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The Barbarians who enjoyed two nights out in Mayfair and left the RFU with no option but to cancel tomorrow’s game against England have been accused of a “serious breach of trust” that put players’ health at risk. , Richard Wigglesworth, Jackson Wray, Joel Kpoku, Tom de Glanville and Fergus McFadden were among 12 players sent home on Thursday for leaving the team’s biosecure bubble and breaking coronavirus protocols. It is understood that RFU security staff posted at the Barbarians hotel on Park Lane became suspicious about the players’ whereabouts and tracked them down to an Italian restaurant. The players isolated from the rest of the squad on their return to the hotel and then stood down, leaving embarrassed Barbarians officials to scramble for a dozen replacements. The RFU and Robshaw was Continued on page 2 among the 12 Barbarians who left the team bubble ALEX DAVIDSON/GETTY IMAGES 2 2GSRM Saturday October 24 2020 | the times WEEKEND Sport BRIEFING

Premiership final GUILTY Wasps face in the Premiership final today. ‘Stupid’ stars BARBARIANS The European champions are a formidable opponent — but if there are chinks in their WHO BROKE armour, is the man to exploit it COLUMN, PAGE 6 signed up to RULESRUULES FERGUS MCFADDEN Problems at home CLUB: LEINSTER AGE: 34 United have won rules on not ten consecutive games away from home — but at they are in turmoil. Paul Hirst unpicks the reasons for their slump and asks how they can address it leaving bubble PAGES 8-9

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE The Twitter call-ups agreed that England would provide seven players for the Barbarians and at When The Times Deputy Rugby “Mesut Özil, the lunchtime yesterday it appeared that Correspondent Alex Lowe tweeted Kafka of the the game would go ahead. that the Barbarians needed 12 However, the RFU discovered during players by 3pm yesterday, there grass, has been the course of its investigation, which was no shortage of volunteers. left behind had included reviewing hotel CCTV by football’s footage, that a group of players had also James Johnston Once one of been out on Tuesday night in an the world’s most formidable metamorphosis” tight-heads, the 22st Samoa JAMES GHEERBRANT, PAGE 9 “undeclared” second breach. At that point the match had to be international, 34, now plies his called off to avoid the risk of England trade in the French second players contracting the virus in division. He asked: “Looking advance of a five-Test autumn for a prop?” campaign, which begins next Saturday with a Six Nations title decider against Michel Roux Jr The two-Michelin Italy in . star chef, 5ft 10in and according to “We are all incredibly frustrated and one newspaper “very fit from disappointed that the actions of a years of long-distance running”, number of Barbarians players mean we put his hand up on Twitter, no longer feel it is safe for the game to saying “I’m free”. go ahead,” Bill Sweeney, the RFU chief executive, said. Old Northamptonians 3rd XV If the RFU were furious, the Barbari- Every member of the self- ans were “hurt” and embarrassed at proclaimed “best 3rd XV in the RICHARD WIGGLESWORTH being let down by professional players country” — and champions of the who would have been paid £5,000 Estrella Damm Merit League in SARACENS, 37 for a week in camp and the match 2018-19 — declared themselves at Twickenham. available. “We are very disappointed, to the Silver lining point of being absolutely mortified,” John Afoa The prop, John Spencer, the Barbarians most recently sighted in the On the anniversary of his red president, said last night. “When you Premiership semi-final defeat by card in Southampton’s 9-0 look at the players involved, I just don’t Wasps, said “All I wanna do is defeat by Leicester City, Ryan understand it at all. help. . . come on PRL [Premiership Bertrand tells Matt Dickinson “There has been a serious breach of Rugby]. . . you know me.” why that loss was the catalyst trust, a trust which rugby players have Ralph Hasenhüttl’s side between each other and a respect they Mark Hunter A 58-year-old prop needed to improve PAGES 14-15 have for their club and their coach in with “limited ability” who was last usual circumstances. seen reviewing his Naked Wines CHRIS ROBSHAW “When we had knowledge of the order on Twitter. “I talk a good second breach I don’t think the RFU game,” he said. “Pace not what it HARLEQUINS, 34 How to follow had an alternative but to call it off. was, not that it ever was.” today’s football People are dying from this virus and we were putting at risk not only the rest of v Man City, 12.30pm the Barbarians team but the England Both broadcasters were thought to be BT Sport 1, talkSPORT team as well. I am not arguing with any- due a rebate, which is expected to be a were understood to have breached the Watford v B’mouth, 12.30pm thing the RFU have done. They have seven-figure sum that the RFU can protocols. The club said that they were talkSPORT 2 been particularly helpful during the ill afford to pay, given that the govern- “extremely disappointed” in the whole of this transgression.” ing body is already forecasting losses of conduct of those involved. Real Madrid v Barcelona, 3pm Robshaw, the former England £60 million this year. “Although not on club duty while La Liga TV captain, was one of several players to Even if the RFU is not liable to pay with the Barbarians, these players Fulham v Crystal Palace, 3pm issue an apology via social media match fees, believed to be about £5,000 have fallen well short of the high BT Sport Box Office, BBC 5 Live yesterday. All the players involved may per player, it is understood that any professional standards that are Bristol City v Swansea, 3pm yet face disciplinary action from the savings will not be offset by the costs expected at Saracens. RFU once the investigation is com- already incurred. Freelance stadium- “Representing the invitational side is talkSPORT 2 plete, given they had signed documents workers and broadcasters are also a privilege which they have now missed Man Utd v Chelsea, 5.30pm confirming they understood the expected to be out of pocket due to out on due to their poor judgment,” a Sky Main Event, talkSPORT Covid-19 protocols and were reminded the match being cancelled. club statement read. Liverpool v Sheff Utd, 8pm often by the Barbarians of their “Any match-related cost savings “Management has spoken to the Sky Box Office, talkSPORT 2 responsibilities. will be offset by costs already players involved about their responsi- “We did everything we possibly could incurred by cancelling so late,” an bilities of representing Saracens away to avoid this situation and to make it RFU spokesman said. “The RFU from the club and the impact that clear what the regulations were,” Spen- is evaluating the legal and these actions have on everyone Guess the season cer said. “They all signed letters con- financial implications.” associated with the club.” With Bill Edgar firming their knowledge and under- England are likely to take a dim Spencer’s surprise at the identity of 0 Arsenal, 1-0 up after 40 standing of the terms and conditions view of De Glanville being those involved was understandable minutes, beat Newcastle 7-3 and they were reminded at frequent in- involved, given that the Bath back given the experience of players such 0 All-German Champions tervals while we were together.” had been in their training-camp as Robshaw, who was expected to be League final at Wembley The RFU was left counting the cost of bubble last week and had been named the Barbarians captain, 0 Fourth-tier Bradford reach its decision last night. was picked by the Barbarians at the Wigglesworth and Wray. League Cup final due to broadcast the final England request of Eddie Jones, the England The Barbarians game had been due Answer on page 13 match of a five-year contract before head coach. to be Robshaw’s farewell to English closing its rugby department and the Saracens had 11 players in the rugby before he joins San Diego BBC was planning to show highlights. Barbarians squad, many of whom Legion in the United States and he the ttimesimes | SaturdaySaturday OctoOctoberber 2424 202202020 2GS RMRM 3 Sport . . . but don’t worry, the

JACKSON WRAY Six Nations is back SARACENS, 29 Peter O’Reilly How they stand IrelandIrela resume their Six Nations campaigncam today after an eight- P W D L F A BP Pts England...... 4 3 0 1 87 72 1 13 monthmo hiatus and will be desperate France...... 4 3 0 1 103 90 1 13 to hit the ground running. At Scotland...... 4 2 0 2 63 49 2 10 ffourthou in the table but with a game Ireland...... 3 2 0 1 55 50 1 9 Wales...... 4 1 0 3 109 84 3 7 inin hand over England, France and Italy...... 3 0 0 3 22 94 0 0 Scotland,Sc they need a bonus- pointp victory over Italy today to Ireland will win the title if they beat beb in with a shout of nicking the France and Italy with bonus points. title, and probably another one England can be champions if they in Paris next Saturday. beat Italy with a bonus point and This places the spotlight firm- Ireland pick up fewer than ten ly on their attacking game, which points in their two fixtures. If Ireland iiss now overseeno by , a World win both games, with one bonus CCup winneri with England 17 years ago point, the title will be decided by TOM DE GLANVILLE and more recently part of Italy’s coach- points difference. ing set-up for three seasons, when the France can win the title if they BATH, 20 Azzurri averaged a couple of tries per beat Ireland with a bonus point and Six Nations game under his guidance. England do not match the result Only three games into his time with against Italy. If France and England Ireland, it is too soon to gauge how both win with a bonus point, the effective the 49-year-old can be in game will be decided by points coaxing the team away from the difference. rigidly structured game developed under Joe Schmidt. But this is clearly Catt’s ambition, and Ireland v Italy that of the head coach, : to make Ireland more flexible in posses- Today, ITV1, sion, more willing to react to 3.30pm kick-off circumstances as they unfold. There is an underlying structure, of course, but adaptability is a recurring theme. over Wales in the second round of “We coach in terms of scanning, games. “We scored some very good seeing the picture and making the tries and played exceptionally well that decision on the back of what the day,” Catt said. “What we were able to defence shows us,” Catt said yesterday. do was really pressurise Wales, turn “We haven’t said to the players: ‘You’re them and then the opportunities we got just doing this or that.’ They’ve got we actually capitalised on. That’s to make the decision themselves on crucial against the Italians.” the pitch.” Ireland J Stockdale; A Conway, G Ringrose, B Aki, Farrell has made six changes to the H Keenan; J Sexton (capt), C Murray; C Healy, side that lost 24-12 in Twickenham in R Herring, A Porter, T Beirne, James Ryan, C Doris, February, which was Ireland’s last W Connors, CJ Stander Replacements outing. The biggest area of change is in D Heffernan, E Byrne, F Bealham, U Dillane, P O’Mahony, J Gibson-Park, R Byrne, R Henshaw. the back three, where Hugo Keenan, Italy J Hayward; E Padovani, L Morisi, C Canna, the Leinster wing, makes his Test M Bellini; P Garbisi, M Violi; D Fischetti, L Bigi (capt), debut, while Jacob Stockdale switches G Zilocchi, M Lazzaroni, N Cannone, S Negri, SARACENS, 32 B Steyn, Polledri Replacements G Lucchesi, to full back. S Ferrari, P Ceccarelli, D Sisi, J Meyer, M Mbanda, Ireland will recall, for inspiration, C Braley, F Mori. their convincing bonus-point victory Referee M Carley (Eng). Wales and France choose strong sides for warm-up

guys throughout the series. At the Steve James moment the oldest guy in the team [, who equals the world sincerely remorseful for my role in A friendly it may be, but the strength of record of 148 caps, at 35] is leading in How the Barbarians’ week unfolded undoing all the amazing work that went sides selected by both Wales and most of the activities we do.” into trying to make it happen. I promise France for tonight’s match in Paris There are some notable returnees, that I will learn from this mistake and behind closed doors reveals all about among them the scrum half Rhys Monday Barbarians discovered by the RFU their return and sent ensure something like this never the seriousness of the encounter in Webb, who starts his first Test since No- enter biosecure bubble. yesterday. home. happens again.” preparation for next weekend’s Six The players were Wigglesworth said he was “embar- Nations matches when Wales host staying at the Hilton, Wednesday With the Thursday News of rassed and beyond gutted” to have let Scotland and France entertain Ireland. Scotland cruise to win Park Lane, and had a breach unknown to the breach emerges. down the Barbarians. “[It] should not France have made only one change lockdown games room staff, players train again Barbarians search for have happened and for that I am truly from the team that beat Wales 27-23 at Scotland warmed up for their final set up, including table in west . In the 12 players to fill their sorry,” he wrote. “I’ve let a lot of people the Principality Stadium in February, Six Nations match against Wales tennis, table football evening, Chris Robshaw, squad in time for the down including myself and wish I’d with Montpellier’s Vincent Rattez with an eight-try 48-7 victory over and snooker. the former England 3pm deadline to name done it differently. Sorry again.” coming in on the wing, meaning Gaël Georgia. Fraser Brown and Darcy captain, Richard their team. Premiership Wray and Kpoku, the Saracens team- Fickou moves into the centre and Graham scored two tries each. Tuesday Players train Wigglesworth and Sean Rugby reportedly mates, and McFadden, the Leinster Arthur Vincent drops to the bench. at Latymer Upper Maitland, the Saracens agrees to release wing who was due to play the final Wales, who have lost their past three School in west London. players, are part of a players for the match. match of his career, also posted matches, have some injuries, with the vember 2017. Meanwhile the Ospreys First alleged breach of 12-man group who leave remorseful messages. hooker now battling to be wing, , is selected despite the biosecure bubble, the team hotel again to Friday RFU discovers The rugby world was quick to fit for the start of next year’s Six Nations playing only 14 minutes this season, which was not reported have dinner. The group players also left the condemn the action of the players. Sir after shoulder surgery, while Josh Na- after being sent off against the Dragons. to the Barbarians are separated from the hotel on Tuesday and , the England World vidi (concussion) and France A Bouthier; T Thomas, V Vakatawa, G Fickou, staff, and was only rest of the squad on cancels the game. Cup-winning coach, told talkSPORT: (ankle) are unavailable. The full back V Rattez; R Ntamack, A Dupont; C Baille, J Marchand, “It’s just stupidity, they’ve been ridicu- Liam Williams has returned to Scarlets M Haouas; B le Roux, P Willemse; F Cros, C Ollivon, G lously stupid. My reaction was just kind for more game time, but otherwise they Aldritt. Replacements C Chat, J-B Gros, D Bamba, R Taofifénua, D Cretin, B Serin, A Vincent, T Ramos expressed his “deepest apologies” in a cols which are put in place to protect of gobsmacked. These are professional have decided not to experiment. Wales L Halfpenny; G North, J Davies, N Tompkins, social media post yesterday. players, staff and the public,” he said. players and they know what’s at stake. “You’d expect the majority of this J Adams; D Biggar, R Webb; R Carre, R Elias, S Lee, “A huge effort went into conducting “I understand that my actions have It’s live on TV, it’s a game that everyone side to front up against Scotland,” C Hill, AW Jones, A Wainwright, J Tipuric, T Faletau. this match in a safe fashion and it was ultimately contributed to the cancella- was looking forward to. I just shake my Wayne Pivac, the head coach, said. Replacements S Parry, N Smith, D Lewis, S Davies, J Davies, G Davies, R Patchell, L Rees-Zammit. irresponsible of me to break the proto- tion of Sunday’s match and I am head in disbelief.” “What we want to do is introduce some TV Today, ITV4, S4C. Kick-off 8.10pm 4 2GS Saturday October 24 2020 | the times Sport Gallagher Premiership final

Hogg relishes greater game time at Exeter, not to mention ‘Exeter gave me trust their victories and confidence that I hadn’t had for a while’

as a series of injuries restricted go somewhere I could refresh and involvement with Scotland and learn new things. ’s move . “It’s been the first time in a long could not have been When Hogg did play, he sensed a time that I’ve been given the pressure to conjure something from confidence to play by my club coach. better timed after club nothing in the manner of his early Rob [Baxter, the director of rugby] days; when he went from being an and Ali [Hepher, the head coach] and country frustrations, academy prospect to going on tour don’t expect miracles or for me to Mark Palmer with the 2013 British & Irish Lions always pull the rabbit out of the hat: he tells less than two years later. they expect me to stick to the shape In Devon, there is still expectation and if I feel something is on, they’ve Enjoyment tends to come with the — Hogg, after all, is one of the most given me the confidence to try it. I territory when you have just won the high-profile, and most expensive, want to be a leader here, not Heineken Champions Cup and are signings in the club’s history — but necessarily in the way I speak but the one game away from the league title. the 28-year-old feels trusted, free, way I play. I’ve been given the licence Yet Stuart Hogg knows better than to altogether lighter. “It’s been one to go out and enjoy it, and not worry take job satisfaction for granted, extreme to the other,” he says of this about making mistakes. Exeter Chiefs v Wasps having seen both sides of the coin in extra-long season, which comes to a “Every one of us goes out each Today, 6pm the past three years. head with today’s Gallagher week to create individual highlight Live on BT Sport 1 The full back arrived at Exeter Premiership final against Wasps at moments because we know that if we Chiefs a little more than 12 months Twickenham. do that, we’re doing something for the ago, straight from Scotland’s “I was very fortunate to be going to group as well. I find that exciting, and calamitous World Cup in Japan where a completely new environment after the way we play, there are always do a lot of reflecting. You can see the games he has been asked to play. As losing to the host nation cost them a the World Cup,” he said. “I could going to be a lot of opportunities to enjoyment since the restart [in someone who can take a few weeks to quarter-final place. The two seasons completely switch off from Scottish get on the ball. August] in the way I’ve been running find his groove, he admits he grew to before that had been more stop than rugby and stop thinking about what “From the mental side, through around.” struggle with the Scottish system start, more about frustration than fun, had happened. It gave me a boost to lockdown I was able to switch off and Hogg is relishing the volume of whereby home-based Test players are the times | Saturday October 24 2020 2GS 5

HARRY TRUMP/GETTY IMAGES that because I knew I would be games and finished top of the pile, but playing every week,” he says. “There Wasps without starting that means nothing unless we pick up are positives and negatives to the the trophy. We pride ourselves on the Scottish approach; everything is trio because of Covid way we play. We defend really well geared around being fit for the and work really hard in attack, we Scotland games which I really Wasps will be without five key players empty the tank for our team-mates. enjoyed, but I felt I could never get today. is injured and “We’ve talked about the fact that any form together playing for the coronavirus outbreak that we’ll never have two finals like this Glasgow. threatened the club’s participation in again back to back. It will be tough “You’d go back for two or three the final has cost them three starting and Wasps will also be hitting it with games and then you’d miss one forwards — the props confidence, but we want to write our because there was a Heineken Cup and Simon McIntyre and the back row own story and we’re ready.” match or something the week after. — and the impact Come Monday, Hogg and his club- You’re playing two or three games, replacement Alfie Barbeary. All four mates Gray and Sam Skinner then having a week off, and it was miss the game at Twickenham due to will be in the Scotland camp in really hard to pick up form. “contact-tracing protocols”. The match preparation for the much-delayed Six “I’ve played 22 games for Exeter will be refereed by Craig Maxwell-Keys Nations closer against Wales, which this year and I haven’t felt as good in because Wayne Barnes had to step takes place in Llanelli a week today. a long time. I’ve had a lot of time to down after testing positive for Covid-19. Hogg’s first campaign as captain pick up form and I’m being well has run the gamut, from the saga of managed through the week so I can Exeter S Hogg; J Nowell, H Slade, O Devoto, missing the first four O Woodburn; J Simmonds (c), J Maunder; A Hepburn, perform come the weekend. Prior to L Cowan-Dickie, H Williams, S Skinner, J Hill, D Ewers, games as the result of an incident in this, I’d been missing out on more J Kirsten, S Simmonds. Subs J Yeandle, B Moon, the team hotel bar, through costly T Francis, J Gray, J Vermeulen, S Hidalgo-Clyne, games than I played, whereas here G Steenson, I Whitten. individual errors against Ireland and I’m being well managed and still Wasps M Minozzi; Z Kibirige, J de Jongh, J Gopperth, England, to back-to-back wins over J Bassett; J Umaga, D Robson; T West, T Taylor, playing every week, so you can say J Toomaga-Allen, J Launchbury (c), W Rowlands, Italy and France, all before a that one structure works a little bit J Willis, T Young, T Willis. Subs G Oghre, B Harris, pandemic. He plans to take back B Alo, J Gaskell, B Morris, B Vellacott, L Sopoaga, better than the other.” M Le Bourgeois. Referee C Maxwell-Keys. elements of what he has learnt — and The Chiefs scored four tries in last perhaps more importantly, how he week’s historic 31-27 Champions Cup has been made to feel — since win over , but did not hit Saracens’ stunning comeback win landing in Chiefs country. the attacking heights that their over them in last season’s Premiership “It’s not a case of something being supporters have come to expect from final — are determined to complete wrong and something else being right. a back line where the likes of Hogg, the job. It’s about adding bits and pieces that Henry Slade, and Joe “We’re obviously chuffed to bits to might work and make [Scotland] Simmonds operate in concert. pick up the European title, but we see better. The big thing I’ve said is for By any measure, their season is this season as unfinished business,” the boys to enjoy themselves. My already a success; just do not dare Hogg says. “At the start of the season message throughout the Six Nations suggest that in earshot of a man who we targeted being in a position to win has been that mistakes will happen — helped Glasgow to their maiden Pro12 all the competitions we were playing it’s about our ability to bounce title in 2015, but lost a final in his last in — we wanted to win the through them and get on with the generally allowed to play only four was not conducive to his or their game for the club and was dropped Premiership Cup as well — and next job. matches on the bounce. Between growth. before another showpiece defeat six coming back from lockdown, we’ve “We’re there [in the jersey] for a those restraints and his injuries, Hogg “When I first came on to the scene, years ago. Having led from the front, given ourselves the opportunity to short period of time, we make a lot of began to feel like a bit-part figure I played something like 26 games in Exeter — themselves no strangers to achieve something extra special. sacrifices along the way, so let’s enjoy with Glasgow — an arrangement that my first season at Glasgow. I enjoyed last-gasp disappointment after We’ve played 22 regular-season it and play with a smile on our faces.” 6 2GS Saturday October 24 2020 | the times Sport Rugby union

