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Chelsea were able to put their poor run of form behind them and secured a huge three points in the Premier League with a 2-0 win over Everton at Stamford Bridge.

Enzo Maresca’s men had previously failed to win their last four games, but got back on track with their first victory of the festive period.

On his return to action at Stamford Bridge, it took Cole Palmer just 21 minutes before he found the back of the net. Teed up by Malo Gusto, the England star made a well-timed run between the Everton centre-back and left-back before firing past international teammate Jordan Pickford.

Gusto got in on the action himself just moments before half-time to double Chelsea’s lead. The Frenchman finished off a clinical counterattack from the Blues, with Pedro Neto putting the ball on a plate in the penalty area. Gusto obliged and doubled their lead.

It was a professional performance from the West Londoners, who saw off the Toffees in a controlled manner. Chelsea dominated the ball, with 58% possession, and had 17 shots, five of which found the target.

As well as the Blues played, there were a couple of players who struggled, however. Alejandro Garnacho was one of those.

Garnacho’s game in numbers vs Everton

Since his summer move from Manchester United, things have been up and down for Garnacho in a Chelsea shirt. The Argentina international has only managed two goals and two assists in 16 appearances for the London outfit.

Well, his performance against Everton was certainly one of his more disappointing ones for Chelsea.

The 21-year-old had three huge chances to give Maresca’s side a comfortable lead, but squandered them. That included this opportunity in the first half.

Indeed, his stats from the game show just how poor he was against David Moyes’ side. Aside from the three big chances he missed, Garnacho lost the ball seven times and failed to win either of his attempted duels.

His showing against the Toffees was enough to earn him a rating of just 6/10 from Goal journalist Richie Mills. He explained that the Chelsea 49 can take on a defender well in one-vs-one scenarios, but ‘his shooting needs work’.

As disappointing as Garnacho was on Saturday afternoon, there was a Chelsea attacker who was worse.

Chelsea’s most disappointing player vs. Everton

It was certainly a tough day at the office for another Blues summer signing, Joao Pedro.

The Chelsea number 20 led the line in Liam Delap’s absence, but was isolated and struggled to have any sort of impact on the game.

That was perhaps personified in his stats at full-time. The Brazilian had just 37 touches, fewer than Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez’s 48.

He lost the ball ten times, could only manage one shot on goal and won just seven out of 17 duels.

Joao Pedro vs. Everton

Stat

Number

Touches

37

Number of times ball lost

10

Passes completed

17/21

Duels won

7/17

Chances created

1

Shots

1

Expected goals

0.07xG

Stats from Sofascore

Indeed, his poor showing up front stood out to Mills, who gave him a lower rating than Garnacho, a 5/10. The journalist said Pedro is ‘going through a difficult spell’ at the moment and ‘things are not falling into place for him’ like they did at the beginning of his Blues career.

It might well be the case that Maresca decides to drop Pedro from the side ahead of Chelsea’s next game in the Premier League, away to Newcastle United next weekend. That will be a tough assignment for the Brazilian, coming up against the in-form Malick Thiaw.

There are options for Maresca, too, even with Delap sidelined. Pedro Neto has played up front at times this season, doing so against Barcelona in the Champions League. He could also play youngster Marc Guiu from the start.

Chelsea travel to Cardiff City in the Carabao Cup next midweek, which could give the Spaniard an opportunity to stake his claim in the league if he gets the nod in the Welsh capital.

Either way, it would not be a surprise to see Pedro out of the side following his poor performance against Everton.

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Quinton de Kock’s comeback left no room for Ryan Rickelton in the T20I side

