A arma de Felipão de volta: Palmeiras estreia no Allianz Parque em 2019

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Nesta quarta-feira, às 21h, contra o Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto, pela segunda rodada do Campeonato Paulista, o Palmeiras estreia uma de suas grandes armas na temporada. Pela primeira vez no ano, o clube jogará no Allianz Parque, no qual alcançou quase 80% de aproveitamento sob o comando do técnico Luiz Felipe Scolari.

Contratado em julho, o treinador acumulou novevitórias, um empate e duas derrotas à frente da equipe no estádio do Verdão, alcançando um aproveitamento de 77,7%. Foram 23 gols feitos e oito sofridos, em uma média de 1,9 gol marcado e 0,6 levados por partida.

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A importância da arena ficou ainda mais evidente na conquista do Campeonato Brasileiro. Felipão teve 100% de aproveitamento jogando em casa na competição, vencendo todas as oito partidas do torneio por lá, com 19 gols feitos e quatro sofridos.

Das partidas que o treinador não venceu, duas custaram caro. A derrota por 1 a 0 para o Cruzeiro, na ida da semifinal da Copa do Brasil, causou a eliminação do time, já que a volta, no Mineirão, ficou 1 a 1.

Pela Libertadores, também na semifinal, a equipe precisava reverter a derrota por 2 a 0 para o Boca Juniors, na Bombonera, mas empatou por 2 a 2 e ficou fora da competição internacional. Pelo torneio continental, Scolari sofreu sua primeira derrota no estádio, levando 1 a 0 do Cerro Porteño, nas oitavas de final, mas, como tinha vendido a ida por 2 a 0, no Paraguai, o Verdão avançou.

A força de Felipão dentro de casa é uma das armas de uma escalação que, como ocorreu em 2018, deve ser frequentemente mudada de uma partida para outra. Não há garantias, por exemplo, de que Dudu será utilizado nesta quarta-feira. Mas sempre há a certeza de que, em casa, os comandados de Luiz Felipe Scolari impõem suas condições de jogo. E é isso que o torcedor que estará no Allianz Parque nesta noite, pela primeira vez no ano, tem em mente.

Confira todos os jogos do Palmeiras com Felipão no Allianz Parque:

12/8/2018 – Palmeiras 1 x 0 Vasco – Brasileiro
22/8/2018 – Palmeiras 2 x 0 Botafogo – Brasileiro
30/8/2018 – Palmeiras 0 x 1 Cerro Porteño – Libertadores
5/9/2018 – Palmeiras 2 x 0 Atlético-PR – Brasileiro
9/9/2018 – Palmeiras 1 x 0 Corinthians – Brasileiro
12/9/2018 – Palmeiras 0 x 1 Cruzeiro – Copa do Brasil
3/10/2018 – Palmeiras 2 x 0 Colo-Colo – Libertadores
31/10/2018 – Palmeiras 2 x 2 Boca Juniors – Libertadores
3/11/2018 – Palmeiras 3 x 2 Santos – Brasileiro
14/11/2018 – Palmeiras 3 x 0 Fluminense – Brasileiro
21/11/2018 – Palmeiras 4 x 0 América-MG – Brasileiro
2/12/2018 – Palmeiras 3 x 2 Vitória – Brasileiro

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Bengal go top after crushing win

A round-up of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy matches on March 20, 2013