ROBBIE STEPHENSON/JMP/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK When I was coached by Sherylle Gopperth is Calder, the eye specialist, she would tackled during give us the CTC drill: crossbar, Wasps’ semi- touchline, communicate. This was final triumph meant to retrain the mind to scan the Gopperth the over Bristol full width of the pitch when so often rugby players are focused on the ball. At every breakdown in training, when stood in the attacking line, you had to look to the posts, then to the player-coach touchlines, then communicate what you had seen to those around you so that this extra awareness became second nature. That vision is critical for Wasps because they play into space, using the width of the pitch can stage a and identifying where the defence is weakest, so even if the tackle is made Wasps make metres. The statistics show they play the second-least off nine but the second- most off ten; in reality that is often shock victory Umaga directing play from second receiver because he and Gopperth frequently swap positions. Exeter’s game plan, Jimmy Gopperth Gopperth will stand at fly half from will find it. He is instrumental. Over lineouts, buying Umaga time to use Ben the past four years, Wasps win 74 per his skills and pace as he loops around Kay cent of matches when he is in their at second receiver. The twin team. Without him it is 43. playmakers draw the defence into Think back to how well Danny showing their hand and then making Cipriani played at Wasps. He is a the latest possible decision. classy player and will shine wherever Umaga throws a little pump pass as As if trying to defeat the European he is, but it was no surprise Cipriani his trigger to see what the defence champions in the Gallagher forced his way back into the England will do. If the defence reacts to the Premiership final was not a tough picture when Gopperth was outside pump and the line being run by the enough challenge, Wasps have to do it him. Equally, it was no coincidence outside centre, and space opens up, without their starting props, their that Lima Sopoaga struggled when he Umaga has the running game to most experienced back-row player moved to Wasps because that attack it. If the defence stays tight, and their best midfield defender. coincided with Gopperth being Umaga can move the ball wide where Kieran Brookes, Simon McIntyre, injured. He has been influential in Wasps have a four on two. That will Brad Shields and Malakai Fekitoa are ’s breakthrough season. stress Exeter’s midfield defence as not the kind of players any team can Gopperth reminds me of Pat they concede ground by drifting wide afford to lose when facing Exeter Howard, another player who started or leave a hole for Umaga to attack. Chiefs, whose game plan is founded as a fly half, moved to inside centre Exeter are likely to drift and accept on the control exerted by their pack. and matured into being a player- conceding territory out wide. Where The two sides have contrasting coach. Gopperth was more of a they need to be careful is the second mental battles. Exeter have to climb running and kicking fly half at and third phase. Wasps will come the mountain again after scaling the , utilising a game back the other way, with a forward heights a week ago in their Heineken plan to suit that team. Moving to running off first receiver to give two Champions Cup triumph over Racing Wasps, via Leinster, he has more wide options, then two forwards running 92. That is never easy to do. Wasps attacking threats at his disposal and off the second receiver for either the are fortunate to be at the final after in shifting to inside centre he has flat pass or the ball in behind. the coronavirus outbreak. With become more of a strategist. How midfield duo can unlock Exeter’s defence It gives them so many options and limited training time and five key He is a player-coach, even if he Wasps are all on the same page when players out, including Alfie Barbeary, does not have the official title. George they launch attacks, masters at Pass 1 Jimmy Gopperth (12) passes late to they have nothing to lose and need to Ford once said: “Coaches can see Passing option exploiting a disorganised defence. take that spirit into the game. If they things we can’t see and we feel things Jacob Umaga (10) after short run from Plus, with such vocal leadership at Run with ball the No 13, which holds two defenders can play without fear and Exeter find they can’t feel.” With his vision and Run without ball inside centre, the defenders hear their themselves in the foothills of their instinct, Gopperth is the coach on the 2 Umaga loops every move being analysed and can motivation, a surprise could be on. shoulder of his fly half. lead to them fearing the pressure. 10 around into Wasps have Jack Willis, the If you watch him in a game, he is resulting All is not lost for Wasps. We have turnover king and the Premiership’s constantly scanning. So many players, 11 12 space with the one team who thrive in possession 14 player of the year, who forms a lethal particularly the ball-carrying inside 15 right wing (14) and will punish penalties by kicking double act with Thomas Young. If centres, focus on the breakdown as 10 and has three for territory, which is why losing they can secure any platform or win they look to time their run. Gopperth passing those props could be so damaging. turnover ball, they have at inside is the opposite; his eyes are up, 13 options (11, 15 But we have another team that centre one of the smartest rugby identifying opportunities quickly, or 14) thrives off turnover ball. players to have graced the league. organising and communicating to If Wasps win, expect Willis and If something can be exploited in Umaga and those around him. Gopperth to be at the heart of it. Umaga Jr weaving his way into rich family history

remarkable run to the final against Jones, the England head coach, to be- around rugby, being exposed to how a mates of his father. There was an early John Westerby Exeter Chiefs, so Umaga, 22, has come come the frontrunner of the next gen- professional lives and works, having a setback when Jacob broke an arm, but of age with alacrity in his first year of eration of fly halves to challenge Owen ball in their hands.” he stayed to play an eye-catching role Premiership rugby. He was supposed to Farrell and George Ford. Umaga is in That was not the only unsubtle point- as Auckland won the tournament. The surname rings a bell in every cor- play second fiddle to Lima Sopoaga, the front, receiving a surprise call-up to the er as to the future direction that Umaga “When he broke his arm, he was talk- ner of the rugby world and the illustri- former New Zealand fly half, waiting Six Nations squad in January, only Jr might take. “He was also given a black ing about possibly coming back to En- ous family footsteps in which Jacob his turn and learning his trade. three months after his Premiership de- jersey with a silver fern on it, most of us gland,” his father says. “It really galva- Umaga is following are widely recog- Instead, his smooth passing and bal- but for Wasps. Since the Premiership’s Kiwis do that,” his father says. “That nised him, it was tough, but a really nisable. As the son of Mike, the former anced running to the fore, he has been resumption in August, Wasps have was the hope, but I think it’s gone by the good learning for him on and off the Samoa full back, and nephew of Tana, Wasps’ first-choice No 10 for most of been playing some thrilling rugby and wayside now. I came over here from pitch. He really warmed to the more one of the All Blacks’ greats, the Wasps the season and Umaga starts the big- Umaga has been at the creative hub. New Zealand for two years. Twenty- expansive game over there, he played fly half grew up steeped in the game and gest game of his short career at Twick- He has much in common with Farrell five years later, I’m still here.” No 10 and No 15, and it gave him a dif- the exploits of his forebears, but there is enham, with Sopoaga on the bench. and Ford. Around the time they were Having spent his early years in West ferent perspective. He came back fitter another influence close to home that is Even those lining up alongside him born, their fathers were playing against Yorkshire, Umaga grew up in the West and stronger, and mentally tougher.” all too frequently overlooked. have been taken aback by his progress. each other in Super League and all Midlands after his father moved to A famous name can come with bag- His mother, Michelle, whom Mike “We all knew he had that flair that three are coaches in the 15-man game: coach at Coventry. He initially spent gage, but Umaga bears the load lightly. met when he was playing rugby league could break up a game out of nothing,” Andy Farrell is the head coach of Ire- four years at ’ academy He is not the only one continuing the for Halifax in the late 1990s, was a gifted , the Wasps scrum half, land, Mike Ford is at Leicester and Mike before moving to Wasps and playing for family traditions as his sister, Leilani, is touch rugby player. “She was good, she said. “But his control and kicking, his Umaga, who played union for Rother- England age-group teams. a talented netball player and brother toured with the England passing game, have all massively ham after leaving Halifax, coaches at One of Umaga’s most formative ex- Caylen, 12, is already a budding fly half touch rugby team,” Mike says of his improved, and you can see that in the Bishop Burton College near Hull. periences came from spending a season blessed with a sweet left boot. Both for wife. “Everyone tells me that’s where way we play now.” “I played against Andy Farrell at in New Zealand in 2018. He stayed with Wasps and with his family, Umaga is Jacob gets his skill from.” The duel between Umaga and Joe Wigan and Mike Ford at Castleford his uncle Tana and played for an Auck- following great names who have come Umaga’s skill has been obvious in Simmonds, the 23-year-old Exeter plenty of times, I think I once got sin- land Mitre 10 Cup team coached by two before him, part of a rich sporting Wasps’ rise up the Gallagher Premier- No 10, will be a contest to savour. Both binned for a high tackle on Mike,” former All Blacks, Alama Ieremia and tapestry, to which he is adding his own ship. Just as his side have made a are vying to catch the eye of Eddie Umaga Sr says. “The boys all grew up Filo Tiatia, both of whom were team- distinctive threads. the times | Saturday October 24 2020 2GS 7 Football Sport Bamford’s superb treble stuns Villa

LAURENCE GRIFFITHS/GETTY IMAGES 2-0 Bamford 67 Aston Villa 0 How they stand Leeds United P W D L GD Pts Bamford 55, 67, 74 1 Everton 54107 13 3 2 Aston Villa 5401 7 12 3 Leeds 63123 10 4 Liverpool 53110 10 Tom Roddy 5 Leicester 53024 9 6 Arsenal 53022 9 With the match ball clutched under one 7 Wolves 5 3 0 2 -2 9 arm, wrapped the 8 Tottenham 5221 7 8 other around his manager, Marcelo 9 Chelsea 52214 8 Bielsa, in a warm embrace. This had 10 West Ham 52124 7 been a night when Bamford, once 11 Man City 42110 7 dismissed as a journeyman whose best 12 Southampton 5 2 1 2 -1 7 work is done in the lower leagues, 13 Newcastle 5 2 1 2 -2 7 provided an emphatic answer to his 14 Crystal Palace 5 2 1 2 -2 7 15 Man Utd 4 2 0 2 -3 6 critics with a hat-trick at Villa Park. 16 Brighton 5 1 1 3 -2 4 Bamford had endured a summer of 17 West Brom 5 0 2 3 -8 2 endless speculation over which Euro- 18 Burnley 4 0 1 3 -5 1 pean heavyweight would replace him 19 Sheff Utd 5 0 1 4 -5 1 as Leeds United’s new frontman. “And 20 Fulham 5 0 1 4 -8 1 so it starts,” he tweeted in July after the 1-0 Bamford 55 3-0 Bamford 74 club’s former manager, David O’Leary, told talkSPORT Bielsa would have to ASTON VILLA (4-3-3): E Martínez 6 — M Cash 6, E Konsa 6, sign a “top-class” striker to survive. T Mings 6, M Targett 6 — J McGinn 6, D Luiz 7, Bamford’s record in the top flight had R Barkley 6 — Trézéguet 6 (B Traoré 66, 6), been far from convincing, though, with O Watkins 6, J Grealish 7. only one goal in 27 Premier League Subs not used J Steer, A Elmohamady, B Engels, M Nakamba, C Hourihane, appearances before this season. And K Davis. two missed chances in the first half Booked Mings, Grealish. would have added to the discussions LEEDS UNITED over his credentials. But by the end, (4-1-4-1): I Meslier 7 — S Dallas 7, L Ayling 7, there was no doubting his ability. R Koch 6, E Alioski 7 — P Struijk 5 (J Shackleton “I’m very happy for him,” Bielsa said. 21, 6) — M Klich 7, H Costa 7 (Raphina 83), Rodrigo 7 (P Hernández 79), J Harrison 7 — “He deserves it. It’s not that there has P Bamford 9. been any significant changes, it’s just Subs not used K Casilla, I Poveda-Ocampo, that now he is being more efficient.” T Roberts, L Davis. The quality of the goals got better Booked Struijk, Klich. and better. The first was a poacher’s Referee P Tierney. tap-in but the second, a long-range Bamford, after missing two early chances, finds his clinical edge with his fourth, fifth and sixth goals for Leeds this season strike, and third, finishing with four Aston Villa defenders surrounding him, his team. Bielsa’s changes were both chances. He failed to generate Then, gliding into the box three sensational finish. But then Bamford had the attributes of a clinical striker as enforced and significant. The captain enough power to beat Emiliano minutes before the break, pounced. His first came after Martínez Bamford took his tally to six goals in the had not recovered from a Martínez with a header early on Grealish collapsed under a had failed to push a Rodrigo strike far first six games of the season — a feat groin issue and , the before missing the target during Hélder Costa challenge but enough wide and the Leeds man was matched at the club only by Eric protector in front of Bielsa’s defence, a counterattack a minute both the referee Paul first to react. Cantona in 1992-93. missed out with a shoulder injury. before the break. Tierney and a VAR “I thought we lost the game after the They also lifted Leeds to third in the Pascal Struijk replaced him in mid- As always, check dismissed calls first goal, we got disillusioned and they Premier League on a night that was field but his night lasted only 21 min- dragged Villa forward. He for a penalty. were very good,” Smith said. meant to belong to Villa. This was in- utes, replaced by , as thought he had scored after Only five minutes When fizzed the ball tended to be a history-making moment Bielsa recognised he was in danger of beating the Leeds goalkeeper, into the second half into Bamford’s feet, the Leeds striker for Dean Smith’s side who, along with being sent off, having been booked for , at the far post, Grealish almost scored a was allowed to turn before curling a AC Milan, were the only team in hauling down before only to see clear off goal of the season con- delightful strike beyond Martínez. Europe’s top five leagues to still have a catching Douglas Luiz moments later. the line. In the ground where tender. Picking up the ball The confidence brimmed from perfect record. Victory would have Such a move suggested Villa had goalline technology failed just outside his own area, Bamford’s body. When he collected the taken them top of the table. “We knew dominated the opening stages. To the against Sheffield United only he went on one of those ball inside the Villa box, four claret and we could make history today with five contrary, Smith’s side had to retain the five month ago, Grealish still slaloming runs, on and blue jerseys around him, Bamford wins and we’re disappointed we haven’t organisation they worked so hard on raised his hand in hope. on, tempting the white adjusted his feet to convert his third. done that,” Smith said. After such a during Zoom calls through lockdown, shirts in but ending up at Patrick’s hat-trick was complete and start, it was no surprise to see the Villa as Leeds drove forward with fluidity. Bamford takes the match the six-yard box, where the boy deemed not good enough for manager decide against tinkering with Bamford was the man getting the ball after scoring a hat-trick Meslier prevented a this level was forgotten.

A ‘boring’ time Özil’s agent: Mourinho My players are for isolating Arteta ‘failed ‘calm’ over new like F1 cars, THE NANNIES Butland to be honest’ Son contract says Klopp Nanny goats (quotes) from the managers has Mesut Özil’s agent José Mourinho is Jürgen Klopp has tested positive for has launched an in no doubt Son said he treats his Covid-19 and will be attack on Mikel Arteta, Heung-min deserves a Liverpool players like Guardiola: Agüero willing to apologise to assistant unable to make his debut accusing the Arsenal new long-term contract Formula One cars. for Crystal Palace away manager of disrespect at Tottenham Hotspur “Professional football, at Pep Guardiola says “I didn’t speak to Sergio I’d seen some aggression, to Fulham today. and not telling the truth and is confident the the level we play, is a little that Sergio Agüero about this but I’m pretty maybe [it would be The goalkeeper signed about his client’s exile. South Korea forward, like Formula One in is willing to apologise to sure if she felt bad he will wrong]. I think it was a three-year contract Özil, whose £350,000- 27, will tie his future to comparison to driving a Sian Massey-Ellis if she is apologise without normal as I know him after moving from Stoke a-week contract expires the club. normal car,” Klopp said. unhappy with the striker a problem,” the perfecperfectly. He’s been City but has joined at the end of the season, “It’s a very calm “Everyone can drive a car for putting his arm on City manager a huhuge star in , who tested has been left out of the situation because Sonny but it is difficult to her shoulder during said. “I know ththe world but positive after returning club’s Premier League has three more years drive at 300mph in a Manchester City’s win the intention hhe’s humble from international duty and Europa League of contract,” the Spurs close area and over Arsenal. from Sergio. — [one of the] with Ghana, in having squads by Arteta. head coach said. “But then hope that Ian Wright, the former He put his nicestn people to self-isolate. Erkut Sögüt, Özil’s I wish [for him to your brakes Arsenal striker, accused hands in a I’veI’ met. “He is stuck in a agent, said: “Arsenal fans get a new contract]. work. It is all at the Argentinian of normal way “What is hotel room in London, deserve an honest He deserves one. the highest “patronising” the assistant like he does importantimp is his a very boring existence explanation, not [Arteta] The club knows speed, with the referee with the gesture, many times to mme,e, intentionintent and his I imagine,” , saying, ‘I failed Özil.’ You that and sooner or highest which came after she gave when there is a intentionintention was normal, the Palace manager, said. didn’t fail Özil. You failed later, without any intensity.” a throw-in to Arsenal substitution or when to talk to her in a normal “He’s feeling very good to be fair, honest and pressure, they which Agüero thought sometimes he touches the way. It was not a bad but very frustrated that transparent and to treat will arrive at a Klopp with should have gone to City. referee or an opponent. If word, it was just normal.” all he sees is four walls.” someone with respect.” decision.” van Dijk 8 1GS Saturday October 24 2020 | the times Sport Football Solskjaer: New routine hurts to look at the way we prepare,” Paul Hirst Greenwood ‘forced to Solskjaer said. “Maybe it’s something I’ve got to deal with. Manchester United recorded one of learn a harsh lesson’ “The whole lockdown period has their most memorable recent triumphs made us do things differently at home on Tuesday but as far as Ole Gunnar Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has told so we might have to do it in a different Solskjaer is concerned that night in that he must way. After the lockdown with Covid, Paris is now a thing of the past. learn to handle the attention that we’ve stayed at home, we’ve had Solskjaer’s focus is now fixed on what comes with being a Manchester different routines coming into games. lies ahead, and his principal concern is United star. I’ve just got to look at everything, how his team’s home form. Greenwood, 19, was kicked out of the players prepare, because it’s been United’s recent results on the road the England squad last month after noticeable how well we’ve done away have been exemplary. When they tri- he and invited two from home.” umphed 2-1 over Paris Saint-Germain Icelandic women back to the team It is widely assumed that it was this week they set a new club record of hotel in Reykjavik. “I think Mason United’s previous victory in Paris, in the ten away victories in a row. learnt a harsh lesson this summer,” Champions League round of 16 in The picture when United are not on Solskjaer, the United manager, said. March 2019, that landed Solskjaer the their travels is less rosy, which will raise “When you do well at Man United manager’s job full-time, but Ed the spirits of today’s visitors Chelsea, as you’ll be under the spotlight, Woodward actually arrived at the well as RB Leipzig and Arsenal, who whether it’s good or bad. decision seven weeks earlier, after the both travel to Old Trafford in the “The more bad decisions [you 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur. coming week. make], the more likely you are to Woodward, the executive vice-chair- United have lost their first two home be followed.” man, was impressed by how Solskjaer games of the campaign by an The Times reported earlier this switched systems, going from his usual aggregate score of nine goals to two, week that United were becoming 4-2-3-1 formation to 4-1-2-1-2 for the and Solskjaer knows such form is concerned by Greenwood’s failure Spurs game. unacceptable if his team are to finish in to report for training on time. Last season Solskjaer mostly stuck the top four this season. Solskjaer claimed he had no issue with 4-2-3-1, but occasionally switched “For me now, we need consistency. with the teenager yesterday, to 3-4-1-2, particularly against tough We’ve been too much up and down. We although it is understood that the opponents, and more often than not the need to address our home form,” club do harbour concerns about move paid off. Solskjaer, the United manager, said. the player’s tardiness. Solskjaer used 3-4-1-2 in two wins Solskjaer has noted that there has “We have got photographers over Manchester City and in two wins been an alarming downturn in his outside the training ground every and a draw against Chelsea. United also team’s performances at Old Trafford day, so they can see every day he’s played the system twice against since the Covid-19 pandemic began. on time,” Solskjaer said. Liverpool, losing on one occasion and United have won 42.8 per cent of Solskjaer’s explanation for drawing the other. their home matches since fans were Greenwood’s absence from the In total, United have lost only two of banned from entering stadiums. They victories over Newcastle United and the 11 games they have played 3-4-1-2 won 60.8 per cent of their home Paris Saint-Germain has changed and the system worked wonders in matches last season before the pan- three times in a week. Yesterday, Paris on Tuesday, when they sat back demic struck. Solskjaer said that he was ill. and hit PSG on the counter. The dip in form could be for a number “Hopefully he’s shaken off his We are likely to see the formation of reasons. Perhaps Old Trafford, illness and he’ll be ready for this used more often this season for three without 76,000 fans inside, is not as weekend,” Solskjaer said. With reasons. First, the extra centre back intimidating for away teams. Solskjaer suspended, either gives United more stability. suspects that the change to their Greenwood or will Second, in this formation there is no pre-match routine may also be adverse- partner up front. right winger, which has been a problem ly affecting his players. area for United. In the pre-Covid era United always Finally, Solskjaer has more players Mason Greenwood, Marcus Rashford spent the night before home games in Interestingly, when United have who are suited to the system than he did or Anthony Martial. Man United v Chelsea a hotel, usually the five-star Lowry played away since the restart they last season. Unlike , their “As a coach you want a foundation to Hotel in Salford. There, they would have kept the same routine as they did new signing , the 27-year- play from and the players want to have 6 Kick-off 5.30pm, Sky Sports Main have team meetings on the morning of pre-Covid. old Brazilian who joined in the summer a consistency in instructions, but with Event/Premier League, talkSPORT the match before travelling to the They travel the day before the game from Porto, appears to be able to play as the players we have now sometimes we stadium by coach. and spend a night in a local hotel near a left wing back. can swap and change a little bit,” Now, they stay in their homes and the opposition’s stadium before travel- In the first half of last season Solskjaer said. was back again, so we didn’t think twice drive individually to the ground, with ling to the game together. Solskjaer had to play Daniel James or “We felt with the injuries we had and about that really. the team meeting usually taking place Solskjaer is now considering asking up front, but this season the opposition we met, [3-4-1-2] was the “It gives us flexibility. There might on the morning of the game at their his players to stay in a hotel together the he has the option of occupying the two right way of going [against PSG]. We be times later on in the season that training base in Carrington. night before home matches. “We need striker positions with Edinson Cavani, had a debut for Alex, Axel [Tuanzebe] we play this [formation] again, or now, the times | Saturday October 24 2020 1GS 9 Sport home form Özil is victim of a world ALEX LIVESEY/AFP/GETTY IMAGES that no longer values art Home and away form compared BY DAVID PRICE/ARSENAL FC/GETTY IMAGES

Past ten at home James W Man Utd 5 Club Bruges 0 Gheerbrant Europa League W Man Utd 2 Man City 0 W Man Utd 3 Sheffield Utd 0 W Man Utd 5 Bournemouth 2 D Man Utd 2 Southampton 2 It seemed like the ultimate travesty of D Man Utd 1 West Ham 1 talent. A soft-shoed artiste, lured to W Man Utd 2 LASK 1 Europa Lge London on the promise of realising W Man Utd 1 FC Copenhagen 0 their own dreams, and tracing a Europa League Frenchman’s intricate patterns, had L Man Utd 1 Crystal Palace 3 ended up sitting behind a screen L Man Utd 1 Tottenham 6 while former colleagues occupied the stage they once graced. A performer, Goals for Goals against who should have been playing in front of a multicultural packed house, 23 15 had been forced to channel their vast range of expression into a prosaic, computer-based task. Somebody with Past ten away the potential to become an icon had W Norwich 1 Man Utd 2 FA Cup become a Twitter trend. W Brighton 0 Man Utd 3 That was the fate of Fatima, the W Aston Villa 0 Man Utd 3 imaginary ballet dancer in the Özil’s slow-motion poetry is incompatible with Arteta’s focus on collective graft W Crystal Palace 0 Man Utd 2 government’s dystopian advert W Leicester 0 Man Utd 2 encouraging creatives to retrain. But too far the other way — that teams victorious World Cup campaign of W Luton 0 Man Utd 3 there were uncanny parallels with the are now diminishing themselves in 2014. Carabao Cup real-life situation of Mesut Özil, who their rejection of artistry? Özil’s circumstances are unique, but W Brighton 2 Man Utd 3 spent Thursday evening Take Arsenal. In Wenger’s final there is also a broader predicament W Brighton 0 Man Utd 3 microblogging his club’s Europa three Premier League seasons, the for the game’s flâneurs and fantasistas. Carabao Cup League exploits against Rapid Vienna, team’s average number of open-play How else to explain that Jack W Newcastle 1 Man Utd 4 his career as an Arsenal footballer chances created per game hovered Grealish, who last season created the W PSG 1 Man Utd 2 seemingly over after his exclusion between 10.2 and 10.7. The first season second-most open-play chances in Champions League from their 25-man Premier League after he left, that figure fell to 8.6. Last the league for the team that finished squad. In some ways, Fatima got off season, it was 6.5. Since January, 17th, wasn’t snapped up by a bigger Goals for Goals against lightly. Though she didn’t know it yet, Arsenal have created, on average, team this summer? That the elite as the infamous poster had it, her only 5.6 chances from open play, were unwilling or unable to 27 5 next job was in “cyber”. Mesut may as which ranks 15th among the 17 teams accommodate a playmaker of well be in Siberia. who have straddled both seasons. In Grealish’s imaginative gifts within Arsène Wenger once said that “the that context, the omission of Özil their tightly regimented vertical Fernandes’s penalty was the only target of anything in life should be to from a 25-man squad seems bafflingly systems seems like a collective failing. positive in the Spurs home defeat do it so well that it becomes art”. It is perverse. He may not be in the best has also been the quest to create something out of XI. He may not be someone you can reluctant to embed Grealish in his nothing, more than any other aspect rely on for 90 minutes against England XI, an aversion replicated in or back to the back four again. With season’s Champions League finalists at of the game, that elevates football to Liverpool or Manchester City. But many national teams. Of the leading the signings we’ve made we’ve got the Parc des Princes was the perform- the level of an art form. When pan out here, and the reality is that a open-play chance creators of each more options.” ance of Tuanzebe, the 22-year-old Wenger signed Özil in 2013, he team with a terminal chance-creating nationality across the top five leagues, Solskjaer is likely to revert to 4-2-3-1 defender, who shackled Kylian Mbappé captured arguably the game’s most Lazio’s Luis Alberto hasn’t played when United come up against defen- in his first appearance for United in expressive player, a No 10 who dealt fofor Spain since 2017, Atalanta’s sive-minded teams who sit deep. ten months. in brushstrokes and arabesques, a bbrilliant Papu Gómez won the last United need to find a way of using “Axel has got all the attributes that a “Kafka of the grass”, to use the ofo his four Argentina caps the same that system to win those matches as centre back at Man United needs,” memorable description of the year,y and Thomas Müller, unfairly their failure to do so at the start of last Solskjaer said of the academy graduate. German philosopher Martin scapegoatedsc (alongside Özil) for the season almost ended up costing them “We believe in the kid, that’s for sure. Gessmann. Wenger, whose 20182 World Cup debacle, remains their place in the top four. Another plus He’s proven that in glimpses but now it’s managerial credo fused aesthetic excommunicatede by Joachim Löw’s point from Tuesday’s win against last about being consistent.” idealism with a singular long- painfullyp pedestrian Germany. sightedness, had signed a player The idea that pure creativity is an who would go on creating onerouso indulgence has become masterpieces long after his own pernicious.p In an interview with El retirement. Özil wasn’t just the PaísP this week, Ralf Rangnick, the Klopp and Lampard unite best; he was a bequest. formerfo Schalke and RB Leipzig But football has changed since managerm and the godfather of the then. A more systemic, less artistic proactivep modern game, railed in admiration for Rashford vision of the game, exemplified by againsta a conception of football with Jürgen Klopp’s visceral, collective “two“t defensive who work that he has to do it but I hope his mother football, has become the new hardh pressing the ball and making Paul Joyce, Jon West is really proud of him. I don’t know him paradigm. Klopp’s famous quote suresu the 10 has a nice day”. There is a and even I am. And he plays for United, that “no playmaker in the world can hardwiredh suspicion of players who Jürgen Klopp has spoken of his deep which makes it tricky! But it is a won- be as good as a good counterpressing problem has blacklisted a player make the game look easy, or worse, admiration for Marcus Rashford and derful, wonderful thing. I am pretty situation” has been one of the most whose speciality is creating chances. aesthetically pleasurable. said the Manchester United player’s sure he doesn’t want the praise now, he influential ideas of the past decade. What exactly is going on? What buttresses this idea now — inspirational efforts on behalf of is a role model and it won’t distract him The Kafkas of the grass have been left It’s a decision more easily and makes decisions like Arsenal’s children in poverty made the from his football things. He is absolute- behind by football’s metamorphosis. understood as a form of cultural banishment of Özil much easier to Liverpool-United rivalry trivial. ly great and I am happy about it.” This is how football evolves, of purgation than a tactical judgment. sell to the football public — is that it Rashford has campaigned for the , whose Chelsea side course: a dominant conception of the Stylistically, Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal has a foothold in a much wider government to continue to provide free face United today, also saluted Rash- game takes hold, and is challenged by are not a hard-pressing machine with discourse. Creatives must reskill. Why meals for the poorest children during ford. Lampard said: “It has been great to insurgent ideas, until a new a perfectly delegated creative shouldn’t artists pull their weight, the holidays. Klopp, the Liverpool man- see young players with personality and philosophy proves its superiority and apparatus. But ideologically, Arteta is too? ager, said: “It just shows that football a voice speaking up about things that gradually becomes the canonical determined to instil a militant no- There’s no room in this economy can do wonders. And what it shows they care passionately about. I form. It’s a process of oscillation. And passengers streak. He has spoken a for people whose jobs are a function when the subject is really serious that absolutely commend him for that. for the most part, the rise of football couple of times about how he wants of pure expression. Özil’s exile has everyone puts rivalries aside and thinks “I always want to help grow the idea based on systemisation rather than his team to “suffer together”. And he been explained many ways: as a about the more important things in life. of leaders and personalities in the individual expression has made the has concluded that Özil’s slow-motion deserved comeuppance, as a “It’s just nice to show it at a time when group. Over the course of a long, game better: I’ve written admiringly poetry is incompatible with this spirit consequence of his politics, as a a lot of people [who] are in charge of difficult season there will be so many of how brilliantly Klopp circumvented of collective masochism. He’s not the parable of the absurd inefficiency of a anything don’t show proper leadership moments where you rely on them to the loss of , and first: the Germany legend Paul stratified sport. that a boy grown up in difficult circum- help in tough times and push the good took Liverpool to new heights, by Breitner once chastised Özil for But I wonder if he is above all a stances and blessed with sensational times along. I don’t think you can get on reconfiguring their attack to generate “going for a walk while nine men victim of the zeitgeist; adrift in a talent never forgot his roots and where in any elite team sport without people chances more automatically. But is it torture themselves for 90 minutes”. world that has decided it has no room he is coming from. It is a bit of a shame with personality and character.” possible that the pendulum has swung That was midway through the for ballet dancers. 10 1GS Saturday October 24 2020 | the times Sport Football ‘My children were in shock that I’d scored for England - and so was I’

