Manchester United have been impressed with an exciting young gem and could look to bring him to Old Trafford despite competition for his services from elsewhere.
Man Utd's transfer reality…
Undoubtedly, the Red Devils are in need of some squad surgery in January after enduring a frustrating time of things with injuries and form over the course of the season.
Erik ten Hag has spoken bluntly regarding the limitations both his side and others in the Premier League have to take into consideration regarding their recruitment approach as a consequence Financial Fair Play regulations, as he stated last month:
"Every time you tell me 'bring this player in', you have to match the FFP regulations. You have to do it. It gives you limitations and within those rules you have to construct the best squad possible. When you set such rules, everyone has to match the rules because otherwise it's not fair anymore."
Of course, the likes of Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal have been able to spend vast sums of money on improving their squad over the last couple of transfer windows, which is who the Dutchman could be alluding to in this interview in light of investigations into alleged financial rule breaches concerning the first two sides named.
Nevertheless, United shelled out over £170 million in the summer on the likes of Rasmus Hojlund, Mason Mount and Andre Onana among others, who arguably haven't delivered on their promise as of yet at Old Trafford, indicating that the Red Devils have a way to go in the transfer market themselves.
Securing young talent that could one day make the grade at Old Trafford is a potential solution to their erratic recent transfer history and the Red Devils are now believed to be eyeing a prodigious forward, according to a report.
Man Utd impressed by Max Moerstedt
According to 90min, Manchester United are eyeing Hoffenheim's young striker Max Moerstedt after previously scouting the 17-year-old at the Under-17 World Cup in Indonesia with his native Germany, where he scored four times throughout the tournament, with those in Manchester impressed with what they've seen.
Max Moerstedt statistics in 2023/24 (Transfermarkt)
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The outlet claim that the likes of Chelsea, Brighton & Hove Albion and Serie A sides Juventus and Atalanta are also on the case and are admirers of the forward, who is close to making his first-team breakthrough at the PreZero Arena. Moerstedt is described as a typical 'number nine' in the copy and carries a physical presence at 6 foot 4 inches tall.
Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag.
Of course, Moerstedt would be highly unlikely to come in straight away as a first-team player and may develop in the Red Devils' academy system or be farmed out on loan to gain further experience, should a transfer materialise. Nevertheless, his long-term value could be an appealing prospect for United, who may hope to unearth a future star if Moerstedt does indeed complete a move to Old Trafford.
The focus ahead of the Perth Test was on Mitchell Starc, who has struggled to hit form and rhythm, even as Australia believe they have a slight advantage over India at the new Perth Stadium
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‘The conditions at the new stadium will suit us’ – Harris
A firm handshake from the banned batsman Cameron Bancroft was the extent of the Australian captain Tim Paine’s activity at training on Tuesday, but rather more was undertaken by Mitchell Starc as the only member of the “big three”, with Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins, to bowl.While Paine, the coach Justin Langer and the bowling coach David Saker have all sung his praises, the sight of Starc bowling apart from Hazlewood and Cummins was the strongest sign yet that his form and function need significant improvement to reach the desired level in the second Test.Recorded by two cameras, one fixed in the umpire’s spot and another hovering in a drone overhead, Starc bowled for an extended period in the centre of the WACA Ground alongside Peter Siddle and Mitchell Marsh. “Yeah quick, he bowled pretty well,” the opener Marcus Harris said. “There was obviously a bit of talk about him after the game but I thought he bowled pretty well during the game and he’s felt like he was in good rhythm out there before. I’m sure he’s ready and raring to go for Friday.”Starc will need to put on a dominant display for Australia in helpful conditions in Perth or risk being forced out of the side, the former selector Mark Waugh has said. Since a five-wicket haul against South Africa in Durban in March, he has claimed a mere 12 further – and expensive – wickets in six Tests.”He hasn’t bowled at his best probably the last 12 months,” Waugh told . “He’s just been a little bit off with his consistency and line and length. But he’s that sort of bowler who’s a bit of an enigma. He bowls some bad balls and then he’ll bowl you a cracking delivery. I’d just love to see him a bit more consistent with the new ball.2:26
