پنجشنبه Sixteen 24 بهمن 1398 16 شماره 6419 روزنامه ورزشی صبح ایران صاحب امتیاز: خبرگزاری جمهوری اسالمی مدیرمسئول: علی عالی تلفن: 14 ــ 88504113 نمابر: 84711173 سازمان آگهیها: 1877ــ 88501300 ــ88746583 انتشارات: 5 و 88548892 امور مشترکین: 88748800 ــ 88521954 نشانی: تهران، خیابان خرمشهر، شماره 208 / صندوق پستی 5388-15875 چاپ: ایرانیان [email protected] Milan vs Juventus and Zlatan against Ronaldo; Coppa italia semi-finals The first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-finals between overlooked. Expect solid football with minimal indi- AC Milan and Juventus kicks off Thursday evening. vidual errors and possibly a herculean effort from The Rossoneri will have the home-field advantage, Ronaldo. with the San Siro expected to be rocking. The Bian- The Rossoneri have been much improved since the coneri won the last match-up, in the league, with a comeback of Zlatan Ibrahimović. Not only has he score of 1-0. However, Milan are since then a differ- brought senior leadership, but goals and offensive ent team on paper. Either way, both teams will be creativity as well. He’s the newfound leader of the coming off disappointing weekend losses. team and the only player with a resume in the same While struggling at times, Juventus are still in the dimension with that of Ronaldo. With only one goal midst of a strong season. They are in the Coppa Italia in nine total appearances versus his former team, semi-finals after all and sit at second behind Inter in Ibrahimović should be looking to continue his solid the league due to goal difference. run of form. Cristiano Ronaldo is having another spectacular sea- As for the defence, Milan have some decisions to son. He has 20 goals in 20 matches in the league, make. Andrea Conti and Simon Kjær showed shaki- just a goal shy of tying his total from all of last ness and mental lapses versus Inter Milan. It’s shap- season. The goals have been flowing in 2020 too, ing up to be time to re-introduce Davide Calabria and however, so he’ll be looking to add onto that versus Mateo Musacchio into the lineup. Milan. In addition, he also scored in his sole Coppa Ismaël Bennacer will once again pull the strings in Italia appearance this season. the midfield. The outlier, however, will be if Lucas Matthijs de Ligt has improved from his early-season Paqueta will earn more minutes. The Brazilian’s raw struggles, Gonzalo Higuain has been better under talent is evident, but he has yet to put it together. manager Maurizio Sarri, and Douglas Costa’s recent He has the ability to be the difference-maker. In a injury paves the way for more of Paulo Dybala. Gior- similar situation, Rafael Leão should take back his gio Chiellini is back in training too, however, he is not starting position. His chemistry with Ibrahimović is likely to play in the semi-final. obvious, and he is hungry to succeed. A match at this It goes without saying that Juventus can never be stage might just be his next step. Anfield will Change RB Leipzig joke Werner is joining Tottenham until 2020 amid Liverpool rumours Goal - The stand will take Anfield›s capacity to itive”, with 93 per cent supportive of the plans. The Bundesliga outfit weighed in on speculation Goal reported in January that Chelsea were also 61,000 and could be completed in time for the Now Liverpool aim to press on with their plans, over a prized asset›s future with a provocative interested in Werner, but he was determined to 2022-23 season with stage two public consultation running until post on social media. remain at Red Bull Arena until after Euro 2020, Liverpool hope to begin work on their new Anfield the end of February. After that, the club hope to RB Leipzig have joked that reported Liverpool tar- at which point he will make a final decision on Road stand before the end of 2020. submit an official planning application, and have get Timo Werner will be on his way to Tottenham his future. The Reds will begin the second stage of their tentatively drawn up a timeframe which would this summer. The prolific forward signed a contract extension public consultation process today, having been see construction work on the new stand begin by Werner has emerged as one of Europe›s finest with Leipzig back in August, which ties him to the encouraged by the initial feedback from local res- the end of the year, and be completed in time for strikers this season, netting 25 goals in 30 ap- club until 2023. idents, businesses and supporters. the 2022-23 season. pearances across all competitions for Leipzig. He has, however, indicated that he would be open Liverpool announced in August that they had “There are still some really big steps to get The German star has helped Julian Nagelsmann›s to joining a club capable of winning the Cham- scrapped initial plans for an upgrading of the An- through,” said Andy Hughes, Liverpool’s chief side rise to second in the Bundesliga standings, pions League, while admitting that the Premier field Road End. Outline planning permission for commercial officer. “Planning is a really big hur- while also playing a key role in their progression League piques his interest. the addition of around 4,000 extra seats, which dle for us and we’ll be working really heavily on to the Champions League knockout stages. «What do you say if a club comes knocking, a club was first applied for in 2014, was allowed to lapse that through the next four, five, six months. Leipzig are due to come up against Spurs in the which is one of the favourites to win the Champi- with club owners, Fenway Sports Group, believing “And ultimately, the finances need to make sense last 16 later this month, with Jose Mourinho ons League and makes an incredible offer?» Wer- the design to be insufficient. in terms of the build cost when we finally under- thought to be a keen admirer of the 23-year-old. ner began in an interview with Kicker which was In November the club revealed the first images stand that and the schedule. Tottenham are one of many clubs believed to be published on February 2. of a new £60million redevelopment of the An- “I think it’s a bit early to say it’s definitely summer chasing Werner›s signature, but Liverpool has «Most likely every player would think about it. I am field Road end, which would add around 7,000 2022 but, assuming everything goes to plan and been touted as his most likely next destination by open for everything. I was over in America for a new seats and take Anfield’s overall capacity to there are no major hurdles on the way, then that German publication Bild. holiday recently and English football was on all of 61,000. is our target date.” A Twitter account posted the news to their fol- the time. More than 5,000 leaflets were distributed across Liverpool are expected to announce record reve- lowers on Wednesday morning, which prompted «That›s an exclamation mark for the Premier the local community, with neighbouring residents nue when their financial accounts for last season a tongue-in-cheek response from Leipzig›s social League. But there are also big, famous clubs and and businesses encouraged to give their feed- are published later this month and, unlike with media department. it would certainly be fun playing there.» back at a series of consultation events. the Main Stand which was paid for through a loan The club issued a short reply regarding Werner›s Werner will be back in Bundesliga action with Around 800 responses were received, and the direct from FSG, will use the club›s existing credit situation, which reads: «We heard he is heading to Leipzig on Saturday, as they play host to Werder club say that the general feedback was “very pos- facility to pay for the new Anfield Road stand. Tottenham though...» Bremen..