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Anderson kept waiting for 600th wicket as Pakistan annoy England TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2020 PAGE 14 ‘Triple 2020’ Bayern Munich’s French for- ward Kingsley Coman raises the European Champions League Cup in Lisbon on Sunday. (AFP) Of the triumph and quotable quotes “It’s an incredible feeling, lots of happiness and a bit of sadness for Paris.” – Paris-born Kingsley Coman after scoring the goal that gave Bayern Munich a 1-0 win over PSG, his boy- hood club, in the Champions League final. “We want Neymar and Kylian to score but we can’t ask for it all the time.” – PSG coach T. Tuchel. Bavaria’s State Premier Markus Soeder (centre) welcomes Bayern Munich’s players as they arrive at the airport in Munich, Germany, on Monday, a day after winning the UEFA Champions League final against Paris “Walking down 18th was Saint-Germain in Lisbon, Portugal. (AFP) strange with no crowds. But it was so beautiful. I thought it looked like Lord of the Rings.” – German golfer Sophia Popov at Royal Troon where Bayern arrive in Munich she won the Women’s British Open. “Football without support- ers is not football.” – Shanghai SIPG’s Por- to low-key celebrations tuguese coach Vitor Pereira after the Chinese Super AFP/DPA mier Markus Soeder wel- at Munich Airport. sought to enforce corona- League allowed fans to at- MUNICH/PARIS comed squad home. Soeder greeted the vic- virus restrictions on mass tend games for the first time Coach Hansi Flick said had tors with the elbow bump now gatherings. since the lockdown. CHAMPIONS League win- been no curfew the previous standard due to the coronavi- Hardcore supporters in ners Bayern Munich returned evening as the team celebrated rus pandemic, asking captain the Collectif Ultras Paris at “I have to lift my game so to Bavaria on Monday after at their hotel after lifting the Manuel Neuer and the team first called on fans to head to much because I don’t want clinching the side’s second European Cup for a sixth time. for a group photo. the Parc des Princes to wel- him to think, oh, I never treble but celebrations will be In the past, Bayern cel- “This is one of the most im- come the team home, but want to hit with her again. without their fans due to the ebrated by showing the trophy pressive Bayern teams that we later backed down after police She totally sucked.” coronavirus pandemic. to fans from a balcony at Mu- have ever seen,” Soeder said. banned all gatherings related -- Serena Williams after Midfielder ThiagoA lcan- nich city hall. This time there “All of Bavaria is proud.” to the match and ordered bars practising with Stefanos Tsit- tara was the first off the plane, will be a private event at the Earlier coach Flick had and restaurants around the sipas in New York. Manuel Neuer carried the tro- Allianz Arena. released the team from party stadium to close. phy as Robert Lewandowski Players will have a two-week restrictions. “Enjoy the even- Earlier, city authorities “I saw the chequered flag and wore sunglasses, all wearing holiday after the festivities be- ing,” he told them. appealed to fans who had no one was around me and I t-shirts adorned with “Triple fore they start the new campaign Abandoning his normal taken part in celebrations or was like ‘I’m going to win’. It 2020” in bright sunshine. by travelling to fifth-tier ama- reserve, Flick added: “Really watched the match in groups was sweet. Super cool.” The players and coach- teur outfit Dueren to begin their men, I’m so proud to have been to get themselves tested for – Miguel Oliveira on win- ing staff wore club masks defence of the German Cup. allowed to be with you. I’ve nev- the virus. During the celebra- ning the Styrian MotoGP with while David Alaba held the Following a night of er trained a team like this.” tions, police said they repeat- a daring double overtake on match ball from the 1-0 win celebrations after their 1-0 In Paris, PSG too made a edly had to remind people to Bayern Munich’s German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer carries the trophy the last bend. over French champions Paris victory in Lisbon, the dog- discreet return without any observe social distancing via as he, Robert Lewandowski (front) and their teammates arrive at the Saint-Germain as state pre- tired winners arrived back public events, as authorities loudspeaker announcements. Munich Airport in Germany on Monday. (AFP) After Neymar’s tears, PSG will hope CL final was no one-off AFP dominated by a couple of su- Yet while there are posi- LISBON perstars