Holmes Sets Pace, Mcilroy Makes Disastrous Start
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It’s a huge honour to coach Al Sadd, says Xavi PAGE 12 FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2019 Yates puts Giro disappointment AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS (FINAL) behind with Tour stage win PAGE 13 ALGERIA VS SENEGAL Friends collide as Cisse and Belmadi target African crown AFP ‘Great message’ for Africa has come at the helm of Sen- CAIRO “To play this final against my egal. Belmadi, on the other friend, it’s amazing. I think hand, spent eight years in THEY were born a day apart, it’s a great message we’re Qatar, including a stint with raised in the same city and sending to football officials in the national team in 2014- enjoyed prosperous playing Africa,” added Belmadi. 15, before landing with the careers, and while both Aliou Cisse has carefully con- Desert Foxes. Cisse and Djamel Belmadi are structed his Senegal team “Cisse is the same as a now experiencing similar suc- since taking over in 2015, coach as he was in his playing cess as coaches, only one can making steady progress that career. lift the Africa Cup of Nations included an appearance at the “He’s someone very dis- in Cairo on Friday. 2018 World Cup following a ciplined. Despite his lack of Cisse was born March 24, 16-year absence, and reaching coaching experience, he’s 1976 in Senegal, with his Al- just the country’s second Cup quickly got results and has gerian counterpart arriving in of Nations final. consistency in his work, the world the following day, As for Belmadi, appointed which is also down to his bril- in Champigny-sur-Marne. It last year, he inherited a side liant career,” said Belmadi. was in this Parisian suburb, in turmoil, undermined by “Djamel is a great tacti- where Cisse moved to at the Senegal coach Aliou Cisse (right) with midfielder Krepin Diatta arrive Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi (left) and midfielder Adlene Guedioura a revolving-door policy that cian, a very good coach. He’s age of nine, that the pair’s for a press conference at the International Cairo Stadium in Egypt address the media at the International Cairo Stadium in Egypt saw five coaches come and go able to get his team to play destiny would be shaped. on Thursday on the eve of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations final.(AFP) on Thursday. (AFP) in just two years. like he wants them to play,” “He’s an old acquaint- They may be on the Cisse replied. ance. I say that with great in France for nearly a decade. egal team beaten in the 2002 Friday’s decider. 2-0 in Ouagadougou. same path now, possibly 90 While Algeria have im- fondness,” said Belmadi, who The duo made close to Cup of Nations final, got the The occasion will pit local “It’s much more compli- minutes from a continental pressed with their style of broke through into the pro- 180 Ligue 1 appearances be- better of Belmadi’s Algeria coaches against each other in cated when you’re local than crown, but the routes taken to play in Egypt and Senegal fessional ranks at Paris Saint- tween them across spells at in qualifying for that year’s a Cup of Nations final for the when you’re an expat. It’s up this point vary considerably. have looked more robust in Germain while Cisse started six different clubs, but it’s in World Cup, but the latter first time in 21 years since to us (Africans) to have confi- Spurred on by a desire defence, only one country will out with Lille. Despite never Africa where their legacy has gained revenge in the dugout Egypt, under the tutelage of dence in ourselves, in our boys, to atone for the agony of the achieve its goal on Friday. playing on the same team, assumed a greater dimension. here, claiming a 1-0 victory Mahmoud El Gohary, defeat- in our coaches. Bit by bit the 2002 final defeat, Cisse’s they graced the same pitches Cisse, captain of the Sen- in the group stage, setting up ed Jomo Sono’s South Africa order is changing,” said Cisse. only managerial experience See also page 12 Ô Holmes sets pace, McIlroy makes disastrous start REUTERS Holmes. A large group two shot 76 and Masters champion PORTRUSH (NORTHERN IRELAND) back included world number Tiger Woods, among the late one Brooks Koepka, who made starters, was six over par after RORY McIlroy’s British Open an ominously good start with a 16 holes. hopes were in tatters after a tidy performance that was bo- first-round horror show at gey-free until a wayward drive Local cheers Royal