15th in the Championship and Nuno gave his players a simple reflects message: “Dreaming is for free.” with Martin Hardy on For a young boy in Haydock, St Helens, the dream had been to play night at Wembley that for Liverpool. He joined the club’s academy when he was 12. His dad, brought a goal and the Andy, told him to talk in games. “He said, ‘It’s the easiest thing in captain’s armband football to do,’ ” he explains. So Coady Jr did. He watched Jamie It was early morning in the Carragher and and sumptuous surrounds of the noted that they never missed a Pennyhill Park Hotel in single training session. “That was Heath and among the guests that huge,” he says. “I look at that today day, on October 9, were an England and the more you’re on the training squad buoyed by a 3-0 victory pitch the more chance you have to against Wales the night before. get better. I noticed watching them Conor Coady had, by his when I was growing up and I’ve admission, struggled to get much carried it through my career. When sleep, when his mobile phone lit up I actually managed to get to once more. It had not reached 7 Melwood, ‘Carra’ was massive in o’clock but his two eldest sons — terms of helping me most days, Henri, five, and Freddie, three — technically on the pitch but also off had just been shown the video of a the pitch, how to look after yourself goal their father had spent much of and do things right.” the night rerunning himself to He captained England Under-17, a check that it was actually real. team which included Ross Barkley, “They’re massively into football, to victory at the European and massively into Wolves, and Championships in 2010, beating a Adama [Traoré] and Raúl [Jiménez] France side featuring so they don’t see their dad score along the way. let Coady, seen celebrating “I don’t think getting into the very often,” the 27-year-old says. him train with the first team at his England goal, credits England squad would ever have “They were asleep when I did. Liverpool. Nuno, below, for elevating happened without our gaffer,” he “Anyway, they get up at half-six “What was it like facing Luis his game, albeit in an says. “We are very close. The first every day. I was up the majority of Suárez as an 18-year old? Hard. He unfamiliar position day he told us his ideas and it was the night and I wouldn’t have slept, turned me inside out all the time. so clear. I’d never seen that before. even without the messages, which He was non-stop. His mentality was His message was about creating an never stopped. The best thing was incredible. He wanted to train every identity for the football club. He the amount of people who felt single day too, same as Carragher wanted us to have a certain way of proud of the situation and the and Gerrard.” playing and to move forward. biggest thing was for my family and In front of him in his position “What did I think the first friends. in the heart of midfield at time he said to play centre “I facetimed my missus, Amy, at , however, were Gerrard, half? Honestly, nothing. I Wembley when I was still in my kit. , thought to myself, ‘Yeah, I just nipped out of the dressing and Lucas Leiva. Coady went on that’s fine, let’s do it. I’ll try to room. I spoke to my mam and dad loan to Sheffield United for the learn as much as I can if you as well straight after the game, then 2013-14 season and then signed want me there.’ I flitted from the lads were brilliant with me and for Huddersfield Town for position to position in the then I got back to the room. £500,000 at the end of that couple of years before he “As soon as the boys woke up the campaign. arrived. It didn’t matter. next morning my wife showed them “It didn’t feel like a dream Wherever he wanted me I the goal and they went bananas. was ending when I left was going to do my best to She videoed them watching it and Liverpool,” he says. “Loads of try to learn off him. they were jumping all around the people ask me this question, Honestly, tactically-wise and room. Then they phoned me. They ‘Were you devastated, was it how he wants us to set up is kept on telling me, ‘Daddy, daddy, hard?’ and it wasn’t. I wanted so, so clear.” you scored!’ to play football.” There was a revolution in “And I was going, ‘Yeah, I know!’ If there was a constant, it theth culture at Molineux. “When you see that on your kids’ was how many games he Coady became one of three faces, it’s incredible. They were in played: 39 starts for Sheffield central defenders in a new shock as much as I was.” United in League One, 45 for system and Wolves marched Huddersfield in the to the Championship title, At the start of June 2017, on the Championship. He moved with 99 points, conceding training pitches of Wolverhampton to Wolves for £2 million in only 39 goals in 46 games. Wanderers, Coady met Nuno 2015 and played every Coady started 45 of them. Espírito Santo, then the club’s new game, but they were in the The Portuguese had arrived head coach, for the first time. Back second tier of English and standards had changed. then, he was a defensive football and going “For [the Portugal who had been used on occasion at backwards. midfielder] João right back. Wolves had just finished Then Nuno arrived. Moutinho’s first training the times | Saturday October 24 2020 1GS 11 Sport

TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER MARC ASPLAND session with us he came out and his boots were untied — untied! We were like, ‘What’s going on here?’ It Premier League urged to drop was like he had slippers on, that’s how he plays. He’s such a clever footballer. We do possession before demands on foreign signings a game, when we’re warming up, and nobody gets the ball off him. depending on the nation’s Fifa ranking. He half kills your confidence.” Martyn Ziegler, Matt Dickinson The FA has proposed a points system to That seems unlikely. The determine if foreign players can receive a ebullience that claimed a nation’s The FA has warned Premier League clubs governing body endorsement (GBE) to heart after his goal in the friendly that their ability to sign overseas players play in Britain. Points would be awarded and his pride in playing for his will be hugely impacted in the January on criteria including transfer fees, wages, country pours from him. unless they retract their club appearances and club performance He was captain, the vocal demands to be able to sign young, unprov- — as well as international appearances. linchpin, when Wolves finished en talent from across the globe. The Premier League clubs believe that seventh in their first season back in FA chiefs say that the clubs’ demands the bar is being set far too high. They have the Premier League in 2018-19. would “destroy the pipeline of talent for modelled the proposed points system and They repeated that achievement the England teams”. The governing body say that 40 per cent of non-homegrown last season, which ended — after must submit its model for recruitment of players registered in the league — about 384 days and 59 games — with overseas players to the government by the 120 players — would not have qualified. Lucas Ocampos’s headed goal, two end of this month, ready for January and a Had the points system been in place in minutes from time in their Europa post-Brexit world. 2014, for example, would not League quarter-final against Seville, A letter has been sent to all the top-flight have been able to join Southampton from who would to win the tournament. clubs from the FA chairman Greg Clarke, Red Bull Salzburg because the Austrian raising concerns about the stand-off league scores lower points than other lea- Less than three weeks later he was between the league and the governing gues and Senegal — his national team — with his two sons feeding swans body. The letter, a copy of which has been less than, say, Brazil. when his phone rang. “I had my seen by The Times, adds that unless the The clubs also say that the system would two oldest [he has three boys] and deadlock can be broken, “The current allow or to then my little man fell off his system for non-Europeans will apply to move to the as teenagers but scooter,” he says. “I pulled the everyone and that would be hugely would prevent Premier League clubs re- phone out of my pocket and I restrictive for clubs’ access to players.” cruiting their equivalents from Germany. thought it was a number I needed Under the existing rules, non-EU With the FA and Premier League at to call back. Then I got a text players must have played between 30 per odds, it is possible that both parties could through: ‘Conor, can you ring this cent and 75 per cent of their country’s submit separate ideas to the government number back, it’s Gareth Southgate.’ international matches over a fixed period, at the end of the month. “So I picked the kids up — they both had their scooters in their hands — and I ran back home and I gave the kids to Amy, and I went, ‘Ame, Gareth Southgate’s trying to ring me,’ and she just went, ‘Aaah!’ ” He didn’t go “aaah” when a free kick from the right wing was sent

I don’t think getting into the England squad would have happened without our gaffer into the Wales penalty area by , but he could have been excused for doing so. Since August 2018, seven Premier League goalkeepers have had more shots or touches in the opposition penalty area than Coady. He had missed with a shot in the first half at Why England goal was a collector’s item Wembley, his first effort on goal since Wolves played Preston North End in 2017. Conor Coady has not had a single shot or touch in the opposition box since “Obviously the ball from Tripps Wolves were promoted to the Premier League in 2018 was incredible, it only needed a Fewest shots since Fewest touches in opp box touch, didn’t it, but as it was coming August 2018 since August 2018 over, I remember being on the edge Total shots Touches in opp box of the box thinking, ‘Oh yes, this is Games played Games played coming to me,’ and I needed it to go C Coady 0 C Coady 0 quicker, go quicker, go quicker. I (Wolves) 81 (Wolves) 81 thought, make sure, and I don’t C Taylor 8 R Neves 8 trust my left foot 100 per cent so I (Burnley) 66 (Wolves) 78 went with my right. All of a sudden K Femenía 11 O Romeu 13 it was on my toe and then in the (Watford) 57 (Southampton) 66 back of the net. I dreamt of playing S Kolasinac 13 H Winks 13 for England but not scoring.” (Arsenal) 51 (Tottenham) 61 The Coady smile and whirlwind show no sign of stopping. Southgate J Stephens 14 J Moutinho 16 (Southampton) 54 (Wolves) 81 put him in the leadership group. He Premier League, minimum 50 games played is a throwback who defines humble. By the end of that night at He rarely gets into the opposition half Wembley, Coady had the captain’s Coady’s touches this season armband. Ten days later he charmed social media with his Touches in goalkeepers who reaction to man of the match in a opp half: 12 have had more win away to Leeds United. When Touches in shots or touches informed that Max Kilman, his own half: 237 7 in the opposition team-mate, was given the man-of- box than Coady the-match award, a puzzled Coady since August quickly replied: “Did he?” to much 2018 (Kasper studio hilarity. Coady said: “He Schmeichel, Ben deserves it. Stop laughing and Foster, Tom making a show of me!” Heaton, Nick Coady insists it was not because Pope, Dean he thought he had won it. “Carra Henderson, caught me by surprise,” he says. “I Direction , actually thought Raúl got man of of play Jonas Lossl) the match. He gets it every game. It’s just me being me.” 12 2GS Saturday October 24 2020 | the times BILL EDGAR’S GUIDE TO THE 87 16 2 Goals in Chelsea’s Penalties in Man Spurs first to score past 21 away Utd’s past 17 two in first 10 mins PREMIER LEAGUE WEEKEND league games games (11 to Utd) in 2 games in a row

West Ham United v Manchester City Fulham v Crystal Palace Manchester United v Chelsea Liverpool v Sheffield United Today 12.30pm, BT Sport 1, talkSPORT Today, 3pm, BT Sport Box Office, 5 Live Today, 5.30pm, Sky Sport PL, talkSPORT Today, 8pm, Sky Sports Box Office, talkSPORT West Ham (possible 3-4-3) Fulham (possible 4-2-3-1) Manchester United (possible 4-2-3-1) L Fabianski — F Balbuena, A Ogbonna, A Areola — O Aina, T Adarabioyo, D De Gea — A Wan-Bissaka, V Lindelof, Liverpool (possible 4-3-3) A Cresswell — V Coufal, T Soucek, T Ream, A Robinson — T Cairney, H Maguire, L Shaw — S McTominay, Alisson — T Alexander-Arnold, J Matip, D Rice, A Masuaku — J Bowen, A-F Zambo Anguissa — I Cavaleiro, Fred — J Mata, B Fernandes, M Rashford J Gomez, A Robertson — J Henderson, M Antonio, P Fornals R Loftus-Cheek, A Lookman — A Mitrovic — M Greenwood Fabinho, N Keita — M Salah, R Firmino, Doubt S Haller Injured J Andersen, K Tete, T Kongolo, Injured E Bailly, J Lingard S Mané Injured A Oxlade-Chamberlain, J Onomah Doubt H Reed Doubt H Maguire, M Greenwood, V van Dijk, K Tsimikas Doubt Alisson, Thiago, N Keïta, J Matip Manchester City (possible 4-2-3-1) Crystal Palace (possible 4-4-2) E Cavani Suspended A Martial Ederson — K Walker, R Dias, A Laporte, V Guaita — J Ward, C Kouyaté, M Sakho, Sheffield United (possible 3-5-2) J Cancelo — Rodri, B Silva — R Mahrez, T Mitchell — A Townsend, J McArthur, Chelsea (possible 4-2-3-1) A Ramsdale — C Basham, J Egan, R Sterling, P Foden — S Agüero J Riedewald, J Schlupp — W Zaha, E Mendy — R James, T Silva, K Zouma, J Robinson — G Baldock, J Lundstram, Injured G Jesus, Fernandinho, B Mendy M Batshuayi Injured G Cahill, J McCarthy, B Chilwell — N Kanté, Jorginho — O Norwood, S Berge, E Stevens — Doubt K De Bruyne, A Laporte, N Aké C Wickham W Hennessey, N Ferguson C Pulisic, K Havertz, M Mount — R Brewster, O McBurnie Isolating J Butland, J Ayew T Werner Injured J Fleck, J O’Connell, L Mousset Referee A Taylor 0 1 0 12 Doubt J Tomkins Injured Kepa, B Gilmour Doubt M Lowe, S Moore Odds Away win 2-5 Referee G Scott 0 1 0 4 Referee M Atkinson 0 0 0 8 Referee M Dean 0 1 0 7 Odds Home win 13-8 Odds Draw 5-2 Odds Home win 1-4

West Ham have been outscored by six Fulham sit bottom of the table yet have Manchester United have scored almost English players have made Liverpool Manchester City players in their past five made the highest number of successful twice as many goals away as at home suffer this season, scoring ten goals home games against them (agg: 1-22) crosses from open play over the past nine months Most top-flight goals conceded to English Goals scored in past five West Ham home Most crosses finding team-mate from Man Utd goals since Jan 20 players this season games against Manchester City* open play in Premier League this season Goals Games Liverpool: Watkins 3, Grealish 2, Keane, Home Calvert-Lewin, Barkley, Harrison, Bamford 4 Fulham (95 attempts) 23 25 2.08 Gabriel Jesus, Leroy Sané, David Silva 3 Chelsea (62) 18 per game 10 12 West Brom Yaya Touré, Sergio Agüero, West Ham ogs 2 West Ham (80) 18 Away Maguire, who scored at Newcastle last 9 Fernandinho, , Kevin De Bruyne, Newcastle (58) 16 47 2.61 Burnley West Ham 1 *All players listed scored for City Burnley (71) 16 week, missed the win at PSG with injury 18 5 Wolves v Newcastle United Arsenal v Leicester City Brighton v West Brom Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur HOW IT STANDS Tomorrow, 4.30pm, Sky Sports PL, 5 live Tomorrow, 7.15pm, Monday, 5.30pm, BT Sport Box Office, Monday, 8pm, Sky Sports PL, 5 Live P W D L GD Pts BT Sport Box Office, 5 Live talkSPORT2 1 Everton 54107 13 Wolves (possible 3-5-2) Burnley (possible 4-4-2) 2 Aston Villa 5401 7 12 Brighton (possible 3-4-3) Rui Patrício — W Boly, C Coady, Arsenal (possible 4-3-3) N Pope — M Lowton, K Long, J Tarkowski, 3 Leeds 63123 10 M Ryan — A Webster, B White, D Burn — M Kilman — N Semedo, L Dendoncker, B Leno — H Bellerín, D Luiz, Gabriel, C Taylor — J B Gudmundsson, 4 Liverpool 53110 10 J Moutinho, P Neto, R Saiss — K Tierney — D Ceballos, G Xhaka, B Saka T Lamptey, A Lallana, Y Bissouma, J Brownhill, A Westwood, D McNeil — 5 Leicester 53024 9 D Podence, R Jiménez — N Pépé, Willian, P-E Aubameyang S March — L Trossard, N Maupay, A Barnes, C Wood 6 Arsenal 53022 9 Injured Jonny Injured R Holding, P Mari, C Chambers, A Mac Allister Injured B Mee, J Cork Doubt E Pieters, 7 Wolves 5 3 0 2 -2 9 G Martinelli Doubt Willian, D Ceballos Injured A Jahanbakhsh, J Izquierdo B Peacock-Farrell Isolating P Bardsley 8 Tottenham 5221 7 8 Newcastle (possible 4-4-2) Doubt D Pröpper, F Andone, C Walton 9 Chelsea 5221 4 8 Suspended L Dunk 10 West Ham 52124 7 K Darlow — E Krafth, J Lascelles, Leicester (possible 4-1-4-1) Tottenham (possible 4-3-3) 11 Man City 42110 7 F Fernández, J Lewis — J Hendrick, K Schmeichel — T Castagne, W Fofana, West Brom (possible 4-3-3) H Lloris — S Aurier, T Alderweireld, 12 Southampton 5 2 1 2 -1 7 S Longstaff, J Shelvey, A Saint-Maximin J Evans, J Justin — N Mendy — A Perez, S Johnstone — D Furlong, B Ivanovic, D Sánchez, S Reguilon — M Sissoko, 13 Newcastle 5 2 1 2 -2 7 — Joelinton, C Wilson D Praet, J Maddison, H Barnes — J Vardy A Hegazi, C Townsend — C Gallagher, P-E Hojbjerg, T Ndombele — S Bergwijn, 14 Crystal Palace 5 2 1 2 -2 7 Injured M Dubravka, M Ritchie, D Gayle Injured Y Tielemans, R Pereira, J Livermore, F Krovinovic — M Pereira, H Kane, Son Heung-min 15 Man Utd 4 2 0 2 -3 6 16 Brighton 5 1 1 3 -2 4 Doubt K Darlow, I Hayden, M Longstaff, C Soyuncu, W Ndidi, D Amartey K Grant, G Diangana Injured J Tanganga C Clark, P Dummett Doubt J Vardy Doubt E Dier 17 West Brom 5 0 2 3 -8 2 Injured H Robson-Kanu, S Field 18 Burnley 4 0 1 3 -5 1 19 Sheff Utd 5 0 1 4 -5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Referee L Mason 0 4 Referee C Pawson 0 7 Referee J Moss 0 14 Referee M Oliver 1 13 20 Fulham 5 0 1 4 -8 1 Odds Home win 3-4 Odds Home win 19-20 Odds Home win 8-11 Odds Away win 8-13

The battle of the league's two most Arsenal are becoming more accustomed West Brom’s Matheus Pereira is the only Tottenham’s defeat in February 2019 TOP SCORERS committed dribblers: Adama Traoré has to Europe’s secondary club competition player to have scored direct from a free proved a turning point after a long run of Son Heung-min (Tottenham) 7 attempted one every 8min this term than its showpiece kick in the Premier League this season fine results under D Calvert-Lewin (Everton) 7 Dribbles attempted per 90mins in M Salah (Liverpool) 6 Arsenal games in Europe from 2012-13 to Shots from Goal Blocked Burnley 2, Tottenham 1: Feb 23, 2019 Premier League this season* 2020-21 P Bamford (Leeds) 6 free kicks 1 14 Tottenham’s 55 league games Adama Traoré Wolves 10.8 in Premier Total beforehand TOP ASSISTS Allan Saint-Maximin Newcastle 7.0 Europa League 117 points (2.13 per game) H Kane (Tottenham) 7 André-Frank Champions this season On 39 Off Fulham 6.7 40 43 league Tottenham’s 55 games from that match J McGinn (Aston Villa) 4 Zambo Anguissa *Minimum league target target 150mins (minimum) to now J Grealish (Aston Villa) 3 11 14 Mohamed Salah Liverpool 6.6 played 78 points (1.42 per game) J Rodríguez (Everton) 3 the times | Saturday October 24 2020 2GS 13 Match in focus Sport Southampton v Everton

