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Jurgen Klopp surprisingly believes Sunday's Carabao Cup final win over Chelsea is comfortably the 'most special trophy' of his Liverpool tenure.

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Klopp says cup is 'most special'Liverpool beat Chelsea 1-0Reds aiming to win fourWHAT HAPPENED?

Given he has won both the Premier League and Champions League with the Reds, the Liverpool boss may have raised a few eyebrows with his claim. However, considering Klopp has announced he is leaving the club at the end of the season, he truly savoured the special moment with the adoring Liverpool faithful.

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Speaking after the game, Klopp said: "In my more than 20 years, it was easily the most special trophy I have ever won. It is absolutely exceptional. I wish I could feel proud more often. Tonight that is the overwhelming feeling. I was proud of our people for the way they pushed us. It was nothing to do with it maybe being my last game at Wembley. It was about how everybody contributed with the kids."

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Klopp was quick to point out the role of his youth players as several academy players came off the bench to freshen up the side. The Liverpool boss was full of praise for the youngsters who saw off pressure from Chelsea to win the Carabao Cup. It may be Klopp's final time at Wembley and he made sure he treasured each moment.

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One down, three to go? Klopp will be certainly hoping so as his side chase down the Premier League, Europa League and FA Cup. They face Southampton next week in the latter competition.

Kylian Mbappe has been mocked by Greggs after being accused of daydreaming about steak bakes, with the PSG star told he is “welcome to come 4-1”.

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World Cup winner flopped at St James' ParkSuffered humbling defeatHas become an easy target for criticsWHAT HAPPENED?

The World Cup-wining forward endured a rare off day alongside the rest of his Paris Saint-Germain colleagues as they suffered a humbling defeat to Newcastle in the Champions League. Mbappe never got going in that contest, with the 24-year-old failing to sparkle on a European stage.

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Newcastle had no complaints about that, with Eddie Howe’s side claiming a notable scalp. Their supporters have been revelling in a memorable triumph, while also poking fun at continental rivals. One Magpies fan posted on social media when reflecting on Mbappe’s performance: “I was confident about a win, as I went with a predicted 2-1. The team was just showing off last night though. This fella was just thinking about Greggs steak bakes all night. Right there, he was caught licking his lips thinking of his next one.”

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It did not take long for bakery chain Greggs to respond to that post, with another cheeky jibe aimed in the direction of Mbappe. They said when being made aware of the steak bake claims: “He’s welcome to come 4-1 this morning…”

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Mbappe looked stunned at times as PSG collapsed in dramatic fashion at St James’ Park, with a disasterclass from Luis Enrique’s side leaving them with work to do in order to make the Champions League last-16 as they are in the so-called ‘Group of Death’ with Newcastle, Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan.

Fans will decide the order of this year’s GOAL50 lists but our correspondents are also sharing their picks during the voting period

With voting under way in this year’s GOAL50, fans around the world are having their say on which men’s and women’s players had the best 2021. 

Our team of correspondents are also getting involved, revealing their top 10s this week. 

Arsenal correspondent Charles Watts has now compiled his list, which you can see below. 

Remember, though, you can still cast more votes. The polls are open until November 16!

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  9Cristiano Ronaldo

  What more can you say? He may be 36, but Ronaldo is still showing everyone else how it is done. Whether it be for Juventus, Portugal or Manchester United, he is still scoring goals at an incredible rate. It's been another amazing year for one of the best of all time.

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  8N’Golo Kante

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  7Karim Benzema

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Alberto Valentim não é mais treinador do Botafogo. O técnico não resistiu às más atuações do Botafogo que resultaram na eliminação precoce na Taça Guanabara. O estopim para a queda foi a derrota por 3 a 0, para o Fluminense, no clássico, deste domingo, no Maracanã. A diretoria do clube anunciou o desligamento do treinador, na noite deste domingo, pelas redes sociais, após uma reunião do Comitê gestor de futebol.

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Alberto Valentim não é mais técnico do Botafogo

O Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas informa que Alberto Valentim não é mais treinador da equipe profissional. Com ele, deixa também o cargo seu auxiliar Fernando Miranda.

— Botafogo F.R. (@Botafogo) February 10, 2020

O Botafogo agradece ao técnico pela alta conduta profissional em sua segunda passagem pelo Clube e deseja sorte em seus futuros desafios.