ESPNcricinfo staff20-Mar-2013North ZoneDelhi’s seamers restricted Jammu & Kashmir to 116 for 9, to gain a 17-run victory, and push them to the top of the table.Delhi, batting first, were in a spot of bother at 48 for 4, but Jagrit Anand (34) and Milind Kumar (40) put on a 69-run stand for the fifth wicket, to push the total to 133 for 6. J&K were unable to build substantial partnerships in their chase, with only Manish Dogra (20), Parvez Rasool (26), and Bandeep Singh (32) contributing, as Delhi bowlers’ kept them in check throughout. Delhi’s captain Rajat Bhatia was their most productive bowler, taking 3 for 26.East ZoneBengal comprehensively beat Tripura by eight wickets, to go to the top of the table.After choosing to bat, Tripura’s top-order batsmen took their side to 49 for 3, before a collapse had them losing seven wickets for 55 runs, to be eventually bowled out for 104. The wickets were shared around, with seamer Sanjib Sanyal and offspinner Arnab Nandi doing maximum damage with two wickets each.Bengal’s top-order, in reply, played their part, led by Subhomoy Das’ 37. Sayan Mondal’s unbeaten 29 ensured they won comfortably in the 17th over.A collective batting effort ensured Odisha beat Jharkhand by 24 runs.Contributions from Govind Podder (41), Biplab Samantray (34), and Bikas Pati (25) took Odisha to a competitive153 for 7. Seamer Rahul Shukla was Jharkhand’s most effective bowler, taking 4 for 30.Jharkhand lost both openers early in their chase, and despite contributions from Saurabh Tiwary (26), Kumar Deobrat (31) and Ajatshahtru Singh (24), they lost wickets regularly, and were unable to keep abreast of the required run-rate, losing by 24 runs.

São Paulo bate a Ferroviária em jogo nervoso e vai às oitavas da Copinha

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O São Paulo venceu a Ferroviária por 2 a 0 na Fonte Luminosa, em Araraquara, e classificou-se para enfrentar o Mirassol nas oitavas de final da Copa São Paulo Júnior.

Os dois gols saíram no primeiro tempo. Gabriel Novaes, artilheiro da competição, abriu o placar de cabeça aos nove minutos após um cruzamento do lateral-esquerdo Wellington – foi o oitavo dele na Copinha. Aos 20 minutos, Antony deu ótimo passe para o próprio Novaes servir Fabinho, que só completou para as redes.

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Ainda na etapa inicial, Gabriel Novaes sofreu um choque de cabeça e precisou ser substituído. Ele deixou o gramado aparentando estar confuso, mas o São Paulo informou que o jogador passa bem após tomar alguns pontos.

O segundo tempo foi bastante nervoso. O volante Diego, capitão do São Paulo, foi expulso aos 22 minutos. Ele levou uma entrada dura do adversário, caiu fora do campo e rolou para dentro pedindo atendimento médico. O árbitro não autorizou, e o são-paulino se irritou com um adversário que tentou levantá-lo do chão. Acabou expulso de forma direta por dar uma cabeçada nas costas do rival.

Empurrada pela torcida, a Ferroviária ficou mais com a bola enquanto teve um a mais, mas não conseguiu criar grandes oportunidades. Aos 38, o volante Juliano fez falta feia no meio de campo e também recebeu o vermelho, deixando as duas equipes em igualdade numérica novamente e acabando com as chances da equipe do interior.

Polivalente, Igor Henrique é apresentado na Ponte Preta

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A diretoria da Ponte Preta anunciou na última semana a contratação de mais um jogador para esta temporada: o volante Igor Henrique, que estava no Fortaleza em 2018. Feliz com a oportunidade de defender as cores da equipe de Campines, o jogador destacou o desejo de fazer um grande ano com a Macaca.

– Estou muito feliz com esse acerto com a Ponte Preta e motivado para fazer um grande trabalho com a camisa do clube em 2019. Vou lutar muito para ajudar a equipe a conquistar seus objetivos nesta temporada. Não vai faltar entrega e dedicação da minha parte para que isso seja possível – afirmou.

Ainda de acordo com o atleta, o ano do time alvinegro será intenso e tem tudo para ser de grandes conquistas. Uma das características do atleta é que ele pode jogar tanto de primeiro como de segundo volante, e ainda prefere sair mais para o jogo, com toque de bola. Ele apresentou isso no Fortaleza, onde atuou pela temporada passada.

– Vamos ter um primeiro semestre muito intenso, com o Paulistão e o início da Copa do Brasil. Temos que fazer um bom trabalho nesta pré-temporada, que é curta, para entrarmos com tudo nas duas competições. Essa é a meta de todos aqui. Precisamos fazer um início de ano bom para buscarmos o acesso este ano para a Série A – concluiu.

