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GULF TIMES Salah Return for EPL Fi Nal Day SPORT Page 2 NBA | Page 5 Trail Blazers and Sixers survive to force Tel: 4498 6498 E-mail: [email protected] game sevens web: www.garminqatar.com Saturday, May 11, 2019 FOOTBALL Ramadan 6, 1440 AH Klopp hopeful of GULF TIMES Salah return for EPL fi nal day SPORT Page 2 FOOTBALL/AMIR CUP Al Sadd clear favourites against Al Rayyan By Sports Reporter desperate for the league title and make mistakes because there is no “We will do our utmost to win Doha he fi nally delivered on that prom- time to make up for them. Our only this match and qualify for the fi - ise this season. Now they have a goal is to win so that we can reach nal at the Al Wakrah Stadium. We golden chance to secure a domes- the fi nal. My players deserve to win need to approach the game with l Sadd coach Jesualdo tic double. the trophy. They have been playing collective spirit,” Tabata added. Ferreira wants to end his Sadd will rely on player of the since last July, almost a game every Al Rayyan have been off colour Qatar tenure on a tri- season Akram Afi f and prolifi c three days for club and country but since winning the league title in Aumphant note, by win- scorer Baghdad Bounedjah, with we are fully prepared for this tour- season in 2015/16 under Jorge Fos- ning the Amir Cup. The experi- their midfi eld trio of Xavi Hern- nament,” he added. sati. They fi nished fourth this sea- enced Portuguese manager had andez, Gabi Fernandez and Hassan Al Sadd defender Pedro Miguel son in the league and are already last month announced he would al-Haydous being the best in the said the team was prepared for the out of the AFC Champions League be leaving Qatar for good, having country. semi-fi nal encounter. “The match with one group match to spare. led Al Sadd to their fi rst league ti- Former Barcelona star Xavi too against Al Rayyan is very impor- Al Rayyan coach Gilson de tle since the 2012-13 season. The has announced his retirement and tant for us. We are fully prepared Souza emphasised how much the match begins at 10.30pm. the midfi eld maestro would want for it. We will strive to win the club is banking their season on the Ahead of Sadd’s semi-fi nal en- to lay his hands on the prestigious game so that we can reach the fi - Amir Cup. “Our season was not counter against Al Rayyan today, Amir Cup trophy. nal,” he said. good, so we have to look for some Ferreira said he wants a winning But it won’t be easy against Al Meanwhile, Rayyan captain Ro- consolation and our main goal now farewell, providing an extra moti- Rayyan, who can be unpredictable drigo Tabata called on his team to is to win the Amir Cup,” De Souza vation to his players. “I am happy and are keen to win a trophy them- give their all against the fancied said. with what we have achieved in the selves this season. Al Sadd team, while urging their Rayyan have lost both their Champions League, qualifying for “It will be a very tough game passionate fans to fi ll the Al Sadd meetings against Al Sadd this sea- the second stage at the end of my for us. This is the fourth Amir Cup stadium . son. A 5-0 drubbing in September, stint with the club. Now I want to semi-fi nal for me with Al Sadd and “The fans will play a prominent followed by another 4-0 humbling win the Amir Cup before leaving everyone knows how much this role in our match against Sadd. in September, makes Sadd an over- Qatar,” said Ferreira at his pre- tournament means for the fans,” It’s not an easy place to play and whelming favourites to reach the match press conference. Ferreira said. we need all the support we can Amir Cup fi nal. The other semi- Having spent three and half “We have just one game remain- get playing against a top team,” he fi nal pits Al Duhail and Al Sailiya, Al Sadd coach Jesualdo Ferreira (L) with his Al Rayyan counterpart Gilson de Souza at their pre-match years with Al Sadd, Ferreira was ing to reach the fi nal. We cannot said. which will be played tomorrow. press conference. SPOTLIGHT Arsenal and Chelsea set up all-England Europa fi nal It means all four finalists of Europe’s two top club competitions are from the same country for the first time Arsenal’s Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring against Valencia at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia on Thursday. Picture on right show Chelsea’s English midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek (L) exulting after he scored the team’s first goal against Eintracht Frankfurt at Stamford Bridge in London on Thursday. DPA reach their first European