Kick-off Sunday, 2pm Everton are so accustomed to the Piqué reveals harm TV Live, Sky Sports PL mmiddle ground that no member of Radio BBC 5 Live ththeir squad was alive the last time they Referee K Friend ffinishedi in the top three or bottom ththree of the table. Since winning the caused by Barça’s Southampton (possible; 4-4-2) leleague title in 1987 Everton have only A McCarthy ffinishedi between fourth to 17th, yet K Walker- ththey headed into the weekend at the Peters R Bertrandrtrand susummit of the Premier League J Bednarek J Vestergaard ‘broken hierarchy’ DDanny Ings, almost inevitably, was the Piqué detailed events that led to that J Ward- pplayer who sparked Southampton into Prowse O Romeu Ian Hawkey collapse in trust, such as the sacking of S Armstrong N Redmondmond liflife last week when he began their cocomeback to draw with Chelsea the head coach Ernesto Valverde, who D Ings C Adams Barcelona go into the most highly won successive Liga titles, in January, a ScScored Southampton’s first goal in charged fixture of their season, the dismissal later inaccurately blamed on leleague games since start of last season* Clásico against Real Madrid, with their the players by the sporting director at A Iwobi D Calvert-Lewin J Rodríguezuez DDanny Ings 21 crises laid bare after the vice-captain the time, Eric Abidal; and the murky Gerard Piqué launched a stinging scandal now known as “Barçagate”, in MMoussa Djenepo 3 criticism of the club and their treatment which a company contracted by the A Gomes Allan A Doucouréuré MMichael Obafemi, 2 , of their greatest asset, Lionel Messi. club launched a social media campaign StStuart Armstrong, , Jan ChChe Adams, James 1 Bednarek, Nathan In an interview with La Vanguardia, attacking high-profile former players WWard-Prowse Redmond Piqué spoke of “a broken hierarchy,” and, in some cases, present employees. L Digne M Keane Y Mina B Godfreydfrey **Team did not score in 7 games and revealed that he, a colleague of “Here I am, a Barcelona player, seeing Messi’s since they were 14-year-olds at how my club has spent money — J Pickford IbIbrahima Diallo last week became the the La Masia academy, pleaded with the money they are asking us for [through Everton (possible; 4-3-3) PPremier League’s latest French player Argentinian to stay when Messi, whose salary cuts] — on criticising people with wwhen he made his Southampton debut contract expires next June, formally a past association with the club and Southampton asked to leave Barcelona in the active players,” said Piqué. “It’s disgrace- Injured M Djenepo, W Smallbone MMost common nationality in Premier summer. “I sent him some messages, ful. I asked for an explanation and they’d Ineligible T Walcott (cannot face parentrent club)club) LeLeague outside British Isles (since 1992) Doubt M Salisu, Y Valery like ‘Leo, it’s just one year — soon we’ll say: ‘Oh, I knew nothing about it.’ ” FFrench 211 have new people [in charge]’,” said Piqué this month signed a contract Everton Piqué, referencing the toxic relation- extension until 2024, agreeing to Injured S Coleman, J Kenny, M Holgate,ate, SSpanish 147 DDutch 139 ship between the club’s present board J-P Gbamin, J Branthwaite, C Tosun and the dressing room. BBrazilian Suspended Richarlison 86 Pique, 33, added: “I asked myself: Barcelona v Real Madrid Doubt J Rodriguez PPortuguese 78 ‘How did it come to this?’ That the Pickford keeps on running greatest player in history, who we have Today, Kick-off 3pm, TTreatment Table been blessed to enjoy for 16 years, has Live on Premier Sports Having avoided a red card or WWest Ham’s lack of injuries has helped to send in a letter by special delivery suspension for his wild challenge on because he feels the club’s not listening Liverpool’s last week,ek, tthemh recover after losing their opening ttwow league games to him. How? Leo deserves everything; effectively hold back some of his salary Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickfordord he should have the stadium named in while the club weather the economic can extend his long unbroken runn of CCombined Premier League games league appearances today his honour. impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, mmissed by players through “We should look after our icons,” which has left one of Europe’s biggest Longest present unbroken run of ininjury/illness this season Piqué continued, name-checking the stadiums, Camp Nou, with no revenue top-flight appearances in which CrystalC Palace 34 Manchester City manager Pep from ticket sales since March. played every minute NewcastleN 33 Guardiola, who, as Barcelona head But Piqué also put his name to a joint ArsenalA 30 coach, made the central defender a key statement by players rejecting Barça’s Jordan Everton 119, EvertonEvE 27 part of the team that won a treble in strategy of imposing across-the-board Pickford Sunderland 13 1322 gameses Leicester 2009. “It surprises me that Pep, Puyi, salary cuts, describing it as “shoddy”. 23 Xavi and Valdes [the former players He felt emboldened to speak out Liverpool,L Man City 22 Carles Puyol, Xavi Hernández and because the end of Bartomeu’s presi- Kasper Leicester BurnleyB 20 Victor Valdés] are not at the club. dency may be imminent. Piqué’s hope is BrightonB 19 Schmeichel 811 Somebody’s doing something wrong.” that a new regime may persuade Messi, Conor Coady Wolves Chelsea,C Leeds 18 Messi only remains at Barcelona 33, to commit to staying beyond June. TottenhamTo 17 because the president Josep Maria As for the club’s prospects on the AstonA Villa 15 Bartomeu, whose mandate expires pitch, Piqué described himself as Man Utd 800 SheffS Utd 14 next year, made it clear that the club “moderately optimistic” before his 37th ManM Utd, West Brom 11 would keep him to the €700 million Clásico, sensing that for the first time in (about £635 million) buyout clause in many months Real look as insecure as FulhamFu 10 Mat Ryan Brighton 588 his contract. Messi stayed for this Barcelona, having followed the week- Wolves 8 season through gritted teeth, highlight- end’s 1-0 defeat by newly promoted Guess the season West Ham 6 Jordan ing a total breakdown in confidence Cadiz with a chaotic 3-2 loss in the Answer Southampton 5 Pickford between the senior players and the Champions League at home to A 2012-13 Source: www.premierinjuries.com club’s executives. Shakhtar Donetsk. 14 2GS Saturday October 24 2020 | the times Sport Football

Bertrand, sent off 12 months ago after a VAR review, inset, is ‘Losing 9-0 was good in a way soaring again – it forced us to address things’

world — we fix, adjust and keep misconstrued.” So would he fancy going. We don’t abandon everything Sent off by VAR review the job when he is an ex-player? He Humiliation a year ago we are trying to achieve. It was the laughs. “I’m good, thanks,” he says. was springboard for same after Spurs [a 5-2 defeat at Besides, he has other ambitions, home in September]. Against Spurs, it Premier League red cards following including a possible role as a director Southampton and their was probably over-aggressive. We had VAR intervention of football. some poor bits of defending, but we Bertrand has developed an interest manager, aren’t afraid to try things. The Last season in the business side of the game, more Matt Dickinson manager sets that tone. R Bertrand (Southampton) than coaching, for a few years. He tells “He’s very much a modern-day home to Leicester...... Oct 25 plans to gain some qualifications — football manager. He is clear Son Heung-min (Tottenham) he was even looking at courses at A year has passed since Ryan tactically, has an amazing passion for home to Chelsea...... Dec 22 Harvard, which had to be put on hold Bertrand sat alone in the dressing the game and it’s about learning, C Kabasele (Watford) in the pandemic — and keeps an eye room at St Mary’s, sent off after improving all the time. It’s a fast, home to Wolves...... Jan 1 not only on football results but only 12 minutes, and watched with high-pressing, efficient game and it’s a P-E Aubameyang balance sheets, too. deepening despondency as his team pleasure to be part of. I like to play (Arsenal) “I find it interesting seeing how capitulated to a 9-0 home defeat by high intensity, being aggressive. You away to Crystal Palace...... Jan 11 different clubs function,” he says. Leicester City. feel a lot more in the game, and that’s B Godfrey (Norwich) “Whether it is the multi-club As Southampton plunged into the the best way to learn too.” home to Bournemouth...... Jan 18 ownership model of Manchester relegation zone on the back of a It is notable that in the 33 league M Djenepo (Southampton) City and the Red Bull teams, or the record-breaking humiliation, Ralph games played since the defeat, home to Newcastle...... Mar 7 model of Norwich City, staying Hasenhüttl’s job prospects leading a Southampton have amassed 51 points Fernandinho (Man City) consistent, bouncing between the team that had not won at home for (including a bold comeback to draw away to Chelsea...... Jun 25 leagues but trying to keep a healthy six months seemed rather like those 3-3 against Chelsea at the weekend), E Nketiah budget to your own needs. They can of the Titanic, which the Austrian which is exactly the same number as (Arsenal) be run very differently but correctly manager had referenced on his first Leicester, a side well regarded for home to Leicester...... July 7 for them. day at the club. Here was the iceberg. punching above their weight. E Buendía (Norwich) “I’ve still plenty of years left playing Not an anniversary, then, that I mention that it is almost top-six home to Burnley...... July 18 but if I can work on something in the Bertrand would be thrilled to mark form, certainly European contention. background — learning the business but this week the straight-talking “We definitely have those This season of sport is exciting. It brings the footballer did not shy away from capabilities,” Bertrand says, “but Y Bissouma (Brighton) competitive nature out of me in a the inevitable request to reflect the most important thing is the away to Newcastle...... Sept 20 different way.” on a painful evening, and what has mentality to keep progressing. A Christensen (Chelsea) It raises the question of whether changed since. We re-analyse a lot to keep moving home to Liverpool...... Sept 20 Bertrand believes he will be given fair “In a funny way, it was what we forward. I can see us being on the opportunities. Football boardrooms, needed,” he says. “There were lots periphery of European places, in the even more than dugouts, are not of little things that maybe needed hunt for Europa League. That should on the ball,” he says. “I have been known for their diversity. This is addressing and a defeat like that is be our aim.” in those situations many times, an a subject he has cared about for a going to make everyone think about Top-seven credentials will be put to accident, yellow card, game goes on. long time. Indeed, for as long as he what they have to do. It forced us to the test by high-flying Everton I think they wanted to use the can remember. address things.” tomorrow, but there are far fewer new technology.” As talk turns to Black Lives Matter The obvious ones were a change of questions about Hasenhüttl, who Reflecting on how the VAR system (BLM), I ask if Bertrand has suffered defensive system, from a three to a took RB Leipzig to second in the has been deployed since, Bertrand much overt racism. His mind back four, and deploying another Bundesliga, especially now that he believes that the slowing down of instantly takes him back to the streets more attention to Black History striker in support of , has signed a contract until 2024. such tackles on screen is leading to of Bermondsey, southeast London, as Month, including wearing a pair of who has been relentlessly prolific. That notable defeat a year ago far too many red cards. “It needs a seven or eight-year-old. “I was boots in 2018 with Martin Luther Beyond those tactical changes, made history for more than the more human feeling to decision- walking on my own and a car drove King Jr’s image and his “I have a Bertrand says, was the way that scoreline. Bertrand was dismissed in making,” he says. “The speed and past and they shouted out,” he says. dream” quote inscribed. players and manager bound together the first intervention of VAR for a intensity of the game, sometimes I “I was just walking to the shop. They “I felt Black History Month was on a journey of improvement as the top-flight red card. wonder if the officials reviewing the shouted the n-word and all that stuff. not profiled enough,” Bertrand says. best antidote to that crisis of five “I was a case study,” Bertrand says, decisions should have some football They were adults to me, but probably “I wanted to drive attention to it, points from nine games. ruefully, still believing he was treated experience if that’s feasible, ex-players late teens. It was intimidating. So, yes, and the education that’s still “We look at things if they don’t harshly and was stretching for the maybe. Not all tackles are malicious I was exposed to it.” necessary. It has taken some work and we learn from them,” ball when he caught Ayoze Pérez. but slowed down to the millisecond It is just one reason for him unfortunate situations to inspire a Bertrand says. “It’s not the end of the “If you look at the focus, it was all in a contact sport, they can get wanting to use his profile to bring bigger movement.” the times | Saturday October 24 2020 2GS 15 CHIT

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On the occasion of Pelé’s 80th birthday, Andrew Downie reasserted his case as the greatest ever footballer, a status under threat in the age of YouTube and Lionel Messi

I have seen both Messi and Pelé play and rate the Brazilian higher. In the 1970s I went to Fulham to watch them play performance world so it can’t be Santos and was standing someone just given that job for the behind one of the goals. The wrong reasons, but we need more ball rebounded out to Pelé people of colour. I think seeing outside the penalty area. Next, someone like you in that position can he not only dummied two be inspirational.” Fulham players, but the crowd At 31, Bertrand is now very much a also. Pure genius. Ranger 4 senior player. It is more than eight years since he was propelled to prominence, thrown into the Messi is a fine player in Champions League final for Chelsea the sanitised game that against Bayern Munich: quite a time football is today, but he is for a European debut for a defender not even the best player who had spent much of his career on in that. Cristiano Ronaldo loan to Championship clubs. is probably closer to Pelé The lesson of that night? “Be in styles than any other ready,” he says. “You never know player — two-footed, great when you are going to get the biggest heading abilty and won many competitions. test of your life.” Steve Phillips There have been 19 caps for England: nine under Roy Hodgson, including one in the ill-fated Euro I think Diego Maradona was a 2016 finals, and ten under Gareth better player than Messi, almost Southgate, who last called up single-handedly winning Serie A Bertrand early in 2018. twice with an unfashionable Given the chronic lack of left- Napoli and, of course, there was footed defenders, does he have any what he did with Argentina in hope of a recall? “I am focused on 1986. Messi was fortunate in here [Southampton],” he says. “People that he was surrounded by the 44 have their own decisions to make. greatest midfielders of our time Goals Southampton have conceded I am enjoying my club football and in Xavi and Andrés Iniesta and in 33 Premier League games since the happy proving that I am still one of has never been able to raise his 9-0 defeat — only three more than the best left backs in the league.” game for the World Cup. Leicester in that time Bertrand says that he is “more than Matthew Kramer ready” if the call ever comes but it does not sound as though he is waiting by the phone — and there is I’m very much of the It is four months since Premier organisations for more diversity. In feel that we still have to change the plenty going on. He has two girls, modern era of football League players first took a knee to the past around racism issues, it’s processes and opportunities, why not? aged eight and six, and a wedding to but I’ve always support BLM, and there has been been reactive. Not enough has been It’s not harming anyone, right?” organise at some point after two years considered Pelé the best, some debate within football about proactive. That’s why we need With his own ambitions to stay in of engagement. Then there is getting given what he achieved whether it still has an impact. consistent conversations. This isn’t the game, does he worry that there Southampton up the table. and the time he played Bertrand is insistent that the gesture about a moment, it’s for ever. are so few black, Asian and minority The club finished seventh and sixth in. Messi and Ronaldo should be performed. “When I take the knee, I just think ethnic figures in positions of in his first seasons at St Mary’s and, are almost superhuman “I think it is important that the about how united we are. It does authority? “Nobody wants anything overcoming a few wobbles, they have — but look at what Pelé did, my God that’s stance is there still,” he says. continue to send a message, the for free,” he says, “but we do need a shown that sort of form over the past KAJ “Otherwise people will forget or move togetherness. I don’t see why anyone level playing field. People from 12 months. The anger and dismay of incredible. on. We need to keep it prominent would stop until some proper changes deprived areas, or minorities, do need this time last year has, Bertrand says, because we still need changes in are made. If we look as a league, and to see people in prominent roles. It’s a given way to optimism and ambition. 16 1GS Saturday October 24 2020 | the times the times | Saturday October 24 2020 1GS 17 Football Sport Meaning behind Watford’s numbers

whipped and eventually struck on the Henry Winter hears What does each head by an overseer in Maryland, jersey represent? leaving her with severe health how club’s players are problems throughout her life, which she dedicated to rescuing 700 fellow looking to tackle FATUGA-DADA 96 slaves. “I always remembered SOL TOMLINSON/WATFORDFC 2Pac, my favourite Harriet’s story from the age of eight,” racism in society rapper/artist, died Beckett says. “She was a pioneer in 1996 when she had so many odds stacked and football against her, [she was] illiterate and as ALI 59 a result of the beating she had in her Watford have a long, proud history of Motown, founded teens she suffered seizures and standing up to racism. In 1984, just in 1959, gave artists narcoleptic episodes. before the FA Cup final, John Barnes more opportunities “To be the person that freed so argued with security outside a famous many slaves, putting her own life London store when they ordered him WARD 68 at risk, I just found it a really to move on because they assumed Peter Norman at remarkable story, especially for me that a black man in a tracksuit would the 1968 Olympics as a woman who works in the tech be shoplifting. showed how to act industry [as a senior IT consultant] Watford’s most high-profile player and plays football, ie two male- now, Troy Deeney, is a vocal and BECKETT 13 dominated arenas.” valued campaigner against racism. Harriet Tubman, Beckett wants social media The Watford Women defender Renée who died in 1913, companies to tackle racist posts faster. Hector was found to have been rescued 700 slaves “There is a responsibility to those racially abused by Sheffield United’s hosting the platforms, Facebook Sophie Jones while playing for Twitter, Instagram, to really step Tottenham Hotspur in 2019 and her up and deliver,” she says. new team-mates have rallied around It is the lack of accountability, and her, checking on her mental health. the ease of concealment for racists, on Watford care. And act. On June 6, Twitter in particular. “If you have to the women’s squad held an emotional sign up and put some identification Zoom session at the end of which so that you can be made accountable, they decided to choose shirt numbers you’d then know you could based on significant dates in black potentially lose your job or lose history. Their forward, Adekite earnings because of something you Fatuga-Dada, London-born of may say in a public domain. That Nigerian heritage, chose 96, marking would quickly fix the problem.” the year that 2Pac, the rapper and All agree that the footballing activist, was shot dead. “I’m wearing it authorities are too soft on racist in memory of him,” Fatuga-Dada, 24, abuse. “It can’t just be a however- says. “I’m a very big music person. He many-game ban,” Fatuga-Dada says. was raised by a single mum, the same “The money sanctions aren’t enough as me so a lot of what he rapped either. It needs to be something about resonated with me. that makes people think twice about “Walking out of my house I’ve doing it.” heard racial abuse, been called a drug Hector’s abuser was suspended dealer. I can’t hide my race. I can’t do for five games and fined £200. Jones anything about it and I don’t think denied allegations of making monkey I should be judged for it. Nobody sounds but subsequently left Sheffield should be.” says of a song that was cited by team,’ and think it’s some show of a decision to walk off, I’d like to think United and said she was retiring. The Watford midfielder Francesca black demonstrators as a civil allegiance by abusing someone on I’d be the player that would walk Beckett clearly feels the punishment Ali recalls the abuse she endured as a rights anthem. another team. It’s more deep-rooted. off with her, regardless of what it insufficient. “The situation with teenager, starting out in the game. “I As part of Black History Month, It’s a society problem.’’ meant for that game, my career, Renée, the girl was advised that she’d was called a Paki by an opponent,” three Watford players, Alysha She has spoken with Deeney. “Troy that result, whatever.” have to miss a few games,” Beckett Ali says. “I’ve had it previously off the Stojko-Down, Sarah Wiltshire and was part of a conversation we had as Walking off, and the ramifications, says. “For someone that’s been pitch, so it wasn’t anything new to me Megan Chandler visited St Mary’s a group to say, ‘Any help you need we is a conundrum for a footballer, a targeted based on their skin colour but the way it was handled was really C of E primary school in nearby are here to help you out, and thank matter of intense conversations in it’s staggering that we’re not at that poor. I was told to ‘just ignore it’ by Berkhamsted yesterday, hosting a you for doing what you’re doing.’ ” dressing rooms. “I’m yet to see it point of enforcing that [tougher] my coach. I feel I’m at a club now workshop. As Barnes always says, Ward chose 68 to honour the stand happening in a massive game with penalty right now.” where if that happened to me I’ve got the key to addressing racism is made by the white Australian 200m big stakes,” Ward says. “And that’s the Ward wants national associations players around me who would make “education, education, education”. silver medallist at the 1968 Games, moment where it would really hit to be hit harder for abuse by their a stand and support me. Watford’s a Fatuga-Dada nods. “Yes, big time,” she Peter Norman, in quietly backing the home to people: World Cup final, players or supporters. “There has to family club, definitely. Conversations says. “If you get to kids in schools and famous US Black Power salute made winning 1-0 and one of your team- be more of a deterrent, like points happen regularly about race and teach them about racism, younger by Tommie Smith and John Carlos mates gets abused. Are you going to deductions,” Ward says. “If you shout making a difference as a club.” generations are like sponges.” on the podium by wearing an be the person that walks off? I don’t racist abuse and your team ends up Ali picked 59 to commemorate the Her captain, Helen Ward, believes Olympic Project for Human Rights care that it’s the World Cup final, losing points, that’s real punishment.” year Motown was founded. “I was they have to focus on the younger badge. “The stand that Peter Norman I’m going to stand by my team-mate, There is a belief in certain quarters brought up on Motown music,” Ali, generation. “We’ve got a lost made at the 1968 Olympics is, to me, my friend.” that some fans, if allowed in, would 27, says. “It’s a big part of who I am. generation that aren’t going to change exactly how a white person such as Emma Beckett, the Watford and react negatively to seeing players Prior to Motown, opportunities for their [myopic] ways,” Ward, 34, says. myself should be behaving and being Ireland midfielder, agrees. She taking a knee. “Players would still black music artists were slim to none. “And the key now is to almost forget an ally for people of colour,” the would walk off “without a doubt”. do it if fans were in the ground now,” It’s not just music, television as well.” about them and try to help the Wales international says. Beckett chose 13 partly as “the 13th Fatuga-Dada replies. She is One of her favourite Motown younger generation learn about “Peter Norman had a big part in a amendment in the [US] Constitution encouraged that the fight against tracks is Martha and the Vandellas’ black history. Black Power protest. It resonated to refers to the abolition of slavery” but racism will slowly be won. “More Dancing in the Street. “It was such “Many people use football as an me as the sort of person I wanted to more in memory of the abolitionist white people are starting to get a joyful, upbeat song that it lost excuse to be abusive and they’ll just be and that if it came to it, and Ade Harriet Tubman, who died in 1913. involved more, and that’s key. sight of the actual meaning,” she say, ‘Oh, I’m just doing it for my gets racially abused and she makes Tubman was born into slavery, was Change will come.”

French Open women’s goals against which SPORTING HERO of the week Weekend singles final 6-0, 6-0 opponents at the 2019 Maxime Mbanda Italy back-row forward against Steffi Graf? World Cup? quiz 4 Who scored four 7 Which team beat Bury goals on his Tottenham 10-0 in a League Cup It will be business as usual once the front line against the virus. He Knight of the 1 Which opponents did debut in a 9-0 win over match in 1983? again for the Irish and Italian rugby initially transported medicine and Order of Merit the England men’s Bristol Rovers in 1977? 8 Who lost 7-0 twice to teams this afternoon when they meet food for the elderly in the Emilia- of the Italian football team beat 8-0 5 In the 2008 Olympic Phil Taylor in PDC World in the first game of the resumed Six Romagna region, though quickly Republic as in 1984 and 1987? men’s 100m final, who Darts Championship Nations (Angus Oliver writes). found himself working as an recognition for hiss servicesservices. 2 In the first European finished second behind finals? Among Italy’s substitutes is ambulance driver, transferring In normal circumstances Mbanda

Cup match played in a celebrating, sideways- Maxime Mbanda, by trade a back- patients for the Parma Yellow Cross. would have been commemorated in England, Manchester running Usain Bolt? Manley Peter 8, United; Ham row forward for Zebre and the The 27-year-old worked on break- person by the Italian president but

United beat which team 6 The United States West 7, Thailand; 6, Thompson; 4, Colin Lee; 5, Richard Richard 5, Lee; Colin 4, Azzurri, but after Covid-19 forced less 12-hour rotations, helping to his medal and certificate had to be

10-0? women’s football team Zvereva; Natasha 3, Anderlecht; rugby’s suspension in March he transport infected patients between delivered to the Italy team hotel so

1, Turkey; 2, 2, Turkey; 1, 3 Who lost the 1988 scored ten second-half Answers switched his efforts to volunteer on hospitals, and this week was made a he did not leave their bubble. 18 2GS Saturday October 24 2020 | the times Sport Football

