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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 SPORTS Disgruntled Ronaldo eyes more records at Dortmund DORTMUND: Disgruntled Cristiano er with 83 percent supporting his decision for Borussia. They also lost a group stage maybe Bayern. “But we can’t be too happy to partner Raphael Guerreiro in Ronaldo could make more Champions in a poll carried out by Madrid sports daily game 2-1 at Dortmund in 2012. and have to keep working hard.” True to his Dortmund’s attacking midfield. League history today as his Real Madrid AS. Ronaldo’s free-kick equaliser in Real’s 2- word, the Gabon striker netted his sixth French teenager Ousmane Dembele side look to end their losing streak at high- 1 comeback win against Sporting Lisbon in REAL SLUMP goal in seven games in Friday’s 3-1 win at and Germany’s Andre Schuerrle are set to flying Borussia Dortmund. A hat-trick for their first Group F, the same night Real’s serene run since Zidane took home to Freiburg. play on the wings to feed crosses into Ronaldo in Dortmund, who was left fum- Dortmund won 6-0 at Legia Warsaw, left charge in January has hit a slump in the Aubameyang was limping after the vic- Aubameyang and Co. Germany midfielder ing after being substituted on Saturday, him on 97 goals in European club competi- past week. The European champions tory, but is expected to face the Spanish Julian Weigl will play as the lone defensive would see him become the first player to tion His main rival in the race to 100 goals dropped points against Villarreal and Las giants. Ahead of the Real visit, a tough midfielder in front of the back four. score a century of European goals. is Barcelona’s star Lionel Messi, who has 89. Palmas to snap a 16-game winning streak home match was exactly the warm-up For Madrid, Ronaldo will start alongside Ahead of the flight to Dortmund, Real But Borussia want to maintain their in the Spanish league. Confidence is high Dortmund needed, according to coach Gareth Bale in the star-studded Real attack. coach Zinedine Zidane subbed Ronaldo for unbeaten home record against Real, who in the Dortmund camp. Thomas Tuchel. “After the high-scoring Karim Benzema is expected to beat out the final 20 minutes of Saturday’s 2-2 have won just four times in 29 away games After their shock 1-0 defeat at newly- and cosy easy games, that came at the per- Alvaro Morata for the number nine role Spanish league draw at Las Palmas. The against German clubs. Dortmund’s Signal promoted RB Leipzig a fortnight ago in the fect point in time,” said Tuchel after the 6-0 after coming off the bench to score Real’s Portuguese superstar was furious with the Iduna Park stadium has particularly bad Bundesliga, Dortmund have netted 20 demolitions of Legia and Darmstadt before second against Las Palmas. However, the decision, storming off the field without memories for Madrid, who have lost their goals in the four games since. They are a big win at Wolfsburg. visitors will be without Brazilian duo acknowledging Zidane. last three visits to the Bundesliga giants. second only to Bayern Munich in Marcelo and Casemiro through injury. It did nothing to help his mood when Their 2-0 defeat at Dortmund in the 2014 Germany’s top flight. As Pierre-Emerick BARTRA DOUBT Casemiro’s absence means ex-Bayern Las Palmas equalised five minutes from the quarter-finals came a year after their 4-1 Aubameyang put it after last Tuesday’s 5-1 Dortmund’s main injury concern is for- midfielder Toni Kroos will be forced to end. Madrid fans have backed Zidane over thumping in the 2013 semi-finals when demolition of Wolfsburg: “At the moment mer Barcelona centre-back Marc Bartra, operate as the holding midfielder on his his handling of the club’s all-time top scor- Robert Lewandowski scored all four goals no one can stop us. At the very most, who has a groin injury. Goetze is expected return to Germany. — AFP ‘Dragon Slayer’ Slimani PSG defender sentenced to back to torment Porto LEICESTER: Leicester City may be unfamil- Sporting from Algiers outfit CR Belouizdad. jail for police assault iar Champions League opponents for Porto, A raw, rangy and technically unrefined who visit the King Power Stadium today, target man, he moved to Sporting as back- PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain defender Serge Aurier but Islam Slimani is a player they know all up for Colombian striker Fredy Montero and was sentenced to two months in jail yesterday for too well. During his three seasons with was initially used as an impact substitute. assaulting a police officer following an incident Sporting Lisbon, the Algeria striker scored