— Botafogo F.R. (@Botafogo) February 10, 2020

O principal entrave para a saída do treinador era a multa rescisória, estimada em cerca de R$1 milhão. A diretoria do clube chegou a um acordo pelo parcelamento da dívida.

Valentim encerra sua segunda passagem pelo Botafogo com um total de 19 jogos, sendo oito vitórias, dois empates e nove derrotas. O Glorioso terminou a Taça Guanabara em terceiro lugar do Grupo B, atrás de Flamengo e Boavista e fora das semifinais. Bruno Lazaroni, auxiliar permanente do clube, assume a equipe interinamente.

Valentim foi contratado em outubro de 2019, após a demissão de Eduardo Barroca, depois de uma sequência de maus resultados no segundo turno do Campeonato Brasileiro. O treinador cumpriu o objetivo de livrar a equipe do rebaixamento, mas não conseguiu uma vaga na Copa Sul-Americana.

Após a classificação no sufoco, na Copa do Brasil, com empate em 1 a 1 com o Caxias-RS, o comandante alvinegro viu a pressão aumentar durante a última semana. Os gritos de “Fora Valentim” ecoaram até na festa de apresentação do meia Keisuke Honda, mais recente reforço do clube para a temporada.

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A transformação do jogador Willian Arão sob o comando de Jorge Jesus já foi muito debatida. De “patinho a cisne”, como o próprio treinador citou, o meia vive grande fase em 2019 e é titular absoluto do líder do Brasileirão e finalista da Libertadores. Na vitória contra o Bahia, por 3 a 1 no Maracanã, o camisa 5 revelou uma nova qualidade: a de cobrador de falta. O que surpreendeu muitos, contudo, é fruto de meses de trabalho, revelou o volante rubro-negro.

-Tenho treinado bastante. Comecei a treinar há uns dois, três meses. Tive um desempenho bom nos treinos. O pessoal brincou: “Imagina se ganharmos um jogo com gol de falta de Arão?” Que momento (risos). Mas vim treinando, sem pressa e nesse jogo (contra o Bahia )tive a possibilidade, Não bati tão bem quanto no treino, mas resultou em gol. Fico muito feliz – afirmou Arão, que cobrou falta no travessão de Douglas, do Bahia, e viu Gabigol marcar no rebote.

A vitória por 3 a 1 no Maracanã, no último domingo, levou o Flamengo aos 67 pontos, ampliando para 10 a distância para o vice-líder Palmeiras. Na quarta, no mesmo palco, o Rubro-Negro enfrenta o Vasco em jogo isolado da 34ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro, adiantado por conta da decisão da Copa Libertadores. A final será diante do River Plate (ARG), no dia 23 de novembro.

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Como de costume, o treino que antecede a partida do Flamengo não será acompanhado pela imprensa. Jorge Jesus não tem atletas lesionados ou suspensos e deve manter a base da equipe que venceu o Bahia no domingo.

A expectativa é pelo retorno de Rafinha, suspenso na última rodada, no lugar de Rodinei. Arrascaeta, fora das duas últimas partidas do Flamengo por conta de um entorse no joelho esquerdo, também pode pintar entre os relacionados.

Arão está entre os atletas pendurados com dois cartões amarelos, ao lado do atacante Bruno Henrique e do meia Gerson – titulares – e do camisa 10 Diego.

Outras respostas de Willian Arão, volante do Flamengo, no Ninho do Urubu:

Definição de Roberto Tobar (CHL) como árbitro da final da Libertadores

Foi hoje de manhã, ainda não estávamos no CT. Não conversamos sobre, não sei quem é o árbitro também. Eu espero que faça o melhor trabalho possível e não comprometa o espetáculo.

11 rodadas do Brasileirão pendurado com dois cartões amarelos
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Não penso nos cartões, jogo de maneira tranquila. Faço as faltas quando acho que preciso fazer. Isso não passa pela minha cabeça. Se tiver que fazer falta vou fazer. Se tiver que tomar cartão vou tomar. Isso faz parte do jogo também.

Conversa com Jorge Jesus e opção por Arão como primeiro volante

Foi uma conversa tranquila, disse que me via como primeiro volante. Como já havia jogado boa parte da carreira assim, nesta função, foi tudo tranquilo. Me mostrou alguns movimentos que gostaria que eu fizesse e assimilei de forma tranquila.