ALEX PANTLING/GETTY IMAGES Cocu’s platform How they stand P W D L F A GD Pts Reading...... 65 108 1 716 Bristol City...... 6 4 1 1 10 5 5 13 Watford...... 64 1 162 413 Bournemouth...... 633095 412 Millwall...... 632 174 311 Swansea...... 632 174 311 to build on after Brentford...... 6 3 1 2 10 7 3 10 Norwich...... 63 1265 110 Huddersfield...... 6 3 1 2 5 6 -1 10 Stoke...... 623 165 19 Middlesbrough...... 623 154 19 Luton...... 6 3 0 3 5 6 -1 9 Cardiff...... 62225508 deserved point Blackburn...... 6 2 1 3 12 7 5 7 Preston North End.62 1387 17 QPR...... 6 1 3 2 6 7 -1 6 Rotherham...... 6 1 3 2 5 6 -1 6 standing, a free kick curled in by Birmingham...... 6 1 3 2 3 4 -1 6 Coventry...... 6123610-45 Nottingham Forest . Nottm Forest...... 7 12449-55 Taylor 64 1 “3-4-3 suits us,” Cocu said. “There’s Derby...... 7 1 1 5 3 11 -8 4 Barnsley...... 6 0 3 3 5 9 -4 3 the understanding between the players, Wycombe...... 6 0 0 6 1 13 -12 0 Derby County the back three, the two midfielders and Sheffield Wed...... 6222550-4 Waghorn 30 the strikers [Waghorn, Lawrence and Taylor pounces on a loose ball to equalise for Forest, his first goal for the club 1 Kamil Jozwiak] who come into spaces Sky Bet Championship between the lines, it is something we do Derby were superior to Forest in the going in the hole behind , Jozwiak but Waghorn had strayed very well. They like this style of play. first half. Cocu’s wing backs, Nathan did Forest come to terms with Cocu’s offside and was impeding Samba’s view. Henry Winter Chief Football Writer The team feels confident.” Byrne and Lee Buchanan, began to 3-4-3. Suddenly they had more balance, Cocu disputed it. “Decisions,” he said, For a side under pressure, Derby Coun- They need to carry that confidence push on after a hesitant start. a sharper edge, more width, especially rolling his eyes. ty played with a belief in their 3-4-3 into challenging tests against Cardiff Shinnie saw a strike pushed away by with the debut-making Anthony Derby were frustrated, but Cocu system and in their manager Phillip City and Bournemouth over the next . Knight was then brought Knockaert arriving for Grabban, who remained positive, making attacking Cocu and could easily have won this week. The Championship is relentless. down by Sammy Ameobi on the half- was “feeling his hip” according to changes. “We didn’t sit back to defend 97th league East Midlands derby. They Cocu’s position had come under hour, 25 yards out. Forest formed a wall Hughton. “Anthony played a part in the 1-1,” Cocu said. “We tried to score were adventurous, organised, and all intense scrutiny after Derby’s of Ameobi, Scott McKenna, Tobias changing our fortunes,” Hughton said. the winner.” the questions over the future of Cocu disappointing start to the season with Figueiredo and . They Knockaert, an old player of his at have disappeared, at least for now. depicted as the king in leapt, McKenna highest, but Waghorn’s Brighton & Hove Albion, gave Forest This was a performance that spoke of waiting, or at least in self-isolation. delivery was perfect, curling away from width and delivery. NOTTINGHAM FOREST (4-4-2) B Samba — C Christie, T Figueiredo, S McKenna, ambition, not regression, of a manager Yet Cocu’s side were so in charge for the wall, flying over and When David Marshall saved from N Ioannou — J Lolley, H Arter, R Yates, S Ameobi capable of setting up the side well. 45 minutes that the Forest manager . Samba may have had the Ameobi at close range after 64 minutes, — L Grabban (A Knockeart, 45min), L Taylor. Derby’s defensive organisation was was forced to change wall too far to his left, and he was always Forest made full use of the corner in Subs not used L Mbe Soh, J Smith, L Freeman, good and embodied by in his game plan at the break. Cocu’s 3-4-3 struggling to get across and reach front of the Trent End. Knockaert C Jenkinson, A Mighten, S Sow. a three with and Matt system suited Derby as much as 4-4-2 Waghorn’s free kick. curled the ball in from the left, Ameobi Booked Christie, Arter. DERBY COUNTY (3-4-3) Clarke. Their work rate was excellent, did not help Forest. Derby should really have reached pressurised Clarke and the ball dropped D Marshall — A Wisdom, C Davies, M Clarke — encapsulated by Graeme Shinnie in the A Dutchman who played as an half-time two goals clear but Shinnie to Taylor, who drove in his first goal of N Byrne (D Holmes, 77), G Shinnie, J Knight, L centre alongside Jason Knight. elegant midfield player alongside Luís placed his shot too close to Samba. the season. Buchanan — K Jozwiak, T Lawrence (L Sibley, 86), Their attacking movement was Figo and Pep Guardiola at Barcelona Forest had to change. Hughton The tide appeared to have turned, yet M Waghorn (C Kazim-Richards, 86). Subs not used: C Forsyth, M te Wierik, M Bird, promising, especially the driving runs was never going to abandon positive acted. It was only when he switched to Davies stood firm. Derby responded K Roos. of . Their goal was out- principles lightly, even with the heat on. 4-2-3-1 at the break, with and thought they had scored through Referee T Harrington (Cleveland) the times | Saturday October 24 2020 2GS 19 T20 BATTINGSport Doctor had feared team Stage cut short Explained after peloton’s Jason could break Wada code Roy and intravenous hydration from his weather protest England and Cycling Team Sky bosses. There are strict rules Building an innings Surrey opener Matt Lawton Chief Sports Correspondent under the Wada code on IV use. In some cases a medical exemption may Giro d’Italia Overs one to six (powerplay): Powerplay The fielding team are allowed A member of the Team Sky medical be required, while no athlete can Matt Dickinson Chief Sports Writer Normal staff feared new protocols introduced receive more than 50ml over a six-hour two men outside the 30-metre after a disappointing first season on the period. In May 2011 the UCI, cycling’s A highly unusual Giro d’Italia took circle, so there are lots of gaps professional road circuit in 2010 were global governing body, introduced a another twist on stage 19 when the pel- and boundary opportunities. unethical and could lead to possible blanket ban on needles in the sport. oton refused to ride the complete route Overs seven to 15: It used breaches of the World Anti-Doping Simon Jackson, QC, acting for the in heavy rain, shortening a 258km stage to be perceived that Code (Wada), a medical tribunal heard GMC in its case against Freeman, read by travelling more than 100km by bus. T20 was just “go go yesterday. out the email sent by Hulse in response Organisers reluctantly agreed with go", but the best Last week Dr Richard Freeman, who to the new protocols on IV use. The the Professional Cyclists’ Association teams build innings is facing fit-to-practise proceedings physician had concerns with regard to (CPA) to move the start of the stage, but in the middle overs after ordering a banned substance and “compliance with Wada” and “best it was not a decision that drew unani- when the field has then lying about how it came to be medical practice”. Jackson said the mous approval, with Ineos Grenadiers dispersed (four or delivered to the National Cycling doctor concluded by letter, “I hope you among the teams who thought that the more fielders Wicket 30-metre Centre in May 2011, offered an explana- understand, in light of these concerns, I entire course should have been raced. It must be inside the circle tion for Team Sky’s decision to follow would not be able to comply with these is a Giro that has already lost two teams ring at all times). requests from riders to hire more doc- protocols.” after positive Covid-19 test results and Overs 16 to 20: tors with a background in cycling in Mary O’Rourke, QC, acting for Free- there were fears that the race would not Time to go hell for 2010. Indeed he said Dr David Hulse man, called for Hulse to provide a wit- even reach a third week. leather. You want to had left the team as a consequence of a ness statement if, as she claimed Jack- In northern Lombardy yesterday the have as many “rider rebellion”, sparked in part by the son had implied on Thursday, her client riders had ridden 8km when, amid wickets in hand as death of a staff member at a race. was being accused of being “dishonest”. complaints about the weather and a possible when you reach But it emerged at the hearing in Jackson suggested Hulse’s long, flat stage, racing was stopped and the last five overs. That Manchester yesterday that evidence was more relevant to the buses called back to pick up the riders. way you are able to play with Hulse, who continues to work in case in determining, just months The race was restarted in Abbiategras- total freedom. cycling, has responded to Free- before he ordered 30 sachets of so, with 124.5km to go, after a delay. man’s claims, given under oath, Testogel, where Freeman stood in The CPA said: “The riders’ health is Using your feet and by submitting documents to the terms of the “ethical line” on the priority, especially in this Covid General Medical Council (GMC), sports medicine. period. Reducing today’s stage will not setting up early including an email he sent after Jackson referenced both a book diminish the show, but will allow the receiving new protocols on written by Freeman and an immune defences of the riders not to be I always take a leg-stump guard. On a intravenous recovery interview he gave to the put at greater risk.” flat pitch, I use my feet to come down BBC in 2018, in which he Josef Cerny, of CCC, won the stage the pitch because the bowler will try Hulse said he raised said he had “never crossed after moving clear of a 14-man break- for yorkers or good length deliveries. fears about Team the line, indeed had never away but there was no change to the top On a slower pitch I hang deeper Sky practices approached the line”. of the GC rankings. because I know the bowler will use slower balls into the wicket, which sit up a bit more. You need to score at about eight runs-an-over to get a par score but the variations of T20 bowlers Player pay cut will save ECB £2 million make that difficult. The key is to set yourself early so that your head is still, Woakes, Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer depending on the opposition, range your eyes are on the ball, and you are Cricket — awarded both. Test contracts have from £44,000 to £175,000 for Test not moving around. South Africa’s AB de Villiers is the perfect example — Elizabeth Ammon previously been worth up to £650,000 matches. The upper limit is £58,000 for and a white-ball contract up to white-ball cricket. bowlers can try 400 variations to him England’s centrally contracted players £275,000. Root also earns a captaincy The pay cuts were agreed between but often none of them work because have agreed to take a 15 per cent pay cut bonus of about £170,000. the governing body and the Team he sets himself well and early. for the next 12 months, which will save As well as their basic salary, the England Player Partnership in light of the ECB about £2 million. players will take a 15 per cent cut on the financial impact of Covid-19, which Premeditated shots Last month the ECB announced that their match fees, which were £14,500 has led to the ECB suffering a revenue it was awarding 12 Test and 12 limited- for a and £4,500 for each shortfall this year of more than Scoop shot Reverse sweep overs central contracts, with five limited-overs match last year, and 50 £100 million and forcing it to cut 30 per players — Ben Stokes, Joe Root, Chris per cent on win bonuses. The bonuses, cent of its workforce.

RESULTS positions 1, P Roglic (Slovenia, Team Guinness Pro14 Leinster 63 Zebre 8; Football Cycling Jumbo-Visma) 16hr 30min 53sec; 2, D Benetton 3 Scarlets 10 Martin (Ire, Israel Start-Up Nation) at Premier League Giro d’Italia: Stage 19 result 5sec; 3, R Carapaz (Ec, Team Ineos) at Rugby league Aston Villa (0) 0 Leeds (0) 3 (Morbegno-Asti 124.5km) 1, J Cerny (Cz, 13sec. Others 77, C Froome at 37min CCC Team) 2hr 30min 40sec; 2, T Betfred Super League Wigan Warriors 45sec. Bamford 55, 67, Campenaerts (Bel, NTT Pro Cycling) at 58 Salford Red Devils 12; St Helens 40 74 18sec; 3, J Mosca (It, Trek-Segafredo) at Golf Leeds 8 Sky Bet Championship 26sec. Overall leading positions 1, W Kelderman (Neth, Team Sunweb) 77hr Brescia: European Tour, Italian Open Tennis Nottm Forest(0) 1 Derby (1) 1 46min 56sec; 2, J Hindley (Aus, Team second round scores 128 L Canter (Eng) Antwerp: European Open quarter-final Taylor 64 Waghorn 30 Sunweb) at 12sec; 3, T Geohagan Hart 60, 68. 130 R McGowan (Eng) 66, 64. 132 U Humbert (Fr) bt L Harris (SA) 6-3, 7-6 (GB, Team Ineos) at 15sec. D Burmester (SA) 64, 68. 133 J Hansen (7-2); G Dimitrov (Bul) wo M Raonic Arbroath 0 (Den) 64, 69. 134 R Hojgaard (Den) 67, (Can); D Evans (GB) bt K Khachanov Hearts 1 La Vuelta: Stage 4 result (Garray-Ejea de los Caballeros 191.7km) S Bennett (Ire, 67. A Otaegui (Sp) 67, 67; R Roussel (Fr) (Russ) 3-6, 7-6 (9-7) 6-4; A De Minaur 66, 68. (Aus) bt M Giron (US) 6-3, 6-0. Cricket Deceuninck-Quick-Step) 3hr 53min Prague: WTA Prague Open quarter- 29sec; 2, J Philipsen (Bel, UAE Team Rugby union finals M Sakkari (Gr) bt O Jabeur (Tun) IPL Chennai Super Kings 114-9 (S Curran Emirates); 3, J Mareczko (It, CCC Team); 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; V Azarenka (Bela) bt E When facing India’s Jasprit Bumrah, You have to back your ability and 52; Boult 4-18); Mumbai Indians 116-0 all same time. Others 123, C Froome (GB, International friendly Scotland 48 Mertens (Bel) 6-4, 6-1; J Brady (US) bt V for example, I know he is going to be confident in T20. If the ball is (Kishan 68). Mumbai won by ten wickets Team Ineos) at 42sec. Overall leading Georgia 7 Kudermetova (Russ) 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-1. bowl a lot of yorkers, so I will go into there to be hit I have to capitalise on my innings with the intention of those moments. Equally, opposition FIXTURES playing a scoop shot, above (where teams like to have fine leg back, so Football v Swindon Town; Shrewsbury v Eastleigh v Weston-Super-Mare; FC United; Queen of the South v Raith the batsman alters their stance and playing the reverse sweep shot is a Rochdale; Sunderland v Portsmouth; United of Manchester v Guiseley; Hemel Rovers grip on the bat in order to “scoop” the way of countering that. Kick-off 3.0 unless stated Wigan Athletic v Plymouth Hempstead Town v Hampton & Richmond; Ilkeston Town v Hartlepool Vanarama ball towards fine leg or third man). Premier League Fulham v Crystal Sky Bet League Two Barrow v Walsall; United; King’s Lynn Town v Notts Chelmsford City v Maidstone United; Palace; Liverpool v Sheffield United Bradford v Newport County; Cambridge County; Leiston v Barnet; Maidenhead Ebbsfleet United v Hungerford Town Nets training (8.0); Manchester United v Chelsea United v Bolton; Cheltenham Town v United v Cray Valley Paper Mills; Maldon Training (5.30); West Ham v Manchester City Mansfield Town; Colchester v & Tiptree v Haringey Borough; Sholing v Vanarama National League North (12.30) Harrogate Town; Exeter v Scunthorpe Torquay United; Solihull Moors v Blyth Spartans v Southport; Boston (1.0); Grimsby v Carlisle; Morecambe v Wrexham; South Shields v FC Halifax United v AFC Telford United; Chorley v The day before a game I have a Sky Bet Championship Bristol City v Forest Green Rovers; Oldham v Port Town; Stafford Rangers v Skelmersdale Kidderminster Harriers; Kettering Town 40-minute hit in the nets, do some Swansea; Cardiff City v Middlesbrough; Vale; Salford City v Crawley Town; United; Stockport County v v Bradford (Park Avenue) range hitting with one of the coaches Coventry v Blackburn; Huddersfield v Stevenage v Leyton Orient; Tranmere v Chesterfield; Sutton United v Preston; Millwall v Barnsley; Norwich v Southend Bromley; Tonbridge Angels v Taunton until I feel confident with my rhythm, Wycombe; QPR v Birmingham; Reading Town; Wealdstone v Hayes & Yeading; Rugby union and then go back to the hotel for a v Rotherham; Sheffield Wednesday v FA Cup fourth qualifying round Weymouth v Oxford City; Yeovil Town v Luton; Stoke v Brentford; Watford v Aldershot v Woking; Banbury United v Dover Athletic. Guinness Six Nations Dublin: Ireland v weights session. On matchday, Jonny Bournemouth (12.30) Bury Town; Bath City v Havant & Italy (3.30). Bairstow hits in the nets for 25 minutes. Waterlooville; Boreham Wood v Kilmarnock v International friendly France v Wales I like to hit a few into a net in the Sky Bet League One Accrington Stanley Wimborne Town; Brackley Town v Hibernian; Motherwell v Ross County; (8.10). P Bristol Rovers P; Blackpool v MK Dons; Marske United; Canvey Island v Cray St. Johnstone v Dundee United; St. Gallagher Premiership final Exeter outfield, to get my hands through the Burton Albion v AFC Wimbledon; Wanderers; Chester v Marine; Concord Mirren v Hamilton Academical Chiefs v Wasps (6.0). ball and focus. Then I watch the Doncaster v Crewe; Gillingham v Rangers v Chippenham Town; Guinness Pro14 Ospreys v Glasgow opposition bowlers warm up and Fleetwood Town (1.0); Hull v Dagenham & Redbridge v Hartley Scottish Championship Alloa Athletic v Warriors (5.30). Peterborough; Lincoln City v Ipswich; Wintney; Darlington v Cambridge City; Dunfermline Athletic; Dundee v Morton; Women’s Six Nations Ireland v Italy visualise myself hitting their deliveries. Northampton v Charlton; Oxford United Eastbourne Borough v Dulwich Hamlet; Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Ayr (6.30). 20 1GS Saturday October 24 2020 | the times Sport Portuguese Grand Prix Hamilton is unfazed by How to drive ‘The Rollercoaster’ The track in Portimao, which makes its Formula One debut for this weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix, is nicknamed ‘The Rollercoaster’. no sign of new contract Will Stevens, test and development driver for McLaren, runs through XPB/PA its quirks. Rebecca Clancy Pump the brakes Heading downhill Motor Racing Correspondent Turn six leads into a tricky sequence: The braking zone for turn seven is quick but then it’s straight into five is downhill and Lewis Hamilton is not a man in a hurry. eight, which is much slower. You’re historically bumpy. It’s then As it stands, he has six races remaining turning right, so the steering wheel is a sharp turn with an uphill before his contract with Mercedes never straight, which makes braking exit. There are overtaking expires. Not that he is particularly wor- tricky. The track climbs after turn eight opportunities here but they ried about being left without a drive. before going over a crest – the car goes are far from “I’ve earned the right or the position kind of light and you feel that through straightforward to be able to stay for a decent amount of your body too time,” the 35-year-old said as he pre- pared for tomorrow’s Portugal Grand Prix. He is not wrong. With six world Keep your speed up 9 titles, five of them with Mercedes, and Gasly looks on as marshals run to put out a fire that engulfed his car in practice Turn three is a straightforward 91 race wins, there is no need for Hamil- hairpin but drivers will ton to fret. A new deal is inevitable. share with Ferrari — will not yet again ty” given that it could be negotiated in compromise the exit a little, not using all the track, to maximise This weekend in the Algarve, he will form a formidable partnership. Hamil- a day. “It’s just when the time is right, 8 hunt down his 92nd race win to stand as ton usually gets a three-year contract, we’ll get on with it,” Hamilton said. “I’ve speed round the next bend and the most successful race winner in the last one understood to be worth always been committed to this team all the way down to turn five 6 Formula One, having matched Mich- £31 million a year. Covid-19’s impact on and completely transparent. I haven’t 7 ael Schumacher’s record in Germany. It the motoring industry means that he is spoken to anybody else; I don’t plan to.” 3 is a matter of time before he also match- not certain to secure that again, F1 returns to Portugal for the first es Schumacher’s record of seven world although what they settle on will still be time in 24 years and makes its first visit 4 championships. attractive. But will it be a deal that keeps to the Portimao track. Nicknamed the He has a commanding 69-point lead him in the sport until he is 38? “rollercoaster” for its undulating fea- over Valtteri Bottas, his team-mate and “Do I want to continue for three tures, the track is unfamiliar to most of nearest rival. Technically, Hamilton years is also a question — there are the drivers. Hamilton tested in the 2 doesn’t have a contract to race for an many, many questions still to be Algarve with McLaren in 2009 while DRS eighth title, but that is surely a formal- answered, and we’re also going into a Bottas raced there in Formula Three, as zone ity. “I don’t know,” Hamilton replied new era of car in 2022,” he said. “It kind did Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. 1 when asked. “Probably.” of excites me what could happen in There was plenty of drama yesterday With most of the racing in Europe in 2022 [with new regulations] in terms of with two red flags stopping the after- this heavily rescheduled season, drivers what the cars are like. If you look short noon session. First when Pierre Gasly’s Qualifying Today from 1pm have enjoyed more time at home. term, you could say there are going to car caught fire, then when Red Bull’s Grand Prix Tomorrow Hamilton has spoken about how he be companies and businesses that are Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll Tricky start TV Live on Sky Sports F1 at 1.10pm would like extra downtime to be a going under. Mercedes are, I would say, crashed into each other at turn one. Highlights Channel 4, 6.30pm feature of any new contract. on the climb back, but everyone has had Bottas finished the day on top to keep The approach to turn one drops That is not to say he does not work a big hit this year. But if you look at the Mercedes on course for having claimed downhill and you start to brake when you get to the bottom. It’s a very hard, a factor any of his colleagues will future, the future’s bright.” all the pole positions this season. Max uphill quick corner, then the exit tightens gradient 6.2% cite as a reason for his success. With no Hamilton has negotiated all his own Hamilton will of course be chasing up a little, making it easy to run wide. regulation changes next year, there is contracts and sat in his kitchen for a another victory to take him one step From there, you take turn two flat little reason to suspect that he and Mer- whole day with Toto Wolff, the Mer- closer to the title and keep his tally of out. All you’ve got to worry about is cedes — who can win their seventh cedes team principal, when agreeing victories going. There is no reason that getting the car to the left-hand side Max downhill 12% constructors’ championship this week- his most recent one. This may explain he cannot reach 100 wins and many of the track gradient end, to surpass the record of six they why he says a new deal is “not a priori- beyond that.

