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كشف محمد أسامة رئيس الجهاز الطبي لفريق الزمالك، عن تشخيص إصابة ثنائي الأبيض محمود عبد الرازق شيكابالا وناصر ماهر.

وتعرض الثنائي لإصابة خلال مباراة المصري البورسعيدي، والتي انتهت بفوز الأخير بهدف دون رد.

وقال محمد أسامة في تصريحات للمركز الإعلامي للزمالك، إن الفحوصات الطبية التي خضع لها شيكابالا أثبتت إصابة اللاعب بكدمة في الركبة ومزق في العضلة الخلفية من الدرجة الأولى.

طالع أيضًا.. مران الزمالك | عودة محمد حمدي.. وتدريبات استشفائية للأساسيين

وأوضح أن الفحوصات التي خضع لها ناصر ماهر أثبتت إصابة اللاعب بشد في العضلة الخلفية من الدرجة الأولى وإجهاد عضلي شديد.

وأشار إلى أن محمد السيد تعرض لإصابة بمزق في منشأ العضلة الأمامية، وهي الإصابة التي تعرض لها مع منتخب الشباب في مباراة ليبيا بالتصفيات المؤهلة لبطولة أمم إفريقيا للشباب تحت 20 عامًا.

وشدد رئيس الجهاز الطبي على أن الثلاثي سيخضع لبرنامج علاجي وتأهيلي مكثف في الفترة الحالية لتجهيزهم للمشاركة في التدريبات الجماعية في أقرب وقت.

يذكر، أن الزمالك سيلتقي مع بلاك بولز الموزمبيقي يوم الأربعاء المقبل في التاسعة مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة والعاشرة مساءً بتوقيت السعودية، في الجولة الأولى من دور المجمعات لكأس الكونفدرالية.

Leeds United responded to the possible setback of a 2-2 draw against Watford with a confidence-boosting 3-1 victory over Hull City on Easter Monday, as a number of reliable first-teamers came in clutch again for the Whites.

Crysencio Summerville and Daniel James would share out the goals late on away from Sam Byram's early effort opening the scoring, the tantalising duo causing the Tigers all sorts of bother in the late exchanges of the clash.

Earning £15k and £50k-per-week respectively for the promotion chasers, the club's joint-highest earner in Patrick Bamford at £70k per week didn't quite justify his excessive salary in contrast as he fired over the bar from close range in the first half.

Bamford has proven his worth for Leeds previously in his career at Elland Road, however, with this former Whites dud burned a far larger hole in the Championship club's back pocket when he was still on the books up until 2022.

Kiko Casilla's time at Leeds

Leeds would flex their connections by going all out to sign former Real Madrid goalkeeper Kiko Casilla in January of 2019, with Marcelo Bielsa significantly bolstering the keeper spots at Elland Road with the deal viewed as a coup.

Casilla would swap Spain for West Yorkshire with a lot of hype attached to his name, not helped by the iconic former Whites boss stating that the shot-stopper was a "complete player" and that his career "speaks for itself" in the direct aftermath of him relocating.

The ex-Madrid man would instantly come into the Whites first-team ranks, going on to make 18 appearances during his debut season and then 36 the campaign after as Leeds gunned for promotion up to the Premier League.

The titling-winning exploits of his second season donning Leeds colours was overshadowed by an FA charge for racist language that came the keeper's way, with the subsequent eight-game ban that followed signalling the beginning of the end for Casilla in West Yorkshire and the start of Illan Meslier's dominance as the now first choice in-between the sticks.

Casilla would end up making just six more appearances after this ban had tainted his Whites stay, with one of those rare chances in the first-team culminating in the Spanish keeper conceding three goals to League Two opposition Crawley Town in the FA Cup.

He would eventually be moved on in 2022 back to his native country with Getafe, having been loaned out initially to fellow La Liga outfit Elche CF to get him off the Whites roster.

There may have been a sense of relief when Casilla was finally offloaded, although the damage had already been done with his excessive £40k per week wage which, at one point, made him a higher earner than ex-Leeds star Kalvin Phillips.

That salary in the Leeds camp at the moment would even see him earn double that of Wilfried Gnonto, on top of bettering Summerville's salary by a hefty £25k.

