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The SLC are to hold a meeting to consider recalling out-of-form Sri Lanka players in the IPL so they can participate in a triangular series held in Sri Lanka from May 12 to 20, as preparation for the Champions Trophy tournament in England in June

Sa'adi Thawfeeq04-May-2013

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will hold a meeting next week to decide whether it should make a request to the BCCI to release some of the under-performing Sri Lankan cricketers in the ongoing IPL so that they can partake in preparations for the Champions trophy. Nine of the ten Sri Lankan players playing in the IPL are part of Sri Lanka’s 15-member squad for the Champions trophy.”We have been discussing this issue recently but have not taken a firm decision,” Nishantha Ranatunga, the SLC secretary, said.Sri Lanka have arranged a limited-overs triangular tournament at Pallekele as preparation for the Champions trophy in England. The three teams in the preparatory tournament, Sri Lanka Rest (team selected for England), SLC Combined XI and Sri Lanka ‘A’, are due to play a total of seven fifty-over matches from May 12 to 20.”We know a lot of them are not faring well in the IPL, and we are worried about their form,” Ranatunga said. “We thought it would be better for these players to return home and play in the 50-over triangular rather than sit on the bench without playing a match in the IPL.”Former Sri Lanka captain and current captain of Delhi Daredevils Mahela Jayawardene is the only Sri Lanka player to have appeared in all the matches for his IPL team. The others have either been dropped from their respective sides due to poor form, to provide balance to the side, or simply were unable to play in Chennai due to political tensions. Angelo Mathews, the Sri Lanka captain, stepped down as the captain of Pune Warriors early this week.Ajantha Mendis is the only Sri Lankan player in the IPL who is not part of the Champions trophy squad.

تقرر طرح الأندية الرياضية السعودية للخصخصة بقرار من ولي عهد المملكة العربية السعودية ضمن خطة استثمارات في إطار رؤية 2030.

وأفادت وكالة الأنباء السعودية، أن سمو ولي العهد محمد بن سلمان أطلق مشروع الاستثمار والتخصيص للأندية الرياضية، بعد اكتمال الإجراءات التنفيذية للمرحلة الأولى، تحقيقًا لمستهدفات رؤية السعودية 2030 في القطاع الرياضي.

وتأتي خطوة خصخصة الأندية من أجل بناء قطاع رياضي فعال، من خلال تحفيز القطاع الخاص وتمكينه للمساهمة في تنمية القطاع الرياضي، بما يحقق التميز المنشود للمنتخبات الوطنية والأندية الرياضية والممارسين على الأصعدة كافة.

ويتضمن مشروع الاستثمار والتخصيص للأندية الرياضية في المرحلة الحالية مسارين رئيسيين؛ أولهما، الموافقة على استثمار شركات كبرى وجهات تطوير تنموية في أندية رياضية، مقابل نقل ملكية الأندية إليها، والثاني طرح عدد من الأندية الرياضية للتخصيص بدءًا من الربع الأخير من عام 2023.

طالع | حقيقة إصابة أحمد حجازي بقطع في الرباط الصليبي مع اتحاد جدة

وأوضحت الصحيفة أن المشروع ينقسم لثلاثة أهداف استراتيجية، تتمثل في إيجاد فرص نوعية وبيئة جاذبة للاستثمار في القطاع الرياضي لتحقيق اقتصادٍ رياضي مستدام، ورفع مستوى الاحترافية والحوكمة الإدارية والمالية في الأندية الرياضية، ورفع مستوى الأندية وتطوير بنيتها التحتية لتقديم أفضل الخدمات للجماهير الرياضية، مما ينعكس بشكل إيجابي على تحسين تجربة الجمهور.

كما يهدف تخصيص الأندية بشكل عام إلى تحقيق قفزات نوعية بمختلف الرياضات في المملكة بحلول عام 2030، لصناعة جيل متميز رياضيًا على الصعيدين الإقليمي والعالمي، إضافة إلى تطوير لعبة كرة القدم ومنافساتها بصورة خاصة، للوصول بالدوري السعودي إلى قائمة أفضل (10) دوريات على مستوى العالم.

