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Former Arsenal, Real Ma- drid and Spain star Jose An- tonio Reyes has been killed Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri during the UEFA Europa League in a car crash, his hometown final against Arsenal in Baku, recently.(REUTERS) club Sevilla said on Saturday. He was 35. Reyes shot to fame at Sevilla before a switch to Arsenal where Chelsea boss he was part of the unbeaten ‘In- vincibles’ 2003-2004 Premier League winners, before spells at Sarri close to Real and Atletico Madrid. UEFA announced they would hold a minute’s si- lence in his honour ahead Juventus switch of Saturday’s Champions League final between Totten- afp unbeaten in 18 games. ham and Liverpool. London But Sarri endured con- Former Arsenal boss Arsene A file photo shows Arsenal’s then sistent criticism from a sig- Wenger signed Reyes on the Spanish forward Jose Antonio Chelsea manager Maur- nificant portion of the club’s back of Spain’s Under-19’s Eu- Reyes during his presentation izio Sarri has told the club he supporters throughout the ropean championships win Wreckage removed from the crash site where the Spanish footballer Jose Antonio Reyes died in a traffic at the Arsenal training centre in wants to leave after a single campaign and suffered where he played alongside accident in Utrera, Spain on Saturday. (REUTERS) London. (AFP) season to join Italian cham- heavy 4-0 and 6-0 defeats at Fernando Torres and Andres pions Juventus, according to Bournemouth and Manches- Iniesta, and a dazzling series of the 2006 Champions League and three times in his second “Broken. Shattered,” wrote player Jose Antonio Reyes’ reports on Saturday. ter City. matches with Sevilla the follow- final to Barcelona. spell at Sevilla. Ramos. “I have no words. All death in a car crash and we Sarri has been an uncom- Chelsea, however, ing season. But it was at Sevilla where The emergency services in the affection for the family. We ask for you to pray for his fortable fit with fans at Stam- reached the Carabao Cup fi- Arsenal described the acci- the pain will be most keenly felt. Andalusia and the authorities will always remember you, my soul,” Extremadura said. ford Bridge and despite win- nal, which they lost on pen- dent as “awful news”. “We couldn’t be confirming in the town where his family friend! RIP brother.” Monchi, who overlapped ning the Europa League this alties to Manchester City, “Reyes was, of course, a worse news,” Sevilla said when live, Utrera, said Reyes died in Reyes played 21 times for with Reyes as a player at Sevil- week and finishing third in before finishing the season member of the Invincibles,” Ar- breaking the news. an accident on the main road Spain between 2003 and 2006, la and is now the club’s direc- the Premier League, there is a strongly. senal said on their website. “Beloved Sevilla star from Sevilla to Utrera. They scoring four goals. He also won tor of football, also tweeted his perception the chain-smoking Sarri claimed the first ma- “(He) made a significant Jose Antonio Reyes has died said another member of his domestic league titles with Real sadness and referred to wing- coach is unwilling to adapt jor trophy of his career when contribution to that unbeaten in a traffic collision. Rest family also died and a third Madrid and Benfica. back Antonio Puerta, who died tactics when things go wrong. Chelsea beat Arsenal 4-1 in season.” in peace,” Sevilla, where he person was injured. After leaving Sevilla in of a cardiac arrest playing for Sarri has been widely Baku on Wednesday to win “Thanks for what you gave spent two four-year spells, Spain captain Sergio Ra- 2016, Reyes played for Es- Sevilla in 2007. linked with Juventus, who are the Europa League final, but us, and rest in peace,” Arsenal said on Twitter. mos, who is also from the panyol, Cordoba and Xinjian “Impossible news to be- seeking a successor to Mas- refused to commit his future said. He helped Sevilla win the province of Seville, came Tianshan in China, before ar- lieve, impossible to digest, similiano Allegri, although to the club, saying: “You know He won Premier League Spanish second division in his through the youth team just riving at Extremadura this that hard my God,” wrote sports daily Gazzetta report- very well that I love the Pre- and FA Cup medals at Arse- first stint at the club. He won after Reyes and later played year as a free agent. Monchi. “What a left flank you ed on Saturday that Totten- mier League, the level of the nal and came on as a late sub- the Europa League five times, with him at Real Madrid also “With broken hearts we are going to make, Antonio ham boss Mauricio Pochet- competition, and I am lucky stitute when the Gunners lost twice with Atletico Madrid tweeted his grief. announce the news of our and you, up there. tino was also on their radar. because I am at Chelsea, one Sarri held talks with Chel- of the best teams in the best sea director Marina Granovs- championship in the world. kaia on Friday and informed “So at the moment I am her that he wanted to return happy, but of course I want Germany coach Loew in hospital, to miss Euro 2020 qualifiers to his homeland, the reports to know if the club is happy, in Britain and Italy said. if we can improve. It’s normal dpa Loew, 59, requires treat- “Marcus Sorg, (goalkeep- to be on the training pitch it is Granovskaia, it is said, I think; I have a discussion Berlin ment as an in-patient “after ing coach) Andy Koepke and certainly right that he rests.” has promised to talk to club with the owner after every the effects of a sports accident” (team manager) Oliver Bierhoff The Germany squad gathers owner Roman Abramovich season with every club.” Germany coach Joachim when “an artery was squeezed, have a lot