Kiko Casilla's wage at Leeds

During his first season in West Yorkshire, the 6 foot 3 flop would rake in the highest wage in the squad overall – beating the likes of Bamford, Pablo Hernandez and other key first-teamers to the top spot.

More worryingly, however, even when his game-time became more limited with just three top flight games managed in the 2020-21 season, the former Real man would still earn a substantial salary compared to others fighting it out week in and week out in the Whites first-team.

Bamford at the peak of his powers bagging 17 goals in the top-flight would still earn £5k less per week than the reserve figure, on top of Casilla pocketing £10k more per week than Phillips who excelled in the Leeds side that would finish in a mightily impressive ninth spot in the Premier League.

Leeds will be thankful that they did not decide to go overboard and dish out a wage similar to that of Rodrigo's excessive £100k per week salary to Casilla, who would go down as another expensive recruit from Spain that never lived up to their billing.

The time could come soon for Farke to address whether or not there are some high earners in the Whites ranks now who are not deserving of their excessive pay packet, with the likes of Stuart Dallas and Liam Cooper out of contract this summer.

Kiko Casilla's time after Leeds

Once lining up in La Liga in the same XI that boasted the world's best such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Luka Modric, and once being Bielsa's first-choice shot-stopper at Elland Road, Casilla now finds himself without a club at 37 years of age.

The towering keeper would go on to make two appearances for Getafe before he was let go at the end of last season, with the ageing ex-Leeds man in danger of seeing his professional career now fizzle out.

There won't be any lingering regret from Leeds' end though about how things ended with their ex-goalkeeper however, as Meslier and the current crop of talent in West Yorkshire aim to win promotion and stay put in the Premier League where everything ultimately unravelled for Casilla.

Overall, Leeds were bled dry by the Bielsa signing, who earned double what Gnonto currently earns, and it will not be looked back on as a super successful addition by the Whites.

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No último compromisso antes das Olimpíadas de Tóquio, a Seleção Brasileira olímpica encarou o time sub-21 da Sérvia em amistoso no Estádio Marakana, em Belgrado, nesta terça-feira. Com gols de Guilherme Arana, do Atlético Mineiro, e Pedro, do Flamengo, a Canarinho venceu por 3 a 0.

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PRESSÃO
A Seleção Brasileira começou a partida criando as melhores chances e criou boas oportunidades com Pedro e Malcom. Enquanto o atacante o Flamengo perdeu boa chance em cabeçada após cobrança de escanteio, o jogador do Zenit arriscou de fora da área, mas parou em boa defesa do goleiro Gordic.

GOLAÇO
Aos 33 minutos, o gol finalmente saiu. Após boa jogada de Malcom pela direita, Gabriel Menino foi à linha de fundo e cruzou na medida na segunda trave para Guilherme Arana. O lateral-esquerdo do Atlético Mineiro chegou batendo de primeira e acertou um lindo chute para abrir o placar.

ENTROU OU NÃO ENTROU?
Aos 39 minutos, um lance polêmico quase deu ao Brasil o segundo gol. Gabriel Menino cruzou da direita e Malcom se esticou para evitar a saída. A bola sobrou para Pedro dentro da pequena área e o camisa 9 acertou o travessão. No quique, a bola bateu, segundo a arbitragem, em cima da linha.

DOMÍNIO
O Brasil continuou pressionando a Sérvia no segundo tempo e quase ampliou com Gabriel Martinelli, depois de belo passe de Claudinho. O jogador do Arsenal, porém, mandou para fora em bola que passou rente ao gol do arqueiro Gordic.

MARCA DO ARTILHEIRO
Se Martinelli não aproveitou sua chance, Pedro manteve sua boa fase. Aos 29 minutos, Malcom deu lindo passe para o jogador do Flamengo, que limpou o goleiro e ampliou. Dois minutos depois, Arana fez bela jogada pela esquerda, e serviu o camisa 9, que bateu de primeira para fechar a conta.