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Fast bowler Anrich Nortje will play for South Africa for the first time since the 2024 T20 World Cup final after being named in their T20I squad to face India next month.Nortje has been on the sidelines with a recurrence of a stress fracture but made a comeback for Dolphins in the ongoing T20 Challenge. He has played five matches and is currently ninth on the wicket charts. His inclusion suggests South Africa are considering him for next year’s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.Nortje was not named in the ODI squad for matches that will be played before the T20Is in India. Regular captain Temba Bavuma returned to lead the side after missing the Pakistan series through injury but Tristan Stubbs was dropped from the squad. Rubin Hermann, who made his debut against Pakistan, kept his place.In the T20I squad, Quinton de Kock’s return left no room for Ryan Rickelton, who will be sweating over whether he will make the T20 World Cup squad. De Kock, who scored an unbeaten 123 in the second ODI against Pakistan, had scores of 1, 23, 7 and 0 in the four T20Is he has played since his comeback, but he averages 50.88 and strikes at 142.23 in T20Is in India.With Reeza Hendricks also returning, hard-hitting Lhuan-de Pretorius did not find a spot in the T20I squad. Donovan Ferreira, who captained South Africa in the T20Is against Pakistan, retained his spot while Dewald Brevis is back after a low-grade muscle strain ruled him out midway in that tour.David Miller also made a comeback to the T20I squad, having last played for South Africa at the Champions Trophy in March.The ODIs will be played on November 30, December 3 and December 6 in Ranchi, Raipur and Visakhapatnam, respectively, while the five T20Is will be held from December 9-19.South Africa’s ODI squad vs IndiaTemba Bavuma (capt), Ottneil Baartman, Corbin Bosch, Matthew Breetzke, Dewald Brevis, Nandre Burger, Quinton de Kock, Tony de Zorzi, Rubin Hermann, Keshav Maharaja, Marco Jansen, Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Prenelan SubrayenSouth Africa’s T20I squad vs IndiaAiden Markram (capt), Ottneil Baartman, Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Quinton de Kock, Tony de Zorzi, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marzo Jansen, George Linde, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Tristan Stubbs, Keshav Maharaj

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O Botafogo apresentou proposta pela contratação do zagueiro Ferraresi, de 27 anos, do São Paulo. A ideia da diretoria alvinegra é contar com o venezuelano em um contrato de empréstimo até o fim de 2026, e aguarda o sinal verde do Tricolor para avançar nas tratativas. As informações são do “Canal do TF” e foram confirmadas pelo Lance!.

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Conforme apurou a reportagem, o São Paulo pretende reduzir a folha salarial do elenco em alguns setores e isso pode ajudar o Botafogo na busca pelo defensor. O jogador tem contrato com o clube do Morumbi até o fim de 2027, e o Botafogo teria opção de compra.

Ferraresi tem 1,90m de altura e joga principalmente pelo lado direito da zaga, podendo ser utilizado também na lateral. O jogador da seleção venezuelana disputou 46 partidas com a camisa do São Paulo em 2025, com quatro assistências.

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A posição é tratada como prioridade pela SAF no mercado de transferências para a próxima temporada. Sem Kaio Pantaleão e Bastos, e com Gabriel Silva pouco prestigiado, o Botafogo terminou o ano com dupla de zaga formada por canhotos — Barboza, Marçal e David Ricardo se revezaram no esquema de Davide Ancelotti.

Botafogo no mercado

O Botafogo encaminhou a renovação de contrato com o lateral-esquerdo Marçal e também a chegada do atacante uruguaio Lucas Villalba, do Nacional-URU. O Alvinegro segue atento e pretende fazer novas investidas em todos os setores.

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أعلن الجهاز الفني لمنتخب تونس بقيادة سامي الطرابلسي، عن التشكيل الرسمي الذي سيخوض به المباراة الافتتاحية ضد منتخب سوريا، في أولى مباريات المجموعة الأولى لبطولة كأس العرب 2025.

وتنطلق بطولة كأس العرب اليوم الإثنين وتستمر حتى 18 من شهر ديسمبر الجاري في الأراضي القطرية الدوحة، ويستضيف ملعب “أحمد بن علي بمدينة” الريان القطرية مباراة الفريقين.

ويقع منتخب تونس في المجموعة الأولى في مجموعات كأس العرب 2025، رفقة منتخبات قطر وسوريا وفلسطين.

ودفع سامي الطرابلسي بـ محمد علي بن رمضان لاعب الأهلي في خط الوسط، بينما يجلس على مقاعد البدلاء مهاجم الزمالك سيف الدين الجزيري.

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حراسة المرمى: أيمن دحان.

خط الدفاع: علي معلول – أسامة الحدادي – وجدي النفاتي – مروان الصحراوي.

خط الوسط: محمد علي بن رمضان – فرجاني ساسي – إسماعيل المغربي.

خط الهجوم: عمر العيوني – فراس شواط – نسيم الدنداني. بدلاء تونس أمام سوريا في كأس العرب

نور الدين فرحاتي، سيف الدين الجزيري، حازم المستوري، محمد الحاج محمود، بشير بن سعيد، ريان عنان، محمد أمين بن حميدة، حسام تقا، حمزة الجلاصي، نسيم دنداني، ، شهاب الجبالي، محمد بن علي.

