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‘Dream is to win another Champions League and I think I am in the ideal place to do it’ Fans gather outside Parc des Princes for a glimpse of their new hero Messi unlikely to make PSG debut this weekend against Strasbourg

Paris Saint-Germain’s Lionel Messi greets supporters gathered outside the Parc des Princes stadium yesterday. (AFP)

Agencies known. We expect great achievements Paris, France PSG chairman says Mbappe ‘has no from him and his friends, our players, who are also top players in Europe. reason’ to leave club aft er Messi arrival “Our goal and path is clear, which is ionel Messi set his sights on to win the UEFA Champions League.” more Champions League glory AFP “Kylian is a Parisian, he’s very Messi made no secret of his sadness after being unveiled as a Paris Paris, France competitive. He said he wanted a at leaving Barca, the only club he has so Saint-Germain player yester- competitive team,” al-Khelaifi said. far represented in his 17-year profes- dayL as hundreds of fans gathered out- “Now there’s no-one more competi- sional career, as he gave a tearful news side the club’s stadium hoping to see aris Saint-Germain chairman tive than us. He has no reason to do conference at the Camp Nou last week- their new idol. Nasser al-Khelaifi said yester- anything else,” other than stay, he end. The 34-year-old Argentinian super- Pday forward Kylian Mbappe has added. star was presented to media from all “no reason” to leave the club after In May the 22-year-old told broad- ‘CAN’T WAIT TO START’ over the world at a news conference at Lionel Messi signed a two-year deal caster Canal Plus he wanted to be in However yesterday he said he was look- the Parc des Princes after arriving in with the French side. a place where he “could really win, ing forward to getting started in his new the French capital the previous day and Mbappe is in the final year of his where there is a solid project”. home. penning a two-year contract with the contract and has been linked with Mbappe is yet to sign a new deal at “Everyone knows that my depar- option of a third season. a move away from PSG with Real the Parc des Princes, unlike Neymar, ture from Barca was very hard because PSG quickly emerged as the favour- Madrid interested in the 2018 World whose recently-agreed contract runs I spent so many years there, but as ites to sign Messi following the shock of Cup winner. until 2025. soon as I arrived here I felt enormously his departure last week from Barcelona happy,” said the player who scored 672 and he arrives eyeing a fi fth Champi- goals in 778 games for the Catalans. ons League, with the most recent of his Yesterday, he appeared unfazed as “Now I can’t wait to start training.” four victories with his old club coming he emerged, immaculately turned out, We know how diffi cult Messi has had no pre-season having in 2015. to talk to media, although he did seem the Champions League been on holiday since winning the Copa “I have said many times that my slightly uneasy at times, not least when is but Paris know that too America with Argentina a month ago. dream is to win another Champions one member of the audience started — they have come very He is therefore unlikely to make his ‘close in recent years but it is a League and I think I am in the ideal chanting his name. debut for PSG soon, and certainly not place to have that chance and to do it,” Paris Saint-Germain’s Qatari President Nasser al-Khelaifi (left) poses with new Unlike when Zlatan Ibrahimovic competition in which the best this weekend when Mauricio Pochet- Messi told reporters inside a packed au- signing Lionel Messi as they hold up latter’s number 30 shirt at the Parc des Princes signed for PSG in 2012 there was no teams take part and the best team tino’s team play Strasbourg in Ligue 1. ditorium, with the audience including stadium in Paris yesterday. (AFP) glitzy unveiling in front of the Eiff el doesn’t always win. PSG are now even more obvious fa- his wife Antonella, their children, and Tower, but Messi was photographed on — Lionel Messi, vourites to run away with the French his father and agent, Jorge. Mbappe in Paris. the number 30 jersey — disbelieving the pitch before greeting the support- Paris Saint-Germain’s Argentine forward title, having missed out last season to Messi and Barcelona were knocked “We know how diffi cult the Cham- fans were already queueing up outside ers who had waited at the stadium en- Lille. out of the Champions League last sea- pions League is but Paris know that too the club’s diff erent shops in the capital trance, watching his press conference However, despite concerns about son by PSG, who went on to reach the — they have come very close in recent yesterday morning to buy the shirt with on a big screen. stuff .” a lack of competitive balance, French semi-fi nals following their run to the years but it is a competition in which his name and number on the back. “I had to come here with my young “I’m very proud to present Leo League president Vincent Labrune fi nal in 2020. the best teams take part and the best Messi was given a hero’s welcome children,” said one supporter, called Messi as a PSG player,” said Nasser al- hailed the arrival of the six-time Ballon “Sometimes you can have the best team doesn’t always win.” when he arrived in Paris on Tuesday, Wesley. Khelaifi , the president of the Qatar- d’Or winner as “extraordinary news for team in the world and not win. That’s greeting supporters at the airport and “They don’t know about everything owned outfi t, earlier. “It is an amazing the exposure of Ligue 1 internationally”. football,” Messi, who won 35 trophies in MESSI-MANIA then waving from the balcony of the Messi has done in his career but I hope and historic day for the club, for the “The arrival of Lionel Messi will in- total with Barca, added as he prepares PSG are reportedly paying 35mn euros plush hotel where he is staying near the they will remember this for a long time football world. crease the attractiveness and visibility to team up with Neymar and Kylian ($41mn) a year to Messi, who will wear Champs Elysees. because Messi coming to PSG is crazy “Messi and his capabilities are well- of our league on all continents,” he said.