RUMO A TÓQUIO
​O próximo compromisso da Seleção Brasileira será já pelas Olimpíadas de Tóquio, no Japão. O Brasil enfrenta a Alemanha no dia 22 de julho, na estreia do Grupo D, em Yokohama. No dia 17 de junho, o técnico André Jardine anuncia a lista de convocados.

علق الأرجنتيني هيرنان كريسبو، المدير الفني لفريق العين، على الهزيمة أمام الأهلي في ربع نهائي كأس الإنتركونتينينتال، بملعب استاد القاهرة الدولي.

وسحق الأهلي نظيره العين بثلاثية نظيفة، على ملعب استاد القاهرة، وسط حضور جماهيري كامل العدد، ليتأهل المارد الأحمر إلى نصف نهائي كأس الإنتركونتينينتال، وينتظر الفائز من المباراة التي ستجمع بين باتشوكا المكسيكي والفائز بلقب كأس ليبرتادوريس (ممثل قارة أمريكا الجنوبية).

وقال كريسبو في تصريحات نقلتها صحيفة “الإمارات اليوم”: “من الصعب أن يلعب فريق ضد هذا الكم من الجماهير، من غير السهل اللعب في هذه الأجواء الجماهيرية الكبيرة، هذه هي كرة القدم، أحيانًا يكون لديك تصور للمباراة وتعتقد أنه خيار جيد ولكن لم نلعب بشكل جيد”.

وتابع: “هذه فرصة جيدة للتعلم ويجب أن نعيش مع الأخطاء ونتعلم منها، اللعب ضد مثل هذا النوع من الجماهير صعب ولكن الأهم هو أننا نحترم البطولة”.

طالع أيضًا | كولر: أريد الفوز بكل المباريات.. ولكن هذا ليس متاحًا دائمًا

وأضاف: “على مستوى كرة القدم، الأهلي لعب بشكل أفضل منا، ارتكبنا الكثير من الأخطاء الفردية ودفعنا ثمنها غاليا وعندما تلعب في مثل ذلك المستوى العالي يكون من الصعب ارتكاب الأخطاء، مع تلك الأجواء يجب أن تقدم مباراة مثالية ولكننا لم نقم بذلك”.

وأشار المدرب الأرجنتيني: “حاولنا اللعب بـ سفيان رحيمي كمهاجم، وبعد تأخرنا حاولنا إضافة لابا كودجو معه، ولكن كل الحلول التي حاولناها لم تأتي بالنتيجة، لم يكن يومنا وكل شيء جربناه قاموا بشيء أفضل منه”.

واستمر: “حاولنا تقديم أفضل ما لدينا ولكن لم نشعر بالراحة في أي وقت من المباراة، استقبلنا الأهداف من أخطاء فردية لا يمكن ارتكابها في مثل تلك المواجهات”.

واختتم: “لعبنا ضد فريق قوي وأمام جماهيره، كل هذا المجهود والطاقة أحيانا لا تكون كافية، لا أريد أن أقول إننا قمنا بمعجزة بالتتويج بدوري أبطال آسيا ولكن أقول إننا نريد الوصول إلى هنا من جديد”.

New South Wales surged to their fourth straight Sheffield Shield victory as Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood did most of the damage on the final day to earn a crushing 223-run victory.They have given themselves significant breathing space at the top of the table as they prepare to lose their Australia players to international duty with two more rounds of matches before the competition breaks before Christmas for the BBL. It is the first time since 1997-98 that New South Wales have won for Shield matches in a row.”It was an interesting wicket, lucky we won the toss and batted first,” Starc said. “One of the slowest wickets I’ve played on in a few years. Never ideal when a game is dictated by the toss but we were fortunate to bat first. Four from four is a very strong position to be in.”With Australia having limited-overs commitments when the Shield resumes in February they are unlikely to see much more of their all-format Australia players in the competition. Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon are not part of Australia’s short form teams so could feature again later in the season.Western Australia were already three down overnight and it didn’t take long for New South Wales to make further inroads when Marcus Stoinis drove Starc to backward point.With the ball continuing to reverse significantly, Hazlewood then claimed two wickets in two balls as he burst through Ashton Turner’s defence with a beautiful delivery that took off stump then removed Cameron Green first ball as he paid the price for shoulder arms for the second time in the match. Hazlewood was a whisker away from a hat-trick as Josh Inglis also let his first ball go inches from off stump.At this point D’Arcy Short was the only batsman into double figures but his innings was halted when he was given lbw to Starc and did not look at all impressed with the decision.A swift finish appeared likely but Inglis and Ashton Agar resisted for 28 overs before Inglis fell in hugely unlucky fashion after lunch as he drove Steven Smith into the boot of silly point with the catch rebounding to short leg. Agar was then run out for 101-ball 14 before Hazlewood castled Liam Guthrie to close out the match.