ويُمكنكم متابعة أحداث مباريات اليوم لحظة بلحظة من مركز المباريات من هنـــا

أكد آرني سلوت، مدرب نادي ليفربول، أنه يريد بجانب لاعبي فريقه مصالحة جماهير الريدز، وذلك قبل مباراة سندرلاند بالدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

ويعتقد سلوت في حديثه إلى موقع ليفربول الرسمي، أن الانتصار الذي حققه فريقه على وست هام يوم الأحد الماضي كان خطوة في الاتجاه الصحيح بالنسبة للريدز.

ليفربول سوف يستضيف نظيره سندرلاند مساء اليوم الأربعاء على ملعب آنفيلد، ضمن الجولة الـ14 من عمر الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز على ملعب آنفيلد.

ويسعى ليفربول لمواصلة صحوته بعد الانتصار على وست هام، والذي كسر سلسلة سلبية من الهزائم المتتالية لرجال سلوت.

وقال سلوت: “لن يحتاج أي شخص يحضر هذه المباراة إلى أن أخبره أن أدائنا الأخيرين أمام جماهيرنا لم يرق إلى المستوى المطلوب، دون أن أطيل الحديث عن تلك المباريات، من الواضح أن هذا أمر لا نريد تغييره فحسب بل نحن بحاجة إلى تغييره جذري”.

وأضاف: “كلمة مستوى أساسية في وضعنا الحالي، يتعلق الأمر بالمستوى الذي وضعناه لأنفسنا الموسم الماضي والتوقعات التي وضعها النادي لنفسه لسنوات عديدة سابقة، هذا لا يضمن دائمًا نتائج جيدة ولكنه بالتأكيد يعزز فرصنا في تحقيقها، هكذا كان الحال دائمًا وهو كذلك الآن بالتأكيد”.

وأوضح: “لهذا السبب كان فوز يوم الأحد على وست هام خطوة في الاتجاه الصحيح بعد هذه الفترة الصعبة، لم تكن أفضل مباراة خاضها فريق ليفربول على الإطلاق، ونعلم أن هناك حاجة إلى مزيد من التحسينات ولكن الأداء كان المطلوب في ظل هذه الظروف”.

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وأردف: “حافظنا على نظافة شباكنا، ولم نمنح أي فرصة حقيقية لوست هام باستثناء الدقيقة الأخيرة ، وبذل اللاعبون جهدًا كبيرًا من بداية المباراة وحتى صافرة النهاية، علاوة على ذلك، سجلنا هدفين رائعين منحانا المكافأة التي نستحقها في ذلك اليوم”.

وتابع: “هذه هي أبرز ما قدمناه كفريق وفوق كل ذلك، حظينا بدعم يحدث فرقًا كبيرًا في مثل هذه الأوقات، إلى كل من سافر إلى لندن ليقدم لنا هذا الدعم، لا يسعني إلا أن أشكركم جزيل الشكر”.

وواصل: “لقد مررنا جميعًا باختبار صعب في الأسابيع الأخيرة، ومع ذلك استطاع المشجعون تجاوز خيبة أملهم ودفعنا للأمام، كنت أعرف قبل قدومي إلى ليفربول أن جماهيرنا معروفة بهذا، لكن معايشة ذلك عن كثب أمر مميزٌ حقًا مع أنني كنت أتمنى ألا يكون ولاءكم قد خضع للاختبار كما حدث مؤخرًا”.

واستكمل: “في الشوط الأول من المباراة ضد وست هام سمعت هتاف الأبطال من جانب الفريق الضيف في أكثر من مناسبة، وقد جسد هذا الهتاف روح التحدي التي سنظل بحاجة إليها في الأيام والأسابيع القادمة”.

وقال: ”نعم، أعلم أن هذه الأغنية تغنى بدافع الفخر لما حققناه معًا في الموسم الماضي، لكنها في هذه الفترة تكتسب معنىً إضافيًا بالنسبة لي ، معنى ذكرنا بهويتنا وما نؤمن به”.

وأضاف: ”ليس من قبيل الصدفة بالنسبة لي أن هذا النوع من التحدي في المدرجات لاقى صدى في الملعب، في لحظة عصيبة وقفنا جميعًا معًا وقاتلنا من أجل ليفربول، هذه الروح قادرة على المضي قدمًا، حتى بعد فترة سأكون أول من يعترف بأنها لم تكن كافية”.