Mitchell Starc’s magical numbers
“Perth’s really going to suit him. He’s going to bowl quick there and get a lot of bounce. If he’s probably not up to scratch in Perth I think they might think about making some changes for the rest of the series.”Langer’s men appear aware that they must win the second Test against India to have any chance of regaining the Border-Gavaskar trophy, given that the final two Tests are in Melbourne and Sydney, which have traditionally been more favourable venues to India’s batsmen in particular.ALSO READ: Langer hopes for fiery Perth Stadium debut”I thought India bowled well. You saw through both innings it wasn’t an easy wicket to score on freely,” Harris said of Adelaide. “If you look at India’s scores everyone got starts, and obviously the difference was Cheteshwar Pujara. It wasn’t an easy wicket to come out and get 40 or 50 off 60 or 70 balls. Pujara was the difference in the whole game, and we didn’t have someone make 120. So if you look at that by the end of the game, what’s the difference? Thirty. Our plan was to occupy the crease, and the longer you bat things will get easier. Unfortunately we didn’t have anyone who got a big score, but it wasn’t too much of an issue for us.”At the same time, the pace and bounce on offer at the new stadium in Perth will provide plenty of assistance to India’s disciplined and varied bowling attack. To that end, Langer was seen working assiduously alongside the Victorian batsman Peter Handscomb in the nets before his centre-wicket session, the better to equip him for a long batting stay during the Test after he squandered a pair of starts in Adelaide.”I think we took some good confidence from the fight we showed, I think it got down to 30 runs,” Harris said. “I know when I looked at it as a batter I thought ‘Bugger, I wish I could’ve got 60 or 70’, so we got pretty close and the fight we showed, hopefully, we can take some momentum into the game on Friday. I think the pitch will suit us a little bit more with the conditions.Getty Images”Obviously it’s not the WACA, but from what I’ve heard from the boys who’ve played Shield games there, the wicket is as quick and as bouncy. So I think it’ll suit us. We’ve played some one-day games there, some Big Bash games there. I think we’ll probably still have the advantage if there’s any. It’ll be interesting to see how it plays and how the game pans out.”That’s taking nothing away from India, but I just think a little bit of momentum. We would’ve loved to win the game, but the boys bowled really well, the bowlers also batted really well, so it’s probably on us batters to take a bit of the weight from them.”Paine chatted amiably and at some length with Bancroft, set to make his return from suspension for the Perth Scorchers in the BBL at the end of December, as he seeks to rest his battered right index finger. “He’s [Paine] all good,” Harris said. “From what JL [Langer] said he just wanted to have a rest today. I didn’t even know there was anything wrong with him. I’m pretty sure he’s all good.”Born and raised in Perth before moving to Victoria in 2016, Harris is in the odd position of playing a Test in his home town having never played at the venue where it will be held. Perth Stadium will become the 10th venue to host a Test match in Australia.WATCH – Chappell: Paine the right person to captain Australia at the moment”I remember coming to Test Matches here all the time,” Harris said of the WACA Ground. “I remember the first Test that I ever came to, I think within the first five minutes, Glenn McGrath had a hat-trick against West Indies, so there have always been great memories for me coming to Test Matches in Perth and hopefully I can create some memories for young kids coming to games at the new stadium.”A Test win or a Test hundred or a five-wicket haul is all the same no matter where it is. I haven’t been to the new stadium so it will be a new experience for me but from what I have heard it is a good wicket and pretty similar to the WACA so it will be good in that way. It will be good to play the first Test there and get a win.”
Flamengo e Bahia duelarão pela 26ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro neste domingo, mais precisamente a partir das 18h15, no Maracanã. No embate do primeiro turno, a partida contou com nada mais nada menos que oito gols e foi vencida pelo lado rubro-negro por 5 a 3.
