SPORTS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2013

German League Roundup Matches on TV (Local Timings)

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Sunderland v Newcastle 16:30 Aljazeera Sport 1 HD

Chelsea v Manchester City 19:00 Aljazeera Sport 1 HD

Tottenham v Hull City 19:00 Aljazeera Sport 4 HD

ITALIAN LEAGUE Napoli v Torino 14:30 Aljazeera Sport 3 HD

Chievo Verona v Fiorentina 17:00 Aljazeera Sport 4 HD

Juventus v Genoa 17:00 Aljazeera Sport +1

Parma v AC Milan 17:00 Aljazeera Sport +3

Udinese v AS Roma 17:00 Aljazeera Sport 3 HD

SS Lazio v Cagliari 22:45 Aljazeera Sport 3 HD

SPANISH LEAGUE Sevilla v Osasuna 14:00 Aljazeera Sport 2 HD MUNICH: Berlin’s Hajime Hosogai of Japan (left) and Bayern’s challenge for the ball during the German first divisionBundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern Villarreal v Valencia 19:00 Munich and Hertha BSC Berlin yesterday. — AP Aljazeera Sport 2 HD

Real Sociedad v UD Almeria 21:00 Bayern stay top; Dortmund win derby Aljazeera Sport 4 HD BERLIN: proved too strong for Schalke goal back when 18-year-old found the net with- Hoffenheim next weekend will see them equal Hamburg’s Atletico de Madrid v 23:00 in yesterday’s Ruhr derby in the as Bayern in moments of coming on. It was his third goal in as many record 36-game unbeaten run of three decades ago. Aljazeera Sport 2 HD Munich edged out Hertha Berlin to stay top of the table. Bundesliga games, but Schalke could not find an equaliser Bayern coach Pep Guardiola admitted that his players Beaten twice by their bitter rivals last season, Jurgen and another substitute, Jakub Blaszczykowski, made it 3-1 were feeling the effects of plaiyng so many games in a Klopp’s side gained revenge with a 3-1 win at the Veltins in the 74th minute at the end of a brilliant counterattack short space of time. “Berlin are the best team we have Arena, while Bayern came from behind to beat Hertha 3-2 led by Henrikh Mkhitaryan. played,” said the Spaniard. “The desire was there but the and Bayer Leverkusen also recovered from the loss of the “We got off to a dream start in this really intense match,” legs couldn’t put into action what they wanted to do. A opening goal to win 2-1 against Augsburg. said a delighted Dormtund coach Jurgen Klopp. “A brilliant week after Stefan Kiessling’s now infamous “phantom” goal Bayern remain top of the table, a point clear of second goal and wonderful counter-attack for the third handed Leverkusen victory at Hoffenheim, the Werkself Dortmund and Sami Hyypia’s Leverkusen. And a clear gap adds up to us deserving this victory.” Bayern stay top after came from behind to beat Augsburg with Simon Rolfes and has now opened up below, with Hertha in fourth a further extending their year-long unbeaten run to 35 matches former Bayern prodigy getting their goals. 10 points adrift. Dortmund got off to a dream start in against Hertha, although they were made to work for it. Elsewhere, high-scoring Hoffenheim romped to a 4-1 Gelsenkirchen, taking the lead on 14 minutes when Pierre- Hertha took a surprise early lead at the Allianz Arena victory at nine-man Hannover. Roberto Firmino scored Emerick Aubameyang stabbed the ball home at the end of through Colombian forward Adrian Ramos and Bayern twice in the second half for the visitors, while Hannover a sweeping move. Schalke were looking to make it three coach Pep Guardiola also lost Toni Kroos and Arjen Robben never recovered from the early dismissal of Mame Diouf consecutive wins against Borussia for the first time since inside half an hour. and also lost Brazilian defender Marcelo to a straight red the 1960s and they were handed a route back into the However, that turned out to be a blessing in disguise as card in the second half. Bottom side Eintracht game on the half-hour mark when Neven Subotic brought their two replacements turned the game around in the Braunschweig lost 2-0 at Mainz - Japan star Shinji Okazaki down Christian Fuchs inside the area and referee Knut reigning champions’ favor. Mario Mandzukic came on for scoring twice - after winless Nuremberg came from behind Kircher pointed to the spot. Robben in the 26th minute and equalized three minutes to draw 1-1 at Stuttgart on Friday in new Dutch coach However, Kevin-Prince Boateng - who once had a spell later. The Croatia forward then gave Bayern the lead early in Gertjan Verbeek’s first game at the helm. Wolfsburg beat with Dortmund earlier in his career - saw his penalty saved the second half before fellow-substitute Mario Goetze Werder Bremen 3-0 later as Freiburg host Hamburg and by Roman Weidenfeller, and Nuri Sahin went on to double made it 3-1. Anis Ben-Hatira pulled it back to 3-2 but Bayern Eintracht go to Borussia Moenchengladbach the visitors’ lead shortly after half-time. Schalke pulled a held on and now know that a draw or a win away to today.