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Day wins Wilimovsky Canadian wins 10k open O16pen water world title TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2015 18 Pressure from US prosecutors best chance of FIFA reform Page 19 PHILADELPHIA: Mexico players celebrate their 3-1 win over Jamaica in the CONCACAF Gold Cup championship soccer match. — AP Mexico win 7th Gold Cup title PHILADELPHIA: Andres Guardado scored again, though they belonged in the opening minutes, rounds before Sunday was on penalty kicks, all on a free kick, and Aguilar crossed it to Guardado, selected top young player of the tournament. with no penalty kick needed this time, and his keeping the pressure on Mexico with several three by Guardado. And two of those came on whose left-footed volley made it 1-0 in the 31st Another mistake by Hector in the 61st minute put teammates finally managed some goals, too. promising scoring chances but never putting a late, questionable calls. minute. It was his sixth goal of the tournament, Mexico up 3-0. He whiffed on an attempted clear- Mexico ensured the final wouldn’t come down shot on goal. Against Costa Rica in the quarterfinals, a one behind Clint Dempsey of the US. ance, and the ball went right to Peralta for an to any calls in the last minutes with a 3-1 victory But then El Tri started to find the gaps in the scoreless game was moments from going to a Guardado, voted top player of the tourna- easy goal. over upstart Jamaica for the CONCACAF Gold defense, and a yellow card for Jamaica helped shootout when Guardado converted his penalty ment, had also been the last Mexico player to Shortly after, Guardado came off to a thunder- Cup title Sunday. lead to Mexico’s first goal. The Reggae Boyz in the final minute of extra time. Mexico had been score on anything other than a penalty with his ous ovation from the pro-Mexico crowd of 68,930 Guardado had his fourth goal of the knockout hadn’t trailed since early in the second half of the better team that day, but that wasn’t the case goal in the 88th minute against Trinidad and at Lincoln Financial Field, home of the NFL’s rounds, and Jesus Corona and Oribe Peralta also their Gold Cup opener. Mexico, which already in the semifinals. Down to 10 men, Panama was Tobago in the final group stage match. Philadelphia Eagles. scored as El Tri won its seventh Gold Cup. It was a held the record for most Gold Cup titles, is 7-1 in on the verge of victory when a disputed hand Any chance of a Jamaica comeback quickly “We really managed the game in the correct convincing performance for coach Miguel finals. El Tri will face the U.S., the 2013 Gold Cup ball set up a penalty for Guardado in second-half evaporated after halftime. Just over a minute in, way,” Herrera said. Darren Mattocks scored in the Herrera and his team after some shaky play and champ, on Oct. 9 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, stoppage time, and he scored on another for the Corona, who had failed to convert two good 80th minute to pull the Reggae Boyz within 3-1. A contentious moments in the previous two games. California, for CONCACAF’S spot in the 2017 winner in extra time. chances in the first half, stole the ball from magical tournament over in defeat, Jamaica Jamaica had made a rousing run to the final, Confederations Cup in Russia. Mexico had gone 272 minutes since one of its Michael Hector and pushed forward. The 22-year- coach Winfried Schaefer proudly held out the stunning the U.S. in the semis to become the first “We won a game today, but we don’t accom- players scored on anything other than a penalty old forward slid his left-footed shot from the medal hanging around his neck. “For me, this is Caribbean nation to reach the Gold Cup’s champi- plish our goal yet,” Herrera said. The only way when Guardado put El Tri ahead for good Sunday. edge of the area under the legs of Wes Morgan not the silver, this is gold,” he said. “Nobody gave onship match. And the Reggae Boyz looked as Mexico had been able to score in the knockout Jonathan dos Santos found Paul Aguilar out wide for a 2-0 lead in the 47th minute. Corona was us a shot.” — AP Bale, Ronaldo rule as Real Rival kings rumble as cruise past Inter Chelsea tests Barca GUANGZHOU: Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo WASHINGTON: Reigning European kings 1 to start but fell 3-1 Saturday to Manchester put on a scintillating first-half show as Real Madrid cruised past Inter Milan 3-0 in the International