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Rose blooms in Argentina look Maryland to peak against Swiss TUESDAY, JULY 1, 201417 18 Klinsmann: Offensive best form of defence Page 19 BRASILIA: France’s midfielder Paul Pogba (right) challenges Nigeria’s forward Victor Moses during the round of 16 football match between France and Nigeria at the Mane Garrincha National Stadium. — AFP Pogba heads France into last eight BRASÔLIA: A Paul Pogba header and a Joseph Yobo own goal out-phase match at the tournament since the 1998 competition volley mid-way through the first half, it took a stunning reflex between Karim Benzema and Griezmann set the Real Madrid saw France edge a hard-fought contest with Nigeria 2-0 in Brasilia in France. Stephen Keshi’s side nonetheless departed to the save from Enyeama to keep the game scoreless. man clear, but although he squeezed the ball past Enyeama, yesterday to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. sound of warm applause from the fans crammed into the cav- Another intelligent pass from Valbuena then gave Mathieu Victor Moses was on hand to hook clear. Pogba broke the deadlock in the 79th minute, nodding into ernous Mane Garrincha National Stadium, who allied themselves Debuchy a sight of goal, but the Newcastle United right-back It was to prove a temporary reprieve. Yohan Cabaye, back an empty net after Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, who with Nigeria’s cause from the off. drilled wide. from suspension, saw a 20-yard half-volley crash back off the bar plays for French club Lille, failed to collect a corner. While France, who showed six changes, started purposefully, Late in the first half Emenike took aim from range, but Hugo before Enyeama had to produce a finger-tip save to touch a It was a cruel moment for Enyeama, but rewarded a barrage their final ball frequently let them down, which handed Nigeria Lloris was able to parry. Nigeria suffered a blow early in the sec- Benzema header over the bar. of French pressure sparked by the introduction of Antoine opportunities to use their pace on the counter-attack. ond period when Lazio midfielder Ogenyi Onazi had to be It was the second fine stop of the match from the 31-year-old, Griezmann, who forced Yobo to put through his own goal in Emmanuel Emenike thought he had put Nigeria ahead in the stretchered off after an ugly, ankle-high challenge by Blaise but seconds later his failure to claim Valbuena’s left-wing corner injury time. Didier Deschamps’s France will now await the win- 19th minute when he deftly prodded in an in-swinging cross Matuidi, who escaped with only a caution. allowed Juventus midfielder Pogba to head in at the back post. ners of Monday’s other last-16 tie between Germany and Algeria, from Ahmed Musa, but the offside flag allowed French heart Faced with growing Nigeria pressure, Deschamps introduced Enyeama then palmed a shot from Griezmann over the bar, but who they will meet at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro on July 4. rates to return to normal. France looked more threatening when Griezmann in place of Olivier Giroud with half an hour to play France made it 2-0 at the death when Yobo, under pressure from African champions Nigeria, meanwhile, must wait to sample they were able to bring the recalled Mathieu Valbuena into the and the move quickly paid immediate dividends. Griezmann, inadvertently steered Valbuena’s drilled cross into his the last eight at a World Cup, following defeat in their first knock- game. When the Marseille midfielder teed up Pogba for a vicious After Lloris had saved from Peter Odemwingie, a one-two own net. — AFP Neymarmania (literally) goes to Brazilians’ heads RIO DE JANEIRO: Anderson Guimaraes walked masterpiece. It costs $45, quite a sum for favela into a barber shop decorated with Brazil flags residents. Yuri Nascimento, 11, would love to to get the latest popular hairstyle in Rio’s slums: get the Neymar special, but his mother has no The face of football star Neymar sculpted in the job and raises three children with government back of his head. World Cup fever and welfare checks of $191 per month. He finally Neymarmania have literally gone to some settles for a $6 “delta wing:” A curly mohawk Brazilians’ heads. with the sides shaved. Fourteen barbers work seven days a week “Some clients want their hair cut like Messi’s. at the barbershop lying between the Others like Cristiano