— AFP Poyet hopes derby day can spark Sunderland Chelsea’s Portuguese head coach Jose Mourinho SUNDERLAND: Sunderland boss Gus Poyet hopes the passion record against them as both player and manager.Poyet scored City’s Pellegrini of today’s derby against bitter rivals Newcastle can help kickstart so many goals in matches against Newcastle he was called the his team’s flagging Premier League campaign. The stakes are “scourge” of the club by former Magpies manager Bobby high for Sunderland and Poyet, the man who replaced Paolo di Robson. And when Poyet was in charge at Brighton, they inflict- wary of Mourinho Canio, as they attempt to breathe life into a season that has pro- ed two cup defeats on Newcastle teams managed by Pardew. duced only one point from eight matches and left them bottom “My whole career in English football has been linked with mind games of the table. Newcastle, meanwhile, are eager to exact revenge Newcastle,” Poyet said. “I have a good reputation against them for the 3-0 home defeat they suffered against Sunderland earlier and I hope that continues today. But this match will not be won LONDON: Manchester City coach says he this year. “I don’t miss playing games apart from the big ones- by myself or Alan Pardew. It will be won by the players on the has no intention of igniting a feud with Chelsea manager Jose and this one is massive,” Poyet said. “It’s a perfect game to win. If pitch.” Pardew is not worried by those cup setbacks, however, Mourinho ahead of the two teams’ Premier League showdown we need to win one game here, it’s this one.” pointing out Newcastle fielded weakened teams on both occa- today. The pair previously crossed swords in Spain, with Whether all the players inherited by Poyet fully understand sions.”This will be a very different team,” he said. “We didn’t really Mourinho denigrating the Chilean’s record with Real Madrid what this match means in the north-east corner of England is have the resources when those games came around. We have a after succeeding him at the Bernabeu in 2010. uncertain. Di Canio signed 14 new players in pre-season, most of much stronger team going into this particular game and I would Today’s game at Stamford Bridge will be their first them from abroad, and the tension of the derby will be a new like to think that we will get a positive result. encounter in English football, but Pellegrini says he does wish experience for many of them. “We will see the passion of the “Sunderland have one point, so there is a lot of pressure on to revisit old disagreements. “I never get involved in the players and, if it’s not there, we do have a problem,” said Poyet, them but they have good players and it is always difficult at the moment and I will not get involved now,” he said during who may recall former Manchester United defender Wes Brown ,” Pardew added. “I have seen two games there Friday’s pre-match press conference. “I don’t know him. He after a 21-month absence with a knee injury. this year and I thought they did okay. “It is Gus Poyet’s first home worked in Spain, I worked in another club. We played Real Newcastle manager Alan Pardew will have to make at least game as the manager of Sunderland, so there will be an extra Madrid against Malaga, nothing more. I don’t have any com- one change. Fabricio Coloccini is still troubled by a groin strain, special atmosphere. We need to be prepared for that and hope- plaint about him.” while either Steven Taylor or Paul Dummett will come in for sus- fully we will. “I think we’ve got a very attacking side and we are LONDON: FIFA President Sepp Blatter arrives to attend Both managers’ current teams are riding high in the pended French defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa. Newcastle may good to watch when we are in full flow and hopefully we can ’s 150th Anniversary Gala Dinner Premier League. Chelsea climbed to second place with a 4-1 be 10th in the table but Pardew is aware Poyet has a formidable bring that to the surface today.”— AFP at the Grand Connaught Rooms in central London yester- win over Cardiff City last weekend, while City stole into the day. — AFP top four by winning 3-1 at West Ham United. They each car- ried their good form into the Champions League in mid-week, I’m no bloodsucking Chelsea winning 3-0 at principle Group E rivals Schalke and City beating CSKA Moscow 2-1 in the Russian capital. City’s Tottenham defense parasite, says Blatter victory was however scarred by racist chanting aimed at mid- fielder Yaya Toure, for which the Russian club have been LONDON: FIFA president Sepp Blatter has hit out at portrayals charged by European governing body UEFA. of world football’s governing body as a corrupt cabal of ruth- Toure has been in commanding form for City this season, keen to tame Tigers less parasites. In a speech Friday to the Oxford Union debating scoring four goals in eight league games, and Mourinho has society at Britain’s prestigious Oxford University, the 77-year- described the powerful Ivorian as a “fantastic player”. “He gives old said FIFA was more Robin Hood than Bond villain. “Perhaps them everything,” the Portuguese said. “Leadership, defensive LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur will look to maintain ever-present and I’m sure their performances are one of you think I am a ruthless parasite sucking the lifeblood out of work, attacking work, goals, set-plays, physicality, experience.” their impressive defensive record when they face Hull the reasons why they have made a decent start to the the world and out of football! The Godfather of the FIFA gravy The trip to west London will be City’s third match in a run of City in the Premier League at today. campaign.” Newly-promoted Hull are ninth in the table, train! An out-of-touch, heartless schmoozer!” he said, accord- four consecutive away games in all competitions, but mid- The north London side, currently fifth in the table, just five points adrift of Spurs. They will arrive in north ing to The Independent newspaper. “There are not many fielder Samir Nasri says