During the first half of Wolves' 2-0 Premier League defeat to Brentford earlier this month, forward Matheus Cunha suffered an injury and was unable to continue. Speaking a few days after the game, manager Gary O'Neil confirmed that the issue was "fairly significant" but shied away from predicting how much time he would miss.

He said: "It's a fairly significant injury to his hamstring. There's no timeline on it. I've spoken to Matheus a lot and he just wants to keep pushing to get back as soon as he can. He's started working on it already, so we're just going to monitor it week by week, day by day.

"It's obviously a big blow to us, to the team and Matheus because of the work he's been doing — the form he was in was exceptional. These things happen, every team suffers injuries."

Ahead of Sunday's home game against Sheffield United, O'Neil had initially reiterated that there was no timeline on the Brazilian's recovery, but that now appears to have changed.

Cunha's possible comeback date emerges

Writing on Twitter, Express & Star journalist Liam Keen shared the news that O'Neil had communicated a prognosis "for the first time". The "cautious" 40-year-old says that Cunha could return for the trip to Aston Villa at the end of March, but that will depend on a variety of factors.

Which games will Cunha miss?

Cunha has arguably been Wolves' best player this season, so the Molineux faithful will be counting down the days until he returns. While Hwang Hee-chan has scored more goals (10 vs nine) and Pedro Neto has provided more assists (nine vs five), nobody in the squad can better his 15 goal involvements.

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And he doesn't just impact the game in the opposition penalty area. With a squad-high 2.2 dribbles completed per game, he also gets Wolves into dangerous positions by running with the ball.

Games Matheus Cunha could miss

Game

Venue

Date

Competition

Sheffield United

H

25 February

Premier League

Brighton and Hove Albion

H

28 February

FA Cup

Newcastle United

A

2 March

Premier League

Fulham

H

9 March

Premier League

Bournemouth

H

16 March

Premier League

Cunha is set to miss the cup tie against Brighton and a clash with one of the sides just above Wolves in the table – eighth-place Newcastle. However, the consolation is that four of the next five are at home, and all of them still look winnable.

Greaves made a fifty on debut and Carter followed his cameo up with world-class fielding as St Lucia Zouks went down by 71 runs