Barcelona and English Premier League champi- United. Champions Cup in Guangzhou yesterday. ons Chelsea, each training in the first steps of Barcelona have used a depleted squad miss- Jese, Raphael Varane and James Rodriguez got defending their crowns, meet today in a pre-sea- ing such stars as Argentina’s Lionel Messi and the goals for the Spanish giants on a hot and humid son friendly in suburban Washington. Brazil’s Neymar, both excused after playing in night, but it was the display of the two modern-day Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says evalu- the Copa America. Galacticos that will live long in the memory of the ating talent and testing combinations is more Chelsea had been without Colombian striker 39,896 fans who packed the Tianhe stadium. important than winning, even with the Radamel Falcao, on loan to the Blues from Real Madrid thumped Manchester City 4-1 in International Champions Cup tournament link- Monaco, due to Copa America service. But he Melbourne on Friday and it always looked like they ing numerous pre-season matches for some of and countryman Juan Cuadrado and Willian would hand out a similar hammering to Inter as they the world’s top clubs as they fill huge stadiums each played 20 minutes against PSG. Falcao were quickly into their stride. in a rare treat for US fans. “This is a match in pleased Mourinho in his Chelsea debut. Karim Benzema, who has been suffering with a which you are not obsessed with the result,” “He was not so tired as the others. He trained slight thigh injury, was not risked, giving Jese a chance to play in a three-pronged attack with the Mourinho said. “You want to train. You make two days and the others 10 days and they are world’s two most expensive footballers, Ronaldo and changes in the team because you have a plan for accumulating fatigue,” Mourinho said. “Falcao, Bale. And it didn’t take long for Ronaldo to show his a certain amount of minutes, but all the people Willian and Juan Cuadrado are with the sharp- intent, a neat turn in the centre circle and darting run make it a big atmosphere.” ness but without the fatigue so they looked leading to Bale being sent clear on the left in the first Barcelona manager Luis Enrique likes the good. It was good for them to play this 20 min- minute but the Welshman’s cross came to nothing. idea of facing top-flight foes early in training. His utes. And it was good for Falcao from the penal- Just a minute later Inter’s Juan Jesus got away down GUANGZHOU: Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo (left) vies for the ball with Inter Milan’s Jeison side became the first European club to sweep ty spot to put the ball in the net.” the left with his cross just evading the head of the Murillo (right) during the International Champions Cup soccer match. —AP the treble twice after taking the Champions Enrique used midfielder Sergi Roberto on the onrushing Mauro Icardi on the six-yard line. League and La Liga plus the Copa del Rey last backline against Manchester United after bench- But that was about as close as the Italian side inevitably involved the marauding Bale, who this but they remained the more likely to score. And the season, six years after first achieving the feat. ing Brazilian defender Douglas for soreness and came as Madrid took control, with Bale and Ronaldo time chose to swing a crossfield ball from right to left second goal duly came on 55 minutes when Inter “At this point of the pre-season we’ve got a liked what he saw. at the heart of everything good. and find the advancing full-back Marcelo in space. failed to clear a corner properly. Toni Kroos helped good tempo,” Enrique said. “It’s really effective to “Sergi Roberto at right back is an option,” On another day each might have claimed a first- The Brazilian had time to pick out Jese near the back the ball back in to substitute Lucas Vazquez on the half hat-trick in a rampant display. Bale first shot wide post with a pinpoint cross. The Spaniard turned neat- right of the box and he picked out the lurking play against top-level sides. It’s interesting. It’s Enrique said. “The more options we have the when set free by Ronaldo on the left and the ly inside Jeison Murillo and found the right-hand cor- Raphael Varane, another sub, who buried his header important to see players in these types of better. He looked good playing at fullback.” Portuguese reproduced the Welshman’s wasteful- ner of the net with a sharp left-foot finish to give from six yards.