Gradually, however, he became an integral outside a Paris nightclub in May. The court heard six goals against Porto in six appearances, cog in the Sporting machine and by the that the troubled Ivory Coast international refused earning him the nickname ‘The Dragon time he left the club, he had scored 48 goals to cooperate when asked to leave his tinted-glass Slayer’ from the Lisbon club’s fans. in 82 Portuguese league appearances. Porsche Cayenne car which police said was incor- Now paired up front with Jamie Vardy He also starred in their triumphant rectly parked outside the club in the early hours in for Leicester, he will hope to resume his tor- Portuguese Cup campaign in 2014-15, scor- an upmarket district of the French capital. ment of the Portuguese giants as the ing in normal time and a penalty shootout Police said the incident turned violent when an English champions play the first home top- as Sporting overcame Braga to win their agitated Aurier elbowed one of the officers in the tier European game in their 132-year histo- first trophy since 2008. His time at the chest, causing him to have to take a day off work. ry. Leicester broke their transfer record to Estadio Jose Alvalade coincided with a “The driver got out of the car straight away and sign Slimani, 28, from Sporting on transfer power shift in Portuguese football. Porto apologised but the front passenger (Aurier) refused deadline day, paying a fee of around £28 had won nine of the 11 league titles prior to show his hands,” the policeman said in court. He million ($36.3 million, 32.3 million euros). to Slimani’s arrival, but as Benfica re- said he had to grab Aurier to make him exit the car, But he is every bit as rough-cut as Vardy, emerged as Portugal’s dominant power, so at which point the player elbowed him. who joined Leicester from non-league their Lisbon rivals Sporting began to sur- Aurier denied the charge and was allowed to Fleetwood Town in 2012, or his Algeria pass Porto, too. walk free from the court because no order for team-mate Riyad Mahrez, who was signed Sporting finished above Porto in two of immediate incarceration was issued, while PSG lat- from French second-tier side Le Havre. Slimani’s three seasons at the club and he er confirmed his lawyer had lodged an appeal. It Slimani was playing in the Algerian fourth fittingly signed off with a goal in a 2-1 win means the full-back could play for PSG in their division at the age of 21 and did not make over the Dragons in his final appearance Champions League tie against Ludogorets in the move to Europe until he was 25, joining before joining Leicester. Bulgaria tomorrow. “The club takes note of his con- demnation. An appeal has been lodged at the end ‘WORKS HIS SOCKS OFF’ of the hearing by the player’s lawyer,” said a PSG Slimani’s reputation as a bruiser is statement. “Serge Aurier will continue to benefit PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain’s defender Serge Aurier (R) arrives to the Paris courthouse early another reason why Porto’s centre-backs from the presumption of innocence ahead of the yesterday to answer a charge of elbowing a police officer. The 23-year-old Ivory Coast interna- will be apprehensive about crossing swords appeal court’s decision.” tional, accused of assaulting a police officer after he was stopped in May 2016 when leaving a with him again. In an ill-tempered Parisian nightclub in the early hours of the morning, was sentenced to two months in prison Portuguese Cup tie against Benfica last sea- DISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS yesterday. — AFP son, he was caught on camera lashing out The 23-year-old, who has had recent discipli- mates, including current Manchester United star Champions League by posting a video on Facebook at Greek midfielder Andreas Samaris. nary problems with his club, rejected the police Zlatan Ibrahimovic, on a social media video post. in which he called the referee a “son of a b...h”. Porto, meanwhile, accused him of liberal account of the incident and said he was the victim He was suspended by his club for five weeks but But since returning to pre-season training in use of his elbows following his farewell of violence. He has filed a complaint against the owned up to having committed “a stupid mistake”. July, Aurier has impressed his bosses. “The club appearance last month. police. The court also ordered him to pay 600 However, when filming a video to apologise for wants to underline the player’s professional atti- In a sarcastic Twitter post, the club euros ($674) in damages and interest as well as his comments, Aurier behaved in an “indifferent” tude shown since his return on July 4.