Não foi só ele que foi apresentado. Também polivalente, Mantuan se inspira em alguém que teve história parecida com a sua. Em 2016, Maycon foi emprestado pelo Corinthians à Ponte e ganhou destaque a ponto de voltar ao Timão e, como titular, ser campeão paulista e brasileiro na temporada seguinte. O garoto espera fazer algo semelhante no Moisés Lucarelli.

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وسام العابدي يتوقع نتيجة مباراة الأهلي والترجي.. ويؤكد: الظروف عاندت فريق باب سويقة

قال اللاعب التونسي وسام العابدي، إن فوز الأهلي على الترجي في ذهاب نصف نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا كان صعبًا على جماهير باب سويقة، مؤكدًا أن مناصريه لم ينتظروا تلك النتيجة.

وكان الأهلي قد حقق فوزًا على الترجي في ذهاب نصف النهائي الذي أقيم على ملعب رادس بثلاثية دون رد.

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وأضاف العايدي في تصريحات تلفزيونية بفضائية “ام بي سي مصر”: “كل الظروف كانت تقول إن الترجي لن يقدم لقاءً جيدً بسبب غياب الجماهير والغيابات ولكن لم نتوقع النتيجة وكانت ثقيلة على الفريق التونسي”.

وأردف: “لست خائفًا على الترجي من هزيمة ثقيلة أمام الأهلي في مباراة الإياب، الترجي لن يتعرض لهزيمة كبيرة في ستاد القاهرة”.

وتابع: “بنسبة 95%، الأهلي هو الذي سيتأهل للنهائي ولكن لن تكون نفس نتيجة المباراة الأولى”.

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واستكمل: “الأهلي سيفوز بهدف مقابل لا شيء على الترجي التونسي أو سيتعادلان سلبيًا”.

واختتم: “الأهلي فريق كبير في إفريقيا ومحترم، ولا نسمع عنه أي أزمة مادية أو إدارية”.

مدرب الإمارات لـ بطولات: ما زلت أتابع بيراميدز.. وأتمنى تتويجه بلقب السوبر أمام الأهلي

عبر المدير الفني لمنتخب الإمارات الأول، رودولفو أروابارينا، عن أمنياته بفوز فريقه السابق بيراميدز ببطولة كأس السوبر المصري على حساب الأهلي في مباراة الغد والتي تقام في الإمارات.

ويلتقي الأهلي وبيراميدز غدًا، الجمعة، في تمام الساعة الثامنة والنصف مساءً بتوقيت “القاهرة” على ملعب “محمد بن زايد” بقيادة الحكم، محمود البنا.

وكان من المفترض أن تكون المباراة بين الأهلي والزمالك قبل اعتذار الأخير بسبب وقف تنفيذ قرار إيقاف المهاجم، محمود عبد المنعم “كهربا”، لمدة 12 مباراة بقرار سابق من لجنة الانضباط التابعة للاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم.

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وتواصل “btolat.com” مع مدرب الإمارات الحالي والسابق لنادي بيراميدز الذي أشرف على تدريبه في موسم 2020/2021، للحديث عن مشاركة الفريق في كأس السوبر المصري والذي تحتضنه العاصمة الإماراتية “أبو ظبي”.

وتحدث أروابارينا عن بيراميدز وقال: “ما زلت أتابع نتائج الفريق لأن لدي أصدقاء هناك مثل ممدوح عيد (الرئيس التنفيذي) وعمرو بسيوني (مدير التعاقدات) وغيرهم من الأشخاص الجيدين في بيراميدز”.

وتابع: “للأسف، لن أكون متواجدًا في الإمارات لحضور المباراة لأنني سأسافر إلى إسبانيا ولكني أتمنى أن يفوز بيراميدز ويحصد أول الألقاب في تاريخه”.