ومن المقرر أيضًا أن تزيد إيرادات رابطة الدوري السعودي للمحترفين من 450 مليون ريال إلى أكثر من 1.8 مليار ريال سنويًا، إلى جانب رفع القيمة السوقية للدوري من 3 مليارات إلى أكثر من 8 مليارات ريال.

A round-up of the Faysal Bank Super Eight T-20 Cup matches played on March 29, 2013

ESPNcricinfo staff29-Mar-2013
ScorecardSialkot Stallions stormed into the semi-final of the Faysal Bank Super Eight T-20 Cup after crushing Multan Tigers, who collapsed for the lowest total in Pakistan domestic Twenty20s. The match was delayed by rain for 70 minutes due to wet outfield and reduced to 14 overs a side in which Stallions opted to bowl first.Tigers got off to a dismal start as Raza Hasan, the main destroyer, ripped through their top order, leaving them reeling at 14 for 5 which also included two run-outs. Only Kashif Naved (16 off 28) fought for his double figures as the two brothers – Shoaib and Adeel Malik – took three wickets together with their spin and reduced the Tigers to 47 for 9.Stallions in reply lost Shakeel Ansar for seven in pursuit of a small total, though captain Shoaib, along with the Shahid Yousuf, took them home without getting into further trouble within seven overs, finishing second in group A.
Scorecard The match between Rawalpindi Rams and Faisalabad Wolves went down to the wire, with the Rams edging ahead in the Super Over. Rams captain Sohail Tanvir conceded 9 runs and took Misbah-ul-Haq’s wicket in the one-over eliminator, before Hammad Azam helped knock off the required runs to beat the Wolves. Both teams, however, have confirmed their spots in the semi-final, starting Saturday. Lahore Lions will take on Wolves while Sialkot Stallions will go head to head against Rams.Earlier, Rams opted to bat first but kept losing wickets at regular intervals. By the end of 16 overs, Rams lost seven wickets for 98 runs but Azam’s aggressive 66 off 35 balls, with the help of 11 boundaries including three sixes – also his first Twenty20 half-century – took Rams to a fighting total. Samiullah Khan (3-22) and Ehsan Adil (2-36) were the pick of the bowlers for Wolves.In reply, Wolves got off to a flying start with Farrukh Shehzad (24) and Ali Waqas (23) adding 47 runs for the first wicket before losing wickets. They went past the 100 mark in the 15th over with the required run-rate touching nine. However, Misbah took matters into his own hands and took the game to the final ball. Requiring 2 off 1 ball, Misbah mistimed a short ball over midwicket, and a freak run-out resulted in a tie.
ScorecardKarachi Dolphins won a dead rubber by 25 runs, led by Fawad Alam’s half-century. Dolphins’ decision to bat first backfired initially with the top order collapsing cheaply. Shahzaib Hasan and Khurram Manzoor departed in the space of two balls for ducks in the first over followed by another double-strike which reduced Dolphins to 22 for 4 in four overs. Thereafter, a defiant Fawad smashed 60 off 48 balls to power his team to a commanding total 146 for 8. Ataullah (3-32) and Fahad Maqsood (4-25) were the main destroyers for Bahawalpur Stags. The Stags began positively, with the openers adding 48 in less than six overs. However, three quick strikes after the 11th over stalled their chase and the match from thereon never slipped out of Dolphins’ control.

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Se janeiro foi desastroso para o Botafogo, com a eliminação precoce na Taça Guanabara, fevereiro veio para trazer alento e esperança em uma temporada exitosa. Em seis jogos no mês, foram cinco vitórias e um empate, sendo três avanços de fase em duas competições diferentes: Copa do Brasil e Sul-Americana. A invencibilidade também enche os olhos quanto ao saldo de bolas na rede: o Alvinegro marcou 13 gols e sofreu apenas um.

O LANCE! faz uma análise da fase e separa fatores que pesaram para a ótima sequência da equipe de Zé Ricardo ao longo do mês que acaba de virar. Veja:

ESTRELA DE ERIK

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Hoje, quando se pensa na onda de vitórias alvinegras, o que logo se vem à mente é a ótima fase de Erik. Com o contrato renovado com o Botafogo, o atacante assumiu de vez o papel de protagonista e desandou a fazer gols. Todos os seis tentos do jogador em 2019 foram marcados em fevereiro.