they can take heart from their recent missed out on a Champions League place last season London without first-choice goalkeeper Allan McGregor names that the media haven’t thrown at me in the last few performances on the road. and are desperate for a top four finish that would secure after the Scotland international suffered a thigh injury. years. And I would be lying to you if it did not hurt, even if you “Winning at West Ham and CSKA means we will go into a place in the next edition of European club football’s As a result, former Newcastle keeper Steve Harper is set know that it goes with the territory. “You would have to have a this game with a lot more confidence,” the Frenchman told the elite tournament. to make his first league start for the Tigers. heart of stone for it not to hurt. You ask yourself, what have I club website. “It was important we started winning away in Best known for their attacking play, Spurs have kept Hull manager was confident the 38-year- the Premier League but we know Chelsea won’t be an easy done?” 11 clean sheets in 14 games so far this season. “We old veteran would not be overawed by the occasion. Defending FIFA, he told undergraduates that hosting the game. “I think they are more complete than they were last sea- defend as a team and it’s great to have clean sheets for “This is the reason we brought Steve in. He’s got an son. They are always a threat, especially on their own pitch 2010 World Cup in South Africa had “changed people’s per- the confidence of the defenders and the goalkeeper,” abundance of Premier League experience and we’re ceptions and people’s prejudices”, while more money was and with Jose Mourinho returning, that’s even more the case, said Spurs centre-back Jan Vertonghen. “The midfield lucky that we can call upon somebody like him,” Bruce so we will have to be at our best if we are to get a good result.” going into women’s football. “There are those who will tell you and strikers give us a lot of pressing and we do well as a said. Harper, a pre-season arrival, added: “If the chance The visitors will be without captain , who that FIFA is just a conspiracy, a scam, accountable to nobody is still not ready to return following a thigh problem, but team,” the Belgium international added. comes my way, I’ll look forward to getting some games and too powerful for anyone to resist,” the Swiss said. “There Pellegrini says that Jack Rodwell could feature after overcom- “Most of the defenders are the same as last season, in. My last Premier League game was for Newcastle in are those who will tell you of the supposed sordid secrets that ing a hamstring complaint. Mourinho can once again call on we’ve adapted to each other and everyone does his job May, so it will be great to be back involved. lie deep in our Bond villain headquarters in the hills above left-back Ashley Cole, who has not played since sustaining a and that’s important in the Premier League.” Today’s “That was part of my reason for coming here, to stay Zurich, where we apparently plot to exploit the unfortunate rib injury in the 3-1 win away to Norwich City on October 6. match will see former Spurs Tom involved in the Premier League and maximise my and the weak. The England international will return in place of Cesar Huddlestone returning to White Hart Lane following his chances of getting an opportunity in this league. “They would have you believe that I sit in my office with a Azpilicueta, who filled in at left-back against Schalke. pre-season move to Hull. Tom is a fantastic player as we Hopefully that will come along today.”Injuries do come sinister grin, gently stroking the chin of an expensive, white Mourinho must also choose between Fernando Torres and all know,” said Tottenham midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson, along at some stage and that gives opportunities to Persian cat as my terrible sidekicks scour the earth to force Samuel Eto’o to lead the line, with both players having found who played alongside Huddlestone at Spurs. “I saw at other people.” McGregor, 31, is likely to be out for six countries to host the World Cup and to hand over all of their the net in their most recent outings. Eto’o registered his first first-hand last season just how good he can be, his pass- weeks. His fine form since arriving from Besiktas before money,” he said. “You might have been led to believe FIFA is Chelsea goal and laid on an assist in the victory over Cardiff, ing and vision is unbelievable and if we allow him too the start of the current campaign has played a big part the evil Sheriff of Nottingham of football. But the truth is we have more in common with Robin Hood.” Blatter has been while Torres found the net twice in an eye-catching display much time, he will find his targets and cause us damage. in Hull’s impressive run of results. Bruce said: “Allan will against Schalke in Gelsenkirchen. has also roasted in the British press in recent years, especially after “He and Jake Livermore have done really well for be a big miss for us because he has played very well and England’s failed bid to host the 2018 World Cup, in which they impressed, scoring twice against Cardiff and then sealing the Hull, they’ve come in to their midfield and been almost we wish him a speedy recovery.”— AFP win over Schalke with the third goal, and he credits Mourinho garnered just two votes out of 22 — one of them their own, as with the team’s current form. —AFP Russia won out.—AFP