وأوضح: ”التحدي الآن هو البناء على هذا الفوز، لا يمكننا أن نصدق أننا تجاوزنا مرحلة صعبة أو أن التعافي قادم، علينا أن نبقى متواضعين وأن نعمل بجد وأن نواصل الكفاح، إذا فعلنا ذلك، فربما نتمكن من مواصلة اتخاذ الخطوات الصغيرة للأمام وهي خطوات ضرورية للغاية”.

وأردف سلوت في حديثه: ”أود أن أرحب بريجيس لو بري ولاعبيه وجهازه الفني بالإضافة إلى جماهير سندرلاند ومجلس إدارته، في ملعب أنفيلد لمباراة الليلة، إن ما قدموه في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز هذا الموسم يعكس بشكل إيجابي للغاية أداء جميع أفراد النادي بعد صعودهم إلى الدوري الممتاز في مايو الماضي”.

وتابع: ”أكد فوز سندرلاند على بورنموث يوم السبت على العديد من الصفات التي لا تزال تميزهم في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، نتوقع منهم أن يصلوا بثقة عالية وعزم على تعزيز سمعتهم”.

واختتم سلوت: ”علينا أن نكون مستعدين وأن نظهر رغبتنا في تحسين وضعنا الحالي، إذا تمكنا من تحقيق ذلك فسنرى إلى أين سيقودنا”.

Leeds United are on a roll at the moment. Daniel Farke’s side have gone unbeaten in their last two games, beating Chelsea and drawing against Liverpool, with both games coming at Elland Road.

The game prior to playing the Blues, Manchester City only beat them due to a stoppage-time winner.

At the start of the gameweek, the Whites were out of the relegation zone. Now, a clash away to Brentford in the prime time slot on Sunday afternoon represents a chance for the West Yorkshire side to put even more distance between themselves and the drop zone.

Leeds will not have a full squad for their trip to West London to face the Bees, however.

Leeds’ team news vs. Brentford

Unfortunately for Farke, he has a few players missing for the game against Keith Andrews’ side. Someone who remains sidelined after picking up an injury in November is midfielder Sean Longstaff.

He is yet to recover from the calf injury he suffered against Aston Villa.

The Whites will also be without winger Daniel James. He suffered a long-term injury against Man City, with the hamstring tendon issue keeping him out for at least two months.

Leeds will be hoping to have him back sooner rather than later, but that layoff could be longer depending on whether he needs surgery.

The player who might have made it back for this game was Lukas Nmecha. However, Farke confirmed that the striker’s injury has “still not completely healed,” before going on to confirm that the German is “definitely out” against Brentford.

That is a huge blow for Leeds. Although he missed the game against Liverpool, Nmecha has been one of their most in-form players.

He’s bagged four goals in 14 Premier League games this season, a tally surpassed by no other Leeds player.

Despite these injuries in attack, there is a Leeds forward who Farke might well need to drop after a poor performance against Liverpool.

The Leeds star who Farke must axe

Despite managing such a brilliant result against Arne Slot’s side last weekend, there was one Leeds player in particular who struggled to make an impact.

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That was a rarity across the board, with Farke’s side generally impressing.

It was a really poor performance from Noah Okafor. The Swiss star was one of Leeds’ summer additions from AC Milan, but he has struggled to hit the ground running since moving to West Yorkshire.

25-year-old Okafor, who earns £72.5k per week at Elland Road and is one of the top earners, has only managed two goals for the club so far.

Those have come in 12 Premier League appearances, including the club’s 800th in the competition against Tottenham Hotspur.

Against Liverpool, Okafor put in a 5/10 performance and ‘didn’t add a huge amount’, according to Graham Smyth of The Yorkshire Evening Post.

He did struggle to get into the game, having just 14 touches, completing five out of six passes and losing the ball five times.

Okafor stats vs. Liverpool

Stat

Number

Touches

14

Passes completed

5/6

Number of times ball lost

5

Duels won

2/6

Shots

2

Expected goals

0.13xG

Stats from Sofascore

It was certainly a disappointing performance from the Swiss attacker, who showed great promise in the first few days of his Leeds career, with content creator Alex Moneypenny even suggesting that he is “so close to exploding”.

Perhaps playing as a number nine alongside Dominic Calvert-Lewin is not how to get the best out of him.

If Farke is to drop Okafor this weekend against Brentford, there are options to replace him despite the injury issues.

Wilfried Gnonto is the most likely one, with the Italian getting back to full fitness after a fitness issue himself. Jack Harrison could also slot into the team, although he might not thrive as a number nine, or Farke could even bring teenager Harry Gray into the fold.

