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Established 1961 Sport TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2020 Rossi fumes after miracle escape White Sox hit four straight Isles’ overtime win 14in 300 km/h Austrian MotoGP crash 15 home runs to beat Cardinals 15 puts Caps on brink COLOGNE: Manchester United’s English defender Harry Maguire and Sevilla’s Dutch forward Luuk De Jong both jump to head the ball during the UEFA Europa League semi-final football match Sevilla v Manchester United in Cologne, western Germany. —AFP Sevilla punish wasteful Man Utd De Jong sends gritty Sevilla into Europa League final COLOGNE: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted cannot say when or if transfers are going to be done, his time at the Santiago Bernabeu. Despite the lack of a crowd in Cologne there was Manchester United face a busy few weeks in the but we are looking at it. It is a quick turnaround. We Sevilla are now unbeaten in a club record 20 no lack of passion or tension as Sevilla were roared transfer market after losing a third semi-final this sea- just have to be 100 percent sure when we do those games, but were unsettled by the pace and movement on by their substitutes, staff and directors and tem- son as Sevilla reached the Europa League final by deals.” of United’s front four early as Marcus Rashford was pers flared with both benches exchanging words. coming from behind to win 2-1 in Cologne. Sevilla have now won 25 of their last 26 Europa wiped out by Diego Carlos after his initial effort was “It is one of the curiosities of this situation (play- United were made to pay for their profligacy in League knockout ties and will believe they are des- saved by Bono. ing behind closed doors),” added Lopetegui. “The front of goal after Bruno Fernandes’s early penalty tined to win the competition for a sixth time when support of your teammates is important.” put them in front. Suso quickly levelled for Sevilla they face Inter Milan or Shakhtar Donetsk in Friday’s ‘SUPPORT IMPORTANT’ United rode out the Sevilla storm and had a host before goalkeeper Bono kept them in the game and final. Fernandes has ensured of chances early in the second half to go back in front substitute Luuk De Jong continued the Spanish side’s “This is the best United’s early season woes but a combination of Bono, poor finishing and brave remarkable Europa League run in recent years by Manchester United of the from the spot are long for- last-ditch defending kept them at bay. slotting home the winner 12 minutes from time. last few years and the form gotten as the Portuguese Anthony Martial was the biggest culprit as three United had already secured their place in the team in England so it is Solskjaer converted his eighth penal- times the Sevilla’s second-choice stopper denied the Champions League next season by finishing third in normal that we had to suf- ty for the club and the 22nd Frenchman one-on-one as United began to cut the Premier League, but an over-reliance on a small fer,” said Sevilla boss Julen eyes the Red Devils have been through Sevilla at will. core of players was again exposed as Solskjaer did Lopetegui. “We are very awarded in a 13-month Lopetegui responded by sacrificing top scorer not make a single substitution until three minutes excited for the final, but it signings long campaign. Lucas Ocampos for De Jong and his changes worked from time. will be the hardest game Sevilla grew back into to perfection as Sevilla regained their composure United’s new Premier League campaign could now yet and we have to pre- the game and levelled with before landing the sucker punch. begin in just over four weeks time and initial talks pare.” a fine team goal on 19 min- De Jong has had a difficult first season in Spain, over the signing of Jadon Sancho have stalled with Lopetegui is enjoying a utes. On-loan Real Madrid but went a long way to redeeming himself as he was Borussia Dortmund insisting the England internation- renaissance in Seville after a tough couple of years left-back Sergio Reguilon is in demand from a host of alive to turn home former Manchester City winger al will remain in Germany next season. when he was sacked as Spain coach on the eve of the top European clubs and his run opened up the United Navas’s cross with the United defence sleeping, “We need to strengthen the squad depth of 2018 World Cup for accepting the role as Real defence before his cross was swept home by former which led to a confrontation between Fernandes and course. It will be a long season,” said Solskjaer. “I Madrid manager and then fired again just months into Liverpool winger Suso. his teammate Victor Lindelof. —AFP two races with coronavirus, was fourth ahead of his persuaded Hamilton to control the lead pace with Hamilton sweeps team-mate Lance Stroll and Carlos Sainz of McLaren. caution. “Wow, I was in another zone then,” said Hamilton. Bottas was soon back on pace, passing Stroll into “I didn’t even know it was the fastest lap. Thank you Turn One and then launching his chase after Hamilton to record-breaking everyone. I was just in a daze out there - it was good.” and Verstappen. The champion was soon clear of the Verstappen was satisfied with his result. “To split Dutchman by 1.5 seconds, but not surging clear as he win in Spain them was the best we could do today,” said the backed up Verstappen towards the Finn. Dutchman who won the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix By lap 12, he was lapping faster and reeling off BARCELONA: Lewis Hamilton claimed his 88th at Silverstone last week. “We didn’t have the speed of fastest laps, opening a gap of 1.7, which he increased Formula One career victory and, with it, an outright Lewis and it was important to get past Valtteri at the to four seconds by lap 15 while Bottas, third, closed to record 156th podium finish on Sunday when he drove start.” within two seconds of Verstappen. his Mercedes to a masterful victory in the Spanish Bottas said: “I lost a place at the start and that was All of the top ten drivers had started on softs, the Grand Prix. it - it’s so difficult to pass around here.” Four-time rest on mediums. This meant pit-stops were inevitable It was the world championship leader and six-time champion Sebastian Vettel, in his final season with with tyre-wear and strategy sure to be critical fac- MONTMELO: Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton cel- champion’s fifth win in Spain and his fourth in consec- Ferrari and linked with a move to Aston Martin next tors. year, finished seventh ahead of Alex Albon in the sec- Albon was the first to blink, taking a set of hard ebrates on the podium after the Spanish Formula One utive years, extending his record run of finishes in the Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmelo near ond Red Bull, Pierre Gasly of Alpha Tauri and Lando tyres for his Red Bull as the team sought the means points to 39. Barcelona. —AFP Hamilton came home 24 seconds ahead of nearest Norris who was 10th in the second McLaren. for him to make progress and opted, in vain, for a title race rival Max Verstappen of Red Bull who fin- On another hot afternoon at the Circuit de one-stop race. He returned for mediums on lap 43. ished 20 seconds ahead of Valtteri Bottas in the sec- Catalunya, with a track temperature of 50 degrees By lap 20, a frustrated Verstappen was grumbling ums in a slower move. ond Mercedes. Hamilton had shared a record 155 Celsius and the air at 31, Hamilton made a clean start about his soft rear tyres. “The tyre is dead,” he shout- Hamilton was stationary for 4.3 seconds and Bottas podium finishes with Michael Schumacher whose oth- from his 92nd pole position, but behind him Bottas ed. “I’m losing so much time.” He pitted two laps later for 3.1, a delay that allowed Verstappen to regain sec- er records for championships and wins are in the made sluggish progress from second. Both taking mediums in a remarkable 1.9 seconds stop. ond, 4.3 down on the leader. Behind the leaders, the Briton’s sights this year. Verstappen and Stroll took advantage on the ‘drag This move enabled Bottas to regain second, ten mixed strategies ensured plenty of positional battles His victory increased his lead in the drivers title race’ down to the first corner, pushing the Finn down seconds behind his team-mate with Verstappen including scraps between Lando Norris of McLaren race to 37 points ahead of Verstappen. to fourth. All of them were aware of the threat of seri- rejoining third, adrift by nearly 30 seconds - but on and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc for 10th and the two Sergio Perez, back in his Racing Point after missing ous tyre degradation in the conditions, a hazard that lap 24 Mercedes ‘double-stacked’ their men for medi- Racing Points for fifth. —AFP.

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