Erik tem iniciado as partidas como ponta-direita, invertido o lado com Rodrigo Pimpão com uma certafrequência, ao longo dos jogos, e, esporadicamente, feito a função de um falso 9. A confiança é tão elevada que o camisa 11 tem assumido a bronca nas cobranças depênalti. A fase está iluminada.

DEFESA SÓLIDA

Certamente a considerável invencibilidade não seria possível no caso de um time desequilibrado, ou seja, bem no ataque e vulnerável na defesa. Inicialmente, Zé Ricardo vibrou quando Carli retornou de lesão, no jogo contra o Boavista, justamente o primeiro da talsequência. Ao lado de Gabriel, o argentino trouxe segurança ao setor e, com a sua nova lesão, viu Marcelo Benevenuto reassumir a titularidade na temporada e manter o alto nível de atuação do setor – que passa também pela ótima fase do garoto Jonathan.

– Tudo é fruto do trabalho do Zé, da comissão e dos jogadores. Estamos executando o que o Zé vem pedindo. Estamos muitos felizes pelo momento. O sistema defensivo não são apenas os quatro de trás e os goleiros. Começa com o Kieza e temos que valorizar todos. A perda do Carli foi enorme, mas sabíamos do potencial do Marcelo e ficamos felizes com a confiança que o grupo passou para ele – comentou Gabriel, em entrevista coletiva na última quinta.

ATUAÇÕES CIRÚRGICAS

Até pelo elenco enxuto, Zé já esperava uma enorme dificuldade nomês, com quatro jogos de mata-matas no calendário – três se fosse eliminado para o Campinense na fase inicial da Copa do Brasil. O fato é que, quando não deu parapôr a bola no chão e dominar as ações de partidas encardidas, a equipe alvinegra foi cirúrgica quando adotou uma postura mais reativa.

Ocorreu a última situação emtrês dos seis jogos de fevereiro. Primeiro, contra o Campinense, que precisava vencer para sair com a vaga. O Botafogo não esteve em noite inspirada, mas, bem postado, chegou a dois gols cruciais – sendo um através de um lindo chute de Alex Santana, de fora. E também do meio da rua, Alex voltara a marcar contra o Defensa y Justicia, no jogo da volta, quando o Botafogo não sucumbiuà enorme pressão dos argentinos em Buenos Aires e saiu com um 3 a 0 com três finalizações na meta adversária. Diante do organizado Cuiabá-MT, esta semana, o cenário foi bem parecido.

REDENÇÃO DE PIMPÃO

E Rodrigo Pimpão foi outra peça essencial para que os lances esporádicos fossem parar no fundo das redes. Sem brilho e na reserva em 2018, o atacante ressurgiu e se tornouimprescindível no atual momento do Botafogo.

Rodrigo Pimpão voltou a iniciar entre os 11 contra o Boavista e, desde então, participou diretamente de seis gols em cinco jogos, já que foi poupado contra o Vasco: foram doispênaltis sofridos, duas assistências e dois gols marcados.

ENCAIXE DE ALEX SANTANA

No geral, Zé Ricardo tem os seus méritos em todos os fatores anteriores, embora o Botafogo ainda esteja carente de reposições em alguns setores e peque em criatividade em diversas ocasiões. E um outro a ser destacado pelo L! tem Alex Santana no núcleo.

Contratado sem alarde e envolvido na ida de Rodrigo Lindoso ao Internacional, Alex atuou em nove das dez partidas do Botafogo em 2019, só ficando de fora por conta de desgaste físico – também contra o Vasco, assim como Pimpão. Não só pelos já citados golaços de fora da área, o meio-campista tem sido importante na transição das jogadas e,subitamente, caiu nas graças da torcida.

NÚMEROS DO BOTAFOGO EM 2019
Jogos e resultados: 10 jogos(5 vitórias, 2 empates e 3 derrotas)
Aproveitamento:57%
Gols marcados: 15
Gols sofridos: 7

NÚMEROS DO BOTAFOGO EM FEVEREIRO
Jogos e resultados: 6 jogos (5 vitórias e 1 empate)
Aproveitamento: 89%
Gols marcados: 13
Gols sofridos: 1

تقدم فريق ساوثهامبتون بهدف أكثر من رائع، في شباك ليفربول، في مباراتهما الجارية حاليًا ببطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

ويستضيف ملعب “سانت ماري” مباراة الفريقين في إطار منافسات الجولة الثامنة والثلاثين من البطولة.