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TENNIS SPOTLIGHT Australian Olympic Injury fells Nadal as athletes face ‘cruel’ 28 days’ quarantine

AFP treatment,” he said. Sydney, Australia “They are being punished for proudly representing their coun- try with distinction at the Olym- top seed Medvedev group of Austral- pic Games.” ian Olympic athletes The entire Australian team, were yesterday facing who won 17 gold medals and 46 28 days in quarantine in total, are fully vaccinated and onA return from Tokyo in a move were tested for Covid-19 almost slammed as “cruel” and “un- daily in Japan. caring” as concerns mount over Carroll said this made them their mental well-being. “extremely low risk”, yet their wins in Toronto All overseas travellers, in- application to South Australia to cluding the nearly 500-strong be exempt from the extra 14 days Russian top seed beats Bublik in three sets while Tsitsipas outlasts Humbert Australian team, are required to was rejected. spend 14 days’ isolation in a hotel AIS chief medical offi cer David AFP or special outback camp on ar- Hughes called the decision “pro- Toronto, Canada rival in the country, under strict foundly fl awed”. coronavirus rules. “To have individuals quaran- But some will have to endure tined for such a lengthy period of nagging left foot injury double that after the South Aus- time is in my opinion unreason- forced tralian government ruled those able and cannot be scientifi cally out of the ATP Toronto who could not get direct fl ights justifi ed,” he said. Masters on Tuesday as to Adelaide from Tokyo must “It poses a signifi cant risk to topA seed rallied serve another two weeks of home the physical and mental well- to reach the third round. quarantine when they arrive in being of the individuals con- Yesterday, he also withdrew the state. cerned.” from the Cincinnati Masters, There are 56 athletes return- The South Australian govern- organisers said, casting further ing to South Australia with 16 ment was not immediately avail- doubt on his fi tness for the US already undergoing quarantine able for comment. Open. in Sydney, which is currently in a Australia had dodged the Nadal, a fi ve-time cham- lockdown to try and stem a Delta worst ravages of the pandemic pion in Canada, pulled the plug variant outbreak. through a strategy of closed on his participation before his Australian Olympic Commit- borders, lockdowns, mandatory scheduled second-round opener tee chief Matt Carroll said it fl ew travel quarantine, and aggressive with plans to return to Spain for in the face of medical advice from testing and tracing. treatment of the injury which the Australian Institute of Sport But those tools appear blunted kept him from Wimbledon and (AIS) around the athletes’ mental in the face of the highly trans- the Tokyo Olympics. health. missible Delta variant. “I’ve had this issue for a cou- “While other countries are The nation has recorded about ple of months,” he said. “It is celebrating the return of their 37,000 cases of Covid-19 and not a happy situation after all athletes, we are subjecting ours 940 related deaths to date in a the success that I had here in to the most cruel and uncaring population of 25mn. Canada. “I need to go back (to Mal- lorca) and try to fi nd a way to be ACTION better again. With this pain, I’m not able to enjoy (playing). “I believe that I am not able to compete at the level that I need Indian wrestler because the foot doesn’t allow me to move the way that I need,” added Nadal, who was the sec- Phogat suspended for ond seed in the tour- nament. Top-seeded Russian Tokyo misconduct Medvedev opened his week in the second round after a bye and match lasting for just over two AFP staged a fi ghtback to overhaul hours. New Delhi, India Kazakh 4-6, “My level is good, I’m play- 6-3, 6-4. ing some of my best so far The Russian came back a this year over the last couple of ndia’s top wrestler Vinesh changed man after a second-set tournaments,” Nishikori said. Phogat has been suspended rain delay. “I’m back on track now.” for misconduct at the Tokyo “I was not playing well be- Olympic silver medallist Olympics, where she had fore the rain,” he said. “I was not defeated Ibeen one of the country’s top feeling the ball and was missing Britain’s 6-4, medal hopes, the national