الجدير بالذكر أن بيراميدز يشارك في كأس السوبر المصري أمام الأهلي كوصيف بطولة كأس مصر في موسم 2021/2022 والتي خسرها قبل أقل من شهر ضد القلعة الحمراء بنتيجة 2-1.

الأهلي يهزم كيركوس الإثيوبي 59-8 في بطولة كأس الكؤوس الإفريقية لكرة اليد

استهل الفريق الأول لكرة اليد بالنادي الأهلي “رجال” مشواره في بطولة كأس الكؤوس الإفريقية بالفوز على فريق كيركوس الإثيوبي.

تقام بطولة كأس الكؤوس الإفريقية لكرة اليد “رجال وسيدات” في صالة الأمير عبد الله الفيصل بالنادي الأهلي بالجزيرة، في الفترة من 9-19 مايو الجاري، ويشارك بها 21 فريقًا بواقع 10 فرق في منافسات الرجال و11 فريقا في منافسات السيدات.

أقيمت المباراة على صالة الأمير عبد الله الفيصل بمقر النادي بالجزيرة، وقدم خلالها الفريق عرضًا قويًّا، ونجح في إنهاء اللقاء لصالحه بنتيجة 59-8.

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وكان الفريق قد توج بلقب بطولة كأس السوبر الإفريقي على حساب الزمالك، وحجز مقعده في بطولة كأس العالم للأندية “سوبر جلوب”.

وشهد افتتاح أشرف صبحي وزير الشباب والرياضة، افتتاح منافسات بطولة كأس الكؤوس الإفريقية بحضور محمود الخطيب رئيس النادي الأهلي وحسن مصطفى رئيس الاتحاد الدولي لكرة اليد، منصورو أريمو رئيس الإتحاد الإفريقي، محمد الأمين رئيس الاتحاد المصري لكرة اليد، ومسؤولي كرة اليد المصرية والإفريقية.

Swann cautious ahead of India return

Graeme Swann he has cautioned against expectations that his bowling will be the decisive factor in the tourists’ attempts to win the series

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Oct-2012

Graeme Swann endured a difficult English summer but has an impressive Test record in Asia•AFP

Graeme Swann will travel to India on the verge of becoming England’s most successful offspinner in Test cricket but he has cautioned against expectations that his bowling will be the decisive factor in the tourists’ attempts to win the series.Since taking two wickets in his first over of Test cricket in Chennai four years ago, Swann has added a further 190 to the tally to leave him within one wicket of Jim Laker’s mark of 193. Although Swann has taken 39 wickets in 2012, his ten victims during the English summer came at an average of 59 and he was dropped for the first time in more than three years when England opted, unsuccessfully, to play four fast bowlers against South Africa at Headingley.A chronic elbow injury, which has required periods of rest to ameliorate the pain of floating bone fragments near to the nerve, has also dogged Swann. He acknowledges that the expectations of Indian pitches will add to his burden, as England seek to improve on a record that has seen them win just one Test match in the country since 1985, but can take confidence from an impressive record in Asia, which includes taking his second ten-wicket haul in Tests against Sri Lanka earlier this year.”As a spinner it stands to reason that when you go to the subcontinent people are going to look to you and how you bowl,” Swann told the before heading off for England’s training camp in Dubai. “But if we do turn up just expecting the spinner to win the series for us then we’re screwed.”The key to Test cricket is that the more you play the more confident you get and the more confident you get ergo you bowl more consistently. Having looked at the schedule I know two of the pitches might turn, in Kolkata and Mumbai. I am not sure about the other two. I have been reliably informed that Nagpur is the flattest wicket ever devised by groundsmen but that was by Cooky, who got a hundred there on his debut.”Alastair Cook, now elevated to the position of England captain, shares with Swann the experience of an impressive debut in India. But Swann was also swift to recall the result of the first Test in 2008, when Sachin Tendulkar’s unbeaten hundred helped India to reach a fourth-innings target of 387 with six wickets in hand.”It all started for me there and I can’t quite believe it has come round again so quickly,” Swann said. “It all seems like a dream when I think about the start of it. I remember the smells that were wafting over the ground when I took the ball. It’s all very romantic when I think back.”The rose-tinted glasses are removed of course because of the fact that we had 360-odd chased down at a canter by Mr Tendulkar. But it’s got fond memories for me personally because I did well. To realise that you can compete at a level that you have always had a sneaking suspicion that you weren’t good enough for is one of the greatest weights ever to be lifted off your shoulders. I will be indebted to those first two Test matches for making me realise it was just another game of cricket.”Swann will return to India have long since usurped Monty Panesar as England’s No. 1 spinner and, despite the protestations to the contrary, his form with the ball will almost certainly be as important to the team as the return of Kevin Pietersen to the fold. The summer rupture between members of the England squad and Pietersen was compounded by a painful series defeat to South Africa, and the loss of the No. 1 ranking, but Cook in his new role has been instrumental in seeking a fresh start.It was during Pietersen’s brief spell as England captain that Swann came into the side and he was among the players Pietersen met with during his “reintegration” process. Swann expressed relief that the situation had been resolved and, after becoming a father for the second time only a week ago, he was perhaps understandably looking forward to focusing on more important issues.”More than anything it is a good thing it is done and dusted,” said Swann. “A line has been drawn under it and the actual cricket can go back to doing the talking rather than off-field antics. I am sure it can get back to how it was. I think a lot depended on Kevin. He seems in a place now where he is happy to play again, he has committed himself to the team and that’s good moving forward.”I think that everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet now. I think there has been a bit of honesty and a bit of contriteness from certain parties. I think everybody is fed up with it and that’s why we just want to play cricket.”After almost a month off post-World Twenty20, England will begin playing cricket again on Tuesday, with a three-day game against India A. That will be followed by two more warm-up matches, before the first of four Tests begins in Ahmedabad on November 15.