ونجح كمال الدين سليمانا في تسجيل الهدف الثالث لصالح ساوثهامبتون، في الدقيقة 47 من عمر المباراة بعد تسديدة صاروخية من خارج المنطقة، هزت شباك كيليهر. هدف ساوثهامبتون الثالث أمام ليفربول

وتشير النتيجة في الوقت الحالي إلى تقدم ساوثهامبتون في النتيجة بثلاثة أهداف مقابل هدفين، بعدما كان متأخرًا بثنائية نظيفة.

The Afghanistan Cricket Board has sought the help of the Indian board to develop cricket in the country

ESPNcricinfo staff18-Feb-2013

The Afghanistan Cricket Board has sought the help of the Indian board to develop cricket in the country. Officials from the ACB met BCCI representatives in Mumbai on Sunday to discuss how the Indian board could support Afghanistan cricket.”We had a good meeting with BCCI honorary secretary (Sanjay Jagdale) and general manager for game development (Ratnakar Shetty),” Shahzada Masoud, the ACB chairman, said. “It’s in the initial stage. We want to build up good relations with BCCI. We want help to develop technical staff, coaches, umpires, scorers and video analysts.”Also present at the meeting held at the Cricket Club of India was ACB’s high performance programme manager, Basheer Stanekzai. “We are preparing a new Under-19 team as the last World Cup team is over-aged.” he said. “We have selected a 20-member squad. We are working on it and preparing for the ACC (Asian Cricket Council) Under-19 Cup to be held in Malaysia from May 1 to 12. That’s the qualification round for the next U-19 World Cup. We need good coaches, especially in terms of batting.”The meeting comes a week after Afghanistan coach Kabir Khan called on the BCCI to do more to help Afghanistan cricket, highlighting England’s support for their neighbouring Associate nations.

توجه وفد من الأهلي ظهر اليوم الجمعة، بناءً على تكليف من محمود الخطيب رئيس النادي، إلى مقر إقامة بعثة نادي الترجي التونسي.

وضم الوفد كلًا من، خالد مرتجي أمين الصندوق الأهلي ومحمد الدماطي عضو مجلس الإدارة، والذي ترأس بعثة فريق الكرة في تونس.

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وقدم مرتجي والدماطي اعتذارًا عما تعرضت له حافلة فريق الترجي من مضايقات من بعض الأفراد غير المنتمين للأهلي مساء أمس، أثناء دخول فريق الترجي إلى استاد القاهرة لأداء المران الرئيسي قبل مواجهة الأحمر مساء اليوم في إياب دور قبل النهائي من بطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

وأكد وفد الأهلي لمسئولي الترجي على عمق العلاقات الوطيدة التي تربط بين الناديين، وأن ما حدث من قلة هو تصرف مرفوض من الجميع، خاصة أن رجال الأمن يبذلون قصارى جهدهم للقضاء على مثل هذه التصرفات الخارجة، وبعثة الترجي محل اهتمام وتقدير بالغ من الكافة.

وأوضح الوفد أن بعثة الترجي تحظى بترحيب كبير بالأشقاء في بلدهم الثاني، وأن النادي الأهلي يعتز بالعلاقات التي تربطه بكل أشقائه من الأندية التونسية وفي المقدمة الترجي صاحب التاريخ الكبير.

🔴| وفد الأهلي يزور بعثة الترجي ويعتذر عن «المضايقات» التي تعرضت لها حافلة الفريق.🦅 pic.twitter.com/oZlK5fCWLQ

— ‏النادي الأهلي 🏡 (@AlAhly) May 19, 2023

Saurashtra captain Jaydev Shah believes his team still have a chance of taking the Ranji Trophy title, despite their poor first day