The Report by Peter Della Penna21-Sep-2019
Justin Greaves ensured that Barbados Tridents didn’t miss a beat without prized opener Alex Hales around, as the former West Indies Under-19 star belted a half-century at the top of the order to lay the platform for a resounding 71-run over St Lucia Zouks on Friday night at Gros Islet.Greaves was one of two CPL debutants to play a significant role on the night, as left-arm spinner Joshua Bishop took 2 for 33 bowling with the new ball to rattle the hosts early in their failed chase.About the Greavesy trainWith Hales having gone back to Nottinghamshire for the Vitality Blast T20 Finals Day, Greaves was tapped on the shoulder to fill his place opening the batting and he filled in more than admirably by striking 57 off 45 balls. He was so keen to impress that he hogged the majority of the strike in his 81-run opening stand with Johnson Charles.Charles was more aggressive early, creaming Kesrick Williams for a pair of sixes in the third over, but after Greaves edged just over Andre Fletcher behind the stumps off Williams, he began to hit his stride, especially against Kavem Hodge in the fourth over, driving a pair of boundaries through the off side. His confidence grew further when he struck sixes off Hardus Viljoen and Fawad Ahmed at the end of the sixth and early part of the seventh over. Shortly after Charles got out in the ninth, Greaves brought up his fifty off 36 balls. He fell in the 12th to Rahkeem Cornwall but had set his side up well for a defendable total.Get CarterBajan star Jonathan Carter upstaged Greaves in the Man-of-the-Match stakes with a tremendous all-round showing. It began with a brisk cameo following up Greaves, as he smashed three sixes in the space of five balls off Ahmed and Cornwall in the 15th and 16th to keep the Tridents innings humming. A fourth six off Obed McCoy finished off his scoring in the 17th as McCoy dismissed him next ball leaving the score at 140 for 3 with 20 balls remaining. Another 32 were added the rest of the way, which was more than plenty when Carter’s fielding heroics were taken into consideration.After Bishop and Jason Holder had decimated the Zouks with four wickets in the Powerplay, Carter came to the fore in the field with a spectacular diving catch off Raymon Reifer to start the eighth over. Reprising the backward point exploits of team-mate Hayden Walsh Jr. from earlier in the tournament, Carter dove full stretch to his left to foil Darren Sammy’s attempted glide behind point for a thrilling one-handed catch.Jonathan Carter reacts in a deadpan manner after taking a sensational catch•CPL T20Colin de Grandhomme was then run out by Carter with a direct hit as he continued to make his presence felt at backward point. The New Zealand allrounder was turned back by Christopher Barnwell after trying to squeeze a run through the off side off legspinner Sandeep Lamichhane, and Carter made him pay the price for straying too far out of his crease for a desperate run that was never there to leave the Zouks reeling at 62 for 6 in the ninth.Debutant part deuxBishop had earlier bounced back after a shaky start – he leaked a pair of boundaries off his first two balls – to snare Cornwall off the third ball of the chase. Holder held one over back for the 11th and it resulted in his second wicket of the night. Barnwell tried to heave the 19-year-old over the leg side and skied a catch to JP Duminy, giving Bishop his second wicket on a night in which he became the third youngest West Indies player to debut in the CPL.The debutant duo of Greaves and Bishop helped the Tridents to their second win, moving them two points clear of both the Zouks and the Tallawahs for sole possession of fourth place on the CPL table.

اضطر البرازيلي فينيسيوس جونيور لمغادرة مباراة فريقه ريال مدريد أمام فياريال بالدوري الإسباني.

ويحل فياريال ضيفًا على ريال مدريد بملعب “سانتياجو برنابيو” ضمن مباريات الجولة التاسعة للدوري الإسباني.

وتعرض فينيسيوس لإصابة في الكتف بعد تدخل من أحد لاعبي فياريال، وسقط البرازيلي أرضًا.

وتدخل الطاقم الطبي لفحص حالة فينيسيوس، وعقب ذلك غادر اللاعب ملعب المباراة ممسكًا بكتفه ومتأثرًا بالإصابة.

ودفع المدرب كارلو أنشيلوتي بأردا جولر بديلاً لفينسيوس في الدقيقة 79 من عمر المباراة.

وكان ريال مدريد تقدم بهدفين، الأول أحرزه فيدي فالفيردي بالدقيقة 14، والثاني أضافه فينيسيوس في الدقيقة 73 قبل دقائق من إصابته وخروجه من الملعب.

ويمكنك متابعة أحداث مباراة ريال مدريد وفياريال لحظة بلحظة بالفيديو من خلال الرابط. إصابة فينيسيوس في مباراة ريال مدريد وفياريال

‘They have to play 300 balls to reach record, we have to bowl 10 good balls to get 10 wickets’ – Pakistan bowling coach

