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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 SPORTS Wolfsburg part company with coach who saved them from relegation BERLIN: VfL Wolfsburg parted company Wolves, beaten 1-0 by promoted VfB Wolfgang Hotze, spokesman for the have to think very much before taking with coach Andries Jonker yesterday, Stuttgart on Saturday, have made an board of directors, said the decision this job. It was only a few hours from the less than four months after he helped indifferent start to the new season, lying was not just based on the Stuttgart first contact until the signature.” save the Bundesliga club from relega- 14th in the table with four points from match but “on the noticeable stagna- Jonker, the first coaching casualty of tion, and named Martin Schmidt as his as many games. tion in the development of our... team the Bundesliga season, said after replacement. The club said in a statement that the in recent weeks.” Saturday’s game that his team played Jonker, appointed at the end of two parties had gone “separate ways” There was no immediate comment well in the first half but the forwards lost February, took charge of 19 competitive and that Jonker was “no longer head from the 54-year-old Jonker. Schmidt possession too often. games including the two-legged relega- coach.” “The decision to change coach was previously in charge of Mainz 05 for Jonker’s contract was due to run tion playoff against Eintracht so early in the season was not taken 2-1/2 seasons. The 50-year-old Swiss left until the end of the season and he Braunschweig in May which Wolfsburg lightly,” said general manager Tim his post in May after Mainz escaped the became the third coach to part compa- won 2-0 on aggregate to secure their Schumacher. “We were finally con- relegation playoff on goal difference. ny with Wolfsburg in less than one year top-flight status. vinced by our internal advisers that we “Schmidt is the right man for the task following the sacking of Dieter Jonker’s overall record was eight must undertake this task with a new which lies ahead of us,” said Hecking last October and Valerien wins, four draws and seven defeats. The coaching staff.” Schumacher. Schmidt added: “I didn’t Israel in February. —Reuters Martin Schmidt Ronaldo returns as Madrid aim to pressure leaders Barcelona MADRID: Real Madrid striker Cristiano Mid-table Betis have not beaten Madrid Ronaldo will return to action against Real in the league at the Bernabeu in 19 years Betis yesterday after serving a five-match and only five times in 51 attempts. suspension, as the champions look to keep If they are to defeat them tomorrow, the pressure on La Liga leaders Barcelona. they will need experienced winger Joaquin, Ronaldo was sent off during the Spanish 36, and summer signing Andres Guardado, Super Cup win over Barcelona on Aug. 13 30, to continue their excellent form. “They and banned for five matches after pushing are like kids in a school yard, they give it the referee, meaning he is yet to feature in back to the guy that gives it back to them,” the league this season. Betis coach Quique Setien said of the mid- The Portuguese hitman struck twice in fielders. “(Guardado) is a footballer I can’t his only appearance since the incident, a describe, extraordinary. He has enormous comfortable 3-0 win over Apoel Nicosia in quality and an enormous work rate. Just the Champions League last Wednesday. like Joaquin, they are reference points for Youngster Borja Mayoral and Gareth the team.” — Reuters Bale struck for a weakened Madrid on Sunday as they beat Real Sociedad 3-1, but as well as Ronaldo, Marcelo and Toni Kroos are expected to return after suspension and injury respectively. Matches on TV Despite the impressive display against a (Local Timings) previously unbeaten Real Sociedad, Ronaldo’s return will be vital for Madrid as SPANISH LEAGUE they look to take advantage of a soft fixture Valencia C.F v Malaga CF 21:00 schedule over the next two months to push beIN SPORTS rivals Barcelona. FC Barcelona v SD Eibar 23:00 The Catalans, who face Eibar today, sit beIN SPORTS 2 FR top of the table and are four points ahead of Madrid, in fourth place. Barcelona were ITALIAN CALCIO LEAGUE rocked by Ousmane Dembele’s injury dur- Bologna v Internazionale 21:45 ing their 2-1 win at Getafe on Saturday, beIN SPORTS HD 4 with the French winger set to miss around four months with a ruptured hamstring. GERMAN BUNDESLIGA Madrid’s home clash with Betis marks the start of a run of league fixtures which, Monchengladbach v VfB Stuttgart 19:30 SAN SEBASTIAN: Real Sociedad’s Ruben Pardo, center, falls over Real