Regardless, Leeds will want to keep this impressive, and crucial, run of form going.

Thus, Okafor may be rotated out of the side after a poor showing last weekend, with Farke choosing someone who can have more of an overall impact.

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Corinthians e Cruzeiro se enfrentam neste domingo (14), às 18h (horário de Brasília), na Neo Química Arena, em São Paulo (SP), pela Copa do Brasil. O confronto traz como destaque a presença de dois grandes personagens no gol e um histórico importante em decisões por pênaltis.

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Na temporada atual, os números reforçam o desempenho dos goleiros em decisões por pênaltis. Cássio acumula três pênaltis defendidos, com participação em uma disputa de pênaltis que terminou em eliminação, na qual defendeu uma cobrança. Já Hugo Souza soma quatro pênaltis defendidos no período e ainda não participou de disputas completas nas penalidades.

Hugo Souza nos pênaltis

Hugo Souza chegou ao Corinthians em agosto do ano passado e rapidamente caiu nas graças da torcida. Um dos motivos está na capacidade de defender pênaltis, inclusive de rivais do clube, como Estêvão e Raphael Veiga, ambos do Palmeiras.

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Com oito defesas de pênaltis, Hugo Souza ultrapassou Dida, um dos grandes nomes da história do Corinthians, e se aproximou do top-3 do ranking do clube, que conta com Cássio, com 32 defesas, Ronaldo Giovanelli, com 27, e Gilmar, com 11.

A defesa mais marcante aconteceu na final do Campeonato Paulista de 2025, na Neo Química Arena. Após a vitória corinthiana por 1 a 0 no primeiro jogo, o goleiro defendeu a cobrança de Raphael Veiga na segunda partida, segurou o 0 a 0 e garantiu o título estadual.

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Pênaltis defendidos por Hugo Souza:

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Até pela diferença de idade, o goleiro Cássio soma 41 defesas de pênaltis na carreira, número superior ao de Hugo Souza. A maioria dessas intervenções aconteceu com a camisa do Corinthians, clube no qual se tornou ídolo.

Além disso, o arqueiro contabiliza quatro defesas pelo PSV, três pelo próprio Cruzeiro e duas pela Seleção Brasileira Sub-20.

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Com a camisa do clube celeste, Cássio realizou três defesas de pênaltis. A mais importante ocorreu na Copa do Brasil, em duelo contra o CRB. O Cruzeiro vencia por 1 a 0 quando a equipe alagoana teve a chance de empatar, mas o goleiro defendeu a cobrança. Na sequência, o time mineiro marcou o segundo gol e confirmou a classificação.

Pênaltis defendidos por Cássio:

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Para levar a decisão aos pênaltis, o Cruzeiro precisa vencer por um gol de diferença, já que o primeiro jogo terminou com vitória do Corinthians por 1 a 0, com gol de Memphis Depay. Diante do resultado, a equipe comandada por Dorival Júnior entra em campo na segunda partida precisando apenas de um empate para garantir vaga na final do torneio nacional.

Para se classificar no tempo normal, o time de Leonardo Jardim precisa vencer por dois gols de diferença. Não há prorrogação.

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Opener produces vital half-century to help revive England from another wobbly start

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After their combined tally of eight runs in four innings at Perth, it proved to be a day of revived fortunes at the Gabba for two of the most scrutinised batters in England’s ranks. While Joe Root secured the plaudits for his magnificent maiden century on Australian soil, Zak Crawley’s bounce-back from a first-Test pair proved a similarly cathartic display.Though he fell when well set, gloving a pull off Michael Neser shortly after the first interval, his 76 from 93 balls was nonetheless a crucial contribution, coming as it did after his first-Test nemesis Mitchell Starc had again struck hard with the new ball, dismissing Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope for ducks in his first two overs.Crawley, by then, had already driven Starc through the covers for four, to bring up his first runs of the series, and he carried on in a similar vein, picking off a total of 11 boundaries, the majority coming when Australia’s bowlers strayed into his arc.”I did feel good, to be honest,” Crawley told TNT Sports at the close of the first day’s play. “I felt much better than Perth. I was just trying to keep it simple, just trying to score straight on the leg side, and then if it was really full, maybe on the off side. Yeah, I was happy with my knock.”Crawley’s relative watchfulness outside off was the key feature of his innings, and a tribute to the hours in the nets that England have put in (in between some notable moments of downtime) since their two-day defeat in the series opener.”I think it’d have felt a long break if I’d have got two hundreds, to be honest,” he said. “It was big old gap after a two-day game. But yeah, it’s a good chance to get some practice in. And I felt comfortable. I felt calm today, and managed to settle the nerves. So I was pleased with how I played.”I had a clear plan and I stuck to it. There were still a couple of loose shots in there, as I tend to do, but got away with them, and I played nicely down the ground as well. By trying to score on the leg side, that made me leave a bit better outside off with the extra bounce today, and then when I got in, the ball started doing a bit less.”England’s close-of-play score of 325 for 9 looked significantly more healthy thanks to an unbeaten tenth-wicket stand of 61 between Root, who finished unbeaten on 135, and Jofra Archer, whose 32 not out was his highest Test score, in just his second innings at No.11.Until Australia have batted, it will be hard to tell how good that score actually is, but after the groundstaff had given the pitch a final trim to 3mm of grass before the match, Crawley knew it had been a good toss for England to win, notwithstanding their early collapse to 5 for 2.Related

