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Du Plessis suffers memory loss after concussion but recovering well Brazil open Copa America with 3-0 win over Venezuela helps Brazil cruise to victory over Covid-depleted Venezuela

Colombia start with scrappy• 1-0 victory over Ecuador I am seeking tactical alternatives, positional alternatives. But AFP | Brasilia operating on different Faf du Plessis takes a diving catch during a PSL match (file photo) functions. The idea tar forward Neymar netted is not to lose our TDT | Manama a penalty and created a sec- character, otherwise Sond as hosts Brazil eased you break the links, outh Africa batsman Faf to a 3-0 victory over a corona- the connections, you Sdu Plessis said he suffered Thank you everyone virus-depleted Venezuela on some memory loss after sus- for all the messages of Sunday in the opening match of remove confidence taining a concussion during a support. I’m back at the 2021 Copa America. from the athletes Pakistan Super League (PSL) the hotel recovering. Centre-back BRAZIL COACH T20 match in Abu Dhabi on opened the scored midway Brazil’s Neymar Jr (L) in action against Venezuela’s goalkeeper Joel Graterol Saturday but is confident of Have concussion with through the first half and Ga- Neymar somehow failed to making a quick return to ac- some memory loss briel Barbosa sealed the Group key players, we didn’t have time going forward but Jose Martin- turn home a cross-cum-shot tion. but I will be fine. B win a minute from time. to prepare better for this team,” ez did have the Brazil defence from from three Du Plessis collided with Hopefully be back on In a tournament already de- complained Venezuela’s Portu- back-pedalling with a danger- yards out but on 64 minutes Quetta Gladiators team mate the field soon layed a year and moved from its guese coach Jose Peseiro. ous burst before winning a cor- he doubled the lead from the Mohammad Hasnain while original hosts Argentina and Co- The game went ahead and, ner that came to nothing. penalty spot. FAF DU PLESSIS trying to save a boundary in lombia due to the pandemic, it predictably, reigning champions Brazil took the lead on 23 min- Yohan Cumana clumsily their 61-run defeat to Pesha- was fitting that the coronavirus Brazil were well on top. utes when flicked brought down Danilo in the box war Zalmi. The Gladiators also had to should take centre-stage right “The three points are im- on a Neymar corner that de - and Neymar sent Graterol the The 36-year-old lay prone use a concussion substitute up to the tournament kick-off. portant. We had to start well flected into Marquinhos’s path wrong way from 12 yards. on the ground while the Glad- in their previous match when Played in front of an emp - regardless of our rivals having inside the six-yard box, allowing The hosts took their foot off iators physio attended him be- West Indies all-rounder Andre ty Mane Garrincha stadium players out,” said Brazil captain the centre-back to bundle home. the gas but Neymar kept prob- fore he got up and was taken Russell was hit on his helmet in Brasilia due to Covid-19 re- . Richarlison had a goal ruled ing and was denied a second by to hospital. by a Mohammad Musa bounc- strictions, Brazil made light of Following a minute’s silence out for offside while Neymar Graterol following a mazy run “Thank you everyone for all er in the match against Islam- the continent’s minnows, who to remember Covid victims, incredibly fired wide from 12 and shot from inside the box. the messages of support,” du abad United. arrived with a makeshift side Richarlison was denied from yards out as Brazil threatened Neymar then created the Plessis tweeted on Sunday. Russell was checked over by missing eight players ruled out close range by Venezuela’s goal- to put the game to bed before third, rounding Graterol before “I’m back at the hotel recov- a physio and was allowed to after testing positive for corona- keeper Joel Graterol early on half-time. crossing for Gabriel Barbosa to ering. Have concussion with bat on but was out in the very virus the day before. before the forward flicked a chest home from barely a yard some memory loss but I will next ball. He was taken to hos- Venezuela called up 15 emer- header wide form a corner. Neymar turns creator out. be fine. Hopefully be back on pital, with Naseem Shah play- gency replacements but could Centre-back Eder Militao was It was more of the same af- “He’s developed the ability to the field soon.” ing as concussion substitute. still only name seven out of a also off target with a header ter the break as substitute Alex create. Right foot, left foot, he’s Opener Saim Ayub replaced Quetta play Lahore Qalan- possible 12 substitutes due to a while Graterol did well to hold Sandro from distance and Rich- become an unpredictable play- du Plessis as a concussion sub- dars in their next match on lack of available players. a Danilo volley from distance. arlison with a header both shot er,” Brazil coach Tite enthused stitute. Tuesday. “It’s not just being without Venezuela produced little over the bar. about Neymar.

