22 Tuesday, May 1, 2018 SPORTS Barca storm

Zinedine Zidane to title Real Madrid Lionel Messi scored a hat trick as Barcelona became La Liga champions for the seventh time in the past 10 years will attack A Coruña, Spain Depor were forced to push having won the Copa del Rey header and Perez tapped in ionel Messi put the icing forward knowing only victory last weekend before switching but, after a lengthy delay and Bayern Munich on the cake as Barcelona would be enough to keep their their focus to wrapping up the with Depor celebrating, the clinchedL the La Liga title with survival hopes alive and they league. officials decided Fabian Schar Madrid news conference. a 4-2 victory over Deportivo La paid the price as Messi added It took only seven minutes had interfered from an offside eal Madrid coach “It’s a semi-final, we Coruna, who were relegated. two late goals to complete the for the visitors to take the lead position by jumping in front of Zinedine Zidane has said know how important it is Barca went into the match 46th hat trick of his career. as Ousmane Dembele set up the keeper. hisR side will look to attack and what we have to do. We knowing a point would be The on-pitch celebrations Coutinho for a delightful clip Former Barca keeper Ruben Bayern Munich quickly in don’t have to change what enough to see them regain the were muted, perhaps out into the top corner. had to be at his best in the 30th Tuesday’s Champions League we’re doing. trophy with four matches still of respect for their dejected But if Barca thought this was minute to keep out a Messi semi-final second leg as they “Our focus and to play. opponents, but Barca, who going to be a procession, they free-kick after he had been seek to remain on course determination will be there They did not have things remain unbeaten in the league, were mistaken. Depor have fouled by Schar, who was a for an unprecedented third - we don’t need to change all their own way against a cannot be denied a seventh title shown improved form of late touch fortunate not to pick up consecutive European Cup. much - what we did in the spirited Depor, who fought in 10 seasons. and they had the ball in the net a second yellow card. Real hold a 2-1 lead after first leg was good, but we back to level through Lucas The Depor players gave in the 17th minute only for it to Dembele and Coutinho then the first leg in Germany now need to show in the Perez and Emre Colak after them a guard of honour as be ruled out. almost combined for a second, last week, however the return that what we want is and Messi the teams took to the pitch, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen the Brazilian sending a shot Frenchman insists the job is to go through.” had put Barca 2-0 up. with Ernesto Valverde’s men pushed away Raul Albentosa’s just wide. (PA Sport) nowhere near complete. With regular right back “The key for us is think Dani Carvajal missing with about winning the game and a hamstring problem, Zidane go onto the pitch wanting to faces a selection headache do that. We need to go out to given replacement Nacho has score quickly and that’s what sat out the past month with a we’ll try to do,” Zidane told a thigh injury. (Reuters) set for Juve move

Lionel Messi scores his second and Barcelona’s third goal (Pic courtesy: theguardian) Karolina Pliskova withdraws from Emre Can (file pic) London Gazzetta reported that the iverpool defensive German has already agreed Prague Open Lmidfielder Emre Can has a deal worth six million euros agreed a five-year contract ($7.5 million) per year. London withdrawn from Prague... with Italian champions French champions Paris zech Republic’s Aliaksandra Sasnovich Juventus, according to Saint-Germain were also Karolina Pliskova has moves into Pliskova’s spot reports in Italy yesterday. reported to be interested in withdrawnC from this week’s and will play Kristyna The 24-year-old German signing Can who preferred Prague Open and will be Pliskova,” the Women’s international, who is a move to Italy with fellow replaced by Aliaksandra Tennis Association (WTA) sidelined with a back injury, Germans and Sasnovich in the main draw. said on Twitter yesterday. will sign with the six-time Benedikt Howedes already in The world number six was Former world Italian champions as early Turin. the top seed in Prague and number one Pliskova as this week, Gazzetta dello Can arrived in Liverpool in was scheduled to face twin beat American CoCo Sport reported. 2014 from Bayer Leverkusen, sister Kristyna Pliskova in Vandeweghe to win her The can leave having previously won the the first round of their home first title of the year at the Liverpool on a free transfer title with Bayern tournament on Tuesday. Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Karolina Pliskova (file pic) at the end of the season, and Munich in 2013. (AFP) “Karolina Pliskova has on Sunday. (Reuters)