Portrush on Thursday at the 17th. McIlroy once scored 61 ended with the home favourite Koepka, seeking to com- around Portrush as a teenager carding an eight-over-par 79. plete one of the greatest major but began his challenge for the All eyes were on McIl- championship years after go- Claret Jug he won in 2014 like roy as the Open returned to ing second, first and second at a Sunday morning amateur. I would like to punch myself. Northern Ireland for the first the Masters, PGA Champion- He was cheered to the first time in 68 years, but his hopes ship and US Open, was guided tee but those cheers quickly I made a couple of stupid all but disappeared with a around Portrush by caddie turned to groans. Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy mistakes. I wish I could sickening quadruple bogey at Ricky Elliott, who hails from McIlroy’s opening tee shot reacts during the first round of have given the crowd the first hole. the area. went out of bounds, break- The 148th Open Championship something to cheer about. The four-times major ing a spectator’s phone in the at the Royal Portrush Golf Club champion ended his day not process. His follow-up found in Portrush, Northern Ireland, on Home favourite Rory McIlroy only looking up at a leader- heavy rough and from there he Thursday. (REUTERS) board headed by American struck his next shot into an un- J.B. Holmes, but knowing playable lie in a bramble bush. he will need a stellar second After taking a penalty round merely to make the “He just tells me where drop, McIlroy chipped on to patriot Darren Clarke striking halfway cut. to hit it and I go from there,” the green and two-putted. He the first tee shot on an historic Ireland’s Shane Lowry Koepka said of Elliott. picked his ball out of the hole, morning on the Antrim coast. was the clubhouse leader for “The game plan’s pretty to sympathetic applause, with Clarke made three birdies in a couple of hours after a four- concrete. It’s actually quite an ugly eight on his card. his first five holes before card- under-par 67 on a day of wind easy. I really don’t have to do The 30-year-old bogeyed ing level-par 71 One of the big- and squally showers, mixed much thinking. the par-three third and although gest roars greeted Emiliano with dazzling sunshine. “I just go out there and he repaired some of the damage Grillo’s hole-in-one on the “I took my chances when I play.” Other leading names with birdies at seven and nine, par-three 13th. The 26-year- got them early on,” said Lowry. did not enjoy their opening the gremlins returned. He dou- old Argentine’s ace was the “At the start of my back rounds at the last major of ble-bogeyed the par-three 16th first at the Open since Louis nine, I missed a few chances. the year. and triple-bogeyed the last be- Oosthuizen in 2016. But look, I think four-under Defending champion fore trudging off. Despite damp weather, fans is a great score on that course Francesco Molinari of Italy Earlier, Graeme McDow- arrived early and in number for and I’ll take it any day.” His struggled to a three-over 74, ell drew loud cheers from the the sold-out tournament, with score was later overtaken by former winner Phil Mickelson packed galleries as he got to the expected total attendance of three under after 14 holes on his 237,750 making it the best at- hometown course but he leaked tended British Open outside of Organisers are anticipating the second-biggest ever five shots in the last four holes. St Andrews in Scotland. British Open attendance, with 237,750 people expected The 148th Open began to come through the gates this week in Northern Ireland. with McDowell’s com- J B Holmes of the US with his caddie after his first round. (REUTERS) LEADERBOARD (Top Scores) 1. J.B. Holmes (USA) Total: -5 Round 1: 66 3. Lee Westwood (ENG)-3 68 3. Webb Simpson (USA) -3 68 2. Shane Lowry (IRE) -4 67 3. Dylan Frittelli (SA) -3 68 3. Brooks Koepka (USA) -3 68 3. Tony Finau (USA) -3 68 3. Tyrrell Hatton (SWE) -3 68 3. Jon Rahm (ESP)-3 68 3. Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) -3 68 3. Alexander Noren (ESP) -3 68 3. Robert Maclntyre (SCO) -3 68 Spectators follow the action on the first day of the British Open Golf Championship at Royal Portrush, Northern Ireland, on Thursday. (EPA-EFE) 3. Ryan Fox (SCO)-3 68 3. Sergio Garcia (ESP) -3 68 3. Tommy Fleetwood (SWE)-3 68 12 Friday, July 19, 2019 Sports A huge honour to coach Al Sadd: Xavi TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK ball; doing that from the start DOHA will be a great feeling.