of experience together on Sunday for a training camp about his future, but it would Chelsea are facing a trans- Loew has been admitted to making a hospital stay neces- and together we will bridge this at Venlo in the Netherlands. seem Chelsea will seek com- fer ban next season which hospital following a sporting sary,” the DFB said. short break well.” Germany started the Euro 2020 pensation from any suitor. could restrict their ability to accident and will miss his side’s “The treatment is going A pinched or squeezed ar- qualifiers with a 3-2 win in Sarri succeeded Antonio attract a big name coach. upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers. well, but the doctor in charge tery can hinder blood flow or Group C over the Netherlands. Conte as Chelsea manager The club have been linked His assistant, Marcus Sorg, has advised the national coach lead to a tear. It was not imme- Sorg, 53, has been a coach last summer after spending with their former midfielder will be in charge for the games to rest in the coming weeks,” a Germany coach Joachim Loew diately clear how long the treat- since 1999 and was in charge three years at Napoli. Frank Lampard, now the against Belarus on June 8 in statement said. ment would take. of Bundesliga side Freiburg for The 60-year-old enjoyed manager of Championship Borisov and Estonia three days Loew was quoted as say- contact with my coaching team, Bierhoff said: “The impor- some six months in 2011, be- a tremendous start at Stam- side Derby, should Sarri leave later in Mainz, the German ing: “I feel quite well again but and we’ll be in close contact tant thing is that Jogi (Loew) is fore making way at the end of ford Bridge as Chelsea went Stamford Bridge. football federation DFB said on have to rest a bit for the next with each other around the two top fit again in a few days. Even the year for the club’s current Friday. four weeks. I’m in constant matches. if he feels that he would prefer coach, Christian Streich.

Abandoned final a hefty blow to African football Equador’s Carapaz on verge of Giro victory Reuters of the field to try to resolve the after chaotic stage in Dolomites CAPE TOWN situation. Even CAF President Ahmad Reuters who was dropped in the final African football’s image took spent almost 30 minutes in dis- MONTE AVENA, Italy climb up to Monte Avena. another hefty blow on Friday cussions with officials in a futile As a result, the Jumbo-Vis- when the final of the continent’s effort to get the game restarted. Richard Carapaz was on ma rider slipped from third to top club competition was aban- A crowd of 60,000 was left the brink of winning the Giro fourth overall to the benefit of doned after Wydad Casablanca waiting before the referee final- d’Italia after he retained the Spain’s Mikel Landa, Carapaz’s of Morocco walked off to protest ly declared the contest in favour overall leader’s pink jersey in lieutenant at Movistar. a refereeing decision. of the home team, who retained Saturday’s penultimate stage in Overall, Carapaz leads Ni- Amid embarrassing scenes the title. the Dolomites. bali by 1:54 and Landa by 2:53, in Tunis, home side Esperance Wydad players ask Gambian referee Bakary Papa Gassama to check VAR proved contentious in The Ecuadorian comfort- with Roglic 3:16 off the pace were declared winners of the Af- the goal, which was denied by the linesman. The Video assistant last week’s first leg in Morocco ably held off two-time cham- Team Movistar rider Richard after being handed a 10-second rican Champions League but it referee (VAR) system did not work and the match was interrupted with CAF this week banning the pion Vincenzo Nibali in the Carapaz, wearing the overall penalty for accepting a push took a stoppage of an hour and during the 2nd leg of the 2019 CAF champion league final against referee Gehad Grisha of Egypt 194-km ride from Feltre as the leader’s pink jersey during stage from a spectator. 25 minutes before the match Esperance on Friday. (AFP) for six months after complaints 20th stage was won by Spaniard twenty of the 2019 Giro d’Italia “We’ve tried to win the stage was abandoned and they could from the Moroccans. Pello Bilbao. on Saturday. (AFP) with Mikel Landa as well as my- claim the trophy. hind on aggregate, thought they and consult the Video Assistant Wydad could now face a It was a chaotic ride self to retain the Maglia Rosa The Confederation of Afri- had equalised just before the Referee, which was being used two-year ban from competing throughout, with Colombian an exclusion from the race, but we’ve missed out by very lit- can Football have called a meet- hour mark but the header from for only the fourth time in an in continental club competition Miguel Angel Lopez, who holds which ends in Verona with a tle,” said Carapaz. ing of their executive committee Ismail El Haddad was disal- African club competition game. but a long history of leniency the white jersey for the best Un- 17-km individual time trial on “However, we’re happy with for Tuesday to discuss the inci- lowed for an infringement. Wydad substitutes and from African football’s govern- der-25 rider, lashing out at a fan Sunday. Lopez was one of the how it went today. I believe 1:54 dent, it said in a statement on Wydad players immedi- coaches ran onto the pitch to ing body has undermined the after tangling with him in the attackers of the day, but the top over Nibali is enough, although Saturday. ately surrounded the referee de- confront the referee while a effect of most of their past sanc- final few kilometres. guns held firm, with the excep- anything can happen in a final Wydad, who were 2-1 be- manding he review the decision train of officials came to the side tions. The Astana rider could face tion of Slovenian Primoz Roglic, time trial.”