Dumfries gives Dutch dramatic win stunned by Czechs’ Schick on Euro return over Ukraine on return to big time Patrik Schick’s sensational• long-range AFP | Paris goal knocked the stuffing out of Scotland enzel scored a Ddramatic late winner as AFP | London the Netherlands marked their long-awaited return to a major tournament with a 3-2 victory cotland’s long-awaited re- over Ukraine in a remarkable Sturn to a major internation- Euro 2020 game in Amsterdam al tournament was ruined by on Sunday. Patrik Schick’s slick finishing Dumfries, the PSV Eindhoven as the Czech Republic won 2-0 full-back, headed in a cross at Hampden yesterday to move from substitute Nathan Ake to top of Euro 2020 Group D. complete a madcap second half Schick’s header just before Patrik Schick of the Czech Republic celebrates scoring the opening goal after the home side eased into half-time opened the scoring, a two-goal lead and then threw but it was his stunning strike was his side’s biggest threat it away. from just inside the Scotland with a series of rampaging runs. Captain Georginio half after the break that will BETTER His cross was turned narrow- Wijnaldum and Denzel Dumfries of Netherlands scores their side’s third goal live in the memory as one of the ly wide by at the both scored before the hour for Christian Eriksen following all-time great European Cham- near post before the Scotland mark at the Johan Cruyff Are- the Denmark star’s cardiac ar- pionship goals. KNOW captain was denied a moment na, only for Andriy Yarmolenko BETTER rest on Saturday. After a 23-year wait to qualify to remember by Tomas Vaclik. and Roman Yaremchuk to brief- Eriksen played for Ajax be- for a major tournament, Scot- Robertson burst onto Ryan ly restore parity for Ukraine. fore moving to Tottenham land’s hopes of making more Christie’s pass but his shot that ’s side got there KNOW Hotspur in 2013 and several history by getting out of the Patrik Schick’s sec- was headed for the top corner in the end and the victory pro- Dutch players remain close to group for the first time now ond goal came from was tipped over by the Sevilla vides a major lift to the Neth- the midfielder. look slim. precisely 49.7m away goalkeeper. erlands after their first game at Defender played ’s men face Eng- A cagey game of few chanc- a major competition in seven After failing to qualify with him in Amsterdam and land next on Friday at Wemb- from the post es burst into life after Schick’s years. for Euro 2016 or the needed heart surgery himself ley before hosting World Cup towering leap put the visitors “I thought we were very bal- 2018 World Cup, the in 2019 after being diagnosed finalists Croatia at Hampden near post behind. in front three minutes before anced and dominated the game Netherlands were with myocarditis. He was in on June 22. The hosts were desperately half-time. so we would like to see the same playing their first tears as he was substituted in Playing in front of fans at missing the driving runs and Scotland were slow to react again going forward. We can be the second half. Hampden for the first time poise on the ball normally pro- after initially clearing a corner proud,” insisted De Boer. game at a major com- “Daley was quite emotional since November 2019 with vided by on the and the Bayer Leverkusen for- They will now hope to build petition since coming because he had some problems 12,000 in attendance, Scotland left side of a back three. ward rose highest to flick home on it on Thursday against Aus- third at the 2014 with his own heart,” De Boer made a nervous start. Clarke has settled on a 3-5-2 Vladimir Coufal’s cross. tria, who beat North Macedonia World Cup said. David Marshall was the hero to make way for two of the Pre- Marshall was called into ac- earlier in the same Group C. “Even now Christian is one of of penalty shootout wins over mier League’s best left-backs in tion to make two quick saves It was a brilliant game, and occasion at the home of Ajax, his best friends and it is normal Israel and Serbia to qualify and the same team. from Schick and Vladimir Dari- a crowd of around 16,000 cre- where supporters held up ban- that there were lots of emo - was needed early on to turn Without the Arsenal defend- da in an explosive start to the ated an atmosphere fit for the ners with messages of support tions.” Schick’s powerful effort at the er, Liverpool’s Andy Robertson second-half.