كشف المدير الفني لفريق ليفربول الإنجليزي، يورجن كلوب، عن تقييمه لقادة ليفربول الجدد في الموسم الحالي 2023/2024.

في فترة الانتقالات الصيفية الماضية، رحل القائد الأول لفريق الريدز جوردان هندرسون ونائبه جيمس ميلنر عن صفوف، لخوض تجربة احترافية جديدة مع الاتفاق السعودي وبرايتون الإنجليزي.

وبعد رحيل هذا الثنائي، أصبح فيرجيل فان دايك القائد الأول لكتيبة يورجن كلوب، ويليه ترينت ألكساندر أرنولد ثم أندي روبيرتسون ثم محمد صلاح بالإضافة إلى الحارس البرازيلي أليسون بيكر.

اقرأ ايضاً.. فان دايك يرد على اتهامه بـ”العجرفة” من روي كين بعد تعادل ليفربول ومانشستر يونايتد

وقال يورجن كلوب في مقابلة صحفية مع أمازون برايم: “لقد عقدت بالأمس فقط اجتماعًا مع مجموعتنا القيادية وهم يقومون بعمل جيد للغاية هذا الموسم. كان عليّ أن أقيّمهم من واحد إلى عشرة، وأعطيتهم ثمانية. إنه ليس سيئًا حقًا”.

وتابع كلوب:”فيرجيل، ترينت، روبو ومو وبيكر. هم شخصيات رائعة، أشخاص أذكياء حقًا، ولا يقتصر دور القائد داخل فريق ليفربول على أيام المباريات فقط. ولذلك تفاجأت من العمل الذي كان يقوم به هندرسون وميلنر”.

وأوضح: “وفقاً لما قدمه هندو وميلنر. لذا عليهم الآن أن يفعلوا ذلك ويتعلمون من القادة السابقين، لكنني متأكد من أنهم يستمتعون بهذا الدور الجديد بالفريق. ثم عندما تسير الأمور بشكل جيد على مستوى كرة القدم، يكون من الأفضل القيام بذلك”.

وأشار المدرب الألماني: “كان لدينا فريق ناجح للغاية، أعلم أننا لم نفز بكل شيء لكننا كنا قريبين بما يكفي لوصف ذلك بالنجاح. عدم الفوز بالدوري بفارق نقطة واحدة أو مرتين، ماذا يقول ذلك عنك إذا نظرت إلى الوراء؟ لقد كنتم لا تزالون فريقًا ثابتًا بشكل لا يصدق على مستوى عالٍ للغاية”.

Mitchell Johnson has said that he is pleased with the balance of Australia’s bowling attack, and backed himself to come out firing in the knockouts following a fairly underwhelming outing in the group stages