3 455-3 HART OF STEEL 22 D McCain 5-11-0 B Hughes 2.33 Handicap Chase 14 430-0 STRONG TEAM 25 (D) C Grant 7-10-12 S Quinlan 8 164-3 SOUTHEAST ROSE 55 (T) M Todhunter 7-10-13 S Quinlan Kelso 4 0/4- MUHTAMAR 235 (H) J Ewart 5-11-0 T Gillard (7) (£15,640: 3m 2f) (9) 15 -P365 GREY GIRLY 15 (H,T) S Crawford (Ire) 4-10-12 J Bowen 9 P6-03 SALTMARKET 55 R M Smith 5-10-12 D Irving (3) Rob Wright 5 03- PADDY THE PANDA 296 Daragh Bourke 5-11-0 J Bargary 1 4121- TRUCKERS LODGE 224 (P) P Nicholls 8-11-10L Williams (3) 16 P00-4 GETAWAY GERRY 20 Katie Scott 6-10-11 S Mulqueen (3) 10 0565/ WAR AT SEA 608 (H,T) G Bewley 6-10-9 J Bewley (3) 6 0-6 SPARK OF MADNESS 30 Miss L Russell 4-11-0 2 /45P- ONE FOR ARTHUR 252 (T,CD) Miss L Russell 11-11-3D R Fox 11-2 Rob Royal, 6-1 Shaws Bridge, 7-1 Karamoko, Set In Stone, 10-1 others. 11 4-233 WISE COCO 31 A Whillans 7-10-9 C Bewley 12.50 Chuvelo 3.08 Set In Stone S Mulqueen (3) 3 301P- THE HOLLOW GINGE 228 N Twiston-Davies 7-10-13J Bargary 9-4 Court Jurado, 10-3 Wise Coco, 13-2 The Road Home, others. 1.25 Dubai Days 3.43 Beautiful Ben 7 660- STYLE NELSON 224 Mrs R Dobbin 5-11-0 C O'Farrell 4 P050- LE BREUIL 226 (BF) B Pauling 8-10-11 Kielan Woods 3.43 Handicap Chase (£4,289: 2m 1f) (11) 1.59 Road Warrior 4.18 Court Jurado 8 0600 THOMAS LABEILLE 14 Rebecca Menzies 5-11-0 H Brooke 5 2/PP- ROCKY'S TREASURE 329 (W,P,C) K Bailey 9-10-10 D Bass 4.53 Handicap Hurdle 2.33 Some Chaos 4.53 Jessiemac 9 24-3 UNIVERSAL FOLLY 30 N Richards 5-11-0 R Day 1 604-1 LAKE TAKAPUNA 38 (P,CD) J Ewart 9-12-3 Doubtful 6 03-23 SOME CHAOS 14 (P,CD) M Scudamore 9-10-8 B Poste -5025 (£3,769: 3m 2f) (13) Going: good 10 /6U-F FAIR LADY 25 (T) M Barnes 6-10-7 D Irving (3) 2 DOLLY DANCER 39 (T) M Barnes 6-12-3 D Irving (3) 7 -4331 AMALFI DOUG 31 K Dalgleish 10-10-4 D McMenamin (3) 6/54- Racing TV 13-8 Universal Folly, 11-4 Dubai Days, 3-1 Hart Of Steel, 10-1, 33-1 others 3 TRESHNISH 364 (BF) Mrs S Smith 7-11-12 R Mania 1 1-333 PETITE GANACHE 30 (P,BF) N Richards 8-11-12 8 /P23- CHIDSWELL 273 (C,D) N Richards 11-10-4 B Hughes 4 362-4 TWOTWOTHREE 25 (D) Oliver Greenall 7-11-12 H Brooke D McMenamin (3) 9 3/14- CLAUD AND GOLDIE 280 (C) Miss S Forster 11-10-4S Mulqueen (3) 5 /0-P0 SIGNIFIANT 30 (T) Miss L Russell 6-11-12 B Campbell (3) 2 -3622 HANDY HOLLOW 50 D McCain 7-11-10 T Gillard (6) (£3,769: 2m) (10) 1.59 Novices' Handicap Chase 12.50 Maiden Hurdle 11-4 Truckers Lodge, 9-2 Amalfi Doug, 11-2 Some Chaos, 13-2 others. 6 56-31 MINT GOLD 31 (T) Miss L Russell 6-11-11 D R Fox 3 126-0 JESSIEMAC 22 (T) I Duncan 6-11-8 A Thorne 1 3- BOLLINGERANDKRUG 249 Miss L Russell 5-11-0 D R Fox (£2,989: 2m 7f) (13) 7 -4P4P MONSIEUR CO 30 (P,T,CD) K Dalgleish 7-11-10 B Hughes 4 12-40 ALWAYS TIPSY 14 N Alexander 11-11-6 B Lynn (6) 2 112-3 CHUVELO 24 (BF) D McCain 5-11-0 B Hughes 1 -P330 ILLUMINATED BEAUTY 15 K Bailey 7-11-12 D Bass 3.08 Handicap Hurdle (£3,769: 2m) (16) 8 55642 JIMMY RABBITTE 22 W Coltherd 7-11-7 Doubtful 5 PP2P/ OSCAR BLUE 565 (P,T,C) Mrs J McGregor 10-11-6 D Irving 2 P331- DARIUS DES SOURCES 235 (P) C Grant 7-11-11 S Quinlan 6 P6-FF EMIRAT DE CATANA 52 Miss L Russell 6-11-4T Willmott (3) 3 06- FERNHILL LAD 271 (H) N Alexander 5-11-0 Lucy Alexander 1 63-46 FOR THREE 39 (D) J Ewart 6-11-12 T Gillard (7) 9 45132 BEAUTIFUL BEN 25 (V) L J Morgan 10-11-1 Kielan Woods 3 021P- DEFINITE WISDOM 224 Mrs R Dobbin 7-11-9 C O'Farrell 7 0002- DUBH DES CHAMPS 274 (V) P Kirby 8-11-3W Shanahan (7) 4 3/ ROCHESTON 760 P Nicholls 5-11-0 L Williams (3) 2 6-453 XPO UNIVERSEL 20 (T,V,CD) Rebecca Menzies 11-11-11 10 055-2 OAK VINTAGE 17 (P,CD) P Kirby 10-10-13 Ross Chapman 5 0-044 SAINT ARVANS 20 (H,T) M Barnes 6-11-0 D Irving (3) 4 /44P- CHANTING HILL 222 N Alexander 6-11-7 Lucy Alexander Tom Midgley (10) 11 3214- LASTIN' MEMORIES 233 (P,CD) Miss S Forster 8-10-7Doubtful 8 UP-P6 CLASSICAL MILANO 14 G Bewley 9-11-3 Mr D Hurst (10) 6 /PP-0 THE SILVER PRINCE 14 (T) S Waugh 6-11-0W Shanahan (7) 5 3-546 DON'T NEED TO KNOW 9 (T) R M Smith 6-11-6 R Mania 3 1404- PRINCE KHURRAM 244 (P,T,D) D McCain 10-11-10 7-2 Mint Gold, 9-2 Lake Takapuna, 7-1 Oak Vintage, Beautiful Ben, 8-1 others. 9 4654- FINAL FLING 234 (P) Mrs R Dobbin 9-10-13 L Murtagh Abbie McCain (5) 7 4/26- TROOPER TURNBULL 300 Mrs R Dobbin 6-11-0 C O'Farrell 6 6P6-2 ROAD WARRIOR 6 (P,T) Rebecca Menzies 6-11-4 10 60-63 GREEN ZONE 20 Miss L Harrison 9-10-12 G Cockburn K Yeoman (7) 4 /040- ENLIGHTEN 247 (D) M W Easterby 6-11-9 J Hamilton 8 /P35- WHEELBAHRI 224 W Coltherd 6-11-0 Sam Coltherd (3) 11 P-P00 PUT THE LAW ON YOU 20 (B) A Whillans 5-10-11B Campbell 7 P4-6F BEGOODTOYOURSELF 25 (P) C Kellett 5-11-1 C Todd (5) 5 03-22 ROB ROYAL 29 (BF) Jake Coulson 8-11-8 F Gregory (3) 4.18 Novices' Handicap Chase 9 F- SNOWY BURROWS 249 Rebecca Menzies 4-10-7 H Brooke 12 -56P3 ELLE EST GRANDE 31 K Dalgleish 6-10-7 P Coleman (10) 8 545/4 BURLINGTON BERT 95 (T) Mrs J McGregor 9-10-12G Cockburn (3) 6 5P6-0 BENNY IN MILAN 20 Mrs Stella Barclay 9-11-5 H Brooke (£2,989: 2m 1f) (11) 10 4/0P- TORTUGA BAY 271 (W,T) J Ewart 6-10-7 N Moscrop (3) 13 400-4 LAWTOP LEGEND 22 (P) G Bewley 8-10-0 J Bewley 9 3/1-2 TEKIBLUE DE L'ORME 25 P Kirby 7-10-11 T Dowson 7 -0404 CARRY ON 2 (T) D McCain 5-11-4 Doubtful 1 33P5- GET HELP 235 W Coltherd 7-11-12 Sam Coltherd (3) 11-10 Rocheston, 5-2 Chuvelo, 5-1 Bollingerandkrug, 8-1 Trooper Turnbull, 10-3 Petite Ganache, 4-1 Handy Hollow, 7-1 Dubh Des Champs, 8-1 others. 10 3-46P GRUMPY BOOTS 22 A Whillans 6-10-6 C Bewley 8 3433- SHAWS BRIDGE 233 K Dalgleish 7-11-2 D McMenamin (3) 2 3-P15 THE ROAD HOME 24 (T) Miss L Russell 8-11-12S Mulqueen (3) 16-1 Saint Arvans, 25-1 Tortuga Bay, 33-1 Snowy Burrows, 50-1 Wheelbahri. 11 463-3 FLAMING GLORY 22 Katie Scott 6-10-3 B Hughes 9 51- GEYSER F18 F Murtagh 4-11-2 L Murtagh (3) 3 4-63P MOTARAABET 52 (P,T) L J Morgan 5-11-7 Kielan Woods 12 /60-4 VINTAGE GLEN 20 (T) Mrs R Dobbin 8-10-2 B Campbell (3) 10 44-61 SET IN STONE F8 (D) Rebecca Menzies 6-11-2N Moscrop (3) 4 3-606 CEDAR HILL 39 A M Thomson 6-11-5 R Mania 1.25 Maiden Hurdle (£3,769: 2m) (10) 13 555-P STORMY RECEPTION 22 C Grant 6-10-0 Ross Chapman 11 356-4 BALRANALD 38 (T) Miss L Russell 4-11-1 C Bewley 5 060-5 CLOUNCERNA 97 (P) Rebecca Menzies 7-11-3 C O'Farrell Blinkered for the first time Chelmsford City 7.45 Uncle Sid; 1 PP/0P DIAMOND ROAD 20 Mrs J McGregor 6-11-0 G Cockburn (3) 7-2 Road Warrior, 11-2 Tekiblue de L'Orme, 6-1 Darius Des Sources, 13-2 12 /P4-6 IMPERIAL FOCUS 25 (H) S Waugh 7-11-0 W Shanahan (7) 6 P0-00 TOUCHEDBYANANGEL 47 (T) Miss L Russell 8-11-2 D R Fox 8.15 Binmar’s Sexy Lexy Doncaster 4.05 Alemaratalyoum 2 3325- DUBAI DAYS 278 (BF) N Alexander 6-11-0 Lucy Alexander Begoodtoyourself, 8-1 Flaming Glory, 10-1 Illuminated Beauty, others. 13 33/P4 KARAMOKO 31 N Richards 8-10-12 B Hughes 7 52234 COURT JURADO 24 (B,BF) D McCain 6-11-0 B Hughes Newbury 4.45 Kenzai Warrior

YESTERDAY’S RACING RESULTS

Champagnesuperover, Pipesmoker. 5Kl, 7Kl. D 2.05 (7f 6yd) 1, El Drama (Andrea Atzeni, 10-11 4.00 (7f) 1, Molls Memory (J P Spencer, 7-2); 2, 5.30 (1m 5yd) 1, Boston George (C Rodriguez, Cheltenham Skelton. fav); 2, Colonel Faulkner (4-1); 3, Kaheall (15- Newbury Jumaira Bay (10-3); 3, With Respect (11-4 fav). 6-4 fav); 2, Beatbybeatbybeat (25-1); 3, Made Going: good 4.45 (1m 7f 199yd ch) 1, Fusil Raffles (D A 2). 10 ran. Kl, hd. R Varian. Going: heavy (soft in places) 7 ran. NR: Ejtilaab, Naval Commander, Taurean For All (14-1). 11 ran. 2Kl, 2Kl. K Dalgleish. 1.50 (2m 5f hdle) 1, Does He Know (David Bass, Jacob, 4-5 fav); 2, Sir Valentine (11-2); 3, 2.40 (6f 2yd) 1, Aberama Gold (S De Sousa, 9-1); 12.40 (6f 110yd) 1, Statement (Rob Hornby, 11- Star. 1Nl, ns. Ed Walker. 6.00 (1m 5yd) 1, La Rav (P Mulrennan, 5-2 fav); 9-1); 2, Midnight River (2-1 jt-fav); 3, Return Ticket (10-1). 4 ran. 9Kl, 14l. N J 2, King’s Lynn (6-1); 3, Tranchee (7-2 fav). 12 8 fav); 2, Knowwhentorun (13-2); 3, Skyrunner 4.35 (6f) 1, Punchbowl Flyer (C Bishop, 4-1 jt- 2, Perfect Swiss (11-2); 3, Daniel Deronda (13- Topofthecotswolds (5-1). 6 ran. NR: Global Henderson. ran. Nk, nk. K Dalgleish. (15-2). 13 ran. 2l, 7l. M Meade. fav); 2, Eye Of The Water (4-1 jt-fav); 3, Colonel 2). 10 ran. 1Nl, 4l. M W Easterby. Fame. 4Ol, 6Kl. K C Bailey. 5.15 (2m 87yd hdle) 1, Tegerek (K Brogan, 5-1); 3.15 (1m 6f 115yd) 1, Ocean Wind (Jack 1.10 (1m) 1, Aleas (Rossa Ryan, 3-1 jt-fav); 2, Whitehead (9-1). 10 ran. NR: Lomu, Rock Boy 6.30 (5f) 1, Jazzy Socks (Ray Dawson, 16-1); 2, 2.25 (3m 80yd ch) 1, Galvin (R M Power, 2-1 2, One True King (4-1 fav); 3, Ashington (11-1). Mitchell, 13-8); 2, Opera Gift (6-5 fav); 3, Title (12-1); 3, Wicklow (15-2). 14 ran. NR: Grey, Via Serendipity. 2Nl, 1Nl. E Houghton. Twice Adaay (5-1); 3, Attaboy Roy (3-1 fav). 13 fav); 2, Soldier Of Love (10-1); 3, Clondaw ; 4, Wild Max (17-2). 17 ran. NR: Byron Flyer. Hiroshima (18-1). 8 ran. NR: Kangaroo Valley. Marselan. Nk, Kl. R M Beckett. 5.06 (2m) 1, Main Fact (L Catton, Evens fav); 2, ran. NR: Ealand. 1l, Kl. R M H Cowell. Caitlin (17-2). 6 ran. 7l, 9Kl. G 5Kl, 7Kl. Jonjo O’Neill. Kl, Kl. R A Teal. 1.40 (1m) 1, Scope (Rob Hornby, 16-1); 2, Mojo Mere Anarchy (11-1); 3, War Empress (14-1). 7.00 (1m 5yd) 1, Ivynator (S Donohoe, 5-4 fav); Elliott. Jackpot: £6,451.60. 3.50 (1m 2f 43yd) 1, Kaleidoscopic (S De Sousa, Star (4-1); 3, Moshaawer (10-3). 15 ran. ns, Ol. 14 ran. NR: Navajo Star. 3Kl, Kl. D Pipe. 2, Smart Qibili (13-2); 3, Norman Kindu (16-1). 8 ran. Nk, 3Ol. C Fellowes. 3.00 (2m 5f hdle) 1, Captain Tom Cat (Cillin Placepot: £73.30. 17-2); 2, Junkanoo (11-2); 3, Astro King (10-11 R M Beckett. Placepot: £155.80. Quadpot: £33.70. Leonard, 15-2); 2, Debestyman (28-1); 3, Up The Quadpot: £20.70. fav). 5 ran. NR: Al Mutathar. 4Ol, 1l. M R 2.15 (1m 2f) 1, Atavique (George Rooke, 40-1); 7.30 (1m 5yd) 1, Habit Rouge (Stefano Cherchi, Straight (11-1). ; 4, Storm Goddess (33-1). 19 Channon. 2, Dutch Schultz (15-8 fav); 3, Ensillar (7-1). 9 15-8 fav); 2, Sargasso Sea (5-2); 3, Alexej (5-2). ran. NR: Hometown Boy. 2l, Ol. Dr R D P 4.25 (1m 2f 43yd) 1, First Charge (Tom ran. 2Kl, Ol. Miss Gay Kelleway. Newcastle 8 ran. NR: Starshiba. 1Kl, sh hd. M Botti. Going: standard / slow Newland. Doncaster Marquand, 5-1); 2, Union Spirit (10-1); 3, Miss 2.50 (1m 2f) 1, End Result (D Probert, 15-2); 2, 8.00 (7f 14yd) 1, Strawberryandcream (D 3.35 (1m 7f 199yd ch) 1, Rouge Vif (D A Jacob, Going: good to soft Mulligan (4-1 fav). 13 ran. NR: Wilfy. Kl, Kl. Ed Moonlight In Paris (7-2 jt-fav); 3, Escape The 4.30 (2m 56yd) 1, Bellatrixsa (Callum Tudhope, 28-1); 2, Foreshore (11-2); 3, 5-1); 2, Western Miller (66-1); 3, Beat The 1.00 (1m) 1, Heights Of Abraham (S A Gray, 10- Walker. City (28-1). 11 ran. NR: Maurimo. Ol, 4Ol. D Rodriguez, 4-1); 2, Bobba Tee (10-1); 3, Hurstwood (8-1). 12 ran. Hd, Ol. J D Bethell. Judge (4-1 fav). 13 ran. 7Kl, 1Nl. H 3); 2, Valorant (11-1); 3, Titian (4-1). 8 ran. NR: 5.03 (1m 2f 43yd) 1, Olympic Conqueror (Barry Elsworth. Ravenscar (9-1). 13 ran. 3Nl, ns. M Dods. 8.30 (7f 14yd) 1, Kapono (B Curtis, 11-8 fav); 2, Whittington. Mr Trick. 1Nl, nk. K Dalgleish. McHugh, 13-2); 2, Potenza (11-2); 3, Firewater 3.25 (1m 5f 61yd) 1, Gentleman At Arms (L 5.00 (7f 14yd) 1, Wild Iris (R Havlin, 5-1); 2, Tommy G (8-1); 3, Bobby Joe Leg (8-1). 10 ran. 4.10 (2m 87yd hdle) 1, Faivoir (Harry Skelton, (11-2). 10 ran. NR: Blistering Barney, Hooroo, Morris, 15-2); 2, Berkshire Savvy (11-1); 3, Vision Of Victory (10-1); 3, Divine Magic (18-1). NR: Six Strings 3Kl, 1l. R Fell. 1.30 (1m) 1, Vesela (Harry Bentley, 3-1 jt-fav); Light Up Our Stars. Ol, 1l. J R Fanshawe. 4-11 fav); 2, Art Approval (9-1); 3, 2, Sea Sylph (7-2); 3, Rani Of Jhansi (16-1). 10 Jacinta De Vega (5-2 fav). 8 ran. NR: Coconut. 10 ran. NR: Andelysa, Lady Rockstar, Omany Placepot: £410.80. Presentandcounting (9-2). 6 ran. NR: ran. Hd, nk. R M Beckett. Placepot: £43.30. Quadpot: £12.10. Kl, 1Kl. H J L Dunlop. Amber, Rocambole. 2Nl, 1Kl. J H M Gosden. Quadpot: £9.90. the times | Saturday October 24 2020 1GS 21 SPORT NOTEBOOK Autódromo Laps 66 Internacional Circuit length 4.653km Martyn Ziegler do Algarve Race distance 306.826km Portugal Lap record N/A Chief Sports Reporter Last week’s L Hamilton for winner Mercedes