Siddarth Ravindran in Mumbai26-Jan-2013

Saturday was a thoroughly dispiriting day for Saurashtra. After all the excitement about their first final since Independence, their batting crumbled against a good but unexceptional bowling performance from Mumbai in the first session.There wasn’t much help for the spinners, quick bowler Shardul Thakur’s figures of 12-2-31-0 hide how regularly he sprayed the ball wide of the stumps, while Ajit Agarkar took the new ball but bowled only three overs in the first hour. Only Dhawal Kulkarni posed a consistent threat, keeping the batsmen guessing around the off stump and choking the runs. Several wickets went down to poor strokes: Shitanshu Kotak played a loose shot off the backfoot, Jaydev Shah tucked a harmless delivery straight to midwicket and later, when much of the damage was already done, Kamlesh Makvana slapped a wide ball to backward point.What made it worse for Saurashtra was that bowling is generally considered to be Mumbai’s weaker department, with the hosts missing the experience of Zaheer Khan. Also, Saurashtra’s success this season has been based more on their spinners than the quicks and the Wankhede pitch is unlikely to offer much for the slow bowlers this early in the match.Just one day into the game and Mumbai already look to be certainties for the title. Saurashtra captain Jaydev Shah didn’t share that view, though. “Of course, why not?” he said emphatically, when asked whether he had the resources for a fightback. “Today you can see they were also getting beaten very easily. It is cricket, they can get out for 100 or 200, though 200-250 would have been a better score [from us].”Shah denied that his team was overawed by the occasion and said the toss played a crucial role. “First the pitch was damp, then it dried up, so the toss makes a difference. I have never seen Bombay, who have such a huge batting line-up, decide to bowl. They would not go and bowl, [unless] there is something in the wicket.”In the second session, with the pitch drying up, Aarpit Vasavada and Makvana seemed at ease in the middle, putting up Saurashtra’s only significant partnership of the innings and perhaps pointing to better batting conditions on the second day. Shah disagreed. “It was not easy to score runs. We gave their batsmen eight overs and they just scored about 10-12 runs, so it was difficult for them, too.”For Saurashtra to compete, they will need someone to bowl like Kulkarni did. He cut out the loose deliveries, and generally probed around off, getting the odd one to kick up and others to snake around. It helped him that he got a wicket in his first over itself, when Sagar Jogiyani nicked the ball to slip. “I was confident, got five wickets before this game, so I just carried it forward,” Kulkarni said. “I would have felt great if I had got that five-for [again]. I was bowling well throughout the season, the only thing missing was the wickets.”Like Kulkarni, Mumbai, too, can be pleased with their first day’s efforts. And unless Saurashtra manage to pull off a dramatic turnaround, the whispers around their batting thriving only on the notoriously flat pitches of Rajkot will only get louder.

Mahela Jayawardene could not hide his frustration at seeing Sri Lanka’s match against Australia fail to resume due a wet outfield

Daniel Brettig at the SCG20-Jan-2013When word filtered through that the fourth ODI at the SCG had been abandoned, it was not only the crowd of 22,521 who were intent on expressing their annoyance at the outcome. Sri Lanka’s captain, Mahela Jayawardene, could not hide his frustration at seeing the match fail to resume in circumstances that heavily favoured his side, having beaten far worse conditions against New Zealand in Pallekele only three months ago.Jayawardene said his team would write formally to the ICC match referee, Javagal Srinath, seeking an explanation for an inconsistency in rulings from one series to the next. Srinath had explained that play would not resume because he and the umpires Paul Reiffel and Marais Erasmus felt conditions were unfair, whereas in Sri Lanka the match referee, Andy Pycroft, had said play would only be stopped if deemed unsafe.This robbed Sri Lanka of an ideal chance to finish the series off, having bowled superbly to restrict Australia to 9 for 222, and Jayawardene expressed surprise that a ground as rich in history and facilities as the SCG could not get the game re-started.Conditions for calling off play

3.5.3 Suspension of play for adverse conditions of ground, weather or light
If at any time the umpires together agree that the conditions of ground, weather or light are so bad that there is obvious and foreseeable risk to the safety of any player or umpire, so that it would be unreasonable or dangerous for play to take place, then they shall immediately suspend play, or not allow play to commence or to restart. The decision as to whether conditions are so bad as to warrant such action is one for the umpires alone to make.
The fact that the grass and the ball are wet and slippery does not warrant the ground conditions being regarded as unreasonable or dangerous. If the umpires consider the ground is so wet or slippery as to deprive the bowler of a reasonable foothold, the fielders of the power of free movement, or the batsmen of the ability to play their strokes or to run between the wickets, then these conditions shall be regarded as so bad that it would be unreasonable for play to take place.

