SPORT Wednesday 4 April 2018 PAGEPA | 30 PAGE | 32-33 PAGE | 36 Fit-againFit-aga Messi All eyes on Woods at England’s Rootot llikelyikel to start Masters practice as looks forwardd agaagainstin Roma tension builds after losses Ronaldo shines as Real beat Juventus AP Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Bayern rally Cristiano Ronaldo scores his second TURIN: Cristiano Ronaldo scored goal against Juventus during the past Sevilla a stunning overhead kick for his UEFA Champions League quarter-final second goal of the night to help Real first leg football match played at the with two Madrid beat 10-man Juventus 3-0 Allianz Stadium in Turin yesterday. in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday. away goals Ronaldo’s first goal came in the third minute and was helped by AP Juve’s defensive lapses, but his second was pure mastery and his SEVILLE, SPAIN: With overhead kick had the entire the help of two deflected stadium on their feet in shots, Bayern Munich appreciation. came from behind to beat In the process, Ronaldo became Sevilla 2-1 yesterday in the first player in Champions the first leg of the UEFA League history to score in 10 suc- Champions League cessive matches. quarter-finals. The Portugal international also After being outplayed set up Madrid’s third, for Marcelo, by the hosts early on and shortly after Juventus forward Paulo conceding a 32nd-minute Dybala had been sent off following opener by Pablo Sarabia, a second yellow card. Bayern rallied with an The Italian side now has a near- own goal by Jesus Navas impossible task to turn the quarter- before halftime and final around in the return leg on secured the victory with April 11. a second-half header by Sevilla also lost at home in the Thiago Alcantara. night’s other quarterfinal, as Bayern Both times the ball Munich came from behind to win deflected off a defender 2-1. Jesus Navas’ own goal cancelled to take Sevilla goalkeeper out Pablo Sarabia’s opener and David Soria out of play. Thiago Alcantara headed in the Bayern now only winner for Bayern in the 68th needs a draw in the minute. second leg in Munich next Today, Manchester Citytake on week to reach the semi- Liverpool in quarter-final, first leg finals for the fifth time in at Anfield. six seasons. In the second match of the day, Sevilla, playing in the Barcelona will meet Roma while last eight for the first time Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets in 60 years, has never are both set to return for the home made it to the semifinals team at the Camp Nou. in the Champions League. Al Duhail maintain unbeaten run with Pakistan whitewash away win; Al Gharafa suffer late blow Windies AFP CHINTHANA WASALA several attempts made by the The visitors took an early THE PENINSULA Zobahan players. lead inside 14 minutes when Al Duhail finally broke the Mabkhout’s powerful strike KARACHI: Pakistan beat the DOHA: Qatari football giants deadlock in the 84th minute saw the ball hitting the West Indies by eight wickets in Al Duhail maintained their with their first shot on target, crossbar and headed by the third and final Twenty20 unbeaten streak in the AFC when Mohammad scored the Romarinho from close range international in Karachi Champions League when winner following Sultan Al into the net upon rebound. yesterday, completing a 3-0 Ismail Mohammad’s late strike Brake’s pass from the left. Ahmed Alaaeldin equalised series whitewash. sealed a 1-0 win over Iranian Al Duhail, with five wins in in the 28th minute after he The West Indies scored side Zobahan yesterday. a row, sealed the top spot in beat Al Jazira goalkeeper Ali 153-6 - their highest total of the Having already entered Group A and will now host Al Khaseif after picking up a pass series but Pakistan reached the the last 16, coach Djamel Wahda in their final group from Abdelaziz Hatem fol- target in 16.5 overs with Babar Belmadi decided to take on the match on April 17. lowing a Wesley Sneijder Azam scoring 51 and Fakhar home team at the Foolad Shahr Meanwhile, in Doha, it was free-kick. Zaman 40. Stadium in Isfahan without a different story as Al Gharafa In the last minute of the two of their key players suffered a late blow against first half, Portuguese defender SCOREBOARD Youssef Msakni and Youssef visiting Al Jazira. Diogo Amado directed Snei- WEST INDIES El Arabi. Ali Mabkhout scored twice jder’s corner kick into the net C. Walton c Azam b Nawaz ...................................0 Their absence made no dif- as Al Jazira secured a 3-2 win from close range, giving the A. Fletcher run out .................................................52 ference to the strong Qatari against Al Gharafa in their home team a valuable 2-1 half- M. Samuels b Shadab ............................................31 