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14 Sports Sunday, August 15, 2021 , Messi set for World Cup qualifiers’ showdown BRASILIA: Neymar will face his new clubmate was disappointed with the final outcome, he was in a South American grudge match after happy at the way the squad had developed in the being named to the Brazil team on Friday for three Copa. He said Brazil “set some objectives in the Copa World Cup qualifiers. also called up six America, one of them was the title and we didn’t get members of the squad that retained the Olympic title it, but there were 23 athletes who participated in the by beating Spain in extra-time on August 7. competition” and the squad “modified its basic offen- , who captained the Olympic squad, is sive structure.” joined by fellow gold medalists , who Of the Olympic call-ups, only the 38-year-old scored in the final, , the tournament top Alves, one of three permitted over-age squad scorer in Japan, Bruno Guimaraes, members in Japan, is older than 24. Tite said he was and Claudinho. happy to promote younger players to the senior Brazil lead the 10-team South American World team. “When we have integration with the lower Cup qualifying group after six matches and face a age groups, there is a similarity in the way players busy week as the tournament tries to catch up after handle themselves, in the way we see football,” he two rounds were postponed in March in the face of a said. “The young player who looks at the national coronavirus spike and international quarantine rules. team and sees the examples of the professionals is Brazil start with a trip to to play Chile on very important.” September 2, then take on Argentina in a re-arranged Tite called up 24-year-old Leeds match in Sao Paulo three days later before travelling Raphinha for the first time. “We have been moni- more than 2,200 kilometers north to Pernambuco to toring Raphinha for a while,” said Tite. “He has a entertain Peru on September 9. very strong technique, several important Since March, Argentina have beaten Brazil in goals, he is a decisive player, he is what we call ‘the the final of the Copa America in July at the key to the ’.” Maracana and Argentine captain Messi has left Tite will name his captain before the games. Barcelona and joined Neymar at Paris Saint- Neymar has led Brazil in the past. Thiago - Germain. Tite’s team have won all six of their tained the team in the Copa America. Casimeiro has matches so far, conceding just two goals, but also captained the side this year. FIFA has extended despite scoring 16 goals have rarely been exciting. the September and October international windows SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE: Paris Saint-Germain’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (left) and Brazilian forward They also looked lackluster as they struggled to by two days to allow teams to catch up, much to the Neymar attend a training session at the Camp des Loges Paris Saint-Germain football club’s training ground in score in the knock-out stages of the Copa. chagrin of European leagues, who dislike the long Saint-Germain-en-Laye. — AFP Tite told a virtual press conference that while he absences of their South American stars. — AFP

News in brief Lewandowski strikes as Bayern draw

Lorient upset Monaco season opener at Gladbach

LORIENT: Lorient, who just escaped relegation MONCHENGLADBACH: Robert straight Bundesliga title for Bayern last season, upset visiting Monaco 1-0 on Friday as Lewandowski equalized as defending in his first season. Nigerian striker Terem Moffi converted a penalty he champions Bayern Munich were held to a had won. Lorient made the most of opening the fix- 1-1 draw at Borussia Moenchengladbach ‘Crazy game’ tures on the second weekend of the season by jump- in a hard-fought opening game of the “We have to live with the point, ing to the top of the table with four points. Monaco, new Bundesliga season on Friday. “It both sides had chances, it was a pret- who finished third last season to earn a chance of a wasn’t perfect football from us,” ty crazy game for the fans to watch, place Champions League, left a number of senior Lewandowski told broadcaster Sat1. “We not so easy for the coaches,” players on the bench ahead of their Champions made a lot of mistakes, but the first game Nagelsmann told DAZN. Borussia League qualifying playoff first leg against Shakhtar is over, now we can look ahead.” Park was a third full as Bundesliga Donetsk on Tuesday. Moffi was brought down by Gladbach deservedly took the lead clubs welcome back supporters on Monaco summer signing Ismail Jakobs after 31 min- when French