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Para este jogo, Rogério Ceni, em busca do topo, terá a volta de Diego Ribas, mas ainda não as de Willian Arão e Thiago Maia (este ainda distante do retorno). Já da parte dos visitantes, que não vencem há seis jogos na temporada,Mano Menezes é a baixa mais significativa, uma vez que o treinador não poderá reencontrar o ex-clube por conta de suspensão via STJD.
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FLAMENGO X BAHIA – 26ª RODADA DO BRASILEIRO Estádio: Maracanã, no Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Data: 20de dezembro de 2020, às 18h15 Árbitro:Flavio Rodrigues de Souza (Fifa-SP) Assistentes:Marcelo Carvalho Van Gasse (Fifa-SP) eDanilo Ricardo Simon Manis (Fifa-SP) Árbitro de vídeo:Jose Claudio Rocha Filho (SP)
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FLAMENGO (Técnico: Rogério Ceni) Diego Alves; Isla, Rodrigo Caio, Natan e Filipe Luís; João Gomes, Gerson, Everton Ribeiro e Arrascaeta; Bruno Henrique e Gabigol.
Desfalques:Thiago Maia e Willian Arão (lesionados) Suspensos:- Pendurados:Rogério Ceni, Filipe Luis, João Gomes, Isla, Gerson, Vitinho, João Lucas e Gabigol.
BAHIA (Técnico: Mano Menezes) Douglas, Ernando, Anderson Martins, Juninho e Juninho Capixaba; Gregore, Edson e Ramon; Índio Ramirez, Élber e Gilberto.
Desfalque: Ronaldo (força contratual) Suspenso: Mano Menezes Pendurados: Gregore, Clayson, Edson, Rodriguinho, Juninho, Marco Antonio e Clayson.
PALPITES:Na redação do LANCE!, 70% acreditam em vitória do Flamengo, 20%, em triunfo do Bahia. O restante, 10%, apostam em empate.
Cristiano Ronaldo showed off his newly acquired Ferrari Daytona SP3, worth a reported €2m, in Portugal before joining up with the national team.
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WHAT HAPPENED?
The legendary player was spotted behind the wheel of his new Ferrari Daytona SP3 in the streets of Portugal as he visited his homeland for national team duty. Ronaldo recently added the new Ferrari model, which has been described as his "spaceship" by Instagram account Lisbon Cars, to his impressive fleet of supercars, which is reportedly worth over £18 million.
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The new model comes with the most powerful combustion engine Ferrari have made to date, and delivers 840 horsepower and 697 Nm of torque. The car can reach 100km/h speed from 0 in 2.85 seconds and boasts a maximum speed of 340km/h.
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WHAT NEXT FOR CRISTIANO RONALDO?
After missing Portugal's clash with Sweden last week to recharge his batteries on holiday in Saudi Arabia, the Al-Nassr star has returned to the national team setup and will be in action for Roberto Martinez's side on Tuesday against Slovenia.
West Ham United have been told to appoint an "unbelievable" manager to replace the under-fire David Moyes.
David Moyes facing 2024 exit
It's been quite the year for Hammers supporters, who watched their side win a first major trophy since the 1980s in May. Indeed, West Ham clinched a dramatic Europa Conference League title, courtesy of a last-gasp strike from winger Jarrod Bowen who was later rewarded with a new contract. Their form in cup competitions has been noteworthy under Moyes, and are now gearing up for an EFL Cup quarter-final clash against Liverpool at Anfield in December.
However, West Ham's league form has severely dipped. The east Londoners have lost their last three Premier League matches and are sliding down the table as a result. Moyes hasn't watched his side win a league match since their 2-0 victory over Sheffield United in September, resulting in speculation over the Scotsman's future.
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His contract is also set to expire at the end of this season as things stand, and it's been reported this week that Moyes is "unlikely" to stay beyond 2024. Speaking to the Football Daily podcast last week, former West Ham midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker has admitted he's worried for Moyes after what has been a tough time for him lately.
