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Arsenal Edge out Liverpool on Penalties to Win Community Shield Hamilton dedicates Belgian pole to film actor Boseman PAGE 15 SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2020 Cazorla scores stunner on debut as Brighton boss hails fans’ return to stadium AFP enjoyed the performance as Al Sadd cruise into Ooredoo Cup final BRIGHTON (UK) well.” Frank Lampard’s Chelsea, Ahli goalkeeper after playing BRIGHTON manager Graham who have a number of play- The Wolves will a one-two with Ahmed Bader Potter hailed the return of ers in quarantine after return- Sayyar. fans as a “fantastic” step for- ing from their summer break, face rivals Hamdi Harbaoui scored the ward after his team drew 1-1 took an early lead through new Al Arabi in final winner in the other match as Al with Chelsea in a pre-season signing Timo Werner but Pas- Arabi beat a wasteful Al Rayyan friendly on Saturday. cal Gross levelled for Brighton TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK side 2-1. Spectators were allowed with a late penalty. DOHA Heimir Hallgrimmson’s into a Premier League ground Strict social-distancing men fought back from being a for the first time in almost measures were in place around SANTI Cazorla bagged a beauty goal down and showed a hun- six months, with about 2,500 the ground and for seating in on his debut as Al Sadd eased ger they perhaps lacked during watching the match at the the sparsely populated stands. past Al Ahli 2-0 in the semi- the QSL season. Amex Stadium on England’s There were hand sanitisa- final of the OoredooCup on Al Rayyan had more of the south coast. tion points on the approaches Saturday. The Wolves will meet ball, and expectedly, Yacine The game was one of a to the ground, while face cov- rivals Al Arabi in a derby final Brahimi led Al Rayyan’s charge number of trial events an- erings were also required for after The Dream Team edged Al and took the lead around the nounced by the government fans -- many sporting the Sea- Rayyan 2-1 in the other semis. half-hour mark through Al for a phased return of specta- gulls’ blue and white colours Cazorla, who enjoyed Harazi, whose placing shot tors following the ban on mass -- while they were queueing memorable stints with Span- went into the goal off the defen- gatherings in March due to the to get in, although not while ish club Malaga, Villarreal, and sive wall. coronavirus outbreak. seated. English side Arsenal, made his Al Sadd’s Santi Cazorla in action New signing Abdulaziz al The Premier League re- A digital match ticket was debut in Qatar memorable. against Al Ahli during the Ooredoo Ansari drew level for Al Arabi sumed behind closed doors in scanned for entry into the sta- The Spaniard started the game, Cup semi-final at the Jassim Bin by converting Gunnarsson’s June. dium, with cashless transac- impressed with his speed and Hamad Stadium on Saturday. throw-in from the right. “I thought it was a fantastic tions at kiosks and there was dribbling skills before being Hamdi headed in Gunnars- day -- a small step to getting signage reminding fans of the substituted late in the match. son’s measured cross from the back to normal as soon as we need to regularly wash hands. Yousef Abdulrazaq started chance came when Abdul- ity saw Al Ahli’s Umaru’s shot second half, ballooned his shot. right, off the latter’s throw-in to can safely do so,” said Potter. Events that will welcome a the proceedings for Al Sadd by rasheed Umaru tested goal- being blocked by Al Sadd’s Ba- Cazorla put Al Sadd ahead give The Dream the lead. “It was so nice to see fans limited number of fans cover shooting over the bar in the sev- keeper Meshaal Barsham the haa Mamdouh and Nabil shoot as he linked up with Yousef Ab- Al Rayyan’s series of at- here because as we know it football, rugby union, horse enth minute. Baghdad Bouned- next minute. wide of the target. dulrazaq and Bounedjah before tacks saw Al Arabi goalkeeper brings a completely different racing, cricket, basketball and jah sent his shot straight to In the second half, Al Ahli’s At the other end, Bouned- curling the ball into the net’s Mahmoud Abunada thwart dynamic to the stadium and speedway. goalkeeper Ivanildo Rodriguez Hazem Shehata’s angular shot jah failed to connect a Moham- top left corner. Abdulaziz Hatem twice as they I thought they made a lot of The new Premier League in the 12th minute. in the 53rd minute was parried med Waad cross, and Akram, Akram sealed the match held on to set up a famous final noise and really got involved season starts behind closed Al Ahli’s only first-half by Barsham. A spate of