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Page 29 Oct 19.Indd SPORT Thursday 19 October 2017 PAGE | 30 PAGE | 31 PAGE | 34 Guardiola We were spot on DDee VVilliers boundary ‘proud’ to from first second, blitz steers SA to defeat Napoli says Klopp series victory Imam hits Neymar on target for PSG; ton on debut as Pakistan clinch series Messi nets 100th in Europe Abu Dhabi AP Brussels UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE providedroovidede thethe passpass forfor Paris Saint-Germain’s mam-ul-Haq became the Reuters YESTERDAY’S RESULTS lefteftt backbacck LucasLuucas Brazilian forward third youngest player to GROUP A Digneignne to sscorecorre iinn Neymar (left) celebrates Iscore a century on his one- aris St Ger- Benfica 0-1 Manchester United thehe 66464ththh wwhenhen he after scoring a goal day international debut and CSKA Moscow 0-2 FC Basel main’s feared dribbledribbblb edd aaroundroounnd a with team-mate Dani Hasan Ali grabbed 5-34 as attacking trio GROUP B defenderefendn er beforebefore cut-cuc t- Pakistan hammered Sri Lanka Alves during their UEFA all got on the Bayern Munich 3-0 Celtic tingngg thethhe ballball backbback by seven wickets to secure a RSC Anderlecht 0-4 Paris Saint Germain Champions League scoresheet as throughhroouugh the areaarea forfor series victory yesterday. GROUP C Pthe French side completed thehe defenderded fendere to drivedrive Group B football match Pakistan took an unassail- FK Qarabag 0-0 Atlético Madrid a comfortable 4-0 away it home.home.e against RSC Anderlecht able 3-0 lead in the five-match Chelsea 3-3 Roma at the Constant Vanden victory over Anderlecht in GROUP D NikolaouNiN kolaou scoredscored series, with Sri Lanka’s losing their Champions League Barcelona 3-1 Olympiakos Olympiakos’lymympip akoss’ conso-coonso-o Stock Stadium in streak in ODIs now stretching Group B clash yesterday. Juventus 2-1 Sporting Lisbon lationation goalgoal withwith a Brussels yesterday. to 10 matches. Kylian Mbappe, Edin- headereader fromfrom a cornercorner PSG won 4-0. The 21-year-old Imam is son Cavani and Neymar mark in 122 European inn thethee 90th90th minute.minutee. the nephew of Inzamam-ul- all netted, while Angel di matches when he curled a Barcelonaelona mademade itit threethhreee Haq, the former captain and Maria added a fourth with a free kick over the wall in the wins fromm as manymany mamatchestcches Pakistan’s current chief selec- late strike, in a win that 61st minute. Goalkeeper Sil- in Group D andand eextendedxtendeed ititss tor. He hit 100 off 125 balls maintains the Ligue 1 side’s vio Proto got a hand on the unbeatenn runrun at homehome inin thethe with two sixes and five fours 100 percent record in the ball but couldn’t keep it out competitiontion to 2323 straightstraigghth to help Pakistan cruise to group stage with three wins as Messi took his career tally games. 209-3 in 42.3 overs. from three. in the Champions League to Olympiakosmpiakos Sri Lanka captain Upul They head the standings 97 goals. remaineded wwithith Tharanga top-scored with 61 with nine points from sec- After Barcelona had gone zero points.ntn s.s after winning the toss and opt- ond-placed Bayern Munich, ahead thanks to an own goal Barcelonacelono a ing to bat first, but his team’s who have six. Celtic are in by Dimitris Nikolaou in the coach EErnestornesto batting woes in the series con- third with a single victory to 18th minute, the hosts were Valverdee ccoachedoached tinued before it was finally their name, while Anderlecht left a man down three min- Olympiakosakkoso fromfrom dismissed for 208 in 48.2 are still searching for their utes before halftime. Gerard 2008-099 andand 2010-2010- overs. first points. Pique got a second booking 12, guidingng it ttoo ththreeree Ali became the quickest PSG should have won by for using his arm to steer the Greek leagueleague Pakistani bowler to complete a greater margin as they ball into the net. The strike titles. 50 wickets in ODIs, claiming spurned a number of was disallowed. Juven-en- the feat in 24 matches, three chances and will be confi- However, Barcelona tus beatat fewer than the previous record dent of victory when the continued to outclass Olym- Sportingg set by Waqar Younis. teams meet again in their piakos despite playing with Lisbonn Imam, replacing out-of- next fixture in the group in 10 men. 2-1 in thee other matchmatch form Ahmed Shehzad at the Paris on Oct. 31. Messi drew a foul from in Group D.D. top order, dominated two pro- In Group D, Lionel Messi Nikolaou near the edge of Bayernern Munich eased ductive stands -- adding 78 scored his 100th goal in the area to set up his free past Celticeltic 3-0 in thethe runs with Fakhar Zaman (29) European competition to kick. Messi’s strike gave him Championsons LeagueLeague toto hand and further 66 with Babar lead 10-man Barcelona to a 18 goals in 17 matches for coach Jupppp HeynckesHeynckes a vic-vic- Azam (30). 