Bayern Missing Lewandowski, Sevilla Pip Real Mueller for Potential Title-Clincher
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
CCRICKETRICKET | Page 5 TTENNISENNIS | Page 6 Teenage Thiem, Zverev hotshots break and Dimitrov into Pakistan’s join Djokovic in squad US Open doubts Saturday, June 13, 2020 FOOTBALL Shawwal 21, 1441 AH Hazard warning as GULF TIMES Belgian returns for campaign restart SPORT Page 2 Qatar national team undergo tests before training camp Qatar national football team coach Felix Sanchez, players and staff underwent Covid-19 tests at the team hotel ahead of the summer training camp yesterday. Sanchez had last week announced a squad of 34 players for the sum- mer training camp, which began yesterday, and will conclude on July 3. The Qatar squad will pre- pare for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers set to be held later this year. Qatar has three more matches to qualify for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup to be held in China. FOOTBALL PREVIEW Bayern missing Lewandowski, Sevilla pip Real Mueller for potential title-clincher Bayern Munich’s Robert Betis 2-0 as La Lewandowski (right) during a warm-up. Liga bounces back There was a minute of silence held before kick-off in memory of the victims of the pandemic, with the players standing at a distance from each other AFP to repeat their 2013 treble having Berlin beaten Chelsea 3-0 away in their AFP Champions League last-16 fi rst Madrid leg before the competition was ayern Munich could se- suspended in mid-March due to cure an eighth straight the coronavirus pandemic. evilla beat local rivals BBundesliga title this Fourth-placed Gladbach Real Betis 2-0 as La Liga weekend, but host pulled off a shock 2-1 victory at Sreturned after three Borussia Moenchengladbach Borussia Park when the sides met months away on Thurs- today without suspended duo last December. day, becoming the second of Thomas Mueller and Robert But Marco Rose’s side have Europe’s fi ve major leagues to Lewandowski. been erratic of late, crushing resume following the coronavi- Bayern will be confi rmed Union Berlin 4-1 at home at the rus pandemic. champions with a win if second- end of May before stumbling to After the Bundesliga in Ger- placed Borussia Dortmund lose defeat at Freiburg last weekend. many restarted on May 16, La at relegation-threatened Fortuna Rose hopes to include Swiss Liga opened its doors again to Duesseldorf earlier in the day. forward Breel Embolo, with the players but not supporters at the That scenario would give 23-year-old fi t after an ankle Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, where Hansi Flick’s side an unassailable knock. the usually vibrant Seville derby 10-point lead with three games At the foot of the table, fallen was played in front of empty remaining. giants Werder Bremen face a stands. But Bayern are without crucial game at Paderborn in a The game was the fi rst in Lewandowski, the league’s top battle of the bottom two. Spain’s top fl ight since March scorer this season with 30 goals, Florian Kohfeldt’s Bremen are 10 but 93 days later another and Mueller, who is one short of six points from safety in 17th and professional fi xture has been the Bundesliga record of 21 as- three off the relegation play-off completed without incident, of- sists in a single campaign. place following back-to-back fering further encouragement to “It’s annoying, but we can’t do home defeats. the Premier League in England anything about it,” said Bayern Bremen, who were in the and Serie A in Italy. Both are set coach Flick. Champions League a decade ago, to return next week. Thiago Alcantara has also been have spent more seasons in the Lucas Ocampos gave Sevilla ruled out, for three weeks and top fl ight than any other club, the lead from a 56th-minute needs an operation after strug- but are running out of time. penalty and Fernando Reges gling with a groin problem, Flick “We know how much is rid- Sevilla’s players celebrate at the then added the second goal for said yesterday. ing on this game,” said American end of the Spanish League football the home side, who are third in Joshua Zirkzee, 19, is an option forward Josh Sargent. “This club match against Real Betis at the the table. to replace Lewandowski up front has such a long history, and no Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium This was the fi rst leg of a 39- while Serge Gnabry could start one wants to let the team or the in Seville on Thursday. day sprint to the fi nish in La for Mueller if he is fi t after a back city down.” Liga, that will see teams playing injury. every three days for fi ve