"I’m concerned – and I like David Moyes and want him to do well, but you look at how close he came to getting the sack last season," said Reo-Coker.
"They then won the Europa Conference League, did some great recruitment in the summer and started well but the West Ham faithful are a hard bunch to please and losing to Everton and Olympiakos are big blows. As much as I want Moyes to do well, managers can be their own worst enemy."
Darren Bent moots Graham Potter for West Ham job
Speaking on talkSPORT this week, former Spurs striker Darren Bent urged Graham Potter for the West Ham job and believes he'd be perfect to succeed Moyes when he leaves.
Former Chelsea boss Graham Potter.
“It would be interesting to see what type of manager they do want because I think Potter would be a great fit,” said Bent.
“With the players they’ve got, he would be an absolutely unbelievable fit.”
Potter was most recently sacked by Chelsea near the back end of last season, but did manage to secure some record-breaking league finishes with Brighton in his previous job. The Englishman is currently a free agent and readily available for hire, and if he isn't picked up before next year, you can see why Bent believes he'd be a great candidate.
Ex-Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana even said Potter is of the same "ilk" as both Jurgen Klopp and Mauricio Pochettino.
“I'm sure Graham wouldn't want me comparing him with Jurgen Klopp or [Mauricio] Pochettino but he's of that ilk, the way he wants to play," said Lallana on Potter.
"Some of the tweaks he makes, he thinks about the game differently – differently to how I think about it but in such a great way."
Arsenal will be delighted to have snuck away from Stamford Bridge with their unbeaten Premier League record still intact, after a disappointing afternoon as they drew 2-2 with Chelsea.
"First half from us the worst we've played this season in terms of sloppiness," Declan Rice would echo, whose impressive long-range effort kickstarted the comeback from two goals down.
It was a match that was always going to be decided through blunders, as for all the positivity of the home side, their quality seldom told. However, with the Gunners, whilst few can question their quality, they cannot afford for so many of their key players to go missing all at once.
It very nearly cost them the match, had Robert Sanchez's gaffe not handed the 24-year-old the opportunity to half the deficit.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.
Overran by the energy of the Blues, and terrorised down the flanks by the raw pace of Raheem Sterling, Mauricio Pochettino deserves praise for how he set his team up, and how it negated the strengths of their visitors.
However, his job was made far easier by the performance of Jorginho, who once again struggled to compete with the physicality of such an all-action and impassioned affair.
How did Jorginho play vs Chelsea?
As a midfield conductor who thrives with time and space to pick passes, placing Conor Gallagher beside him marked a nightmare for the Italian.
Often lambasted for a lack of pace or urgency, he was harassed by the former Crystal Palace loanee, who made it so the 31-year-old could not calm proceedings down and establish the control Mikel Arteta craved. So often do his team seize possession and cease to release it, tiring out their opposition with combinations in the engine room.
That was an avenue they could not explore, with Jorginho's failures a key component in those struggles.
Although the statistics might paint the picture of a dominant display, given he recorded a 91% pass accuracy and enjoyed 77 touches, that could not have been further from the truth.
The eight times he lost possession is perhaps more reflective of the torrid afternoon he endured, which journalist Simon Collings sought to detail in his post-match ratings. Writing for The Evening Standard, he gave the 48-cap dud a 4/10 rating before penning: "A poor performance from the Italian as he returned to his old club. Could not give Arsenal the control they wanted as Conor Gallagher hassled him non-stop."
This was a notion further supported by news aggregator Connor Humm, who took to Twitter to lambast the £110k-per-week flop: "Jorginho running in treacle again. He’s so slow at recovering. Get Partey on for crying out loud."
The 6.35 rating handed to him by WhoScored was a fair reflection of a tough return to the Bridge for the former Blues and Napoli metronome, who must surely see his starting spot under threat now with the options Arteta has at his disposal.