خاص | الأهلي يقترب من تجديد عقد أحمد مهيب لاعب السلة

أكد مصدر بالنادي الأهلي اقتراب مسؤولي القلعة الحمراء من تجديد عقد أحمد مهيب لاعب فريق كرة السلة خلال الفترة المقبلة.

وكان الأهلي قد توج ببطولة كأس مصر بعد الفوز على الزمالك بنتيجة 72-65 في المباراة النهائية التي أقيمت مساء الأربعاء على صالة هيئة قناة السويس بالإسماعيلية.

وقال المصدر في تصريحات خاصة لـ”بطولات”: “النادي الأهلي في مفاوضات متقدمة لتجديد تعاقد أحمد مهيب نجم الفريق الأول لكرة السلة”.

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واختتم: “الأهلي اتفق مع مهيب على كل بنود التعاقد ويتبقى فقط التوقيع الرسمي بين الأهلي واللاعب”.

يذكر أن الأهلي يستعد للمشاركة في البطولة الإفريقية لكرة السلة وكذلك دوري السوبر خلال المرحلة القادمة.

Buttler propelled into the spotlight

Jos Buttler’s international career finally came alive at Edgbaston and in an instant his stock has rocketed

David Hopps16-Sep-2012

Jos Buttler was constantly told to back himself and his favourite scoop shot•PA Photos