striker Alassane Plea the opening weekend of the season. utes and took the penalty to score. Moffi was fired past Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Bayern were missing injured Lorient’s top scorer last season with 14 goals, three Neuer with just ten minutes gone. defender , whose of them against Monaco. — AFP Lewandowski leveled just before the place went to reserve left-back Josip break from a corner, but both sides Stanisic for only his second MONCHENGLADBACH: Bayern Munich’s Polish forward Robert Lewandowski Italian league on YouTube wasted second-half chances to grab Bundesliga appearance. Gladbach (right) and German defender Niklas Suele acknowledge the fans after the the winner. tore open the Bayern defense after Bundesliga match against Borussia Moenchengladbach in Moenchengladbach, Only superb saves from home goal- just six minutes when Patrick ROME: The clubs in Italy’s football western , on Friday. —AFP league agreed Friday to launch their own Arabic- keeper repeatedly Herrmann sprinted clear and squared denied Lewandowski and the Bayern to , who could not get a language channel on YouTube to show matches in fired past Sommer, picking up when the wing and squared inside. With just the Middle East and North Africa. The 20-member attack. At the other end, Gladbach sub- shot away. he left off last season when he over ten minutes left, Thuram came league “has decided to proceed with the creation stitute forward failed Bayern fell behind when Canadian of an Arabic-language channel on the YouTube to connect with the goal at his mercy left-back lost the scored a Bundesliga record 41 goals within a whisker of restoring the platform”, it said in a statement. It will show five and later saw his appeals for a clear ball on halfway. The ball was moved to in 2020/21. hosts’ lead when he just failed to con- matches for each match day, complete with their penalty waved away by the referee. Stindl, who flicked his pass onto Plea, Bayern had a golden period nect with the goal at his mercy. own commentary. The League agreed earlier this “There were fireworks from us in who was unmarked and fired past approaching the hour mark when Referee Marco Fritz then waved year for the bulk of its matches to be streamed by the first quarter of an hour,” Neuer. At the other end, only a stun- only more superb Sommer saves away Gladbach’s furious calls for a the DAZN platform. — AFP Gladbach captain Lars Stindl told ning reflex save by Sommer denied denied Davies, then Lewandowski in penalty when Thuram appeared to DAZN and hailed Sommer’s “world- Lewandowski from point-blank range. quick succession. Gladbach won 3-2 be brought down in the area by new class” performance. Bayern’s new However, the Bundesliga’s record when the sides last met at Borussia Bayern signing Dayot Upamecano. Kuwait bags four medals head coach Julian Nagelsmann is goal-scorer for a single season Park in January and the hosts again New Gladbach head coach Adi still waiting for his first victory after struck just before half-time to make put up a fight. Huetter received a yellow card on AMMAN: Kuwait’s team has collected a single sil- three defeats and a draw in pre-sea- it 1-1 at the break. When Joshua Neuer did superbly well with a div- the sidelines for his impassioned ver and three bronze medals at the fourth day of son friendlies. The 34-year-old is Kimmich fired in a corner, ing save to deny Stindl after Gladbach protest. Kimmich fired wide in Arab the Table Tennis Championship, which will run under pressure to deliver a tenth Lewandowski slipped his marker and broke down added time. — AFP until August 16. The Kuwaiti female players won the silver after beating Djibouti 3-0 and Qatar 3-2, while male players got the bronze by defeating Jordan 3-2. (465,000 euros). sonal reason for wishing to go all the way and win Kuwait’s team is taking part in the game with 39 Easy start for The Champions League, formerly called the the single-match final next May. male and female players, in addition to teams from 15 African Cup of Champions Clubs, has been staged Before guiding the Cairo Red Devils to success Arab countries like the host Jordan, Syria, Palestine, every year bar one since 1964, but no club has in 2020 and 2021, the 57-year-old won the Iraq, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, , Algeria, Tunisia, Al-Ahly in CAF managed to win three consecutive finals. After lift- Champions League with Mamelodi Sundowns of Yemen, Libya, Djibouti, Somalia and Comoros. The ing the trophy in 2005 and 2006, an Ahly side South Africa five years ago. His three Champions championship includes U-13,15,17 and 19 male