Blind faith Beijing boycott would only You want to get the car over to the left after turn nine, ready for the hardest The end is in sight part of the track. It’s completely blind, hurt athletes – Robertson so you drive based on feel. You can take The focus is to maximise entryy a tight line or run a touch wide to open speed into turn 13, then exit alll Suggestions by government compete,” he said. “The example up turn 11, but you always exit thinking the way to the left of the track.. ministers that they may impose from Moscow 1980 is the athletes you could have done better The entry to 14 is downhill, a boycott of the 2022 Winter who don’t compete get forgotten. which makes it easy to miss Olympics in Beijing have received Everyone remembers Seb Coe and 11 the apex, and then it’s full short shrift from Sir Hugh Steve Ovett, who defied the throttle Robertson, the chairman of the government boycott, but no one British Olympic Committee. remembers the sailors who were 10 14 Robertson, who was the world champions just 13 recently elected to serveve beforehandbefore but could not another term until taketake part as the Royal after the Paris 2024 YachtingYac Association 12 Games, told this backedba the 5 15 column bluntly: governmentgo line.” “Olympic boycotts Robertson, the do not work.” OlympicsO minister Pit lane The possibility duringdu London 2012, was raised by alsoals revealed that Dominic Raab, the thethe British Olympic foreign secretary, in AssociationAAsso is already response to human rightsghts planningplannin to restrict the A late banana skin violations against the UighurUighur amountamount of time athletes will The final turn is not easy to perfecterfect population in China’s XinjiaXinjiangng spend in Tokyo ata next summer’s either. The apex sits on the crestest ofof a province, but Robertson, a former Games to reduce any Covid risk. Start/ hill, making it hard to see exactlyctly Conservative minister, believes that “We are already thinking about Finish where it is - and easy to misjudge.dge. it would simply hurt the athletes. how we keep our athletes safe in He believes a more realistic option bubbles, get them into Tokyo and is for the government not to send then probably remove them very any representatives to China for quickly after their events,” he said. the Games. “It is a shame they probably won’t How it stands “Olympic boycotts do not achieve be able to stay around after Drivers Points Constructors PoPointsints their political aims but do penalise competing and enjoy Tokyo, but the athletes who are not able to that’s a sacrifice worth making.” 1 L Hamilton Mercedes 230 1 Mercedes 391 2 V Bottas Mercedes 161 2 Red Bull 211 3 M Verstappen Red Bull 147 3 Racing Point 120 4 D Ricciardo Renault 78 4 McLaren 111166 Real’s crippling bills Rights (and wrong) 5 S Pérez Racing Point 68 5 Renault 114 6 L Norris Mclaren 65 6 Ferrari 8080 Nobody in a senior position in Richard Scudamore, the former 7 A Albon Red Bull 64 international football gives much Premier League executive Next races Italy (Imola); Nov 1, Turkeyy (Istanbul);(Istanbul); credence to a breakaway European chairman, has told friends that 8 Nov 15, Bahrain (Sakhir); Novov 2299 C Leclerc Ferrari 63 super league, but it appears there there is no truth to reports in Italy are one billion reasons why the that he is preparing to work for the Real Madrid president Florentino investment firm CVC Capital Chelmsford 5.45 Handicap (£5,531: 1m) (16) 7.45 Handicap (£3,105: 1m 2f) (14) Pérez keeps pushing the idea: the Partners on its media rights strategy 1 (14) 45003 BUCKINGHAM 9 (C) Eve J-Houghton 4-9-10 J Fanning 1 (11) 00-6 TAIMA 21 Sir M Prescott 3-9-7 L Morris club are desperate for money. for Serie A. The Italian clubs have Rob Wright 2 (6) 30044 STARFIGHTER 70 (T) M Loughnane 4-9-9 E Greatrex 2 (10) 22240 ACT OF MAGIC 26 (P,BF) L McJannet 4-9-7 K O'Neill His predecessor Ramón Calderón agreed to CVC taking a 10 per cent 00060 REPAUPO 8 (P,D) L McJannet 4-9-8 S Cherchi (5) 40210 WINTER SNOWDROP 28 (D) Miss J Feilden 4-9-4 4.07 Keep Right On 6.45 Flashing Approach 3 (12) 3 (3) 4 (16) 0-331 GIUSEPPE CASSIOLI 9 (D) C Hills 3-9-7 K Shoemark Tyler Heard (7) — who, it must be said, is no fan stake, handing the firm the power 4.42 Dubai Paradise 7.15 Thrill Seeker 4 (4) 00000 MAC MCCARTHY 27 (C) Mrs R Carr 3-9-2 J Garritty 5.15 Rocketeer 7.45 Winter Snowdrop 5 (1) -0004 LIGHT UP OUR STARS 11 (H,D) A Carroll 4-9-6P Cosgrave of Pérez — has claimed that Real to sell the league’s TV rights for ten 5 (7) 00300 UNCLE SID 19 (B) W Jarvis 3-9-2 T Greatrex (3) 5.45 Win Win Power 8.15 Bad Attitude 6 (10) 43 ALAMORA 252 (H) C Fellowes 3-9-6 S Donohoe have no financial means to rebuild years. The cash-strapped EFL has 6.15 Champagne Supano va 7 (15) 11000 SECRATARIO 14 (C,D) S L Keightley 5-9-6Josephine Gordon 6 (6) 00-02 JEN'S LAD 246 (B) R Hannon 3-9-1 P J McDonald 8 (9) 220-6 AZZECCAGARBUGLI 90 (V,D) Mike Murphy 7-9-5D Muscutt 7 (1) 06020 FALSE ID 8 (B,C,D) D C Griffiths 7-9-1 A Rawlinson their squad. “It’s not just that the turned down a similar offer from Going: standard Racing TV 8 (2) 63300 NICKY BABY 18 (C) D Ivory 6-8-13 G Downing Draw: 5f-1m, low numbers best 9 (13) 60066 ZAFARANAH 11 (CD) Mrs Stella Barclay 6-9-3 S James coffers are empty, they also the US investment company TPG. 10 (2) 56006 KODIAC HARBOUR 18 (D) R Brisland 5-9-3 R P Downey 9 (13) 60000 SWEET NATURE 18 (P) Mrs L Mongan 5-8-13 D Muscutt have outstanding bills totalling 4.07 Novice Stakes (2-Y-O: £3,752: 7f) (12) 11 (8) 01-00 ADMODUM 239 (C,D) J Butler 7-9-3 Joshua Bryan (3) 10 (5) 24445 SPLASH OF VERVE 17 (P,D) D Thompson 8-8-13W Cox (3) 11 (9) 00-00 RECALL IT ALL 32 (H) I Furtado 3-8-12 J Hart approximately €1,000 million — 1 (1) 232 AJRAD 39 E Dunlop 9-5 L Morris 12 (4) 50040 PERFECT ROSE 9 M Johnston 3-9-2 P J McDonald 12 (8) 046 CANVILLE 18 Mrs R Carr 3-8-10 JP Sullivan 2 (12) 0 EPIDEMIC 84 R Hannon 9-5 C Shepherd 13 (3) 4433 WIN WIN POWER 32 R Hannon 3-9-0 A Atzeni bills that have to be paid,” he 13(14) 00660 COOL TO BE A CAT 12 I Williams 3-8-9 H Turner 3 (11) 4 HONOR DAY 16 (T) K Ryan 9-5 D Nolan 14 (7) 44411 KENDERGARTEN KOP 11 (B,D) D Flood 5-9-0A Villiers (5) told reporters this week. Rise in record feats 14(12) 0000 CHICA DEL DIA 58 S Dow 3-8-9 C Shepherd 4 (6) 6 HUNDON 89 R Brisland 9-5 K O'Neill 15(11) 24600 PRODUCTIVE 73 (P) Miss J Feilden 3-8-13 D E Hogan (3) 7-2 Taima, 4-1 Jen's Lad, 7-1 Act Of Magic, 8-1 Splash Of Verve, False Id, 10-1 5 (3) 033 INVEIGLE 48 M Bell 9-5 K Shoemark 16 (5) 53502 BURKE AND WILLS 14 (P) Ed Walker 3-8-12 L Morris Uncle Sid, 12-1 Winter Snowdrop, 14-1 Cool To Be A Cat, Recall It All. 6 (2) 026 KAWAALEES 29 Owen Burrows 9-5 S Donohoe 5-1 Kendergarten Kop, 11-2 Giuseppe Cassioli, 6-1 Win Win Power, 7-1 others. World records in running are likely 7 (4) 234 KEEP RIGHT ON 43 (BF) R Hannon 9-5 P J McDonald to become increasingly meaningless 8.15 Handicap (£3,105: 1m 2f) (13) 8 (9) MAX DILIGENCE S L Keightley 9-5 Josephine Gordon 6.15 Handicap (£5,531: 6f) (14) Ole’s TV silence thanks to new shoe technology 9 (8) OCEANLINE A King 9-5 T P Queally 1 (7) 10542 BAD ATTITUDE 5 (BF,CD) L McJannet 3-9-11S Cherchi (5) 1 (3) 35000 NIGEL NOTT 10 (P,C) M Appleby 4-9-10 A Atzeni allowing huge improvements to 10 (5) POET'S KING K Ryan 9-5 T Eaves 2 (8) 50006 ARTISTIC VISION 2 (T) D O'Meara 3-9-10 K Shoemark 2 (1) 40000 STORM OVER 23 (P,CD) Phillip Makin 6-9-9 R Scott 11 (7) 02 SPIRIT OF IFFRAAJ 17 (T) H Palmer 9-5 A Atzeni 3 (11) 65460 LUKOUTOLDMAKEZEBAK 17 (P,BF) D Thompson 7-9-7 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, below, the be made to athletes’ times. 3 (14) 02616 ONE NIGHT STAND 24 (D) W Jarvis 3-9-9T Greatrex (3) D E Hogan (3) 12(10) TRANQUIL BREEZE R Cowell 9-0 J Hart 4 (5) 00400 DASCHAS 16 (T,C,D) S C Williams 6-9-9 M Ghiani (5) 4 (1) 40400 ABUSHAMAH 32 Mrs R Carr 9-9-6 JP Sullivan Manchester United manager, has It is a real test of whether World 7-2 Ajrad, 4-1 Keep Right On, 5-1 Inveigle, 6-1 Spirit Of Iffraaj, 7-1 others. 5 (12) 30453 THEGREATESTSHOWMAN 40 (P,CD) Miss Amy Murphy 4-9-8 5 (2) 20266 BLAIRLOGIE 18 Mrs L Mongan 3-9-5 D Muscutt been boycotting the TV channel Athletics is able to confront the G Wood 6 (6) 04135 THUNDER FLASH 18 (H,BF,D) I Williams 3-9-5P J McDonald /12-0 ROCK SOUND 53 (BF,D) George Boughey 5-9-7K Shoemark that holds the Premier League issue properly — at the world half- 4.42 Handicap (£3,105: 5f) (12) 6 (7) 7 (13) 05042 BEAT THE BREEZE 18 (P) S Dow 3-9-4 C Shepherd 7 (4) 11120 LILKIAN 14 (CD) S L Keightley 3-9-5 Josephine Gordon and Champions marathon championships this week 1 (9) 33211 SMOKEY 7 (D) C Wallis 3-9-13 W Carson 8 (12) 05040 MELABI 26 (D) Mrs Stella Barclay 7-9-3 S James 8 (13) 0D062 ENTHAAR 15 (P,T,D) S C Williams 5-9-3 P J McDonald 2 (2) 06430 LEO MINOR 10 (T,D) D C Griffiths 6-9-8 A Rawlinson 9 (10) 30466 HARD TOFFEE 47 (CD) L Allan 9-9-3 L Morris League rights in his in Gdynia, Poland, 59 per cent of 9 (8) 15205 MR WAGYU 25 (V,D) J J Quinn 5-9-2 J Hart 3 (8) 24102 CAPTAIN RYAN 9 (D) G Deacon 9-9-7 K O'Neill 10 (3) 00-00 BINMAR'S SEXY LEXY 82 (B) W Kittow 4-9-3 E J Walsh home country, male and 65 per cent of female 10(10) 340 I AM THE SECRET 74 J Chapple-Hyam 4-9-2 D Muscutt 4 (1) 50000 MYKINDOFSUNSHINE 9 (P) Mark Pattinson 4-9-5 11 (4) 0006 STEVIE MCKEANE 28 Tom Clover 3-9-1 H Turner 61623 ICONIC KNIGHT 12 (D) Ed Walker 5-9-1 L Morris Norway. Bosses at runners achieved their best times. O Stammers (7) 11(11) 12 (5) 60040 SHANACHLOELEAH 41 (E) Miss G Kelleway 3-8-13J Hart 30353 MY KINDA DAY 16 (T) R Fahey 3-9-1 D Nolan 5 (11) 54325 EDGE OF THE BAY 19 C Mason 3-9-5 W Cox (3) 12 (9) 13 (9) 0-060 HOWIZEEGEEZER 9 (H,P) C Wallis 3-8-13 W Carson TV2 say Solskjaer 6 (6) 40-00 LISCAHANN 51 P Chamings 3-9-5 D Muscutt 13 (2) 22000 CHAMPAGNE SUPANOVA 32 (CD) Richard Spencer 3-8-8 A Villiers (5) 3-1 Thunder Flash, 7-2 Bad Attitude, 5-1 Beat The Breeze, 8-1 others. has refused to do 7 (4) 434 SWEET TALKED 228 (H) R Cowell 3-9-2 L Morris 14 (6) 00000 TWENTYSIXTHSTREET 12 (D) J Goldie 4-8-7S Cherchi (5) 8 (3) 60050 DUBAI PARADISE 14 J Butler 3-9-0 P J McDonald interviews since 9 (10) 0-640 ALQAAB 14 (H) Mrs R Carr 5-8-12 JP Sullivan 11-2 Iconic Knight, 6-1 Enthaar, 7-1 Rock Sound, 8-1 My Kinda Day, others. Course specialists March after the IOC on red alert 10(12) 000-4 SASSY LASSY 19 (T) Lucinda Egerton 3-8-12V Santos (7) 6.45 Handicap (£3,752: 1m 6f) (5) Chelmsford: Trainers S bin Suroor, 49 from 172 channel ran an 11 (7) 400-0 NORTH KOREA 295 (P,D) M Mullineaux 4-8-12 T Eaves runners, 28.5%. Jockeys P J McDonald, 38 from 199 interview with Members of the International 12 (5) 0-500 DOLLYWAGGON PIKE 37 J R Jenkins 6-8-12M Ghiani (5) 1 (1) 4-613 THE ROCKET PARK 43 J Berry 7-9-13 D Muscutt rides, 19.1%; J Hart, 15 from 84, 17.9%. 9-4 Smokey, 7-2 Captain Ryan, 5-1 Sweet Talked, 8-1 others. 2 (5) 03001 RED FOR ALL 12 E Dunlop 3-9-7 L Morris a woman who Olympic Committee will be warned Cheltenham: Trainers N Henderson, 43 from 294, 3 (4) 30523 THE CINCINNATI KID 12 R Hannon 3-9-6 P J McDonald 14.6%; H Whittington, 3 from 21, 14.3%; E Lavelle, 4 criticised him and about hackers given the likelihood 5.15 Handicap (£3,105: 5f) (11) 4 (2) -0400 FLASHING APPROACH 16 (V) M Johnston 3-8-10J Fanning from 31, 12.9%. Jockeys Miss G Andrews, 4 from his ex-club Molde that Russia will be excluded from 5 (3) 0-50 ALCHIMISTA 68 D M Simcock 3-8-9 C Shepherd 1 (2) 00626 ROCKETEER 14 (B) Mike Murphy 3-9-7 D Muscutt 16, 25.0%; Bryony Frost, 7 from 35, 20.0%. for their response Tokyo. The US justice department’s 2 (8) 0-040 GINVINCIBLE 18 (D) J Given 4-9-7 L Morris 2-1 Red For All, 9-4 The Cincinnati Kid, 7-2 The Rocket Park, 7-1 others. Doncaster: Trainers Sir M Stoute, 26 from 83, 31.3%; 3 (10) 63055 SHEPHERD'S PURSE 35 (V,D) Mrs R Carr 8-9-5JP Sullivan D Elsworth, 5 from 20, 25.0%. Jockeys Paula Muir, 3 to her rape indictment of six Russian secret 4 (6) 22425 INDIAN PURSUIT 14 (V,C,D) J J Quinn 7-9-4 J Hart 7.15 Novice Stakes (£3,752: 1m 2f) (7) from 13, 23.1%; R L Moore, 28 from 125, 22.4%. allegation against service agents this week alleged 5 (11) 0-060 ATYAAF 32 (CD) I Furtado 5-9-4 J Haynes 1 (2) 21 BYFORD 78 I Furtado 3-9-9 J Hart Kelso: Trainers K Bailey, 3 from 6, 50.0%; M a player. United they had sent “spearphishing emails 6 (9) 50036 AQUADABRA 19 (D) C Mason 5-9-2 Tyler Heard (7) 2 (4) 50 CLAN JOCK 56 J Goldie 3-9-2 R Scott Scudamore, 5 from 15, 33.3%. Jockeys D Bass, 3 7 (7) -0500 TROUSER THE CASH 34 (B) Miss Amy Murphy 3-8-13C Shepherd 3 (6) 6 DESERT ECLIPSE 52 J Tate 3-9-2 P J McDonald from 5, 60.0%; A McCain, 3 from 8, 37.5%. said Solskjaer has purporting to be from the IOC to 8 (1) 45-65 AWAKE IN ASIA 28 (P) C Wallis 4-8-12 P J McDonald 4 (5) 4-233 HEAVEN FORFEND 73 (W,T) Sir M Stoute 3-9-2K Shoemark Newbury: Trainers J Gosden, 44 from 173, 25.4%; I fulfilled all his members” in November 2017, 9 (3) 06340 ILLUSTRIOUS SPIRIT 40 (T) Ali Stronge 5-8-12J Fanning 5 (7) LOST EDEN R Hannon 3-9-2 A Atzeni Mohammed, 3 from 14, 21.4%; W Haggas, 33 from obligations to shortly before the country’s ban 10 (5) 50004 ISABELLA RUBY 29 (H) Mrs L Williamson 5-8-12Josephine Gordon 6 (1) REAL WORLD S bin Suroor 3-9-2 P Cosgrave 175, 18.9%. Jockeys Mr S Walker, 3 from 12, 25.0%; 11 (4) 0060 LERRYN LASS 23 (V) B Johnson 4-8-12 W Carson 7 (3) 0-3 THRILL SEEKER 18 W Haggas 3-9-2 S Donohoe J Watson, 21 from 132, 15.9%. rights-holders. from the 2018 Winter Olympics. 3-1 Indian Pursuit, 4-1 Rocketeer, 6-1 Isabella Ruby, 7-1 others. 9-4 Heaven Forfend, 7-2 Byford, 4-1 Thrill Seeker, 5-1 Lost Eden, others. 22 1GS Saturday October 24 2020 | the times Sport

Cheltenham Newbury Rob Wright Rob Wright 2.05 Allmankind 4.25 Another Stowaway 1.50 Santiki 4.10 Kipps 2.40 Pileon 5.00 Alminar 2.25 Caribou 4.45 Surrey Pride 3.15 Champagne Court (nap) 5.35 Smurphy Enki 3.00 Gift List 5.20 Peckinpah 3.50 Manofthemountain 3.35 Mujbar Going: good Going: heavy, soft in places Racing TV Draw: no advantage Racing TV 2.05 Masterson Holdings Hurdle ITV4 1.50 Fillies' Novice Stakes (4-Y-O: £20,019: 2m) (7 runners) (2-Y-O: £4,464: 1m) (14 runners) 1 1113- ALLMANKIND 225 (T,CD) D Skelton 11-6 H Skelton v154 1 (2) CHOLMONDELEY W Haggas 9-0 J Crowley -- 2 131- STRATAGEM 238 (T,D) P Nicholls 11-6 H Cobden 150 2 (4) DAMNED ELUSIVE A Balding 9-0 R Hornby -- 3 2/121- BOTOX HAS 315 (C) G L Moore 11-2 Joshua Moore 152 3 (10) DELTA BAY J Gosden 9-0 N Mackay -- 4 202512 ZUREKIN 2 Mrs S Leech 11-2 A P Heskin 107 4 (5) ENJOY R Beckett 9-0 C Fallon -- 5 34321- NORDANO F19 (P,D) N King 10-12 Bryony Frost 146 5 (8) FOLLY BEACH M Channon 9-0 C Bishop -- 6 3231-2 THE PINK'N 15 (H) J W Mullins 10-12 D Sansom 142 6 (6) LADY PERCIVAL H Morrison 9-0 S M Levey -- P-U112 ANNA BUNINA 33 (T,D) J McConnell (Ire) 10-5 R Johnson 124 7 7 (13) MULBERRY SILK R Varian 9-0 David Egan -- 7-4 Allmankind, 7-2 Botox Has, 4-1 Stratagem, 7-1 Anna Bunina, 8-1 Nordano, 10-1 The Pink'n, 33-1 Zurekin. 8 (14) 3 NASTASIYA 28 Ed Walker 9-0 Hollie Doyle 5 Rob Wright’s choice: Allmankind helped to set an overly strong pace when a fine third 9 (1) 03 OASIS COVE 15 G Baker 9-0 N Currie v62 in the at the Festival; he can make a winning return Danger Botox Has 10 (11) ONE JOURNEY R Charlton 9-0 J Watson -- 11 (12) 4 ONE LAST DANCE 26 (H) R Hughes 9-0 F Marsh (3) 54 2.40 Best Odds At Matchbook Novices' Chase ITV4 12 (9) SANTIKI M Bell 9-0 D Probert -- (GBB Race) 13 (3) 6 SCHEHERAZADE 15 H Morrison 9-0 D O'Neill 40 (£12,512: 2m 4f) (4) 14 (7) TAUREAN EMERALD R Teal 9-0 H Bentley -- 1 34P-12 COOLE CODY 35 (BF) E Williams 9-11-8 A Wedge 142 5-1 Nastasiya, 6-1 Delta Bay, 13-2 Oasis Cove, 15-2 Mulberry Silk, Cholmondeley, 8-1 Enjoy, 10-1 One Last Dance, 2 2462-1 NOT THAT FUISSE 30 (D) D Skelton 7-11-8 H Skelton 135 12-1 Santiki, Scheherazade. 3 22312- SOUTHFIELD STONE 245 (W,D) P Nicholls 7-11-8 H Cobden v147 4 /4112- PILEON 225 P Hobbs 6-11-3 R Johnson -- 2.25 Handicap 13-8 Southfield Stone, 9-4 Pileon, 5-2 Not That Fuisse, 15-2 Coole Cody. (2-Y-O: £6,469: 6f) (6) Wright choice: Pileon had just four starts over hurdles, including a cracking run at the 1 (1) 1100 TWAASOL 49 (D) Owen Burrows 9-7 George Rooke (5) 98 Festival in March; he can be even better over fences Danger Southfield Stone 2 (3) 0511 IMPERIUM BLUE 15 (D) N Tinkler 8-12 F McManoman (3) v106 3 (5) 241 CARIBOU 13 (D) D Coakley 8-7 Hollie Doyle 71 3.15 Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle ITV4 4 (4) 012530 ET TU BRUTE 21 (D) Eve J-Houghton 8-6 N Mackay 79 (GBB Race) 5 (2) 63 MAHAAMEL 23 C Hills 8-4 David Egan 68 (£12,512: 3m) (18) 6 (6) 041252 BELLA NOTTE 4 R Hannon 8-0 J Quinn 65 1 /1346- TOBEFAIR 226 (CD) Mrs D Hamer 10-11-12 Jack Tudor (5) v157 15-8 Twaasol, 4-1 Imperium Blue, Caribou, 11-2 Mahaamel, 6-1 Bella Notte, 10-1 Et Tu Brute. 2 /1415- HONEST VIC 227 (V) H Daly 7-11-1 R Patrick (3) 147 3 21150- CHAMPAGNE COURT 228 (W,T) J Scott 7-10-8 N Scholfield 153 3.00 Fillies Listed Stakes 4 35111/ THE DEVILS DROP 797 (D) A King 7-10-8 T Bellamy -- (2-Y-O: £11,342: 7f) (9) 5 /3P-42 MINELLA WARRIOR 75 (P,T,D) K Bailey 8-10-7 C Gethings 143 1 (2) 01 AL FAHDAA 50 (D) R Hannon 9-0 J Crowley 59 6 611-11 LOCK'S CORNER 25 (P,T) Jonjo O'Neill 6-10-4 R McLernon 149 2 (4) 33156 COUL QUEEN 64 (T,D) P Evans 9-0 H Bentley 83 7 1F-231 BALLON ONABUDGET 46 T R George 7-10-4 J J Burke 136 3 (1) 2112 GIFT LIST 21 (D) K Burke 9-0 H Shaw 82 8 3115-3 FLINCK 14 P Hobbs 6-10-4 R Johnson 142 4 (9) 1 LITTLE KITTEN 24 J Gosden 9-0 N Mackay 63 9 453-11 NEVILLE'S CROSS 11 Tom Lacey 5-10-4 R M Power 148 5 (7) 31 LITTLE ROLLRIGHT 42 R Hannon 9-0 S M Levey 81 10 P-6261 SIROBBIE 20 H Whittington 6-10-4 A P Heskin 136 6 (3) 1 LOVE IS YOU 49 R Charlton 9-0 J Watson 79 11 25-006 COTSWOLD WAY 14 (B) P Hobbs 7-10-3 M G Nolan 124 7 (8) 44 SANKALPA 24 Eve J-Houghton 9-0 C Bishop 64 12 0P0-64 SPEREDEK 29 N Hawke 9-10-3 D Noonan 125 8 (5) 102 SETANTII GIRL 19 J Given 9-0 S De Sousa 72 13 0-F512 STORY OF FRIENDS 46 (B,T,BF) D Pipe 6-10-2 F Gillard (7) 124 9 (6) 123405 SETARHE 15 R Varian 9-0 David Egan v90 14 12R6-6 KANSAS CITY CHIEF 20 (P,D) N Mulholland 11-10-2 Victoria Malzard (7) 136 5-2 Love Is You, 10-3 Little Kitten, 7-2 Setarhe, 13-2 Al Fahdaa, 8-1 Gift List, Little Rollright, 25-1 Coul Queen, 15 3140/0 BAILARICO 20 (P) W Greatrex 7-10-0 H Bannister 91 33-1 Sankalpa, Setantii Girl. 16 /161-1 I'D BETTER GO NOW 31 (T,D) D Skelton 7-10-0 H Skelton 143 17 F00-66 GOODBYE DANCER 77 (T,CD) F O'Brien 9-10-0 P Brennan 120 3.35 Molson Coors Beverage Company ITV4 18 024224 VANITEUX 6 (P,T) Mrs S Leech 11-10-0 Sean Houlihan (3) 115 6-1 Neville's Cross, 13-2 I'd Better Go Now, 15-2 Flinck, 8-1 Lock's Corner, Tobefair, 10-1 Sirobbie, Honest Vic, 12-1 Stakes (Registered As The Horris Story Of Friends, Champagne Court. Hill Stakes) Wright choice: Champagne Court was a promising chaser last season and looks well (Group III: 2-Y-O: £17,013: 7f) (12) treated back over the smaller obstacles here Dangers Tobefair, Neville’s Cross 1 (9) 1050 ALBADRI 14 J Chapple-Hyam 9-0 Hollie Doyle 88 2 (10) 1 AUTUMN TWILIGHT 23 (D) D Menuisier 9-0 J P Spencer 62 3.50 Matchbook Betting Exchange ITV4 3 (2) 41 CHAMPAGNE PIAFF 23 (D) G L Moore 9-0 H Crouch 73 Handicap Chase 4 (5) 301 EXISTENT 21 (D) J Gosden 9-0 C Fallon 86 (£30,029: 3m 1f) (11) 5 (6) 445302 FOUNTAIN CROSS 27 R Hannon 9-0 S M Levey 90 v 1 /3314- FRODON 226 (T,CD) P Nicholls 8-11-12 Bryony Frost v158 6 (3) 12 LANEQASH 43 (D) R Varian 9-0 J Crowley 108 2 U3P4P- WEST APPROACH 226 (P,C) C Tizzard 10-10-9 H Cobden 151 7 (1) 014 MUJBAR 42 (D) C Hills 9-0 D O'Neill 88 3 P3213- BOB MAHLER 226 (P,CD) W Greatrex 8-10-4 A P Heskin 150 8 (11) 312251 NASTASE 14 M Channon 9-0 D Probert 100 4 P2P21- CAPTAIN CHAOS 238 (D) D Skelton 9-10-4 Bridget Andrews 146 9 (8) 11 PERCY'S LAD 27 Eve J-Houghton 9-0 C Bishop 81 5 /312P- COGRY 228 (V,CD) N Twiston-Davies 11-10-4 S Twiston-Davies 153 10 (7) 32 ROSCIOLI 29 (T) A Balding 9-0 R Hornby 84 6 P566-0 COBRA DE MAI 22 (P,T,C) D Skelton 8-10-2 H Skelton 148 11 (4) 414416 SAINT LAWRENCE 42 (CD) R Varian 9-0 David Egan 99 7 21120- SENSULANO 224 Noel Williams 7-10-0 P Brennan 141 12 (12) 1232 STAR OF ORION 41 (BF) R Beckett 9-0 H Bentley 100 8 11U1-1 MANOFTHEMOUNTAIN 25 Emma Lavelle 7-10-0 A Wedge 155 6-5 Laneqash, 5-1 Existent, 10-1 Roscioli, 12-1 Star Of Orion, Nastase, 14-1 Saint Lawrence, Autumn Twilight, 9 /4320- CLOTH 226 (D) Jonjo O'Neill 8-10-0 R McLernon 137 Percy's Lad, Mujbar. 10 44122- PERFECT CANDIDATE 246 (C) F O'Brien 13-10-0 C Brace (3) 144 Wright choice: Mujbar raced too freely when only fourth in the Champagne Stakes at 11 5050-2 VIVAS 32 (B,T) C Longsdon 9-10-0 T Buckley (7) 122 Doncaster and remains capable of better Dangers Star Of Orion, Laneqash 4-1 Manofthemountain, 5-1 Cogry, Frodon, 7-1 West Approach, 15-2 Cloth Cap, 10-1 Bob Mahler, Captain Chaos, 12-1 Perfect Candidate, Sensulano, Cobra De Mai, 20-1 Vivas. 4.10 Pravha Stakes (Registered As The St ITV4 Wright choice: Manofthemountain won in good style on his first start for nine months at Bangor and can continue to rise through the ranks Dangers Frodon, West Approach Simon Stakes) (Group III: £28,355: 1m 4f) (8) 4.25 Novices' Hurdle 1 (7) 655141 EUCHEN GLEN 15 (D) J Goldie 7-9-7 P Mulrennan 105 (£10,010: 3m) (6) 2 (3) -62556 ALOUNAK 56 (BF) A Balding 5-9-4 S De Sousa v111 -63251 AWAY HE GOES 42 (C,D) I Mohammed 4-9-4 J Crowley 98 1 6U3111 STREETS OF DOYEN 6 (D) J McConnell (Ire) 6-11-6 R Johnson v137 3 (8) 406520 104 2 0/P11- THE MACON LUGNATIC 226 B Pauling 6-11-6 N De Boinville 129 4 (6) GLENCADAM GLORY 49 (H,D) T Easterby 6-9-4 R Hornby 3 /232-1 MINELLA ENCORE 45 Dr R Newland 8-11-3 L Edwards 130 5 (4) 612/11 NATURAL HISTORY 13 (D) A Balding 5-9-4 D Probert 98 4 2145-4 POLISH 25 (BF) F O'Brien 5-11-3 P Brennan 130 6 (5) 0401-4 RAYMOND TUSK 285 (BF,C,D) R Hannon 5-9-4 J P Spencer 110 5 /0020- ANOTHER STOWAWAY 260 (P,T) T R George 8-10-12 J J Burke 135 7 (1) 224333 KIPPS 15 H Morrison 3-8-12 Hollie Doyle 102 6 2-3 POPPA POUTINE 30 N Twiston-Davies 4-10-11 S Twiston-Davies 115 8 (2) 212316 LITIGATOR 14 (D) R Varian 3-8-12 J F Egan 102 15-8 Streets Of Doyen, 10-3 Minella Encore, 9-2 The Macon Lugnatic, 13-2 Polish, Poppa Poutine, 8-1 Another 5-2 Raymond Tusk, 4-1 Euchen Glen, 9-2 Alounak, 6-1 Litigator, 7-1 Natural History, 15-2 Away He Goes, 14-1 Stowaway. Glencadam Glory, 20-1 Kipps. Wright choice: Kipps has run well in a host of high-class handicaps without winning 5.00 Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase this season; he has the ability to go close Dangers Euchen Glen, Raymond Tusk (£6,925: 3m 1f) (13) 1 /P-010 YOUNG TURK 48 (P,T) A Sadik 9-11-12 Miss L Brooke (3) 125 4.45 Handicap 2 2/612- BALLYMALIN 356 (BF) N Twiston-Davies 10-11-12 Mr Z Baker -- (£12,291: 1m 2f) (11) 3 -56132 LILLINGTON 9 (P,T) C Tizzard 8-11-10 Mr L Trott (7) v147 1 (1) 14-116 TEMPUS 28 (BF,C) R Charlton 4-9-10 J Watson v100 4 200-32 PLANTAGENET 20 (P) J W Mullins 8-11-9 Miss G Andrews 130 2 (6) 00-421 BREATH CAUGHT 29 R Beckett 5-9-9 R Hornby 90 5 1/311- CALL ME VIC 300 F O'Brien 13-11-9 Mr A Tufnell (7) -- 3 (11) 11-060 KENZAI WARRIOR 14 (B) R Teal 3-9-7 Hollie Doyle 93 6 1/31P- ALMINAR 230 (B) N Hawke 7-11-5 Mr Kieren Buckley (5) 142 4 (10) 000060 NICHOLAS T 14 (D) J Goldie 8-9-1 P Mulrennan 24 7 134-32 BUSTER EDWARDS 22 (B,T,BF) D Pipe 7-11-4 Mr M McIntyre (3) 120 5 (9) -60052 AASHEQ 14 (D) T Easterby 7-9-1 J Crowley 88 8 32F3-0 BOUGHTBEFORELUNCH 25 (P) P Webber 7-11-2 Mr J Savage (3) 117 6 (3) 000053 CHATEZ 14 (C) A King 9-9-1 David Egan 86 9 0111/6 OSCA LOCA 15 T Vaughan 7-11-2 Mr J Andrews (3) -- 7 (8) 413100 DATA PROTECTION 28 (T,D) W Muir 5-9-0 N Currie 89 10 42-222 JEN'S BOY 39 (B,BF) N Henderson 6-11-2 Mr S Waley-Cohen 124 8 (2) 00111- TORCELLO J329 (CD) S Lycett 6-8-13 Elisha Whittington (5) -- 11 0-23P2 LOUGH SALT 20 (P) P Winks 9-10-8 Mr S Lee (7) 120 9 (4) 351112 SNOW OCEAN 17 (D) P Evans 4-8-12 H Bentley 76 12 0-4304 ECOSSAIS 24 (W,B,T) Oliver Greenall 6-10-6 Mr Toby Wynne (7) 116 10 (7) -54115 SURREY PRIDE 15 (CD) J Tuite 3-8-11 J P Spencer 86 13 6-12P5 BERMEO 15 (P,T) J Farrelly 9-10-5 Mr A Cheleda (5) 107 11 (5) 003201 LUNAR JET 10 (CD) J Mackie 6-8-9 C Fallon 79 4-1 Jen's Boy, 9-2 Buster Edwards, 5-1 Lillington, 11-2 Ballymalin, 8-1 Plantagenet, 10-1 Call Me Vic, 14-1 Lough 5-2 Tempus, 5-1 Breath Caught, 13-2 Surrey Pride, 8-1 Snow Ocean, Aasheq, Lunar Jet, 10-1 Chatez, 12-1 Kenzai Salt, Boughtbeforelunch, Bermeo, Alminar. Warrior. 5.35 NH Flat Race 5.20 Handicap (£8,758: 2m) (15) (£3,307: 1m 4f) (15) 1 1- ANIMAL 241 Miss S Smith 4-11-4 M G Nolan 101 1 (9) 30-145 ENHANCED 69 (C) H Morrison 4-11-2 Mr P Millman 74 2 1- MAJOR ROBINSON 217 (D) D Pipe 4-11-4 T Scudamore 112 2 (3) 010RP- BUCKLAND BOY J347 (D) S Curran 5-11-0 Mr M Ennis (5) -- 3 1 MASTEROFTHEHEIGHTS 42 M Harris 4-11-4 P Brennan 47 3 (5) 206010 THE GAME IS ON 32 (P) S Dow 4-10-13 Mr Guy Mitchell (5) 72 4 1 RESTANDBETHANKFUL 47 (D) Olly Murphy 4-11-4 A P Heskin 96 4 (13) 0-4320 PECKINPAH 21 A King 4-10-13 Miss Georgia King (7) 61 5 /3421- SMURPHY ENKI 233 C Gordon 5-11-4 T Cannon v115 5 (1) 245060 FLAT TO THE MAX 17 (P,T) S Hodgson 5-10-13 Mr A Chadwick (5) 67 6 3/41- TILE TAPPER 297 Chris Honour 6-11-4 B Carver 99 6 (12) 320504 ONE TO GO 35 Archie Watson 4-10-12 Kate Leahy (3) 64 7 CALIDAD H Whittington 4-11-0 D Jacob -- 7 (11) -36104 DANCE KING 33 (P,D) T Easterby 10-10-12 Miss E Easterby 72 8 DON ALVARO P Hobbs 4-11-0 R Johnson -- 8 (4) 0-5042 PERCY PROSECCO 46 (B,BF,D) Archie Watson 5-10-12 Ms B Hampson 69 9 PF1/ FEARLESS FRACAS 713 (W,T) T R George 6-11-0 J J Burke -- 9 (14) 0-4340 FILLES DE FLEUR 36 G L Moore 4-10-12 Miss Ellie Vaughan (5) 63 10 36- GRAND LORD 259 Stuart Edmunds 4-11-0 C Gethings 91 10 (7) 2140-0 HARMONISE 27 (D) Miss S West 6-10-9 Mr R Birkett v85 11 I AM MAXIMUS N Henderson 4-11-0 N De Boinville -- 11 (10) 060-02 INGENUITY J7 M Harris 5-10-6 Miss Katie Harrison (7) 64 12 3- JACK'S A LEGEND 503 A Jones 5-11-0 T J O'Brien -- 12 (6) -01502 AZOR AHAI 5 (T,D) G Baker 4-10-3 Mr S Walker 32 13 MY DROGO D Skelton 5-11-0 H Skelton -- 13 (8) 053560 THORNTOUN CARE 8 (P,D) Roger Fell 9-10-2 Miss A Collier (5) 62 14 4- SEYMOUR PROMISE 260 C Tizzard 4-11-0 R M Power 85 14 (15) 460443 CELTIC CLASSIC 15 (B,D) P & O Cole 4-9-12 Miss Becky Smith 40 15 2 SHANTOU'S MELODY 42 Jonjo O'Neill 4-11-0 Jonjo O'Neill Jr. 47 15 (2) 266400 EARTHLY 10 (B,T,D) B J Llewellyn 6-9-9 Miss Jessica Llewellyn (5) 51 9-2 Major Robinson, 7-1 Animal, 8-1 Shantou's Melody, Restandbethankful, Smurphy Enki, 10-1 11-2 Azor Ahai, 6-1 Percy Prosecco, Celtic Classic, 13-2 Enhanced, Peckinpah, 7-1 Dance King, 12-1 One To Go, Filles Masteroftheheights, I Am Maximus, Seymour Promise. De Fleur. the times | Saturday October 24 2020 1GS 23 Racing Sport Stage set for O’Brien to equal Cecil record with Wembley win week and it looks significant that he his brother Johannes Vermeer, who Best bet of the day is Champagne fresh before, so lack of a recent run is Rob Wright only runs Wembley, who shaped so well was second in this race in 2015. Court in the Pertemps Network not a big concern, and he also boasts Racing Editor when second in the Dewhurst Stakes at There is a good jumps card at Handicap Hurdle (3.15). He developed some smart form at this track. Bred to Newmarket this month. Cheltenham and Pileon will be tough into a useful chaser last season, winning relish this step up in trip, he rates decent Aidan O’Brien can equal the record of Wembley, a son of Galileo, stayed on to beat in the Best Odds At Matchbook twice before being unable to cope with value at the 12-1 generally on offer. the late Sir Henry Cecil by saddling a strongly to the line over seven furlongs Novices’ Chase (2.40). Lightly raced a rising mark at the end of the season. The progressive Manofthemountain tenth winner of the Vertem Futurity there and seems sure to relish this first over hurdles, he ran a cracker when He has had an operation to help with can land the Matchbook Betting Ex- Trophy (2.55) through Wembley at try at a mile. beaten a short-head in a competitive his breathing since last seen and looks change Handicap Chase (3.50). He has Doncaster today. There is rain forecast at Doncaster, handicap at the Festival here in March. well-in as he reverts to hurdles been beaten only once in five starts over The Irish handler had seven horses which should lead to more testing con- A former point-to-pointer, he looks here, able to race off a 4lb lower mark fences — he was travelling well when entered for the final group one race of ditions, and that will suit this strong- the type to make an even better chaser than when last successful. unseating his rider for the one loss— the British Flat season at the start of the staying colt. He can go one better than this season and can open his account. Champagne Court has gone well and can cope with this step up in class.

