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Sensação do Campeonato Paulista, o finalista Água Santa não terá calendário de competições no segundo semestre. Com vaga garantida na Copa do Brasil e Série D do Campeonato Brasileiro em 2024, o Netuno já pensa no planejamento para a próxima temporada. E isso inclui a permanência do técnico Thiago Carpini.
A ideia é que após o Campeonato Paulista, Carpini fique um tempo na Europa, fazendo cursos e atualize a sua licença de treinador da Uefa. Depois, a direção do Água Santa deseja que ele retorne ao Brasil e faça trabalhos de mapeamento em divisões inferiores no país para a montagem do elenco para a próxima temporada. A direção do Netuno quer manter o jovem treinador, de 38 anos, no clube para o Paulistão e competições nacionais que a equipe do Grande ABC disputará no ano que vem. E essa decisão foi tomada bem antes das classificações do Água às finais do Estadual.
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Enquanto isso, o clube deseja investir na parte de estrutura. A primeira missão é a instalação de refletores na Arena Inamar. A venda de três atletas entre o fim do ano passado e início desta temporada viabilizarão isso. Outros reparos também devem ser feitos. Há uma parceria com a Aquáticos, principal torcida uniformizada do Netuno para a instalação de uma sede nas dependências do estádio. Assim, também será construída uma loja para a venda de produtos oficiais do clube e materiais da organizada.
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Em relação aos jogadores, o Água Santa tem acordo com clubes que disputam divisões nacionais para que alguns atletas joguem por eles no segundo semestre e depois retornem, fazendo novos contratos com o clube de Diadema, que valerão a partir de janeiro do ano que vem. Porém, a direção do Netuno não deseja interromper o desenvolvimento dos seus jogadores e deu carta branca para que eles amarrem situações que sejam vantajosas para as suas carreiras. Foram os casos, por exemplo, do lateral Gabriel Inocêncio e do atacante Bruno Mezenga, que tinham conversas avançadas com algumas equipes até surgir a proposta do Santos. Ambos vão renovar com o Água por mais uma temporada e serão emprestados pelo Peixe até o fim deste ano. Caso eles se destaquem, poderão ser comprados por um valor pré-fixado.
Com 11 anos de atividade profissional, o Água Santa está a um empate de ser campeão paulista. O time de Diadema venceu o Palmeiras no jogo de ida da final do Paulistão, na Arena Barueri, no último fim de semana. A volta acontecerá neste domingo (9), às 16h (de Brasília), no Allianz Parque. Antes, o Netuno deixou para trás dois times de Série A do Brasileirão, São Paulo e o Bragantino, nas quartas de final e semifinal, respectivamente.
This is the most MLS-heavy squad Pochettino has selected during non-January camps, just 10 months before a World Cup
Luis Robles thinks about it all the time. The former New York Red Bulls goalkeeper, who tallied 281 appearances in MLS, as well as a handful for his country, is constantly pondering MLS's place in the global football hierarchy. In some ways, he has to – not least because he leads MLS's youth soccer efforts in the United States.
But even outside of his workplace, it is something he ponders.
What is the relative strength of Major League Soccer these days? Can it pip some of Europe's best? Does it lie just outside the global elite? That conversation has long simmered just below the surface, and crops up seemingly every time a new USMNT roster is released. Each squad is picked apart, and the presence of MLS talent – or lack thereof – dominating the dialogue.
Yet this time, the conversation has intensified. Sure, the headline for the USMNT's upcoming friendlies against South Korea and Japan is the return of Christian Pulisic after a summer of chaos and controversy. The AC Milan star represents the best of Americans Abroad making an impact in the top leagues in Europe.
Yet the subtext of the roster is also curious. Mauricio Pochettino went all in on MLS, justifying his decision to select 13 domestic players to his roster for a pair of upcoming friendlies – 10 months from the 2026 World Cup – by claiming that America's top flight might be better than some European setups.
"We need to give MLS the value because competing there, I think the players can show that they can perform in the national team," Pochettino said after announcing the current roster. "I think it's not necessary to move to from MLS to Europe, because sometimes the MLS – under my assessment – maybe is more competitive than some leagues in Europe. We have some players competing in different leagues that maybe are not so competitive, or in every single week compete in the same way that you compete in the MLS every single week."
And thus the debate has reappeared. Some big names in European leagues have been left at home. This is the most MLS-heavy squad Pochettino has selected during non-January camps, just 10 months before a World Cup. And it might just suggest that something is changing as the United States ponders its domestic league's position in the world.
Yet what, exactly, that means is hard to define amid a divided landscape.
"It may be better for the individual to go to a European setup. You cannot have a blanket statement," former USMNT star and current Apple TV analyst Taylor Twellman told GOAL.