Madrid’s Isco during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real on paper, they should win, including home beIN SPORTS Madrid and Real Sociedad, at Anoeta stadium, in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Sunday. Real Madrid won the match 3-1. — AP games against Espanyol, Eibar and Las Schalke 04 v Bayern Munich 21:30 Palmas. “If we carry on like this we can do a beIN SPORTS HD 5 SOCCER lot of damage,” said Real Madrid coach VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen 21:30 Zinedine Zidane after his side’s win in the beIN SPORTS HD 7 Basque Country. “We’re back on track but FC Augsburg v RB Leipzig 21:30 we’ve got to keep going because there’s beIN SPORTS HD 6 Madrid ease past Sociedad another game on Wednesday.” Rooney gets road ban to overcome league blip MADRID: Real Madrid put their title defence after drunk driving back on track with a comfortable 3-1 win over Real Sociedad at Anoeta on Sunday, despite Own goals earn PSG 2-0 STOCKPORT: Former England captain A breathalyzer test showed Rooney’s missing several key players. Sociedad defend- Wayne Rooney pleaded guilty to drunk alcohol level was 104 micrograms in 100 er Kevin Rodrigues scored at both ends and driving on Monday, leading to a court milliliters of breath. The driving limit in Borja Mayoral and Gareth Bale netted home win against Lyon imposing a two-year driving ban and England and Wales is 35 micrograms per Madrid’s other goals to help them equal the PARIS: Paris St Germain needed two own Holding midfielder Tanguy Ndombele was ordering him to perform 100 hours of 100 milliliters of breath. Rooney’s legal consecutive scoring record of 73 games set by goals by Marcelo and Jeremy Morel to beat a wall the PSG midfielders and forwards unpaid community work. team asked District Judge John Temperley Pele’s Santos between 1961 and 1963. Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 at home and stretch struggled to pierce and the capital side broke The Everton striker was stopped by to consider not imposing a community Madrid had Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo their Ligue 1 lead to three points on Sunday. the deadlock shortly after the 20-year-old police outside Manchester on Sept. 1 work order because of his ongoing charita- suspended and Karim Benzema and Toni Defenders Marcelo and Morel turned strikes was substituted. Giovani Lo Celso, who had while driving someone else’s car. Rooney ble work. However Temperley said he was Kroos injured but after disappointing consec- by Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe into just replaced the disappointing Julian was three times above the legal limit for “not convinced” that imposing a large fine their own net in the 75th and 86th minutes Draxler, beat Kenny Tete on the left flank and driving with alcohol in the body, the hear- “would have the same effect”. utive league draws they ended Sociedad’s unbeaten start to the season and moved up respectively, as PSG maintained their perfect found Cavani with a low cross. ing at Stockport Magistrates’ Court was Rooney was also told to pay 85 pounds record after six league games. The Uruguayan’s back heel was deflected informed as the 31-year-old player ($115) of prosecution costs and a victim to fourth place, cutting table-topping Barcelona’s lead on them to four points. PSG lead champions Monaco, who beat into his own net by Marcelo as PSG took a entered his guilty plea. surcharge for the same amount. “Of course Strasbourg 3-0 on Saturday, by three points. deserved lead. Five minutes later, PSG were Real Sociedad are third, on nine points, one “Following today’s court hearing I want I accept the sentence of the court,” Rooney Lyon slipped down to fifth on 11 points. “It awarded a penalty after Ferland Mendy publicly to apologize for my unforgivable said, “and hope that I can make some ahead of Madrid and one behind Sevilla, who was a complicated game against a good brought down Mbappe. As Cavani was about lack of judgment in driving while over the amends through my community service.” beat Girona 1-0 away to move second. With team but we showed we could do great to take the spot kick, Neymar came to him legal limit. It was completely wrong,” Rooney is the all-time leading scorer for Madrid weakened, the 20-year-old Mayoral things together,” said Mbappe, who joined and appeared to ask to take it. Cavani refused Rooney said in a statement. “I have already England’s national soccer team and for rewarded Zinedine Zidane’s faith in him by from Monaco this season. and his powerful shot was deflected on to said sorry to my family, my manager and Manchester United.