and female players. —KUNA Champions League including stars like goalkeeper , League titles is a record for an African coach and defender , midfielder Mohamed Abou puts him second overall behind four-time winner JOHANNESBURG: Al-Ahly of Egypt will launch Trika and forward Emad Meteb also reached the Manuel Jose from Portugal, all of whose triumphs Kuwait advances in qualifiers an attempt to win the CAF Champions League a 2007 final. came with Ahly. record third straight time against either But after forcing a goalless away draw in the Mosimane has been trying to strengthen his MANAMA: Kuwait men’s U-17 basketball team Gendarmerie Nationale of Niger or Le Messager first leg against Etoile Sahel of Tunisia, they suf- attack and Mozambican Luis Miquissone and has moved into Asia cup qualifiers after winning de Ngozi of Burundi in October. fered a stunning 3-1 home loss in a packed South African have been linked with the the second place and the silver medal at the 16th Neither the Niger nor the Burundi champions 73,000-capacity Cairo International Stadium. Ahly Egyptian and African giants. Miquissone caught Gulf basketball championship on Friday. Bahrain have progressed beyond the preliminary round in had another chance in 2014 to win the competition the attention of the South African when he starred defeated Kuwait 59-53 today snatching the tro- two attempts each and it would be a sensation if three times in a row, but suffered shock away and for Simba of Tanzania in a shock group victory phy. Vice President of Kuwait Basketball either were to eliminate the record nine-time home losses to Al-Ahly Benghazi of Libya in the over Ahly last season and seems the likelier of the Association Khalil Ibrahim stressed keenness on African champions. final qualifying round. two targets to join the Red Devils. backing the players to help them represent Kuwait The pairing is among 38 in the preliminary and Tau developed into a under Mosimane at in an honorable way in international arenas and first rounds of the elite African club competition Personal reason Sundowns and after several seasons in Belgium is make further achievements. He expressed appreci- after the draws for 2021-2022 qualifying were TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of now with English outfit Brighton, ation to Bahrain, its government and people for made in Cairo on Friday. Congo (twice), Enyimba of Nigeria and Esperance who have registered him for the 2021-2022 season. hosting the championship on August 7-13. The By late October 16 clubs will have survived one of Tunisia were other back-to-back champions Most of the strongest challenges to Ahly could event included Saudi Arabia and Qatar, along with or two home-and-away ties and booked places in who could not secure a third straight title. Apart come from fellow north African clubs, particularly Kuwait and Bahrain. — KUNA the group stage, where prize money kicks in with from wanting to complete a historic treble, South Moroccan sides Raja and Wydad, Esperance and qualifiers guaranteed at least 550,000 dollars Africa-born Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane has a per- Algerian team Entente Setif. — AFP

Guillamon’s dismissal, Valencia were Valencia beat ahead. Russian winger was brought down in the penalty area and Carlos Soler tucked away the spot-kick. Getafe in “It was not the game we wanted, because going a man down in the third season-opener minute is not the best situation,” said Soler. “Hugo is not at fault. I don’t know MADRID: Valencia overcame a third- if it was a red. These are things that hap- minute red card to beat Getafe 1-0 in a pen in football and you learn from them. bruising opening game in Spain’s When he left the pitch I told him that we on Friday. Defender Hugo Guillamon was were going to win for him, and we given a straight red for a dangerous tackle achieved that.” on Getafe’s Serbian midfielder Nemanja Valencia goalkeeper Giorgi Maksimovic. Mamardashvili, on from Dinamo After the referee consulted a video Tbilisi, pulled off two fine saves late in the replay, it was the fastest sending off in the game to deny Getafe an equalizing goal. history of Liga season openers. The foul Getafe’s misery was completed when VALENCIA: Valencia’s Spanish defender Jose Gaya Pena (left) celebrates with Valencia’s Georgian goalkeeper Giorgi itself had been committed after just 39 Erick Cabaco was sent off for a second Mamardashvili at the end of the Spanish League football match between Valencia and Getafe at the Mestalla stadi- seconds of the game. Eight minutes after yellow card in the 76th minute. — AFP um in Valencia on Friday. — AFP