“We played New Zealand three months ago and the interpretation we got in that series was quite different to what we got today,” Jayawardene said. “We played in Pallekele with a lot of rain and during the World Cup as well. I think we need to find a bit more consistency, so that’s something we’ll probably write and put across to them [the ICC] and see how we can go about it. At the SCG, I would assume that a ground of this magnitude you should be able to get a game in. Maybe they should do what we do back home and cover the entire ground.”I think we can write to the match referee because the interpretation we got three months ago in the New Zealand series was something totally different. It was deemed that we’d only stop play if it was dangerous, not unfair, but today the interpretation was different. I accept that, it comes from the match referee and the umpires so I’m happy to take that on board, but it was two interpretations we got within a three-month period.”Australia’s captain, Michael Clarke, had chosen to bat first upon winning the toss but Jayawardene, mindful of rain on the horizon and also the hosts’ struggles against the swinging, seaming ball in the past two matches, had always set his mind on sending his opponents in.”When we started today I was going to bowl,” he said. “Purely because of the weather that was going to be around today, so we were going to bowl first thinking that if it comes to Duckworth-Lewis we would have a better idea of what we needed chasing, and our guys bowled brilliantly up front.”With the rain coming in and the equation it would probably have been a much easier chase, but I guess we just need to put this behind us and look forward to the next game. We’ve played some really good cricket and it’s just a little disappointment, but we can take a lot out of the last three games, how we’ve come back into the series and controlled things.”For his part, Clarke indicated his own surprise at the game not resuming, saying that he had seen matches played at the SCG where far more rain had drenched the ground. The curator, Tom Parker, had indicated that the delay was caused by light rain that sat on the surface rather than sinking in, while a lack of any breeze made evaporation more of a challenge.”I think this ground is known for its drainage,” Clarke said. “I’ve played a number of games here where it’s held a lot more water than that and we’ve managed to get back on and play games of cricket. I think the hardest thing was the water didn’t really sink in, it sat on top, there was no sun around and no wind.”Sri Lanka would’ve loved to get back on there as the game got shorter. It was probably going to suit them a lot more. But we certainly wanted to play as well to give ourselves a chance to win the series. Unfortunately we can’t win the series now, we can only level it.”

يرى رولاني مكوينا، المدير الفني لفريق كرة القدم الأول بنادي صن داونز الجنوب إفريقي، أنه لا يخشى جماهير الوداد في مباراة الفريقين اليوم السبت.

صن داونز يحل ضيفًا على الوداد في استاد محمد الخامس، بذهاب دور نصف نهائي بطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا، قبل أسبوع من تكرار المواجهة إيابًا بجنوب إفريقيا.

ولم يتأهل صن داونز إلى نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا، منذ عام 2016 عندما فاز باللقب المرة الوحيدة في تاريخه على حساب الزمالك، تحت قيادة بيتسو موسيماني.

وقال مكوينا ردًا على مواجهة جماهير الوداد في استاد محمد الخامس: “سيكون من المهم أن نخفف الضغوط على أنفسنا، لقد أثبتنا في القاهرة أننا يمكننا اللعب في مواجهة أصعب الجماهير، عندما تعادلنا مع الأهلي”.

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وأضاف: “في الجزائر أيضًا، لعبنا أمام ملعب ممتلئ عن آخره، مع جمهور عدواني بعض الشيء، لكننا فزنا بنتيجة كبيرة، نحن نريد أن نفوز باللقب، لذلك هذه الأمور طبيعية في إفريقيا، يجب أن نعتاد دائمًا على لعب هذه المباريات الصعبة”.

وأكمل: “جمهور الوداد لن يخيفنا، نحن نثق في أنفسنا، لأنه إذا لم نكن واثقين في أنفسنا سنجد صعوبة في الفوز، لن تكون لدينا فرصة في التفوق عليهم في أرض الملعب”.

واختتم: “لقد قمنا بالكثير من العمل الجيد، نحن نلعب في ملعب صعب وجمهور صعب، لكننا نثق تمامًا أنهم يعرفون أننا فريق جيد جدًا أيضًا، ويضعون لنا الكثير من الحسابات”.