and a This was as far from a typical the atmosphere strange. On tel- porters had come to greet the pay tribute to those working on Bayern proved they can score FIXTURES half weeks and undergoing stern Seville derby as could be imag- evision, fans at home had the team buses but they dispersed the front line. goals without Lewandowski by (all times 1330 GMT unless stated) examinations of their fi tness. ined, a pale shadow of the divi- option to add virtual supporters shortly after, with 600 police In the stands, the substi- thumping Hoff enheim 6-0 in Today Both coaches made use of sion’s most heated fi xture and a taken from the computer game and security personnel in at- tutes, still wearing masks, sat late February when the Polish Wolfsburg v Freiburg their new allocation of fi ve sub- clear demonstration of what has FIFA, as well as chanting, which tendance to prevent mass gath- spread out in the rows behind striker was injured. Fortuna Duesseldorf v stitutes and there was a drinks been sacrifi ced to keep the sea- ebbed and fl owed according to erings. their coaches and Sevilla’s were They had a scare in Wednes- Borussia Dortmund breaks in each half but the con- son going. the action. “No fans allowed but we’re among the few celebrating when day’s German Cup semi-fi nal Hertha Berlin v Eintracht test lost its fl uency late on, in “I always believed we would When the excellent Ocampos here and we can’t wait,” shouted the goals fl ew in shortly after win over Eintracht Frankfurt, Frankfurt part because Betis never looked play again,” said La Liga presi- and Fernando scored, there was a 60-year-old supporter in a Se- half-tiime. when Danny da Costa equalised Cologne v Union Berlin like staging a comeback. dent Javier Tebas, who had also cheering, and when substitutes villa shirt. They were comfortable win- for the visitors before Lewand- Paderborn v Werder Bremen Victory strengthens Sevilla’s indicated on Thursday that “10 came and went, there was ap- There was a minute of silence ners as Ocampos scored a pen- owski sealed a 2-1 win with his Bayern Munich v Borussia hold on third place as they move or 15 per cent” of fans could at- plause. held before kick-off in memory alty after Marc Bartra was ad- 45th goal this season. Moenchengladbach (1630) four points above Getafe and tend stadiums before the season Earlier, the players had ar- of the victims of the pandemic, judged to have pushed Luuk de Mueller admitted Bayern were Real Sociedad below them. Betis fi nishes on July 19. rived wearing masks and gloves with the players standing at a Jong and, six minutes later, a “tired”, “worn out” and scrapped Sunday sit 12th and face the possibility For now though, stands re- and their temperatures were distance from each other around delightful Ocampos fl ick at the their way to victory in the fi rst of Mainz v Augsburg of being dragged into a relega- main empty, the voices of the taken before entering the sta- the centre circle. In the 20th near post allowed Fernando to three games in six days. Schalke v Bayer Leverkusen tion battle. players and coaches audible and dium. Outside, around 200 sup- minute, there was applause to head in a second. But they are still in the running (1600) Gulf Times 2 Saturday, June 13, 2020 FOOTBALL TOP OF THE LINE Player names to be replaced by ‘Black Lives Gladbach ‘fl abbergasted’ by racist fans, tells them to leave Matter’ when Premier League resumes AFP support for “Black Lives Matter”. Moenchengladbach, to terminate in police custody in Minneapolis. The club thanked “the majority Berlin The club joined traditional rivals their membership”. It followed with Dortmund’s Eng- of the supporters who try to contra- English Premier League players will pay Borussia Dortmund, Schalke and The club has more than 150,000 lish attacker Jadon Sancho wearing dict (these hateful comments) with tribute to worldwide anti-racism movements Cologne in posting an anti-racism members. a protest tee-shirt and also showed reasonable arguments and facts”. by wearing shirts with the words ‘Black Lives orussia Moenchenglad- video last Friday. The joint video started by show- black players at all four clubs. Following the lead of players such Matter’ on the back during the opening round bach said they were “fl ab- “What we have experienced since ing Gladbach’s French striker Mar- “We continue to clean up the as Thuram, clubs, including Bayern of fixtures at the season’s restart, British Bbergasted” by an avalanche then in the comments leaves us fl ab- cus Thuram, on May 31, becoming many racist, hateful and contemp- Munich, joined in last week, with media reported on Thursday.