fed- on returns. “I just wanted to play 5-7, 6-4 with 10 aces, lining up eration said yesterday. better — I knew I had to if I was a date with 15th-seeded fellow The 26-year-old from a famed going to win. Russian Aslan Karatsev. Indian wrestling dynasty went “When we got back on court, into the Games as world number I felt much better from the fi rst ISNER WITH EASE one in the 53kg but crashed out in game.” American , winner of the quarter-fi nals. Medvedev advanced with 27 Rafael Nadal (also above) a sixth Atlanta trophy earlier Wrestling Federation of India winners and 28 unforced errors of Spain plays a shot during Daniil Medvedev of Russia hits a shot against Alexander Bublik (not this month, pounded 19 aces assistant secretary Vinod Tomar in the two-hour victory. practice in Toronto, Canada, on pictured) of Kazakhstan during a second round match in Toronto, in his 6-4, 6-1 thrashing of told AFP that Phogat had been New world number three Ste- Sunday. (USA TODAY Sports) Canada, on Tuesday. (AFP) Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich suspended on “three counts of fanos Tsitsipas cured an extend- Fokina. indiscipline”. She has yet to make a pub- ed case of the jitters with a runa- But after a speedy deciding set, the second set but nothing could 2016, carried his Tokyo Olym- Serb Dusan Lajovic put out Phogat refused to share an lic comment about the charges way third set to fi nally overcome Tsitsipas fi nally prevailed on his stop me in the third.” pic and Washington momentum Finnish qualifi er Emil Ruusu- athletes’ village room with In- but has been told to respond by 6-3, 6-7 (13), 6-1. seventh match point, fi nishing Sixth seed made into a 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2 fi rst- vuori 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 while Geor- dia’s other women wrestlers, Monday. With the win he avenged a with 37 winners including 16 aces. a smooth transition to hardcourt round win over Miomir Kec- gia’s beat would not wear the team’s of- Teenager Sonam Malik was pair of previous losses to Hum- “It’s all about the fi ghting after winning three consecutive manovic. Washington semi-fi nalist Jen- fi cial shirt in competition and also charged with similar mis- bert, including in the third spirit,” Tsitsipas said. “I don’t claycourt titles, knocking out Asia’s leading player, who son Brooksby 2-6, 6-0, 6-4. would not train with the rest of conduct ahead of the Olympics round of the Olympics. like to give up. Marin Cilic 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. reached the quarter-fi nals at Brooksby erupted as he was the team, Tomar said. where she suff ered a first-round The Greek wasted fi ve match “It was not easy out there, I The Norwegian, who has the Games and followed up aced on match point, fi ring his “She refused to stay with the exit. points in the second set while had to put in a lot of eff ort and moved to 10th in the rankings, by reaching the semi-fi nals in racquet angrily into advertis- rest of the women wrestlers due “These up-and-coming girls his French opponent held on in a give my best. won his 36th match of the season. Washington, broke the 59th- ing hoardings at the side of the to Covid fears as she fl ew in from think they are stars and can get 23-minute tiebreaker. “It didn’t work out for me in , runner up in ranked Serb fi ve times in their court. Hungary with her coach while away with such things, but they the rest had come from India,” should realise that they are rep- said the offi cial. resenting the country,” said BOTTOMLINE Phogat is a cousin of Com- Tomar. monwealth Games gold medal- India’s men’s wrestlers got a lists Geeta and Babita Phogat silver through Ravi Dahiya in the whose story was featured in the 57kg and bronze through Bajrang Andreescu advances in Montreal opener Bollywood hit movie Dangal. Punia (65kg). AFP Kvitova’s Czech compatriot Sevastova. “I for sure thought Williams sisters, Kenin withdraw Montreal, Canada Katerina Siniakova toppled about it. fi fth-seeded Garbine Muguruza “Our last couple matches we from Cincinnati WTA event of Spain 6-2, 0-6, 6-3. split sets almost every time. I efending champion Bi- In fi rst-round action, Olym- just focused more on this match Serena and withdrew from the hard court tourna- anca Andreescu over- pic