final since losing in and hammered in Arsenal’s fourth from an an- tions. “It is very difficult to score four goals Azpilicueta but Chelsea keeper Kepa Arriza- Berlin the Champions League to Barcelona in 2006. gle in the 88th. against this team because they are very organ- balaga stopped a Martin Hinteregger shot and Chelsea, the 2012-13 winners, and Frank- “We reacted well to going behind and we ised. It gave us confidence to score quickly, we saved from Goncalo Pacienca, before Hazard furt ended the 90 minutes and extra-time at knew we had to score a minimum of one goal know our strikers are taking chances.” stepped up to convert the winning penalty. ierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a Stamford Bridge at 1-1 and 2-2 on aggregate, tonight,” Lacazette told BT Sport. At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea finished a Spanish keeper Kepa had refused to be sub- hat-trick as Arsenal defeated Valen- before Eden Hazard scored the decisive pen- “Auba was unbelievable tonight with an spell of domination when Hazard fed Rubens stituted in the Carabao Cup (League Cup) final cia 4-2 and Chelsea beat Eintracht alty in a 4-3 shoot-out victory. incredible hat-trick, so thanks to him. “We Loftus-Cheek and the England midfielder before a penalty shoot-out against Manches- Frankurt in a penalty shoot-out to set In Valencia, the home side went in front have played badly in Premier League during side-footed in with a measured shot to give ter City at Wembley earlier this year, leading Pup an all-England Europa League final in Baku through Kevin Gameiro in the 11th minute but the last month and now we have to use this the home side a 28th-minute lead. Frankfurt to a club sanction. “Penalties are down to on May 29. Arsenal were on level terms six minutes later opportunity. We want to play in the Champi- levelled through Luka Jovic four minutes after luck. Today we won and in the Carabao Cup With the Champions League in Madrid on when Aubameyang struck with the outside of ons League next season and we want the tro- the interval and after chances for both sides, final we lost, but this is football,” he told BT June 1 between Liverpool and Tottenham Hot- his foot. phy.” Arsenal manager Unai Emery said: “I am Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta thought Sport. spur, it means all four finalists of Europe’s Lacazette swivelled in the area before hit- very proud of the players and the supporters. he had scored a late extra-time winner. He added: “Wembley is in the past and I two top club competitions are from the same ting a right-foot shot into the net five minutes The players did all they could and we can be The ball was nudged over the line after learned from it. I said I was sorry but we al- country for the first time. Arsenal progressed after the break. Gameiro notched his second proud of the whole club. keeper Kevin Trapp appeared to lose his grip ways keep moving forward and today was in Valencia with Alexandre Lacazette also on in the 58th but Aubemayang turned in a cross “We knew we had to be calm after they on the ball, but the goal was ruled out. another game and we are happy to get to the target to go through on a 7-3 aggregate and from Ainsley Maitland-Niles 11 minutes later scored and we needed to control our emo- The shoot-out then saw Trapp save from final.” Gulf Times 2 Saturday, May 11, 2019 FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT KEEPING THE FAITH Fulham confi rm Don’t mention Brexit! Parker Reuters London ulham have appointed England rule Europe caretaker boss Scott Parker as their perma- nent head coach on a two-yearF contract, the relegated Premier League club said yester- day. Former Fulham player Park- er, 38, replaced Claudio Ranieri on an interim basis in February with historic sweep after the Italian failed to turn around a dismal season and last- ed only 16 league games. The Premier League now has the world’s best managers to go with the best players Performances improved un- der Parker, who led them on a AFP best coaches: that’s how the Premier League takes three-match winning streak in Paris it all.” the league, but the former Eng- “Here the level is very high. To get to the fi nal in land international was unable to the League Cup we beat Liverpool and Tottenham turn the team’s fortunes around he Premier League has marked its return who are in the Champions League fi nal, and in the fast enough to ensure top-fl ight to prominence on the European stage as fi nal we played against the best team in Europe in safety.
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