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James Harris, the Glamorgan allrounder, has been re-elected for a second term as chair of the Professional Cricketers’ Association.Harris, 32, took over from the previous incumbent Daryl Mitchell in 2021, and will remain in the post until February 2025 – the maximum four-year stint permitted by the PCA’s constitution.”Being re-elected is a huge honour,” Harris said. “I’ve really enjoyed the first two years. Having an extra two years will be brilliant and I’m really looking forward to pushing through some meaningful change in my second term.”Harris’ first term coincided with the sport’s recovery from the Covid pandemic, and in addition to representing the organisation in Parliament, at the DCMS Select Committee hearings, he has also overseen the PCA’s increased commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.iAs a Director of the Professional Cricketers’ Trust, he also helped raise funds for the PCA’s charitable arm by cycling over 1,000km to and from Cardiff, via Headingley and Lord’s.”The PCA has a huge role to play in the evolution of the game worldwide, we need to make sure that we’re moving forward with the game, keeping pace with the game, because there’s so many opportunities to play around the world in different tournaments which wasn’t available 10 years ago,” Harris said.”I think with the opportunity for players to travel and improve their game around the world, there really is no better time to be a professional cricketer than right now and I can only see that trending in one direction as we move forward.”PCA Chief Executive, Rob Lynch, said: “I’m really pleased that James has been elected by his peers to take on a second term as Chair of the Association.”A lot has happened in the world of cricket in the last two years and James has been as been at the forefront of the change in England and Wales.”I’m looking forward to continuing our strong working relationship and strategic planning for the next two years is already under way in this crucial point in the history of our game. With key priorities assessed to ensure we continue to champion the interests of professional cricketers in this country, we will be updating our members in the coming weeks through the AGM, Rookie Camp and pre-season meetings with all 26 domestic squads.”
India captain annoyed at being asked repeatedly about the pitch rather than the players who performed on it
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India’s batters weren’t “brave” enough against Australia’s spinners during the third Border-Gavaskar Test in Indore. This was the view of Rohit Sharma after India slipped to a nine-wicket defeat inside three days on a pitch with a high degree of variable turn, pace and bounce.Rohit felt India’s batters could have been more proactive with their approach against the spinners, particularly Nathan Lyon – who bagged 11 wickets in the match including an eight-wicket haul in the second innings – and not allowed them to settle into their lengths as quickly as they did.”Look, when you’re playing on challenging pitches, you’ve got to be brave, honestly,” Rohit said during the post-match presentation. “I just felt we allowed their bowlers to bowl on one particular spot. But not taking any credit away from their bowlers, especially Nathan Lyon. He was brilliant, he kept challenging us, kept hitting that right length. So yeah, when the bowler is doing that, you’ve got to come out with your plans and try and do different things; try and be a little brave as well, which I thought we were not.”Related
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Rohit suggested that Shreyas Iyer, who scored 26 from just 27 balls in the second innings, had shown the rest of India’s batters how to bat in the circumstances.”When you’re playing on pitches like this, you need a Shreyas Iyer kind of an innings,” Rohit said at his post-match press conference. “Someone has to step up, someone has to take down the bowlers. It cannot be always that the batters will get 100 runs, 90 runs, 80 runs; you have to play cameos like that.”If one of the top batters can get a big score, that’s a plus – that’s great – but when you know the pitch [offers the bowlers something], there is a challenge. You need guys to go out there and play the way Iyer did.”8:21
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Cheteshwar Pujara top-scored in India’s second innings, with 59 off 142 balls. At one point during Pujara’s innings, when he was tied down by Lyon’s accuracy and 7-2 leg-side field, cameras caught Rohit gesturing in the dressing-room balcony as if to tell Pujara to stop defending and try hitting Lyon over the top instead.In that context, Rohit’s comments about a lack of bravery could be seen as directed as Pujara, but he indicated that this was not the case. At one point during his press conference, he expressed his annoyance at being asked repeatedly about the pitch rather than players who performed on it, and took Pujara’s name while doing so.”Every time we play in India, there’s only focus on the pitch,” Rohit said. “Why are people not asking me about Nathan Lyon, how well he bowled, how well Pujara batted in the second innings, how well Usman Khawaja played?”Later, he said Pujara’s approach was a case of a batter finding a method of run-scoring based on his own strengths. This, he said, was how India wanted their players to approach batting on challenging pitches.”Pujara [was] being Pujara,” Rohit said. “He loves spending time in the middle, he wants to grind it out, that’s his way of doing it. May not be the same way for a lot of the other guys.”That is something that we spoke in our group as well, find your own methods of going out there and doing your job. As long as the job gets done, we are happy as a unit. Yes, like] in the first two games as well, the runs will not come from everyone. As long as the runs come, we are happy as a unit.”