champions as they managed Group A fixture to qualify for time lead. A. McCarthy c Zaman b Shadab ...........................5 to frustrate Zobahan who were the last 16 stage. Mabkhout came to the R. Powell lbw Ashraf ..............................................2 J. Mohammed c Sarfraz b Shinwari ....................13 desperately in needed rescue of Al Jazira once D. Ramdin not out ................................................42 of a win. AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: again when he equalised K. Paul not out ..........................................................1 The first half of in the 70th minute. Extras: (lb6, nb 1) ....................................................7 yesterday’s match did Group Stage Al Gharafa were Total: (for six wickets; 20 overs) ........153 not see any teams reduced to 10 men in Did not bat: R. Emrit, S. Badree, O. Smith succeeding in scoring YESTERDAY’S RESULTS added time as Assim Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-74, 3-90, 4-95, 5-96, 6-140 and neither of the Group A Madibo received his Bowling: Nawaz 4-1-26-1, Shinwari 4-0-34-1, Shaheen teams were able to Al Gharafa (QAT) 2 - 3 Al Jazira FSC (UAE) second yellow card. 4-0-27-0, Ashraf 4-0-33-1 (1nb), Shadab 4-0-27-2 pose any real danger Al Ahli Saudi FC (KSA) 1 - 0 Tractorsazi Tabriz (IRN) That gave an extra PAKISTAN Fakhar Zaman c Ramdin b Emrit ......................40 for their opponents. Group B advantage for Al Jazira Babar Azam c Walton b Smith ...........................51 However, in the Zobahan FC (IRN) 0 - 1 Al Duhail SC (QAT) and they made the full Hussain Talat not out ............................................31 second half, things Al Wahda FSCC (UAE) 1 - 4 PFC Lokomotiv (UZB) use out of it, grabbing Asif Ali not out ........................................................25 changed and Zobahan the winner in the 94th Group G Extras: (lb5, w2) ......................................................7 came close to scoring minute. Total: (for two wickets; 16.5 overs) ...... 154 on multiple occa- Cerezo Osaka (JPN) 2 - 1 Jeju United FC (KOR) Mabkhout broke free Did not bat: Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed, Moham- sions. Al Duhail Buriram United (THA) 1 - 1 Guangzhou Evergrande and avoided the goal- mad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Al Gharafa’s Wesley Sneijder (left) challenges Al Jazira’s Mohamed keeper Amine Group H keeper before calmly Shaheen Afridi, Usman Shinwari Sydney FC (AUS) 4 - 1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-113 Jamal during their AFC Champions League match played at the Lecomte saved the netting the ball to earn Bowling: Paul 2.5-0-37-0, Emrit 4-0-24-1, Smith 3-0-38-1, Thani bin Jassim Stadium in Doha yesterday. day for the visitors Kashima Antlers (JPN) 2 - 2 Shanghai Shenhua FC (CHN) his side their second win Badree 4-0-30-0, Mohammed 1-0-8-0, McCarthy 2-0-12-0 when he spoiled of the campaign. 30 SPORT WEDNESDAY 4 APRIL 2018 Salah can City ready destroy any for Klopp’s defence: trio, says Van Dijk Gundogan REUTERS REUTERS LONDON: Liverpool striker LONDON: Manchester City Mohamed Salah (pictured midfielder Ilkay Gundogan below) is capable of (pictured below) believes destroying any defence and they are better prepared to deserves to win the season- cope with Liverpool’s ending player of the year attacking trio in the first leg award, team mate Virgil van of the Champions League Dijk has said. quarter-finals at Anfield Runaway Premier League today. leaders Manchester City Messi didn’t start the City’s 4-3 defeat at Liv- travel to Liverpool in the first Sevilla game as a erpool in January was their leg of an all-English Cham- precaution. We think only loss against a Premier pions League quarter-final League side this season. clash today. he will be fine for It came courtesy three Salah is set to pose the Wednesday (today) goals in nine second-half biggest attacking threat to but we will see how minutes from Roberto City, having already scored he feels: Barca coach Firmino, Sadio Mane and 37 goals in all competitions Mohamed Salah, who have Barcelona’s Lionel Messi celebrates this season, including one in Ernesto Valverde combined to score 75 goals in after scoring a goal against Sevilla in Liverpool’s 4-3 league victory all competitions for Liverpool over Pep Guardiola’s side in this March 31, 2018 file photo. this season. January. “There’s a lot of respect, When asked if Salah has because all three have scored the attributes to beat City’s plenty of goals and they’ve well-drilled defensive line, also set up many more,” Gun- Van Dijk said, “That’s what Fit-again Messi likely dogan told British media. everyone knows. That’s how “Liverpool are still the we feel as well.