Melinda Farrell02-Jun-2019Azhar Mahmood has issued a rallying call to the Pakistan team ahead of their World Cup clash with England, reminding them they only need “ten good balls” to account for England’s powerful batting line-up.Monday’s game will be played on the same pitch which saw England reach a record score of 481 for 6 against Australia last summer but the Pakistan bowling coach believes his side’s attack has the wicket-taking firepower to ensure that record remains intact.”We know we have ability, they have skill, and they are the best batting line-up,” said Mahmood after Pakistan’s training session at Trent Bridge. “But a lot of it going on, the 480 pitch has been a world record pitch, but they have to play 300 balls to get to that record, but we have to bowl 10 good balls to get 10 wickets.”So we have ability, we have the skills to do that, and hopefully we can do it tomorrow.”Pakistan suffered an 11th straight loss in their dismal opening match against the West Indies at Trent Bridge but will take some inspiration from better performances in their four-match series against England last month. While they lost that series four-nil, Mahmood denied it would be a significant upset should Pakistan pull off a victory over the hosts.”No upset. We can beat them,” said Mahmood. “It’s not upset. We have ability to beat them. If you see the one-day series, we were not that far from England. They scored 1430-odd runs, we scored 1370 runs, so we were 70 runs short.”Unfortunately our fielding was not up to the mark and we gave extra bonus because we have an inexperienced bowling line-up, young bowling line-up. They need to learn from their mistakes. So we know what England can do, and we know what we can do.”Mahmood also pointed out the similarity to Pakistan’s position at the same stage of the 2017 Champions Trophy. Pakistan lost heavily to India in their opening match of that tournament but then embarked on a winning streak that included ending England’s campaign in the semi-finals and then defeating India in the final.”We are one win away from coming back, and that’s happened in the Champions Trophy as well,” said Mahmood. “We lost in the Champions Trophy and then we came back hard. So whenever we have lost, we come back stronger, and we have the ability to bounce back.”I totally believe in this team – totally. If you see these guys, they were part of the Champions Trophy as well, so they have experience. They’ve played in England, so they have enough experience and motivation to go and win the game for Pakistan.”This is a World Cup. It won’t be easy for us. It will be a roller coaster, not for us, for all the teams. It’s a big tournament, so as long as we learn from our mistakes and we move on, it’s better for us.”

Arsenal have been superb this season, and last weekend’s relatively comfortable 1-1 draw away to Liverpool highlighted the progress made by Mikel Arteta’s side.

A win versus West Ham United this evening would be their 13th victory in 19 matches, and it will see the Gunners return to first in the Premier League table.

Despite having a slightly longer rest period than some other clubs, the boss will still be forced to rotate his squad.

Leandro Trossard’s stats this season

Leandro Trossard is yet to solidify a role in the extremely talented and competitive Arsenal starting XI since joining from Brighton last January for £27m. The Belgian has played in 14 matches in the league this season, but he’s only started five. That said, he’s featured quite heavily off the bench and is often brought in on the left wing for Gabriel Martinelli.

Even though he averages 40 minutes per game, he has scored three goals and registered one assist, and each goal contribution has been a clutch moment; for example, he scored the winner against Everton, equalised against Chelsea, and scored and assisted in the 3-1 win over Burnley.

The table below highlights some of Trossard’s key stats from this Premier League season and how they compare to his positional peers.

Leandro Trossard’s new role

Trossard has typically played as either a left-winger or a centre forward this season at the Gunners, but with Kai Havertz picking up five yellow cards and earning a suspension, tonight’s game versus West Ham provides the perfect opportunity to try the £90k-per-week star in a different role.

The German has featured as the advanced left eight often this season, using his attacking traits and defensive understanding to give Arsenal control and an additional threat in the final third – scoring three goals from his last six league games.

When in possession, the former Chelsea drifts into the box and almost acts as a second striker, with crosses mainly coming via Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard on the right. Havertz also acts as a connector to the wingers, and the instruction out of possession is to counter-press and contest in duels to regain and then retain the ball.

As for Trossard, the Belgian forward is extremely versatile, and he can produce moments of magic all over the field, which is why he has been described as a “wizard” by journalist Charlie Haffenden. The ability to perform in multiple roles makes Trossard unique, and his time at Brighton showcased that to the extreme, as one game he would play as a number nine, and the next match he would be used as a left-wing back.

This means that not only would Trossard thrive in the Havertz role because he has the goal-scoring traits to be effective in the final third, but he also possesses defensive capability, as displayed by the fact that he ranks in the top 5% among his European peers for blocks as well as in the top 20% for interceptions per 90.

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Although Declan Rice could slot into the left eight position, with Jorginho taking the Englishman's role, Arsenal will dominate the ball this evening, and their biggest task will be breaking down the inevitable low block that David Moyes will deploy.

Therefore, starting Trossard in midfield may just be the key to unlocking the visitors and ensuring Arteta’s team returns to the top of the Premier League.