Asitha Fernando led a spirited Sri Lanka fight, but it all came down to a scrambled bye off the final ball under the floodlights
Madushka Balasuriya13-Mar-2023
New Zealand were on the end of yet another thrilling Test match finish as they secured a second straight final-ball victory, this time pipping Sri Lanka by two wickets to win the first Test at Hagley Oval. Kane Williamson, unbeaten on 121, was the hero of the day, though it was his 142-run stand with Daryl Mitchell that broke open the chase, on a day that had started with a literal dampener with rain washing out some one-and-a-half sessions of play.What that meant was that New Zealand were left needing to score the remaining 257 runs in 52 overs, while Sri Lanka had the same length of time to pick up the nine remaining New Zealand wickets and with it keep their hopes of qualifying for the World Test Championship final alive.What proceeded over the next three and a half hour mega-session was a steady ramping of tension, ending up in a crescendo of chaos at the death.But before we get into that, here’s what the history books might not reveal when this match is recounted, in no particular order: Williamson making his ground by a foot to secure a win following a direct hit on the final ball of the day Neil Wagner, with a bulging disc in his back, one that had kept him from bowling for most of the second innings, haring to the danger end for the winning single – on his 37th birthday no less Niroshan Dickwella, who had dropped Williamson on 33, missing the stumps to dismiss Wagner, only for Asitha Fernando to gather and score a direct hit with Williamson marginally home This was the same Asitha whose three-wicket haul in the final hour almost singlehandedly dragged Sri Lanka back into the Test The entirety of India presumably celebrating more than the Kiwis at the ground, as the result means their team instead of Sri Lanka qualifies for the World Test Championship finalAnd those were just the highlights from the final day.It all began rather tamely enough though, with Williamson and Tom Latham playing cautiously, content to wait for the bad deliveries and knock around singles. In fact, it was Sri Lanka who would make the first bold play, bringing in the left-arm spin of Prabath Jayasuriya 10 overs into the day’s play – a move that would pay off almost immediately, with Latham chopping on.Related
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This brought the out-of-sorts Henry Nicholls to join a not exactly fluent Williamson. The pair though would somehow manage to keep things ticking over at a fair clip, Williamson in particularly growing in fluency as the partnership wore on. They would put on 40 off 50 deliveries, before Jayasuriya struck once more getting Nicholls to top edge a sweep to fine leg.It was at this point the complexion of the game began to change, with Mitchell signalling his intent early, coming down the tracking and lofting Jayasuriya back over his head first ball.Mitchell would continue in a similar manner, taking Jayasuriya for three more sixes over the course of his 86-ball 81. While he would also score a handful of fours, the hallmark of his partnership with Williamson was their running between the wickets. Having first forced Sri Lanka to spread the field by finding boundaries at consistent intervals, the pair would then work the fielders in the deep, running them ragged with constant ones and two – between them they would take 19 twos in total.Asitha Fernando took out Tom Blundell’s middle stump with a searing yorker•Getty ImagesBy the time Mitchell was dismissed, chopping on a wide yorker from Asitha, the chase had been whittled down to a very manageable 53 off 48. Much of this was also down to Williamson’s timely acceleration. After taking 120 balls to reach his fifty, he took just a further 57 to reach his century.Asitha would do his best to give Sri Lanka a lifeline, following up Mitchell’s scalp with a searing yorker to take out Tom Blundell before having Michael Bracewell hole out in the deep. He was in action in the final over too, helping effect the run out of Matt Henry and almost doing the same to Williamson.But with Williamson at the crease the chase was always in control, even with five needed off three you felt he had matters in hand, and when he pierced what looked an army of boundary riders in the covers, Sri Lanka too realised it was out of their hands. It was always Williamson’s chase to lose.
Manchester United have reportedly joined the race to land Lyon star Rayan Cherki as Liverpool choose to instead focus on Florian Wirtz.
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Cherki has enjoyed a breakout campaign in 2024–25, delivering the most productive season of his career since making his senior debut five years ago. The versatile attacker featured in 44 matches across all competitions, contributing an eye-catching 12 goals and 20 assists. His performances in Europe particularly turned heads, scoring both home and away against United in a thrilling quarter-final clash that the Red Devils ultimately won 7-6 on aggregate after extra time.
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According toUnited are said to be evaluating a move for the highly rated France Under-23 international and have already established contact with Lyon officials. Their initial discussions reportedly took place during the clubs' meeting in this season’s Europa League quarter-finals. Meanwhile, despite previously being linked with Cherki, Liverpool have reportedly pulled the plug on the transfer. According to sources familiar with the club’s recruitment priorities, the Merseyside outfit have chosen to pursue Bayer Leverkusen’s Wirtz instead.
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With Cherki's current contract set to expire in June 2026, his availability has piqued the interest of numerous clubs. The winger has a reported release clause of €22.5 million (£19 million/$25 million), making him a relatively affordable option given his age and output.
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After missing out on Champions League football next season, United must focus on cost-effective solutions as they are walking on thin ice as far as the Financial Fair Play (FFP) threshold is concerned. Cherki’s profile fits well within the club’s broader strategy of investing in emerging stars capable of thriving in both domestic and European competitions. And with Liverpool out of the way, the Red Devils will grow even more confident to land the coveted French star.
Arsenal have reportedly narrowed their striker shortlist down to two but their chances of signing Alexander Isak have effectively been ruled out.
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