Who could replace Jorginho?
There are many options that the Spaniard could seek to explore in an effort to remove the sluggish presence from his midfield. After all, he has already proven himself as an innovative coach, and one who seeks to offer revolutionary progress to rival Pep Guardiola's.
Arsenal midfielder Jorginho
As such, there is every chance that Oleksandr Zinchenko could be moved there permanently, allowing the in-form and perhaps more orthodox Takehiro Tomiyasu to take up his full-back spot.
Then again, there are a whole host of actual midfielders in Kai Havertz, Fabio Vieira and Emile Smith Rowe, all of whom would love to be handed that spot beside Rice.
However, the outstanding option, and one which Benn actually referenced earlier, must be to finally recall Thomas Partey and reintegrate him back into the first XI.
Having started the season in stuttering fashion, as he desperately sought to return to fitness, it seems that the Ghanaian general is now ready for action, but remains on the bench. A short cameo in their win over the Citizens marked his return, whilst he was an unused substitute both against Chelsea and in their loss to RC Lens in the Champions League.
His absence is a confusing one, given he can provide that same controlling presence that Jorginho supposedly offers, with far more physicality. After all, he surely proved that to everyone with his performances during last season's title push.
How good is Thomas Partey?
"He is still important to them, for sure," claimed pundit Lee Hendrie told Soccer Special on Sky Sports (03/10/23 at 7:40 pm) earlier this month. "He is a big player, no doubt about that. The two Rice and Partey can play in that middle. You give that freedom and luxury, more so, to Odegaard to really join in and be a massive threat (further forward).
“Yes, having him back amongst the squad. The availability, he is definitely a starter in my side for Arsenal.”
It seems he is well aware of the foundation his partnership with Rice could build for the Gunners, who would surely use that added stability to reach even loftier heights.
After all, last campaign saw the 30-year-old shine as the key defensive anchor in midfield, allowing Granit Xhaka and Martin Odegaard to push on and contribute offensively.
As such, he would maintain 2.1 tackles and 1.2 clearances per game, winning an impressive total of 59% of his duels in the league as he featured 33 times, via Sofascore.
And then, as if to emphasise his technical assets, when compared to other midfielders across Europe, Partey sits in the top 5% for passes attempted, the top 11% for pass completion, and the top 3% for progressive passes per 90, via FBref.
Against Chelsea, Jorginho struggled because of the pace of his opposite men, and his lack of. Were the former Atletico Madrid monster selected in his place, there would have been far less emphasis on that issue, as his strength and speed would have helped him thrive.
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The £200k-per-week titan is the perfect defensive midfielder for this side, able to play football as well as get stuck in. It should therefore come as no surprise that Arteta suggested he was a "super important player" over the summer.
Perhaps now is the perfect time to match his actions with his words, and regain that control over the midfield by ditching Jorginho for Partey.
O Germano Kruger será palco de jogo importante na noite deste sábado. A partir das 19h (Horário de Brasília), Operário-PR e Botafogo-SP medem forças pela 19ª rodada da Série B.
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Como chegam
Após um surto de covid-19 dentro do elenco, o Fantasma tenta dar um basta nos resultados ruins dentro de campo e subir na tabela. Nos últimos cinco jogos, a equipe venceu apenas uma partida e está na 12ª posição.
A fase do Botafogo-SP também não anda das melhores. A Pantera encontra dificuldades para reagir e está afundada na zona de rebaixamento da Série B. Apesar do cenário ruim, um triunfo pode tirar a equipe das últimas quatro colocações.
Prováveis Escalações
Operário: Thiago Braga; Sávio, Bonfim, Sosa (Reniê) e Fabiano; Leandro Vilela, Marcelo, Thomaz e Clayton (Jean Carlo); Douglas Coutinho e Jefinho.