absentee played and didn’t worry about previous ment in Cincinnati on Tuesday, becoming the latest high profile came a surprise show- her fi rst match since Wimbledon ones.” players to pull out of the US Open tune up. The Williams Sisters, ing from , and came away with a 6-1, 6-4 Gauff came back in the second and American , joined and Novak recoveringD to post a 6-1, 3-6, victory over Anastasija Sevas- set from an early break down Djokovic as stars who will be giving the ATP and WTA tournament 6-3 victory to reach the third tova. and advanced on her second in Ohio a miss. Serena, a two-time winner in Cincinnati, said the round of her home WTA tourna- The US teenager had to abort match point. leg injury she suff ered last month at Wimbledon is still troubling ment on Tuesday. her planned trip to Tokyo when , a fi nalist in her. The reason for Venus’s withdrawal was not disclosed, but The 2019 US Open champion, she tested positive for Covid-19 2018, also recovered from 2-4 Kenin said she was pulling out with a foot injury “in hopes to play who missed the entire 2020 sea- on the eve of her departure for down to advance past Dayana the US Open later this month”. Swiss great Federer, a seven-time son with injury, has played little Japan. Yastremska 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. Cincinnati champion, said last week he would skip the tourna- in 2021 and hadn’t won a match “The timing of it was terrible, Stephens was badly outpaced ment because of the same knee injury that kept him out of the since reaching the second round but the actual experience wasn’t by Yastremska’s 27 winners to Tokyo Olympics. Djokovic had announced on social media on at Eastbourne in June. too bad,” Gauff said. “I didn’t her own seven but managed to Monday that he would skip Cincinnati, saying he needed more Here she enjoyed a fi rst-round have symptoms other than loss grind out a win in nearly two recovery time after the Tokyo Games. bye before taking more than two of smell. My dad and my brother hours. hours to get past 172nd-ranked had it at the same time as me so I She sprinted to the fi nish, Olympic champion Zverev to miss Briton Dart and take a step to- didn’t have to quarantine alone. winning 15 of the last 19 points Davis Cup ward retaining the title she won They also didn’t have many to book a clash with top-seeded in 2019 when symptoms.” . Newly-crowned Olympic men’s tennis champion Alexander Zver- retired after just four games of of Canada in action during her second round The 17-year-old eighth seed American , an ev said yesterday he will not play for Germany in the Davis Cup their fi nal. match against Harriet Dart (not pictured) of Great Britain in the shrugged off the bitter career Australian open quarter-fi nal- tournament this November. After knocking out world number- “It was an awesome atmos- National Bank Open in Montreal, Canada, on Tuesday. (AFP) disappointment once on court ist, eliminated another Baltic one in the semi-final, Zverev, 24, beat Russia’s phere out there,” Andreescu in Canada with victory in 67 player, beating Estonian Anett Karen Khachanov in straight sets to win the men’s Olympic gold said. “I was super emotional and dropping the second set. champion Petra Kvitova, seeded minutes. Kontaveit 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. medal in Tokyo earlier this month. However, he insists he needs got goosebumps walking out “Bouncing back was the most seventh, advanced with a 6-4, The win was a fi rst for Gauff British No 1 , a break once the ATP season ends with Germany one of the 18 with the crowd cheering. There satisfying thing,” she said. “The 6-4 victory over France’s Fiona in the series after losing her fi rst another who missed Tokyo due teams to play in the week-long Davis Cup tournament starting on may have only been 5,000, but it small rain delay also helped me Ferro. three against Latvia’s Sevastova. to Covid, reached the second November 25. “I’m only human and I need a holiday. We play from seemed like a lot more.” to refocus, so thanks you, god.” Kvitova won the Canadian “I can’t sit here and lie and round in her fi rst match since January to October and I won’t play in November,” Zverev told The winner said her proudest In other second-round title in 2012, but hasn’t made it say I didn’t think about it,” Gauff mid-June as China’s Zhang Sh- magazine Sports Bild. moment was coming back after matches, two-time Wimbledon past the third round since. said of her losing record against uai retired with a leg injury. Thursday, August 12, 2021 GULF TIMES SPORT