activ- who came off the bench in the with a neat finish past the Al with their Doha rivals. in the game. Hopefully they doors on September 12. Juve hope Messi will Arsenal edge out Liverpool on join Ronaldo: Report DPA penalties to win Community Shield MADRID THEY’VE been rivals for so DPA long, but could Lionel Messi LONDON and Cristiano Ronaldo soon be playing in the same team? Yes, ARSENAL claimed the first if a report on Saturday is any- silverware of the season af- thing to go by. French newspa- ter beating Premier League per L’Equipe says that Italian champions Liverpool 5-4 in a giants Juventus – who already penalty shoot-out in the Com- have Ronaldo on their books munity Shield at Wembley on – have made a “discreet ap- Saturday. proach” to Messi, who has told The match ended 1-1 at Barcelona he wants to leave. full-time and Pierre-Emerick “Both men are sporting ri- Aubameyang then scored the vals but they respect and rate winning penalty as the FA Cup one another,” the paper said. winners came out on top. “And together they would Aubameyang put Arsenal have all the weapons to win in front on 12 minutes but Ta- the Champions League again,” kumi Minamino came off the it added, although it acknowl- bench to equalize 17 minutes edged that English Premier from time. League side Manchester City Both teams had chances remain favourites to sign Messi. to win it before penalties but Catalonian newspaper youngster Rhian Brewster hit Mundo Deportivo wrote on the bar while Arsenal scored Saturday that under no circum- all five from the spot to hand stances will Barcelona allow Liverpool defeat on penalties Messi to leave on a free transfer for the second successive year. or for a relatively low fee. Aubameyang’s future has “He’s not for sale,” the been the subject of much spec- paper’s headline ran. Messi’s ulation and the Gabon striker contract, which runs until said time would tell. June 2021, contains a buy-out “We’re going to see in clause of 700 million euros. these days,” he said. “Today French champions Paris we take the trophy, that’s it. Saint-Germain are another We are improving. There is possible destination for the still work to do but I’m really 33-year-old, with Mundo De- happy and it’s an exciting time portivo saying that two old to be an Arsenal player.” Arse- friends who play in Paris have nal manager Mikel Arteta said called him recently in an at- his side had showed enormous Arsenal’s Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang lifts the trophy after winning the English FA Community Shield match against Liverpool at the Wembley Stadium in London tempt to persuade him to join character. on Saturday. Arsenal won the match 5-4 in a penalty shootout after drawing 1-1 in normal time. (AFP) them: Argentinan compatriot “The courage of the team Angel Di Maria and ex-Barca (was the most pleasing thing),” brilliant strike beyond Liver- minutes ran down. forward Neymar. he said. pool goalkeeper Alisson. The penalty shoot out be- “How aggressive we were Juergen Klopp’s side came gan with four perfect spot- without the ball and to break into the match as the half wore kicks by Mohamed Salah, the pressure of Liverpool. I on but they were struggling to Reiss Nelson, Fabinho and knew in the second half we find the target. Ainsley Maitland-Niles. would suffer. Roberto Firmino almost But Brewster, who scored “This generates belief, to scored when he shot narrowly three goals in Liverpool’s last be able to compete against a wide just after half-time and two pre-season games, then team like this in a final makes Sadio Mane was denied by hit the bar to give Arsenal the me happy.” Emilio Martinez in the Arsenal advantage and Cedric Soares Liverpool were without goal as he was quick off his line. put Arsenal in front. captain Jordan Henderson Klopp brought on Mi- Minamino scored for Liv- and full-back Trent Alexan- namino and Naby Keita mid- erpool and David Luiz for Ar- der-Arnold and it was Arsenal way through the half and it senal and though Curtis Jones who began the better. was Minamino who found the found the net for Klopp’s side, Playing with plenty of pace equalizer with a neat finish for Aubameyang stepped up to and looking dangerous on the his first Liverpool goal. win it for Arsenal. break, Arsenal took the lead Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores the winning It was all Liverpool for the Liverpool are the first club on 12 minutes. penalty in the shoot-out at the Wembley Stadium next 10 minutes as Mane again ever to lose the Community Taking the ball on the left in London on Saturday.
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