Daniel Brettig16-Mar-2015One of the casualties of Australia’s unduly disjointed World Cup schedule was Mitchell Johnson. Save for a ball that thudded into the arm of Brendon McCullum, his afternoon at Eden Park looked like the first net session of a new summer, an all-scrambled bowling radar and batting rhythm – he also made a duck.Having effectively two weeks between game one and game two was a major obstacle for Johnson, given how he has shown himself to be unusually durable either side of a six-month hiatus from the game for foot surgery and some overdue work on his technical and mental approaches to the game in 2011-12.Three games later and he is rediscovering his rhythm, also sitting happily in the slipstream of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood as Australia’s designated first-change bowler. Johnson’s least convincing display since Auckland actually came against Sri Lanka when a dry pitch and the selection of Xavier Doherty meant he reverted to taking the new ball.”I think it’s worked perfectly, he’s got a lot of attention,” Johnson said, smiling, of his left-arm off-sider Starc. “He’s obviously bowling very well. He’s done a really good job upfront for us. His career in one-cricket has, so far, been outstanding. He’s always performed well for us in one-day cricket. It wasn’t a surprise that he was going to perform like this through the World Cup as well.”It’s very important to play my role in the team. I’ve really enjoyed being a first-change or second-change bowler throughout this tournament. I think it’s probably suited the team, me bowling at first change and Starcy using that new ball and swinging the ball around and Josh or Patty using it at the other end pushing into the breeze. It’s worked really well. The balance that we’ve got with our bowling attack is really good at the moment.”As for my bowling, I felt like it really clicked coming into the start of the real stuff now. I feel like I’m one of those bowlers that the more I bowl the better I feel with rhythm. We’ve had five [or more] days between games and we’ve been training, but I just feel like I’m starting to click now.””Starc has always performed well for us in one-day cricket. It wasn’t a surprise that he was going to perform like this through the World Cup as well”•Getty ImagesMcCullum and Tillakaratne Dilshan have inflicted the sorts of indignities Johnson had experienced before his time away from the game but very seldom faced in the past 18 months. Dilshan’s sextet of boundaries at the SCG made for memorable viewing, but Johnson has exhibited his recently-found maturity by being able to shrug it off.”I’m ready for whatever’s going to come at me, I’m not stressed about those things,” he said. “That over against Dilshan it wasn’t a horrific over. I probably just over-pitched at the start and then back of a length, and he got away with it. I probably bowled that one short ball I wasn’t happy with, to be honest. The rest were OK.”How I fought back from that was really good for me. To be able to come back and bowl late in the game and be able to bowl that way when the wicket didn’t change. We thought it was going to slow down a bit but it was a still a pretty good wicket. We held our nerve and won the game. Luckily we’d scored a lot of runs.”Nevertheless, it doesn’t sound like Johnson will be lobbying to keep the current ODI playing conditions in place should he ever find himself on the ICC cricket committee. “There’s a couple of overs here and there that have gone for runs,” he said, “But that’s what we expect in this day and age of this game and with the way players play the game now. Two new balls with four fielders out makes it a little bit predictable.”It is something I’ve expected throughout this tournament and with the way the game is. It will be interesting to see if there’s a bit more pressure on how guys play the game. Coming into a quarter-final we’ll see if guys are still prepared to play that type of cricket.”

The task force appointed by the WICB to assess the contracts dispute that led to the abandonment of the tour of India has said that all three parties were at fault

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The task force appointed by the WICB to assess the contracts dispute involving the players, WIPA, and the board, which led to the abandonment of West Indies’ tour of India in October 2014, has said that all three parties were at fault. The task force – comprising Michael Gordon, Wes Hall and Richard Cheltenham – said it was imperative that “WICB must now build pillars of trust and respect with the players”, and that the WIPA had a “very real role to play” in this process.The West Indian players pulled out of their tour of India after four ODIs, leading to the abandonment of the fifth one-dayer, a Twenty20 international and three Tests. The dispute between the players on one side, and WIPA and WICB on the other, however, had begun even before the first game. In several letters written to the WICB, West Indies ODI captain Dwayne Bravo had expressed displeasure over the new player contracts, wanted the old ones back in place, and had also demanded that the WIPA chief Wavell Hinds resign. When neither of these conditions was met, the players abandoned the tour.”We are of the view that the fundamental and overriding excuse for the players withdrawing their labour was the attempted imposition of new contractual terms of employment on the players negotiated between the board and WIPA, which the players saw for the first time after they got to India,” the task force said in its report.It said it was not able to calculate with certainty, even with the help of a labour relations expert, the compensation of each player under the new arrangement, and that there was no mention of any incentive scheme in the players’ contracts.”There is something fundamentally wrong in sending a team to faraway places with only an historical view of their terms of employment and then to radically change those historical terms after they arrive in that distant place,” the report said. “It was the conclusion of the players in India that their compensation would be reduced by some 70%. In our view it is irrelevant whether their calculations were accurate or not.”The report said there were “very real questions” as to even whether the MOU signed in September was a contract or not. “Both Michael Muirhead and Dave Cameron, CEO and president, respectively, of the board, took the view that it was an enforceable contract,” the report said. “Wavell Hinds on the other hand was equally firmly of the view that the September MOU was not in and of itself a contract but rather an agreed understanding that would lead to a collective bargaining agreement in much the same way as the prior MOU/CBA [collective bargaining agreement] arrangement had worked.”It is trite law that if two parties to a negotiation do not agree on the effect of a document coming out of these negotiations, then there is no meeting of the minds and hence no enforceable contract. The board and WIPA were attempting a sea change in the financial arrangements for West Indian professional cricketers without ensuring that there was understanding and acceptance by the WICB’s employees, the touring cricketers.”However, the task force also said “a significant proportion of the blame” laid with the players who were in a hurry to abandon the tour though Cameron and Hinds were due to arrive in India in four days’ time to discuss the issue. “Senior players in any overseas squad bear a great responsibility to set standards and create examples for the more junior players to follow. This, the task force felt, the senior players failed to do.”Among the eight recommendations made by the task force, it said, “The players’ contracts must be given to players at least three weeks before a tour. The players must return them at latest, one week before the tour. Failure to return a signed contract will disqualify the player from selection on the team.”The task force also recommended the new collective bargaining agreement should contain a provision, which stipulates that before the “withdrawal of labour or any industrial action” WIPA and the players should give a minimum period of notice – “say 14 days” – to the WICB. “This would obviate any circumstance as occurred in India. Breach of such a condition would be a breach of contract.”The WICB should convene bonding sessions twice yearly between players, management and the board to foster harmonious relations. Individual members of the executive committee which normally meets more often than the board should be selected to oversee and solve any personal or cricketing problems revealed by players.”