2.20 Vertem Very Different ITV4 3.30 Handicap 4.40 Handicap Doncaster Stockbrokers Handicap (2-Y-O: £6,469: 7f) (9) (£5,208: 7f) (14) Rob Wright (£12,291: 5f) (11) 1 (2) 143 JUMBY 36 (D) Eve J-Houghton 9-7 W Buick v93 1 (7) 412222 ZIP 15 (P,D) R Fahey 4-10-1 B Garritty (5) 79 1.10 Fishable 3.30 Conservatoire (nb) 1 (6) 2-0210 CAME FROM THE DARK 14 (D) Ed Walker 4-9-7 T Marquand 86 2 (8) 326114 PAWS FOR THOUGHT 18 (D) T Dascombe 9-5 R Kingscote 77 2 (5) 304611 ERICH BLOCH 7 (D) Roger Fell 4-10-0 C Rodriguez 69 1.45 Zamaani 4.05 National League 2 (8) -01006 RAYONG 7 (D) K Burke 3-9-2 B Curtis v95 3 (6) 211 SIR MAXI 18 (D) R Beckett 8-12 Rossa Ryan 56 3 (3) 460056 FLYING PURSUIT 25 (T,C) T Easterby 7-10-0 Ella McCain (7) 74 2.20 Mighty Spirit 4.40 Glasvegas 3 (4) 002202 ISHVARA 18 (P,D) R Cowell 3-8-12 O Murphy 90 4 (5) 152020 SADIQAA 21 (P) C Cox 8-11 L Keniry 84 4 (13) 021124 MY STYLE 13 (B) Eve J-Houghton 4-10-0 Georgia Dobie (5) 79 2.55 Wembley 5.10 Super Den 4 (9) 023021 WRENTHORPE 10 (D) B Smart 5-8-10 G Lee 84 5 (7) 561 CONSERVATOIRE 13 (D) W Haggas 8-8 T Marquand 77 5 (14) -30003 ICE LORD 23 (C) C Wall 8-9-13 J Mitchell 58 0-0300 77 Going: good to soft 5 (3) 051020 ORVAR 15 (CD) P Midgley 7-8-10 W Buick 89 6 (1) 251 MACMERRY JIM 16 (D) I Jardine 8-8 J Gormley 35 6 (9) ARRANMORE 37 Kevin Frost 3-9-12 Ray Dawson (5) 7 (1) 0-4204 LUCKY LOUIE 42 (P,D) R Teal 7-9-10 Rossa Ryan 79 Draw: no advantage Sky Sports Racing 6 (1) 341660 ABEL HANDY 14 (D) D O'Meara 5-8-7 S Gray 87 7 (4) 3513 OUTRUN THE STORM 18 (BF) R Fahey 8-7 P Hanagan 67 8 (8) 222-05 CRANTOCK BAY 29 (P) G Scott 4-9-9 B Curtis 63 7 (10) 001615 VICTORY ANGEL 12 (C,D) Rebecca Bastiman 6-8-6 P Dennis 76 8 (9) 124320 GRANTLEY 14 J Bethell 8-6 Ray Dawson (5) 85 9 (11) 305440 RIGHT ACTION 11 (CD) R Fahey 6-9-9 P Hanagan 63 (£12,291: 1m 4f) (10 runners) 8 (11) 500332 MIGHTY SPIRIT 15 (D) R Fahey 3-8-5 Megan Nicholls (3) 84 9 (3) 0541 KIDYOUNOT 7 T Easterby 8-4 D Fentiman 59 1.10 Handicap 10 (10) 000060 GLASVEGAS 37 (V) K Dalgleish 3-9-8 F Norton 71 9 (2) 006035 VENTUROUS 21 (C,D) T D Barron 7-8-4 Ray Dawson (5) 80 11-4 Conservatoire, 3-1 Sir Maxi, 9-2 Jumby, 8-1 Outrun The Storm, 10-1 Macmerry Jim, Paws For 1 (2) -12613 LAAFY 29 (V,D) Sir M Stoute 4-9-12 R L Moore v104 11 (12) 32-2 IT HAD TO BE YOU 27 J O'Keeffe 4-9-6 G Lee 73 10 (5) 005400 TANASOQ 45 (W,D) P Midgley 7-8-2 F Norton 81 Thought, 12-1 Kidyounot, Sadiqaa, 25-1 Grantley. 2 (1) 062120 CEPHEUS 15 B Meehan 3-9-2 W Buick 100 12 (2) -33145 SOARING STAR 15 K Ryan 3-9-6 K Stott 81 11 (7) 121050 DARK SHOT 7 (B,D) S Dixon 7-8-2 J Gormley 76 3 (4) 02-006 JOHNNY DRAMA 14 A Balding 5-9-1 O Murphy 85 13 (4) 440104 NEARLY A GONNA 19 T Easterby 3-9-4 Rachel Richardson 68 4-1 Mighty Spirit, 9-2 Came From The Dark, Wrenthorpe, 5-1 Ishvara, 8-1 Orvar, 10-1 Venturous, 4 (9) /05060 DASH OF SPICE 36 (T,BF,D) D Elsworth 6-9-1 T Marquand 88 4.05 Handicap 14 (6) -36634 SAMPHIRE COAST 228 (W,V) D Shaw 7-9-0 L Edmunds v88 12-1 Victory Angel, Rayong. 5 (5) 05012- EVERYTHING FOR YOU J284 (D) I Williams 6-9-0 R Kingscote -- (£7,439: 7f) (16) 11-2 Erich Bloch, 6-1 It Had To Be You, Zip, 7-1 My Style, 8-1 Ice Lord, 10-1 Flying Pursuit, 12-1 6 (6) 000414 ICONIC CHOICE 14 (P) T Dascombe 4-8-13 B Curtis 92 Wright choice: Mighty Spirit runs off the same mark as when second in a 1 (9) -03130 BEAR FORCE ONE 28 (P,D) R Teal 4-10-0 W Buick v97 Nearly A Gonna, Soaring Star, Right Action, Lucky Louie. 7 (8) 300P66 EDDYSTONE ROCK 14 (T,D) J Best 8-8-9 J Mitchell 73 competitive handicap at York Dangers Came From The Dark, Ishvara 2 (4) 062001 TOMFRE 11 (D) R Beckett 3-9-12 Rossa Ryan 94 8 (10) 231102 FISHABLE 14 (T) T Easterby 3-8-8 P Hanagan 90 3 (12) 061060 FIRMAMENT 15 (P,D) D O'Meara 8-9-11 D Tudhope 96 5.10 Handicap (£5,208: 7f) (14) 9 (7) 130040 BATTLE OF MARATHON 13 (D) J Ryan 8-8-7 D Keenan (3) 70 2.55 Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes ITV4 10 (3) -11634 TULIP FIELDS 88 (BF,D) M Johnston 3-8-6 F Norton 90 4 (5) 21210 MUSICALITY 43 R Varian 3-9-9 J Mitchell 91 1 (9) 000335 THE GREAT HEIR 7 (P,CD) K Ryan 4-10-0 K Stott 81 v 2-1 Laafy, 9-2 Fishable, 7-1 Tulip Fields, Iconic Choice, 8-1 Cepheus, 10-1 Johnny Drama, 12-1 others (Group I: 2-Y-O: £127,280: 1m) (9) 5 (2) 1-3532 GROVE FERRY 22 (D) A Balding 3-9-7 O Murphy 88 2 (3) 011-2 PARALLEL WORLD 235 (BF,D) K Burke 4-10-0 B Curtis 95 1 (1) 141 BARADAR 14 R Varian 9-1 Rossa Ryan 91 6 (11) 112656 QUEEN'S SARGENT 12 (D) K Ryan 5-9-5 K Stott 88 3 (5) 4-2650 ARCHAEOLOGY 21 (C) J O'Keeffe 4-9-13 O Murphy 82 1.45 vertem.co.uk Doncaster ITV4 2 (3) 1213 COBH 28 (D) C Cox 9-1 A Kirby 98 7 (14) 123331 FORTAMOUR 49 (P,D) B Haslam 4-9-5 G Lee 89 4 (4) 22-013 BOBBY SHAFT 15 (D) J Wainwright 4-9-11 A Mullen 40 Listed Stakes 3 (4) 33 EMPEROR SUPREME 21 Adrian Nicholls 9-1 B McHugh 75 8 (15) 002504 ARBALET 22 (P,T,D) D O'Meara 5-9-4 A Kirby 90 5 (6) 446 SUPER DEN 29 T Kent 3-9-10 Ray Dawson (5) 79 6 (7) 334-05 ELIGIBLE 19 M W Easterby 4-9-9 G Lee 65 4 (9) 22 KING VEGA 62 A Balding 9-1 O Murphy 103 9 (7) -63302 EJTILAAB 27 (H,BF,C) I Williams 4-9-4 R Kingscote 81 (2-Y-O: £10,846: 6f) (6) 7 (11) 1-0065 MAYSONG 11 (BF,D) E Dunlop 3-9-8 T Marquand 64 5 (7) 51010 MAC SWINEY 41 J S Bolger (Ire) 9-1 Kevin Manning 98 0-0600 GET KNOTTED 25 (P,D) M Dods 8-9-3 C Rodriguez 83 1 (6) 1 HELMONT 29 (D) T Dascombe 9-1 R Kingscote 80 10 (3) 6 (5) 1224 MEGALLAN 14 (D) J Gosden 9-1 R Havlin 102 8 (8) 062261 VELMA 22 C Fairhurst 3-9-7 Paula Muir (3) 74 041 INTRUSIVE 16 (D) K Burke 9-1 B Curtis 42 11 (10) 236332 BREANSKI 22 (CD) J O'Keeffe 6-9-2 Ray Dawson (5) 84 2 (1) v 9 (2) 535112 UGO GREGORY 12 (B,T,D) T Easterby 4-9-7 D Fentiman 63 7 (8) 2131 ONE RULER 14 (D) C Appleby 9-1 W Buick 111 12 (6) 000205 PRESIDENTIAL 28 (CD) Roger Fell 6-9-2 B Curtis 86 3 (3) 0211 JUST FRANK 21 (D) J L Eyre 9-1 L Edmunds 97 10 (10) -41660 MAGICAL EFFECT 19 (P,D) Mrs R Carr 8-9-7 J Gormley 75 v 8 (2) 12543 STATE OF REST 42 J P O'Brien (Ire) 9-1 T Marquand 101 13 (8) 300560 ALEMARATALYOUM 15 (B,T,D) S C Williams 6-9-1 T Marquand 85 4 (4) 224162 LIPIZZANER 13 A P O'Brien (Ire) 9-1 R L Moore 104 11 (14) 3-0500 JUMP THE GUN 36 I Jardine 3-9-6 R Havlin 75 9 (6) 322122 WEMBLEY 14 A P O'Brien (Ire) 9-1 R L Moore 110 445222 74 5 (2) 52101 SHARK TWO ONE 8 (D) R Fahey 9-1 P Hanagan 79 14 (16) ZAP 11 (D) R Fahey 5-8-11 T Hamilton 12 (12) -11U03 CAPLA BERRY 12 (T,CD) R Guest 4-9-5 W Buick 73 15-8 Wembley, 11-4 One Ruler, 11-2 King Vega, 7-1 State Of Rest, 8-1 Megallan, 12-1 Cobh, 20-1 6 (5) 211252 ZAMAANI 21 (D) S & E Crisford 9-1 W Buick 101 15 (13) 330410 TRUE BLUE MOON 15 (T,BF,D) T Easterby 5-8-11 D Fentiman 76 13 (1) 24300- CORNDAVON LAD 429 (V) R Fahey 3-9-2 T Hamilton -- Baradar, Mac Swiney, 100-1 Emperor Supreme. 9-4 Zamaani, 11-4 Lipizzaner, 7-2 Just Frank, 5-1 Helmont, 7-1 Shark Two One, 25-1 Intrusive. 16 (1) 050363 NATIONAL LEAGUE 12 (V) R Fahey 3-8-11 P Hanagan 79 14 (13) 606016 DAWN BREAKING 7 (D) R M Whitaker 5-8-11 P Dennis 56 Wright choice: Zamaani went down by just half a length in the Two-Year- Wright choice: Wembley stayed on strongly when second in the Dewhurst 13-2 Fortamour, 7-1 Musicality, Tomfre, 8-1 Bear Force One, Grove Ferry, 10-1 Breanski, Ejtilaab, 5-1 Ugo Gregory, 11-2 Parallel World, 6-1 The Great Heir, 7-1 Capla Berry, 10-1 Bobby Shaft, Super Old Trophy at Redcar; this is less competitive Danger Just Frank at Newmarket; this longer trip is ideal Dangers State Of Rest, One Ruler 12-1 Zap, National League. Den, Archaeology, Velma. 24 1GS Saturday October 24 2020 | the times ME AND MY MEDALS , 41, retired this summer IRISH GRAND NATIONAL 2014 I grew up ten miles from Fairyhouse. I’d ridden umpteen having ridden 43 favourites there and never got close. Shutthefrontdoor came up trumps for Jonjo [O’Neill, the trainer] and JP winners and tasted Grand National glory [McManus, the owner]. He beat my friend Roger Loughran. I knew I spoiled his day but we both couldn’t win it!

CHAMPION GRAND NATIONAL session. The Seebald in front brought down. CHASE — 2003 moment of the race of me. I pulled Sprinter Sacre FIVE WINS You grow up and was when we him out wide, was the super- the Gold Cup and jumped the third- Moscow Flyer in case either star in 2013 and , last. You’re far from was 2003 — horse fell, never lived up to it. King George, Tingle the stands so you he hacked up thinking they He had all the Creek are all great don’t hear the on the day. both would! grace of Thierry races, but the Grand commentary and I remember Had I not come Henry whereas National — that was there’s no crowds coming to the out from where Moscow was the one. It was a in that area. You’re third-last, I had I was, I would more Wayne great box to tick so just thinking, “I’m Latalomne and have been Rooney. early on Monty’s on the verge of Pass. He jumped winning the greatest brilliantly. I had a race in the world.” clear passage all the People say they way. Sitting second didn’t appreciate it with a circuit to go it the first time they was like a schooling win a big race. I did.

RYAN BYRNE/INPHO CHELTENHAM GOLD call. We were fairly sure he Myself and my brother had CHAMPION HURDLES — me. I ended up winning CUPS — TWO WINS would stay but if he hadn’t bought Bobs Worth as a FOUR it three times for Nicky. I went to Dubai for a few fully recovered from the yearling. Nicky [Hender- When won it in I won it three times for days in February 2005. lung infection he’d be son] bought him off us at 2009 he was a 22-1 shot. JP, and won it for Jessie. While we were away Tom found out. He jumped to the Doncaster sales as a I’d been second in it and I’d When won this Taaffe [the trainer] phoned the front at the fifth-last four-year-old. He’d had a won everything else at the year, knowing it was my to say Kicking King had and I was at pains to get wind issue so the ground top end and I was thinking final year, I showed more a dirty scope — a lung him back in among horses was a big concern. JT the Champion Hurdle emotion than I have at infection — and wouldn’t again because I didn’t want McNamara had his fall the might be one that wouldn’t Cheltenham for years. run in the Gold Cup. I was him to open up and start day before [in 2013, leaving come my way. It was a I knew it was the last roll on the floor at that. Then, running with the choke out. him paralysed]. Bobs Worth great way of cementing of the dice. The week ten days before the race, He came back, relaxed, struggled but we kept in my job with Nicky I had was the perfect way he rang me back and said, popped away and then it touch. We jumped the [Henderson]. Then I won to sign off. “You know, this horse, I was a case of waiting in second-last and came alive. it on for Jessie think he’s coming back to front. There was never a He won by seven lengths. [Harrington, the trainer] True Colours: My himself.” It was a big call moment that he didn’t It was a hollow victory with and JP [McManus, the Autobiography by Barry from Tom to run in the travel like the winner. He what had happened to JT. owner]. Looking back, Geraghty is out now in Gold Cup — and a great was very impressive. There was no major joy. it’s been a great race for hardback, £20 (Headline)

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