Ronaldo’s. But what I like Manguinhos and Jacarezinho favelas, as the most is drawing Neymar,” Ferreira said. Brazilian slums are known. His Neymar figures are precise, featuring the Each barber pays $9 a day to rent one of the player’s diamond earrings, baseball cap and rundown chairs in the shop, which quickly fills blondish hair. A few months ago, the with clients who want to get a shave, chat and Manguinhos resident won a “barber battle” NATAL: This combo of 2 photos shows Italy’s defender Giorgio Chiellini (left) showing watch a football game. thanks to his hair masterpieces. His prize was a an apparent bitemark and Uruguay forward Luis Suarez (right) holding his teeth The house special is the “jaca cut.” Invented barber lesson in Copacabana, an upscale after the incident. — AP a decade ago in the nearby Jacare slum, the tourist zone that is an hour away by bus. hair is shaved around the ears and neck, leav- The barbershop’s owner, Pedro Faria, 43, ing the top longer. watched over as clients came in and out, satis- Suarez issues apology But customers can get variations on the cut, fied that he was giving young men in the slum courtesy of Marcelo Ferreira, the barbershop’s a chance for a better life. to Chiellini for bite 22-year-old “craque”-or whiz. “I’m generating jobs here. I gave opportuni- With a razor, Ferreira will turn a neck into ties to kids who live in the street, who were RIO DE JANIERO: Uruguay striker Luis and from any involvement in football for Neymar’s face, Brazil’s flag, the tournament’s crack addicts or drug dealers,” Faria said. Suarez has finally apologised for biting four months by FIFA after biting Chiellini in armadillo mascot Fuleco or the six stars repre- “Here we teach them to cut hair and beards, Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during a Uruguay’s 1-0 Group D win over Italy. senting the sixth World Cup title that the nation and then I rent them a chair for them to get World Cup match and vowed there would “Independent from the fallout and the hopes to capture. clients,” he added. “If the government did the never be a repeat of the incident. contradicting declarations that have sur- Guimaraes, 24, came to get the Neymar same thing in other favelas, if it helped me do After initially denying that he bit faced during these past days, all of which special for a second time. He held up a tablet the same thing in other places, we wouldn’t Chiellini, Suarez issued a carefully worded have been without the intention of inter- with a black and white picture of the have as many criminals as we do now.” Barcelona forward. Ferreira used a black pen Marcos Adriel, a 23-year-old former sol- statement yesterday admitting his offence fering with the good performance of my to carefully trace the face in the back of the dier-turned-barber, said some clients used to and remorse for his actions. national team, the truth is that my col- client’s head and sharpened his razor before come in carrying guns until police took con- “After several days of being home with league Giorgio Chiellini suffered the physi- getting to work. trol of the slums. my family, I have had the opportunity to cal result of a bit in the collision he suffered The first time he got the haircut, at the start “The atmosphere was much more violent. regain my calm and reflect on what with me,” Suarez added in his statement. of the Cup, “people wanted to take pictures We didn’t know who was who,” Adriel said. occurred during the Italy-Uruguay match “For this: I deeply regret what hap- with me,” Guimaraes said. “When I took the sub- “Suddenly, the hill’s boss would sit on your on 24 June,” he said in a statement pub- pened; I apologise to Giorgio Chiellini and way, people asked where I got it and the bar- chair. You couldn’t mess up. Your life was at risk lished on his Twitter account. the entire football family; I vow to the pub- RIO DE JANEIRO: A man with a haircut made by Brazilian 22- bershop’s phone number. I had a lot of success if you messed up the haircut. That’s how I Suarez was banned for Uruguay’s next lic that there will never again be another year-old barber Marcelo Anderson Martins Ferreira to form with the girls,” he said, laughing. learned more, practicing day and night,” he said nine competitive international matches incident like.” —Reuters the portrait of Brazilian football player Neymar. — AFP It takes Ferreira three hours to finish his with a laugh. — AFP.