MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 SPORTS Ronaldo has to live with being subbed: Zidane MADRID: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane of goal as he fluffed a great chance from Alvaro 1-1 draw with Villarreal on Wednesday that snapped which saw him shine towards the end of last season insisted Cristiano Ronaldo has to learn to live with Morata’s cut-back before half-time and fired straight a 16-game winning streak in La Liga. Of most con- and at Euro 2016 and believes Ronaldo will also being substituted after sulking off the field visibly at Javi Varas in the build-up to Madrid’s second cern for Madrid is their leaky defence as they have need time to get back to 100 percent fitness follow- frustrated in the European champions’ 2-2 draw at goal. “We have a game on tomorrow and I thought now kept just one clean sheet in their last six ing his two-month injury layoff after the Euros. Las Palmas. it was the time to take him off, 20 minutes from the games. “He’s been working hard on his injuries since he Zidane replaced the three-time World Player of end, thinking about tomorrow,” added Zidane. “I “Sometimes there are games like this where you came back,” said Bale. “He hasn’t had a pre-season the Year with Madrid leading 2-1 18 minutes from know he always wants to play and always wants to have the chances to win and you don’t take them,” like me and it takes a little bit of time.” Bale is yet to time, but an unhappy Ronaldo watched from the stay on the field, but I also have to think about the continued Zidane. score since the opening day of the La Liga season, bench as Sergio Araujo equalised to ensure Real players and for me it was best to rest and think “I think there is a lack of concentration in the sec- but insists the goals will arrive if Real continue to dropped points for the second time in four days. about Tuesday.” ond goal. I have to analyse it, but I am not going to create the number of chances they did in the “I have to take him off sometimes and tonight Ronaldo has completed 90 minutes just twice complain. Playing like this for 90 minutes we will be Canary Islands. we did it,” said Zidane. “That isn’t going to change this season, though, as he was also replaced early at the top of the league I have no doubt.” Gareth “We’re not happy to lose four points, but if you what we are going to do continue to do.” At the on his return from a knee ligament injury against Bale had been the star member of Madrid’s front look at the league overall we are in a good position,” forefront of Zidane’s mind was Real’s huge Osasuna earlier this month and missed last week- line most often sacrificed by Zidane in recent weeks he added. “You have to look at the positives. Of Champions League clash away to Borussia end’s win at Espanyol due to illness. Real’s lead over as the Welshman was replaced in each of his last course we are disappointed, but we are still unbeat- Dortmund tomorrow. Barcelona at the top of the table now stands at a three outings. en. We are still creating chances and if we keep However, Ronaldo endured a poor night in front solitary point having failed to bounce back from a However, Bale looked back close to the form doing that we’ll score plenty of goals.” — AFP Hart on hand to spoil Totti celebrations MILAN: England goalkeeper Joe Hart 1-1 draw at Manchester City. answered his critics with a standout per- It was the Roma icon’s 300th career goal formance as Torino dampened Francesco and his first on English soil. Totti’s upcoming birthday celebrations with But the plaudits this time went to a 3-1 win over Roma yesterday. England keeper Hart, who was forced out Roma travelled to Turin looking to close at City by new manager Pep Guardiola a five-point gap to leaders Juventus after amid claims his game was not up to par for the champions scraped a 1-0 win at the unforgiving Premier League. Palermo on Saturday. Hart had also come under scrutiny in But Andrea Belotti’s eighth-minute midweek when he flapped at an innocuous opener, the striker’s header beating cross during a scoreless draw away to Wojciech Szczesny at his near post, had Pescara. Luciano Spalletti’s men under pressure But yesterday the 29-year-old was in from the off. superb form as Torino claimed only their The Giallorossi heads dropped further second win of the season. when Iago Falque beat the Polish interna- Hart