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“The last few days, it’s been really green here. So we all thought it’s going to be a green nipper again. And they obviously shaved it this morning, so it looked like a great wicket to bat on, with the overheads as well.”I was gutted to get out when I did, the pitch was just getting a bit flatter there,” he added. “But obviously we finished the day well with Rooty and Jof at the end there. So it’s good day.”At 264 for 9 with approximately half an hour of the day remaining, there had been some speculation that England might declare to insert Australia under the lights, much as they had done in their previous pink-ball Test against New Zealand in Mount Maunganui two years ago. But with Root going strong, and with memories of England’s infamous declaration at Edgbaston in 2023, Crawley said a repeat scenario had not been on the cards.”No talk of declaring,” he said. “We were talking about boys going really hard, and if they got out, then it was kind of a win-win situation. So they went hard, and they came off, and there’s a valuable 50 runs there for us.”Root will be on strike when day two gets underway, and will have the chance to extend England’s innings into the morning session, with six overs to come until the new ball is due. For now, though, he will have a chance to savour a significant landmark in his career, and one that may just confirm his credentials as England’s greatest Test batter.”I’m chuffed for him,” Crawley said, after Root’s 40th Test hundred and his first in Australia. “He hasn’t been speaking about it at all to us, that’s just the outside noise. He’s just very focused on just getting whatever score is needed on the day, and proved to be a hundred today.”But he’s the best player I’ve ever played with, or probably against as well. And he’s a champion bloke. I’m chuffed to bits for him.”

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Palmeiras x Ponte Preta – 16/03 – 18h (horário de Brasília) – Transmissão: Cazé TV e Paulistão Play

Red Bull Bragantino x Inter de Limeira – 17/03 – 16h (horário de Brasília) – Transmissão: Cazé TV/ Paulistão Play

São Paulo x Novorizontino – 17/03 – 18h (horário de Brasília) – Transmissão: Rede Record, Cazé TV e Paulistão Play

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أعربت نادين سلعاوي، لاعبة الفريق الأول لكرة السلة سيدات بالنادي الأهلي، عن بالغ سعادتها بتأهل الفريق إلى المباراة النهائية لبطولة أفريقيا للأندية للسيدات، التي يستضيفها النادي، مؤكدة أن هذا الإنجاز جاء نتيجة عمل شاق وإصرار كبير من جميع اللاعبات.

وأوضحت سلعاوي، في تصريحات صحفية، أن خوض المباريات على أرض الأهلي وبدعم جماهيره يشكل حافزًا قويًا للفريق لتقديم أفضل أداء، مشيرة إلى أن اللاعبات والجهاز الفني تحملوا مسؤولياتهم منذ بداية البطولة وحتى الوصول إلى النهائي.

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وأضافت أن الفريق يتطلع إلى إسعاد جماهير الأهلي من خلال تقديم أقصى ما لديه في المباراة النهائية من أجل التتويج باللقب، مؤكدة أن المساندة الجماهيرية المستمرة تمثل دافعًا رئيسيًا لتحقيق هذا الهدف.

واختتمت لاعبة الأهلي حديثها بتوجيه الشكر إلى زميلاتها والجهاز الفني، مثمنة الجهد الكبير المبذول طوال مشوار البطولة، ومشيرة إلى أن روح التعاون والعمل الجماعي كانت العامل الأبرز في بلوغ النهائي، مع التأكيد على أن الهدف الآن هو اختتام البطولة بالتتويج باللقب الأفريقي.