something a bit grim about male coaches beasting their female charges way beyond their comfort zones. It may chime with the requirements of professionalism, but it certainly doesn’t chime with the times.And so, we may finally have reached the moment when an elite woman has to take command of England’s elite women.”She definitely runs a very tight ship, and she will bring such authenticity to that role,” Barrett-Wild said. “She’ll be able to speak to it from not too long ago, when it was a very different landscape for the women’s game. It is a timely reminder of how fortunate the women’s game is now, but in a really positive, progressive way. She’s a perfect fit for that right now.”Edwards may have been England’s first professional female, but a total of 142 will feature in their domestic competitions this season. A significant number of those will be on relatively insubstantial £20,000 rookie contracts, but there is also a strong likelihood that 2025 will feature the first million-pound England women’s cricketer, when their earnings from all available competitions are compiled.You can bet that, with Edwards in the building, she’ll be obliged to earn every penny of that. And if not, there also exists – in the less-vaunted but no less significant Tiers 2 and 3 of the county structure – a potential groundswell of Edwards’ prototypes: girls who won’t be paid anything (beyond expenses) for their commitment to the game, but whose desire for that same recognition promises to be every bit as vital in driving the standards of the players above them.”Tier 2 brings strength and depth to our structure, and it creates that pathway,” Barrett-Wild said. “If we’re doing our jobs around growing the women’s game, we are going to need more than eight teams right at the top.”It’s also going to take an England team at the top of that pile that sets truly aspirational standards. Much like those of the woman whose own journey within that team has just been renewed.

عزز فريق برشلونة تقدمه أمام ريال بيتيس بهدف خامس، من ضربة جزاء، خلال مباراة الفريقين بالدوري الإسباني، والمقامة مساء اليوم السبت.

ويحل برشلونة ضيفًا على ريال بيتيس، في مواجهة ضمن مباريات الجولة الخامسة عشر للدوري الإسباني موسم 2025-2026.

وتحصل برشلونة على ضربة جزاء بعد عودة الحكم لتقنية الفار وتم احتسابها في الدقيقة 58 من عمر المباراة.

اقرأ أيضًا | ترتيب هدافي الدوري الإسباني بعد هاتريك فيران توريس في مباراة برشلونة وريال بيتيس

وتوجه لامين يامال للتسديد ونجح في تسجيلها بشباك ريال بيتيس، ليمنح برشلونة الهدف الخامس خلال المباراة.

وكان ريال بيتيس تقدم بهدف مبكر عن طريق أنتوني، ليرد برشلونة، وسجل فيران توريس هاتريك، وأحرز روني باردجي هدفًا.

West Ham United have made an offer to sign a new defender ahead of the January transfer window and have already received a reply.

West Ham defence among worst in the Premier League

So far in the Premier League, the Hammers have had their fair share of defensive issues under both Graham Potter and now Nuno Espirito Santo.

In fact, the Irons are yet to keep a single clean sheet in their opening 11 top flight fixtures, having the second-worst defence in the division after conceding 23 goals.

Only bottom of the table Wolves have let in more (25), with Nuno selecting Max Kilman and Jean-Clair Todibo at centre-back in recent weeks.

Goalkeeper Mads Hermansen was dropped by Potter early into his first season at the London Stadium, with Nuno continuing to use Alphonse Areola in goal.

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If the Irons are to avoid the drop, then clean sheets and defensive stability will need to be worked on over the coming months, with the January transfer window also giving the club the chance to bring in new faces.

Now, it looks as if those behind the scenes at West Ham have their eyes on a defensive gem and have already submitted a bid.

West Ham make £15m+ bid to sign Tiago Gabriel

According to reports in Italy, relayed by Sport Witness, West Ham have made an ‘official offer’ to sign Lecce central defender Tiago Gabriel.

The Hammers’ proposal is thought to be worth €18m (£15.8m), however, this has already been rejected by the Serie A side as they value their 6ft 4 defender at €25m (£22m).

Lecce’s valuation applies to next summer, so it looks as if there is no chance of a January move materialising.

The report adds the 20-year-old has ‘impressed with his on-ground defending and has also been very dominant aerially’, something which can be backed up by FBref as Gabriel ranks in the top 2% of defenders when it comes to aerials won.

Also capable of turning out as a right-back if required, Gabriel is under contract at Lecce until 2027, however, both parties have the option to extend that until 2029.

He’s made 11 Serie A appearances in what is proving to be his breakthrough campaign, and by the looks of things, West Ham like what they see.

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Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is carrying the hopes of a city starved for sports success on his back this summer—but on Monday, he won't carry them alone.

Reiterating previous statements, Raleigh told Fox's crew that he will involve two family members in his much-anticipated Home Run Derby appearance.

"I'm super excited. My dad's been throwing to me my whole life. My little brother, he's playing right now on the travel-ball circuit, and he's a catcher, so hopefully he doesn't clank any as well," Raleigh said. "It'll be a lot of fun."

Raleigh's father Todd coached Western Carolina and Tennessee in the collegiate ranks from 2000 to '11, while his brother Todd Jr., 15, is indeed a player on the travel circuit.