to all pull together in tives, questions remain and the same direction. Tuchel has much work to do, PARIS Saint-Germain will Nobody thought we “The players are right be- and little time to reflect on look back at their narrow de- would make it to the hind the coach. I have heard what might have been -- PSG feat by Bayern Munich in Sun- things about how he suppos- play their first game of the day’s Champions League final final. We were very edly can’t handle the dressing new Ligue 1 season, away in in Lisbon and wonder what close to winning it, but room and the star players but Lens, on Saturday. might have been, while also that’s football. the truth is that he is oversee- The Champions League steeling themselves to come ing the best season in the his- group stage begins again in back stronger in Europe’s elite PSG president tory of the club,” said Mbappe October and between now and club competition in a new sea- Nasser Al Khelaifi of Tuchel ahead of the final. then Paris may need to get son which is already starting. PSG showed fantastic spir- busy in the transfer market. Kingsley Coman’s second- it to come from a goal down Edinson Cavani, right-back half goal decided the final at Qatar Sports Investments took next season because that is our and beat Atalanta in the quar- Thomas Meunier and young the Estadio da Luz in Bayern’s Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian forward Neymar (left) and French for- over in the French capital in objective and now we believe in ter-finals and then outclassed defensive prospect Tanguy Ni- favour, allowing them to be- ward Kylian Mbappe arrive at the Parc des Princes in Paris on Monday 2011 and they will be hopeful of it more than before.” RB Leipzig in the semi-finals. anzou Kouassi all left the club come European champions a day after the UEFA Champions League final in Lisbon, Portugal. (AFP) getting to another Champions On Sunday they became They had overturned a under freedom of contract be- for the sixth time and deny- League final while Neymar and the seventh consecutive side first-leg deficit to oust Borus- fore the ‘Final Eight’. ing PSG victory in their first early on, but Kylian Mbappe in tears at the end. Mbappe are still there. to lose when appearing in the sia Dortmund in the last 16, The latter has joined Bay- appearance in club football’s really should have done bet- “Inconsolable” was the “Nobody thought we Champions Leaague final for just before the coronavirus ern, becoming the latest in a biggest game. ter than shoot straight at the headline on the front page of would make it to the final. We the first time.A t least next shutdown, while in France long line of exciting young- The French champions goalkeeper just before half- sports daily L’Equipe on Mon- were very close to winning it, time, if there is one, they will they won every trophy going sters to walk away from PSG. were left to pay the price for time. The two most expen- day, underneath a photo of but that’s football,” said PSG’s not be novices. last season. Their improved They can only hope he failing to convert the oppor- sive players in football his- the Brazilian crying. Qatari president, Nasser Coach Thomas Tuchel, European performances rep- does not come back to haunt tunities that came their way tory were signed, ultimately, But PSG have muscled their Al Khelaifi. who put the defeat down to resent enormous progress af- them in the way Coman – an- -- Neymar was notably denied to win this game. It was not way into the very elite of Eu- “We are going to work hard “bad luck”, has been widely ter often humiliating defeats other Paris-born ex-PSG star- by a fine Manuel Neuer save their night, and Neymar was ropean clubs in the years since to win the Champions League praised for getting a team in previous campaigns. let – did in Lisbon. 14 Tuesday, August 25, 2020 Sports Former cricket chief Anderson kept waiting Sutherland lands top Australia golf job his experience. for 600th wicket as “He did so much in cricket at so many levels from playing to financial and corporate to stakeholder relations,” he said. “He knows what excellent and elite look like and I can’t Pakistan annoy hosts wait for him to impart his vision on the broader golf industry.” AFP Muttiah Muralitharan (800), Former Cricket Australia chief Sutherland spent 20 years SOUTHAMPTON Australia’s Shane Warne (708) James Sutherland during a press at Cricket Australia where he and India’s Anil Kumble (619). conference in Melbourne in was credited with increasing JAMES Anderson was left just Anderson started the day August 2010.