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O Palmeiras já definiu os nomes que vão compor a lista das duas trocas permitidas pela Conmebol para a próxima fase da Copa Libertadores. Como revelou o técnico Luiz Felipe Scolari, em entrevista coletiva deste último domingo, Vitor Hugo e Luiz Adriano serão os inscritos para as quartas-de-final da competição.

Como prevê o regulamento do torneio internacional, os clubes podem substituir até dois atletas nesta fase em relação a lista de 30 inscritos. No caso do Verdão, as vagas foram abertas após Moisés e Felipe Pires serem negociados para o Shandong Luneng-CHI e Fortaleza, respectivamente.

Henrique Dourado, que chegou ao clube no fim de julho, ainda se recupera de uma fratura na tíbia direita e ainda precisa de mais tempo para ir a campo.

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— Eu já tenho a lista. Moisés e Felipe Pires serão substituídos por Vitor Hugo e Luiz Adriano. O Henrique Dourado ainda tem mais uns dez ou 15 dias para melhorar. Se passarmos, teremos outra lista. A de agora vai ser assim— falou.

Felipão também afirmou que o modelo de jogo constituído contra o Bahia o agrada visando os duelos contra o Grêmio, tanto no Brasileirão quanto para a partida de ida na Libertadores.

—Dentro do que imaginamos para o jogo de hoje (domingo), com Vitor Hugo, Luiz Adriano e (Gustavo) Scarpa, acho que, embora não conseguimos 100%, tivemos uma amostra de determinadas situações para o jogo de sábado em Porto Alegre e para o jogo da Libertadores. Temos algumas ideias mais concretas sobre o que tínhamos para hoje para colocar e observar.

O primeiro duelo contra o Grêmio será na terça-feira, dia 20 de agosto, às 21h30 (de Brasília), na Arena do Grêmio. O jogo de volta será no dia 27, no Pacaembu.

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Na última terça-feira, dois jogadores do São Paulo foram convocados para a Seleção Brasileira sub-15 para um período de treinos e amistosos contra o Paraguai neste mês de julho, na Granja Comary. Os escolhidos pelo técnico Paulo Victor Guedes foram o meio-campista Rodriguinho e o atacante Kaiky.

Ambos os garotos estão em período de férias escolares e não terão compromissos com o Tricolor nas próximas semanas. Sendo assim, se apresentam ao selecionado brasileiro na Granja Comary no dia 19 deste mês de julho e ficam por lá até o dia 26.

Os amistosos contra a seleção paraguaia estão marcados para os dias 23 e 26 de julho. Nas mesmas datas serão realizados os amistosos da Seleção Brasileira sub-17, que se prepara para o Mundial da categoria, no Brasil. Entre os convocados estão três tricolores:o lateral Patryck, o meio-campista Talles e o atacante Marquinhos.

Classificado com antecedência para a segunda fase, o Tricolor garantiu a melhor campanha do Paulista sub-15, com 100% de aproveitamento, no Grupo 9 do torneio, com 12 jogos e 12 vitórias, ou seja, 36 pontos.O grupo do Tricolor na próxima etapa do estadual será composto por Novorizontino, Velo Clube e XV de Piracicaba, chave que será confirmada pela FPF nesta semana, assim como as datas e horários dos jogos.

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