Cal has 38 home runs this season to go with 82 RBIs, and his Mariners currently occupy the American League's third wild-card position. His home runs Monday are likely to be the most-viewed of his season so far, but they will almost certainly not be his last.

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Boca Juniors e Fortaleza se enfrentaram nesta quarta-feira (15), pela quinta rodada da fase de grupos da Sul-Americana. O Boca saiu na frente com Cavani, mas Kervin Andrade, aos 44 do segundo tempo, empatou a partida.

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BOCA JUNIORS X FORTALEZA
SUL-AMERICANA – GRUPO D – 5ª RODADA

🗓️ Data e horário: quarta-feira, 15 de maio de 2024, às 21h (de Brasília);
📍 Local: Estádio de La Bombonera, em Buenos Aires (ARG)
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🟨 Árbitro: Jesús Valenzuela (VEN)
🚩 Assistentes: Jorge Urrego (VEN) e Tulio Moreno (VEN)
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FORTALEZA (Técnico: Juan Pablo Vojvoda)
João Ricardo; Emanuel Brítez, Pedro Augusto, Titi e Bruno Pacheco; Yago Pikachu, Zé Welison, Matheus Rossetto e Emmanuel Martínez; Juan Martín Lucero e Imanol Machuca. 

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O São Paulo apresentou oficialmente o argentino Luis Zubeldía como seu novo técnico na tarde desta segunda-feira (22). O treinador concedeu sua primeira entrevista coletiva no comando do Soberano e afirmou já conhecer muito bem o elenco do Soberano.

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– Conheço muito bem este elenco (do São Paulo). Claro que no dia a dia, nos treinamentos, poderei ter um diagnóstico muito mais completo, para poder implementar minha ideia de jogo. Mas conheço muito esse plantel, porque o enfrentei algumas vezes nos últimos anos e assisto muito o Brasileirão. Joguei contra muitas equipes brasileiras – afirmou Luis Zubeldía.

Questionado sobre sua ideia de jogo e qual estilo utilizará no São Paulo, o técnico argentino afirmou que o elenco tricolor pode se adaptar a diferentes características de jogo. Zubeldía acredita que isso facilitará sua adaptação no clube e citou algumas opções para a escalação do time.

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– O mais importante, que já conversamos com a diretoria, é que temos jogadores de carecterísticas distantes, que te permitem planejar uma ou mais partidas de diferentes maneiras, dentro de uma ideia de jogo. Dependendo a quem coloque, podemos jogar com dois atacantes, com um atacante, com vários volantes, com pontas, com zagueiros que podem fazer linha de dois ou de três. Isso pode fazer com que ganhemos tempo, porque apesar do calendário comprometido, com uma partida atrás da outra, ter jogadores que se adaptam a sistuações distintas acelera a minha adaptação também.

Nos últimos meses, Zubeldía foi especulado em clubes da Arábia Saudita, da Argentina e do Barcelona de Guayaquil, do Equador, adversário do São Paulo na próxima quinta-feira (25). Sobre o motivo de ter escolhido o Tricolor Paulista, o treinador afirmou que sempre foi sua prioridade.

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– Tive varias propostas, de varias ligas e vários clubes, porém queria estar aqui. Sempre tinha a sensação de que o tempe nos juntaria e que eu estaria aqui. Em duas Sul-Americanas enfrentei o São Paulo em fases muito complicadas, e tive a sensação que poderia estar aqui. Quando falei com o presidente, em cinto minutos de conversa fizemos acordo. Me perguntam qual é o objetivo, é o mais alto possível – disse Luis Zubeldía.

– A Libertadores é a obsessão. É muito importante. Lembro quando vencemos a Sul-Americana, o que queríamos era jogar a Libertadores para ir o mais longe. É a obsessão de todos que já a venceram, ou os que não, como eu, que vamos trabalhar para poder vencê-la. Mas a Libertadores é muito dura, tem que atender a cada partida de maneira diferente – completou, em outro momento.

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A primeiro derrota do Brasil veio na final e o sonho do título inédito ficou pelo caminho. A Seleção Brasileira perdeu por 1 a 0 para os Estados Unidos na decisão da Copa Ouro, e foi, mais uma vez, vice para as americanas na competição. O gol da partida foi marcado por Lindsey Horan.

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Com a vitória sobre o Brasil, as americanas se tornaram campeãs da competição pela décima vez. Em 2000, a Seleção de Marta também ficou com o vice campeonato.

⚽ COMO FOI A PARTIDA?
O Brasil fez jogo duro contra as anfitriãs do torneio e fez um bom primeiro tempo. A Amarelinha começou pressionando as americanas e quase chegou ao gol com uma falta da Duda Sampaio. Em seguida, Portilho finalizou mas a bola foi para a fora. Nos acréscimos da primeira etapa, Lindsey Horan marcou para as donas da casa de cabeça.

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Em um segundo abaixo do esperado, a equipe de Arthur Elias não conseguiu fazer frente às norte-americanas e o título acabou com a seleção mais condecorada do futebol feminino.

➡️ O QUE VEM POR AÍ?
Agora a Seleção Brasileira se prepara para enfrentar o Canadá pelas semifinais da Copa SheBelieves, no dia 4 de abril, em Atlanta, Estados Unidos.

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