Xavi to Assume Role As Al Sadd Coach Next Season TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA
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In a recent interview Factfile title since the 2012/13 season. on the club’s webite, he said, The Qatar national football team trains at a camp in Brazil in preparation for the forthcoming Copa America. The Al Annabi will be playing a In his first managerial ap- “It was one of the best deci- O Xavier Hernandez Creus friendly against hosts Brazil on June 5. The 2019 Copa America, in a three groups of four format, begins on June 14 when Brazil meet Bolivia. pointment, Xavi will be as- sions of my life to come here. sisted by Sergio Oriol, Ivan My family and I, we are very O Born: 25 January 1980 Torres, Oscar Hernández, José comfortable here. My children O La Liga: 1998–99, 2004–05, Manuel, David Barts, Antonio are like Qatari because they 2005–06, 2008–09, Lobo, Sergio García, Anto- were born here. We are very 2009–10, 2010–11, Brazil name Dani Alves as captain nio Troulas, Al Sadd said in happy and grateful to live here. 2012–13, 2014–15 a statement. Everyone offers us respect.” DPA O Copa del Rey: 2008–09, three games by the French After announcing his re- Xavi will begin his journey 2011–12, 2014–15 BOGOTA federation FFF over an inci- tirement, Xavi said he was ex- at the helm at the club’s train- dent with a fan, was informed cited to see “what the future ing camp in Girona, Spain O Supercopa de España: BRAZILIAN star Neymar of the decision by Brazil coach holds”. from July 14-29, Al Sadd said 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, has lost his national team’s Tite on Saturday, the state- “What I have achieved in on Twitter. 2011, 2013 captaincy for the upcoming ment said, adding that Alves the last two decades has been It will be a new era for the O UEFA Champions League: Copa America to Paris Saint- was told a day later. a privilege,” he said. Wolves who are through to 2005–06, 2008–09, Germain team-mate Dani The defender missed the “Therefore, I believe it is the AFC Champions League 2010–11, 2014–15; Super Alves, the Brazilian football 2018 Russia World Cup after my duty to take the initiative Round of 16. They will face lo- Cup: 2009, 2011 confederation (CBF) said injuring his right knee in last off the field and return through cal rivals Al Duhail in August on Monday. year’s French Cup final. Since football whenever possible.” as they bid to win the only O FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011 The 36-year-old Alves, who debuting with the Selecao in The news comes as no sur- trophy which eluded the Span- last captained Brazil against 2006, he collected 138 caps for prise to football fans in Qatar. iard in his time as a player for O Al Sadd Germany in March 2018, will the Brazilian national team, The midfield maestro had been Al Sadd. resume the position in a friend- the statement said. recommended for the position Xavi will also be expected Qatar Stars League: 2018–19; ly match against Qatar on June Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian defender Dani Alves (right) congratu- The 2019 Copa America, in by his successor Jesualdo Fer- to lead the team to another Amir Cup: 2017 5, a CBF statement said. lates Neymar after he scored a penalty kick during the French L1 a three groups of four format, reira who said “Xavi will be a league title and importantly Qatar Cup: 2017; Sheikh Neymar, 27, who earlier match against Monaco at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco begins June 14 when hosts great manager.” the Amir Cup which the club Jassim Cup: 2017. this month was banned for in November 2017. (AFP) Brazil meet Bolivia. For the 39-year-old Xavi, has won a record 17 times. ROAD TO IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS DOHA 2019 Defying gravity: After world record near-miss in 2018, Barshim says he now knows how to get there NE year ago, Mutaz world record, which has stood Not really. the past four years I was ready Barshim was flying for a quarter of a century, left “I’ll tell you two things,” he physically, but not mentally high. Very high. his body broken, sidelining said. “Definitely, if you want for that barrier. But in my The 2017 World him for the rest of the season. to push yourself to a world re- last jump, when I got injured, OAthlete of the Year set the tone “I thought it was worse be- cord, you have to understand I think it was the opposite. - and the bar - for the season cause I never experienced so that there is only one human Mentally I was way above that early on, topping 2.40m to win harsh a pain as that moment,” being in this whole universe but physically I wasn’t there at the Doha Diamond League he recalls. “So I thought I who has done that. And there yet because it was the begin- for the second straight year. broke my bone. I thought, ‘my is definitely a reason. Me ap- ning of the season - it was just That’s a height only a dozen foot is definitely broken’. We proaching a world record, I’m June. So hopefully now I can others had ever topped, and then found it wasn’t broken definitely trying 120 percent. combine both. I’m just hop- Barshim, then 26, had sailed but the ligaments were torn. You can’t go for a world record ing for my physical to return clear in his first major out- It’s a little bit strange - at one thinking, ‘Oh, I’m going to be because my mental is way up.” door meet of the year. A pair moment I’m trying the world You can’t go for a world record careful, I’m only going 80 per- In the meantime, recovery of 2.36m efforts in Eugene and record and a few moments thinking, ‘Oh, I’m going to be cent’. That doesn’t work. It’s a is key as he sets out on a course Oslo followed, then a 2.38m later I can’t even walk.” careful, I’m only going 80 world record for a reason so to defend his world title at the clearance in mid-June for vic- He underwent surgery to you have to give everything IAAF World Athletics Champi- tory in Ostrava. repair the ruptured ligaments percent’. That doesn’t work. you have. Despite what might onships Doha 2019 later this He topped 2.40m again eight days later, and was ini- It’s a world record for a reason happen later. year where he’ll share centre two weeks later at the Gyulai tially expected to be out of ac- so you have to give everything “But in terms of having stage alongside 400m hurdles Memorial in Székesfehérvár, tion for three to four months. you have. Despite what might more respect for it, I think it’s ace Abderrahman Samba as Hungary, on 2 July and, feel- Instead, he only resumed light the opposite for me. That at- one of the Championships’ ing good, had the bar raised training just over a month ago. happen later. tempt gave me so much con- poster boys. He said that he to a would-be world record of “It’s been a rough six Barshim on chasing Javier fidence, that actually I lost re- and long-time coach Stanisław 2.46m. He came tantalisingly months,” Barshim, who sits spect for the record. I thought, Szczyrba aren’t planning to close with his first attempt, second on the world all-time Sotomayor’s record of 2.45m ‘You know what? I almost had make any adjustments to the grazing the bar slightly on his list at 2.43m, said earlier this it’. So it’s actually given me training regimen that has way up before it fell, almost month in Doha. “Not because Mutaz Essa Barshim at the IAAF World Championships London 2017. that extra push. Next time I’ll brought them this far. with hesitation, softly to the of the injuries but because I have it. Now I know how to “My training in the past five ground. He would later char- wasn’t able to jump. I always the date of his season’s debut able to take it in stride. League final in Brussels. He’s deal with it.” or six years has been the same. acterise it as one of his best want to be at the stadium.