was forced out early to steal the tional from the spot on 53 minutes after a ball in midair from Edin Dzeko as the foul on Belotti by former Torino defender Bosnian ran down on goal, and then got Bruno Peres. down low to save with one hand from the Roma were given brief hope of a fight- striker’s snap shot from close range. back when Totti, who will celebrate his 40th Dzeko should have done better with birthday on Tuesday, came off the bench to Mohamed Salah’s delivery near the end of beat Hart from the penalty spot two min- the opening half but Hart tipped the strik- utes later. er’s header over with one hand. But any hopes of a late fightback were Torino took a decisive step towards the quashed when Falque capitalised on a win when Falque stepped up to beat defensive blunder to fire a deflected shot Szczesny in the Roma net on 53 minutes. over Szczesny halfway through the second Two minutes later, Totti sent Hart the period. wrong way when he fired home from the Two years ago Totti, three days after his spot but it proved a false dawn as Torino COLOGNE: Cologne’s French striker Anthony Modeste (C), Leipzig’s defender Marvin Compper (L) and Leipzig’s defender Benno Schmitz vie 38th birthday, became the oldest player to ended a three-game winless streak to for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match between 1 FC Cologne and RB Leipzig in Cologne, western Germany, score in the Champions League when he move up to provisional eighth at seven yesterday. — AFP beat Hart to net a 23rd minute leveller in a points off the lead. — AFP Record-signing Oliver Burke nets for unbeaten Leipzig BERLIN: Scottish teenager Oliver Burke scored He says he does not understand the resent- improve.” Werder Bremen’s dramatic 2-1 win his first Bundesliga goal yesterday as new-boys ment from German fans towards his new club over Wolfsburg on Saturday had seen Schalke RB Leipzig drew 1-1 at Cologne to remain since arriving in Leipzig in August. take Bremen’s place at the bottom of the table. unbeaten in Germany’s top flight. “I read on the internet that the club polarises With Germany coach Joachim Loew watch- Leipzig are backed by Austrian energy drinks in Germany,” he told Germany daily Bild, in an ing, Schalke were on course for their first league giants Red Bull and are unpopular with fans of interview before kick-off, having made his points of the season after taking a fourth Germany’s traditional clubs due to the commer- debut in RB’s shock 1-0 win over Borussia minute lead at Hoffenheim’s Rhein Neckar cialism they represent. Dortmund. Arena. Swiss striker Breel Embolo-who cost For example, the match kicked off 15 min- “Personally, I do not understand it. Schalke 22 million euros ($24.5m) from Basel- utes late after Cologne fans blocked the Leipzig “In England, it’s quite normal that money is fired in a cross which Cameroon striker Eric team bus en route to the stadium. invested in football in order to create some- Choupo-Moting headed home. Banners around the Cologne stadium typi- thing new. “Our fans and the atmosphere at the But Hoffenheim drew level when Croatia cally read “Money kills” and “Piss Off, RB”. home games are fantastic, that’s the end what striker Andrej Kramaric, signed from Leicester But Leipzig, who won four promotions in counts. This is simply an outstanding club.” City, headed them level on 17 minutes. seven seasons since being founded in 2009, Earlier, Schalke 04’s worst start to a And midfielder Lukas Rupp slotted home earned the away draw to stop host Cologne Bundesliga season in the club’s history was con- what proved to be the winning goal when his going second. Burke, 19, netted on his first start firmed with a 2-1 loss at Hoffenheim. shot beat Schalke goalkeeper Ralf Faehermann for Leipzig when the winger drilled home It was their fifth straight league defeat and on 41 minutes. Marcel Sabitzer’s pass with five minutes gone. piles the pressure on new coach Markus Hamburg sacked coach Bruno Labbadia on Japan striker Yuya Osako levelled on 25 min- Weinzierl. They are the only club to still have no Sunday after their 1-0 defeat to leaders Bayern utes while Cologne’s French striker Anthony points in Germany’s top flight. Munich, their fourth-straight loss which left Modeste had a second-half goal ruled out for Having been recruited from Augsburg while them 16th. Weinzierl is now the next boss offside.