3-1 victory at home to Olym- Barcelona and Argentina torious return to the Imam looked confident piakos yesterday. side this season. competition he won with from the onset when he Messi hit the century Barcelona’s star them in 2013. smashed seamer Lahiru Gamage for a six over point. Wicketkeeper Dickwella twice dropped Imam, on 29 and 89, before finally catch- ing him down the leg side. Al Gharafa wary of wounded Al Kharaitiyat Pakistan’s Salim Elahi is the youngest century scorer on debut, also against Sri Lanka, as an 18-year-old in Fawad Hussain fair reflection on their game,” the Al fighting qualities during training ses- 1995. Imam will be 22 in The Peninsula Gharafa coach said before expecting a sions when it comes to real action. December. tough game. “There’s no point in repeating the l Gharafa will walk into Al Khor “It took us for a while to get our first mistakes. We’ve have repeating them SCOREBOARD Stadium as firm favourites win. Now that it has happened, we’ll in our last two league matches. We Aagainst Al Kharaitiyat as the two be more stronger as the league could’ve won the game over Al Khor, Sri Lanka sides meet in their QNB Stars League progresses. We adopt strategies for but conceded a goal towards the end. N Dickwella b Hasan ....................................18 (QSL) clash today, but coach Jean Fern- each game and I hope to field the best “Our club president Sheikh Khali- U Tharanga c Zaman b Shadab .................61 D Chandimal lbw b Shadab .......................19 andez has warned his Cheetahs against possible eleven. Al Kharaitiyat are sure fa’s presence at training sessions really C Kapugedera c & b Hasan ........................18 complacency, telling them to fire on all to desperately look for a win, so we motivates our players. We hope to have L Thirimanne c Ahmed b Hafeez .............28 cylinders in the ‘important game’. expect a tough game. They’re good at good luck in the coming games,” the M Siriwardana c Zaman b Junaid ...............2 Al Gharafa will go into the game ball possession.” Tunisian coach said. J Vandersay c Ahmed b Hasan ....................0 full of confidence after their impres- Al Kharaitiyatiyat coach Ahmad Al The game will kick offofff aatt 7:35pm.7:35pm. T Perera run out ............................................38 sive win against Al Khor in the previous Ajlani said he waswas workingworking mainmainlyly on A Dananjaya c Ahmed b Hasan ....................1 round while The Thunders, who lost to his players’ lackck of concentration on L Gamage c Ahmed b Hasan .....................10 D Chameera (not out) ...................................0 Al Sailiya in fourth round, will be hop- the pitch. Extras: (LB1, B3, W9) ................................13 ing for reverse in fortunes. “That was moremore evidentevident dduringuring our Total: (all out) .............................. 208 Fernandez’s side are currently sixth last match againstnst Al Sailiya, which we Fall of wickets: 1-59, 2-102, 3-112, 4-137, in the standings with five points while lost even after takingtaking thethe lead.lead. It’s time 5-140, 6-141, 8-163, 9-205 Al Kharaitiyat are struggling at 10th my players putt an end to it, especially Bowling: Junaid 8-0-32-1, Raees 7.2-0-52-0 with only one point. since we’ve managedanaged to earn onlyonly one (6w), Hafeez 8-0-39-1 (1w), Hasan 10-0-34-5 But Al Gharafa coach feels a better point so far,” saidaid AlAl Ajlani.Ajlani. (1w), Ashraf 5-0-10-0, Shadab 10-0-37-2 (1w) Pakistan performance than Al Kharaitiyat in the “We’ve lostt some games because Imam-ul-Haq c Dickwella b Perera .......100 new season will count for nothing in of this factor. Also,Also, I want my wardswards Fakhar Zaman st Dickwella b Vandersay 29 today’s match. to regain theirr fighting spirit. In Babar Azam b Gamage ............................. 30 “We’ve had good preparations for football, tacticscs succeesucceedd ononlyly Mohammad Hafeez (not out) ....................34 this game as there’s no room for com- when players implementimplement themthem Shoaib Malik (not out) ....................................0 placency,” said Fernandez at a on the field of play.play. Extras: (B4, LB3, W9) ............................... 16 Al Gharafa’s pre-match press conference “We knoww AlAl GharafaGharafa Total: (for three wkts) .................209 Fall of wickets: 1-78, 2-144, 3-203 Slovakian yesterday. are on a high afterter their first midfielder Did not bat: Sarfraz Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, “All matches are important in the victory. We’ree workingworking Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Rumman Raees, Jun- Vladimír Weiss QSL. We respect Al Kharaitiyat. They’ve harder to get someome pos- aid Khan celebrates a good coach and players, who can itive results andd go up Bowling: Gamage 7-1-35-1 (1w), Chameera after scoring a make a turnaround.
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