Even in the instant world of Twenty20, it takes some believing that a single over can change the mindset of a team, never mind the player involved. But the 32 runs that Jos Buttler took off one over from Wayne Parnell in the final dregs of the English summer has become emblematic for an England squad seeking proof that they have the capacity to win the World Twenty20.Before his Edgbaston escapade, Buttler was just another skilful young player seeking to justify the faith shown in him. After one brief but violent assault he has instantly become one of the most talked-about players in town. “Which one is Jos Buttler?” is now a contender for the top ten questions in the hotel lobby, proudly ranked alongside other essentials like “is my room ready yet?” and “can you give me some change for the tuk-tuk driver”.For more than a year, Buttler’s T20 career was stillborn. He had 10 caps, but in six innings had reached double figures only once. Those who had watched him at Somerset yearned for his ability to overflow. But he got out twice in Dubai to his signature ramp shot and as well as enquiring of the batting coach, he even asked the team psychologist, Mark Bawden, if he should keep playing it. Bawden told him to trust his instincts as sports psychologists tend to do.Buttler, as he did in the aftermath of Edgbaston, spoke in Colombo of the confidence this has brought him, that he “feels calmer, more myself, more relaxed,” that his ability to repay the faith has given him a greater sense of belonging. A few days before the biggest tournament of his life it could not be better timed.”After the first one I hit, I thought ‘this is good fun, I can enjoy this’,” he said. “It was just one of those overs: he bowled it where I guessed and it just came off. I’m excited about gaining a bit of recognition or getting noticed. That can only be a good thing; it means you must have done something right for sides to know who you are.”But it is the positive impact that Buttler’s innings has made upon the England team that is so striking. England admittedly are defending champions, but they do not play much T20 and have little involvement in IPL. As one of the last sides to arrive in Sri Lanka, they could easily feel like visitors rather than contenders.Eoin Morgan, who in the absence of Kevin Pietersen is the batsman with IPL-cred, enthused about the wider impact of Buttler’s innings. “It was absolutely brilliant,” he said. “It gives everyone else around them belief that he can perform at any given time especially when it is to that extremity.”I’ve been watching Jos train for nearly a year now, and he’s phenomenal. We’ve all been waiting for this to evolve. The fact it has now is awesome for his own confidence, knowing that he can pull out a performance like that, and it is also great for the team.”It wasn’t easy for him in Dubai where it was reverse swinging, and it was among his first couple of innings. There were a lot of contributing factors to why he didn’t have a chance to go out and play the way he could. It is very timely he has now. Like anything, until you go out there and prove to yourself and you know inside you can perform, all the reassuring words run off your shoulders really.”The value of Buttler’s assault is even more important if you accept Morgan’s assertion that T20 is evolving so quickly that experience is often passed in the reverse manner, from young to old, rather like teenage sons showing fathers how to download an App. Morgan might pass on advice in team meetings about how to keep things simple, but he gets a lot back in return.”Everyone that comes through, you learn a hell of a lot more from,” he said. “You’re always a generation behind when you’re passing on experience. The way the game’s going, people are always bringing in new things.”England play the first of two warm-up games against Australia in Colombo tomorrow, at Nondescripts CC, a club with a name that Buttler need no longer fear sums up his international career. Pakistan follow on Wednesday before Group A matches against Afghanistan on Friday and India two days later.”I’ve played Afghanistan before, when I played for Ireland, and have been on a losing side against them, so I won’t be taking them for granted at all,” Morgan said. “They have a lot of up-and-coming players, and it’s a potential banana skin for us. If we don’t perform, there’s a chance they could sneak over the line.”But survive that and England move to Pallakele for the Super Eights, to face – barring shocks – West Indies, Sri Lanka and New Zealand and with the October monsoon approaching a little unsettled weather might help their cause, if not assist the batsman-friendly tournament for which the ICC must yearn.”Pallekele is similar to English conditions – it does do a bit,” Morgan said. “Research suggests it nips around which I’m not sure will be the most attractive Twenty20 cricket. But there’s every chance of these conditions, especially with the rain around – which we’re more used to after the summer we’ve had.”As for Pietersen-watch, he is about to arrive in Sri Lanka as an expert pundit for ESPN Star Sports. “I’d no idea he was coming,” Morgan said. “I look forward to seeing it. It could be quite funny.”The Pietersen imbroglio, he said, was not a dressing room obsession, but neither was it a banned topic of conversation. “No, it’s not like Voldemort, it’s alright,” he said.As Stuart Broad, England’s T20 captain, has occasionally been compared to Malfoy, this raises interesting possibilities. Harry Potter fans will tell you that Voldemort gives Malfoy a hug – an awkward, unfeely hug, but a hug nevertheless – in the final edition of Harry Potter. The first time he bumps into Stuart Broad, England’s T20 captain, in the hotel lobby could be quite touching.

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