FOCUS Generation Amazing’s legacy will be felt long aft er the final

QATAR 2022 LEGACY PROGRAMME HAS REACHED whistle in 2022 MORE THAN 725,000 YOUTH GLOBALLY

By Moza al-Mohannadi Marketing & Communications Director, Generation Amazing

ith Qatar 2022 closer than ever, Generation Amaz- ing has already had Wa positive impact on more than 725,000 youth in ten countries as the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy’s (SC) fl agship human and social legacy pro- gramme. The belief that drives Gen- eration Amazing is that foot- ball can change the world and, our success, is our network of Cross and Red Crescent Socie- journey to better understand our benefi ciaries stepping up to bers of our Generation Amaz- backdrop for this year’s event, since 2010, we have witnessed partners who support the deliv- ties (IFRC) for a programme in the diff erent ways that football support their communities dur- ing-Qatar Foundation Ability we are excited that the festi- this ethos inspire positive social ery of the programme. Argentina, Iraq, Myanmar and can help fi nd solutions to multi- ing these unprecedented times Friendly Programme to view the val will become a celebration of change in Qatar and globally. A prime example of that is our Uganda. lateral and national social chal- – notably our advocates Sadique FIFA World Cup Winner’s Tro- youth, football and the region. Much of this success is due recent collaboration with the Through our various initia- lenges. Rahman and Saleem Puthiyot- phy at Qatar Foundation’s Mul- Our aim is to reach one million to our methodology that relies Confederation of North, Central tives, we have been able to teach The pandemic presented us til, from India, who have worked taqa (Education City Student benefi ciaries by the FIFA World on three main components: the America and Caribbean Asso- principles like gender equal- with challenging circumstances with a team of aid workers to or- Centre) in the week marking Cup. Generation Amazing manual, ciation Football (CONCACAF) to ity and inclusivity, and life skills to continue our work in using ganise food deliveries and trans- 500 days to the kick-off of Qatar As the tournament draws a tool designed to empower launch a joint football for devel- like communication, organisa- sport as a transformative tool. port for sick patients. 2022. closer, Generation Amazing coaches on the ground to deliv- opment initiative for coaching tion, teamwork and leadership in However, by launching online As Qatar continues the grad- And with our third Generation will drive forward its eff orts to er the programme according to education. countries with identifi ed needs engagement, we were able to ual lifting of Covid-19 restric- Amazing Youth Festival planned empower new generations of the needs of their community, a The initiative will benefi t – all while keeping football at reach and support various seg- tions, Generation Amazing is to take place during the FIFA young leaders in transforming ‘train the trainer’ model in which thousands of children and youth the heart of the programme. Our ments of diff erent communi- now more than ready to restore Arab Cup later this year, we are their communities through the expert coaches transfer knowl- across CONCACAF’s 41 mem- Youth Advocates programme ties, and make a positive impact delivering our programmes face- thrilled to continue our eff orts to inspiring power of the beauti- edge of football for development ber associations. Parallel to that, promotes the values of glo- in their lives. Even more so, we to-face. inspire youth during FIFA’s fi rst ful game and create a legacy that to other trainers, young leaders we teamed up this year with the bal citizenship to young people have seen the impact of the pro- Just last month, we provided pan-Arab tournament. will remain long after the last and youth, and, fi nally, key to International Federation of Red by taking them on a year-long gramme in real time, with many the unique opportunity to mem- With the tournament as a ball has been kicked in 2022.

FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT Nagelsmann under pressure to land QWSC praises Team Qatar athletes for Bayern’s 10th straight league title Tokyo achievements AFP By Sporst Reporter ment of Qatari sport at the To- Berlin Doha kyo 2020 Olympics.” President of the Qatar Wom- en’s Sports Committee Lolwa he new Bundesliga sea- he Qatar Women’s Hussein al-Marri praised the son starts tomorrow Sports Committee participation of Team Qatar with new Bayern Mu- (QWSC) has congratu- at Tokyo Olympics and the nich head coach Julian lated Team Qatar ath- achievement of three medals TNagelsmann under pressure to Tletes on their return home after including two gold medals for deliver a tenth straight league ti- winning three historic medals weightlifter Fares Ibrahim and tle for the Bavarian giants in his at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Mutaz Barshim in high jump in fi rst year at the helm. ‘Women’s Sports’ congratu- addition to the national beach With predecessor Hansi Flick lates the champions of Team volleyball team. having left to take charge of Qatar”, said a press release. “Qatar is the fi rst in beach Germany, 34-year-old Nagels- The release further stated: volleyball with the bronze mann now faces the biggest “The Qatar Women’s Sports medal, and it is the fi rst among challenge of his young coaching Committee and all its mem- Arab nations in a team sport,” career. bers and employees extend she said. He proved his impressive abil- their congratulations and “Achieving this historic ity with stints at Hoff enheim blessings to His Highness the achievement will be an impe- and RB Leipzig, who he guided to Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Ha- tus for achieving more med- the semi-fi nals of the Champi- mad al-Thani, His Highness als in upcoming tournaments ons League in 2019/20. the Father Amir Sheikh Hamad and that the Paris Olympics But keeping the egos in Bay- bin Khalifa al-Thani, and to HE in 2024 will be a milestone for ern’s star-studded squad in Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al- Qatari sports.” check, while maintaining the Thani, President of the Qatar Lolwa al-Marri also praised club’s insatiable thirst for suc- Olympic Committee, and to Qatari women’s participation cess, will test him fully. the Qatari people, and all the in Olympics with the presence “If I don’t win anything here, champions of Team Qatar for of rower Tala Abujbara and it’s down to me,” he bluntly told achieving the historic achieve- sprinter Bashayer al-Manwari. the club’s magazine. His fi rst competitive game is at Borussia Moenchengladbach GETTING READY on Friday to kick off the new league campaign. Nagelsmann is still chasing his fi rst win with Bayern after three defeats and a draw from four pre-season friendlies. A 2-2 draw against Ajax Bayern Munich head coach Julian Nagelsmann. came amid losses to Cologne, Moenchengladbach and Napoli, ing Leipzig 25 million euros ($29 iver Khan, the club’s new CEO. However, Nagelsmann has a He has already begun winning who won 3-0 in Munich against million) for his services. His “Our rivals are going to hunt fi erce desire to win everything - over Bayern’s stars. “Nagels- a near full-strength Bayern side. most pressing job is to rebuild us like never before, so we’ve got even down to a round of the fam- mann can build something here,” Having only celebrated his Bayern’s back four after the de- to be ready for that. ily board game Ludo. insisted Germany forward Tho- birthday last month, Nagels- parture of defenders David Alaba “We want to continue to be- “I can accept that I lose some- mas Mueller. mann is a year younger than club and Jerome Boateng. long to the top three in Europe,” times. But when I start to be able Nagelsmann has a talent for captain Manuel Neuer and only He will have to quickly inte- he added, even though Bayern to lose, I’m no longer a winner,” nurturing talent, like Bayern 13 months older than star striker grate new signings like France went out in the quarter-fi nals of he explained. midfi elder Jamal Musiala, who Robert Lewandowski. centre-back Dayot Upamecano the Champions League last sea- Nagelsmann hails from the only turns 19 in February. He will be measured in terms and England under-21 left-back son. Nagelsmann knows he will Bavarian town of Landsberg am Musiala received a “nice, mo- of titles at Bayern, where Flick Omar Richards. only be established “when I win Lech, 60km west of Munich, and tivating message” from Nagels- Al Sadd’s head coach Xavi Hernandez (second from right) set the bar high by winning the Bayern have won the Bundes- titles. Only then will I have really slept under a Bayern duvet as a mann after Germany were poses with his support staff during a training session in treble of Champions League, liga every year since 2012/13 and arrived at Bayern”. child. knocked out of the Euro 2020 Spain. Xavi said his side is ready to defend their QNB Stars Bundesliga and German Cup in landing a tenth straight German He is still waiting for the fi rst He dreamt of playing in the fa- fi nals at the last 16 stage. League title. He said they are confident of a good show, 2019/20. league title is mandatory for the major trophy as a coach after his mous red shirt until injury cur- The teenager says Nagelsmann despite missing several key players who are away on na- Bayern showed their faith by fans and the board. Leipzig side lost last season’s tailed his career prematurely, so has already “done a lot of work” tional team duty. The new season of the league will begin in giving Nagelsmann a fi ve-year “At Bayern, success has to German Cup fi nal to Borussia coaching the club is “very close improving his “fi rst touch, my September. contract after reportedly pay- come very quickly,” insisted Ol- Dortmund. to my lifelong dream”. vision and co-ordination”.