Is Andre Russell the most valuable T20 player in the world? He has the stats (and the Smart Stats) to back such a claim, and on Monday he added to his vast body of work with a brief and brutal assault that transformed the mood of what had until then been an edgy battle for first-innings points.Russell came in with Kolkata Knight Riders 113 for 4 in the 14th over. He departed 22 balls later, having added 61 to his team’s total in the company of the impressive Nitish Rana. He only faced 12 balls, but he hit six of them for six.Knight Riders finished with exactly 200. This was a difficult target against Knight Riders’ spin attack, on a pitch offering a good amount of turn. Delhi Daredevils needed a strong start; they ended up slipping to 24 for 3. It was all uphill from there, and Daredevils didn’t have the legs for the climb, with none of their batsmen getting into double figures apart from Rishabh Pant and Glenn Maxwell, who threatened briefly to make this a contest with a 62-run stand for the fourth wicket in 33 balls.Daredevils were bowled out for 129, with 5.4 overs still to play.Uthappa and Rana make up for misfiring Narine and LynnChris Lynn likes pace, but doesn’t score as quickly against spin. Sunil Narine likes spin, but isn’t too fond of fast, short bowling (16 off 20 balls against this type of bowling last season, and four dismissals). It’s a hard opening pair to plan against, and Daredevils, having chosen to bowl, went all pace at the start. It worked: Trent Boult started the game with the first maiden of the season, to an off-colour Lynn who struggled for timing, and then sent back Narine with a well-directed bouncer.After that early dose of pace, it was all spin from overs 6-10, presumably in an effort to keep Lynn quiet. Daredevils managed that, as Lynn ended the 10th over batting on 28 off 25, but the batsmen at the other end compensated, with Robin Uthappa and Nitish Rana hitting five sixes between them in that phase. Knight Riders ended the first half of their innings at 85 for 2.Russell ruins Shami’s nightIt remained like that for a while: runs coming quickly at one end but not quite at the other. Mohammed Shami, varying his pace constantly, went for only 11 in his first two overs, the 11th and 13th of Knight Riders’ innings, and sent back Lynn with a well-disguised knuckleball. Vijay Shankar and Chris Morris, meanwhile. went for 12 and 15 against Rana and Dinesh Karthik in the 12th and 14th overs.Neither team could really say it was significantly in front at the start of the 15th over, which began with Russell batting on 0 off 0. Twenty-two came off that over, with Russell ramping, lofting and muscling Shami for three massive sixes. In between, he miscued one, only for Jason Roy to drop him, diving forward after running in from long-on.Rana was the dominant partner in the next over, pulling Morris for six and then holding his shape to carve a slower one over point for four, before Russell versus Shami resumed. Three more sixes came off this over, off three very different deliveries – a wide, full slower ball; a length ball; a bouncer – and 20 runs in all.It took a perfectly directed yorker from Boult to send back Russell in the 18th over. Then Rana played a couple of outrageous shots himself – a middle-stump yorker from Boult squeezed past short third man, a scything square-drive off Morris that made deep point redundant – before falling for 59 off 34 in the penultimate over. With Knight Riders’ batting might almost extinguished, Rahul Tewatia took three wickets and only conceded one run off the last over, but the damage had been done.Early wickets seal the dealRoy came into this match fresh off a match-winning, unbeaten 91 in a chase of not dissimilar magnitude against Mumbai Indians. There would be no repeat here. Piyush Chawla bowled the first over, no doubt because of Roy’s dodgy T20 record against legspin, and had him stumped down the leg side when he spotted him charging out of his crease too early. That was Roy’s 12th dismissal to legspin in 27 innings – in that time he has scored 190 runs against them at a strike rate of roughly 126.Russell’s pace and bounce did for Shreyas Iyer, who fended a rising delivery to slip, and when Gautam Gambhir chopped on against Shivam Mavi, Daredevils had lost a wicket in each of their first three overs.With no option but to keep playing their shots, Pant and Maxwell kept the game alive for a little longer, but with such a large chunk of Daredevils’ resources already depleted, it was a matter of time before Knight Riders would reassert their dominance. Both fell to Kuldeep Yadav; Pant smashed him straight to deep midwicket in the ninth over, and Maxwell, having just struck successive sixes off him in the 11th, holed out attempting a third in a row. Morris and Shankar, the last two recognised batsmen, fell in the space of three stump-to-stump balls from Sunil Narine, enabling him to pick up his 100th and 101st IPL wickets.
Não foi das partidas mais inspiradas tanto de Avaí como do CSA. Com isso, no confronto dessa terça-feira (13), ninguém se sobrepôs ao oponente em partida que acabou com a igualdade em 1 a 1 construída dentro dos primeiros 45 minutos. O marcador deixou o Leão da Ressacada com 23 unidades na quinta posição e o Azulão do Mutange em nono tendo 20 pontos conquistados.
SOLUÇÃO AÉREA
Sem ter conseguido levar perigo mais latente ao gol defendido por Lucas Frigeri apesar de ser a equipe com mais tempo a bola nos pés, o CSA conseguiu, pelo alto, inaugurar o marcador na capital catarinense. Aos nove minutos, o zagueiro Luciano Castán ganhou da marcação e testou forte o suficiente para, mesmo com Frigeri chegando na bola, não defendendo com força suficiente para evitar o tento dos visitantes.
SOLUÇÃO AÉREA – PARTE 2
Enquanto os donos da casa demonstravam dificuldade em conseguir organizar suas jogadas ofensivas com o adendo de que dava espaços consideráveis para o CSA trabalhar nos contra-ataques perigosamente, o jogo parecia mais sob o controle dos visitantes.
Todavia, se na bola pelo chão estava difícil passar pela zaga algoana, com 39 minutos de partida Iury deu um bonito cruzamento vindo do lado direito e o atacante Getúlio, quase na linha de fundo e depois do desvio na primeira trave, deu um peixinho para testar a bola no canto contrário de Matheus Mendes que olhou a bola tocar na trave esquerda antes de entrar.
INVERSÃO
Apesar de seguir com menos tempo tendo a bola nos pés, o segundo tempo mostrou uma equipe Azzurra tendo mais capacidade de traduzir o período que tinha a bola nos pés em finalizações. Algo que, se ainda não era o ideal pelo pequeno aproveitamento em relação a bolas que iam efetivamente no gol de Matheus Mendes, ao menos faziam com que o volume de jogo do CSA diminuísse consideravelmente, deixando a partida mais perto do gol dos visitantes do que o contrário.
Com o time da casa em dificuldades para acertar o alvo e os visitantes mais preocupados em proteger sua retaguarda do que conseguindo sair em contra-ataques ameaçadores, a partida seguiu em ritmo mais morno do que na primeira etapa até o apito final.
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Cricket is a funny game, they say, and some of that funniness was on show at the Plunket Shield, New Zealand’s first-class competition. Here’s what happened: two bowlers took a hat-trick almost at the same time, each in his own little corner of New Zealand. If that weren’t coincidental enough, these two players – Wellington’s Logan van Beek and Auckland’s Matt McEwan – both claimed their hat-tricks across two overs, they both previously played for Canterbury, and, erm, they both went to the same school (Christchurch’s St Andrew’s College).According to a New Zealand Cricket (NZC) release, this was the first time in the Plunket Shield’s 112-year history that two hat-tricks were taken on the same day of the competition. Van Beek was the first to complete his set (the 40th Plunket Shield hat-trick), in the fourth and sixth overs as his old team Canterbury capitulated in their second innings down south in Christchurch.Getty Images
Within the hour, McEwan’s strikes followed (the 41st Plunket Shield hat-trick), carving up Northern Districts’ middle order in the 26th and 28th overs of their first innings up north in Auckland. (A video of the two hat-tricks, courtesy NZC, is here.)And all this in the first round of Plunket Shield games after a two-month break to fit in the limited-overs competitions. First-class cricket, back with a bang?