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Wednesday Convo with the former USMNT boss on the current state of the team, the new head coach, expectations

There are only a handful of people who can properly understand the weight that has been placed on Mauricio Pochettino's shoulders. Maybe less than an handful. That's because Pochettino wasn't just hired to be the U.S. men's national team head coach, but also the face of men's soccer in America.

He's a big-name, experienced, successful coach brought in to both redefine a sport and culture while navigating all of the quirks and nuances that make this sport in this country it so unique. Oh, and he's also doing so with a World Cup looming.

It does sound familiar, doesn't it?

While no one can quite speak to the job ahead for Pochettino, who will lead the U.S. into the World Cup on home soil in the summer of 2026, there is one man who can offer first-hand perspective on what it's like to be appointed as American soccer's game-changer. There is one coach who knows what it's like to bring a combination of fame and experience into that locker room, hoping to use it to change the game for the better.

That man, of course, is Jurgen Klinsmann. And just like everyone else who follows American soccer, the former USMNT coach is paying close attention, eager to see where Pochettino can take this team. Klinsmann, who led the U.S. from 2011-16, was one of the coaches that laid the foundation for this program – and even in an ever-evolving national team, that foundation is solid. Parts are always being painted over or chipped away, of course, but the base remains.

And even though the Pochettino era is just two games in, Klinsmann believes the foundation is stronger than ever before for a coach who has the skill, reputation and belief to reach new heights.

"It's a really fulfilling job," Klinsmann tells GOAL. "It's fulfilling because you share it with a lot of your colleagues, your staff and the fans. You realize that it means a lot to not only fans but to people all over the United States, whether they coach youth soccer or work in the professional game. I've never seen so many text messages on my phone in my life as the night we beat Mexico in Mexico City in 2012. I realized at that moment, 'Woah, that's how much it means to American soccer people to finally beat Mexico on their ground.'

"Year by year, I learned a lot and, for Mauricio, it's an even faster learning curve because he has a deadline. The deadline is June 2026, opening game. He has to prepare them quickly, in a very short amount of time, in the best way possible."

And that's the mission, plain and simple. U.S. Soccer and Pochettino have publicly outlined their objectives for 2026: reach the quarterfinals of an expanded World Cup, at minimum. More if possible. And Klinsmann thinks that's achievable.

"I think every one of the coaches that had the opportunity over the last few decades, if it's Bruce [Arena], if it's Bob [Bradley], if it's now Mauricio, if it's Gregg [Berhalter], you want to have a feeling that this country is ready to go further in a World Cup than ever before," Klinsmann said. "I think a lot of players now share that feeling. They feel it's doable."

GOAL sat down with Klinsmann to discuss Pochettino, the USMNT coaching role, and all that comes with it in the latest Wednesday Convo.

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  ON THE USMNT COACH'S RESPONSIBILITIES

  GOAL: When you're USMNT coach, you're not just a coach, you're also a figurehead and a representative of American soccer. What's that like?

  Klinsmann: I looked at it as a huge learning experience, but also an opportunity to build something. National team programs are a little bit different than club teams and it depends a lot on what you're doing and your relationship with the people that lead them – the Federation. I had a fantastic relationship with Sunil Gulati and Sunil also wanted stuff to happen off the field. He wanted to change things in coaching, education connecting with the college system, connecting globally. He wanted the program to measure itself with the Europeans, the South Americans, and so he had a bigger picture view. I shared that.

  You can work 36 hours a day in it and go crazy or you can limit it to a few hours and say, 'I just focus on the main things'. I think for Mauricio, the focus is on the main things. "I have the team now under my guidance, and I have to prepare them for the biggest World Cup in history with 48 teams, so I have to figure out what is the demand once the World Cup starts. How do I prepare that team? What are the opportunities I get in terms of friendly games?" Because that's one problem, obviously, with Mexico and Canada, too, is you don't play real competitive games, really. It's tough. That's what I was fighting for all the time. I said, "Send me to Europe, send me to South America, let me give me a Copa America." I was begging them all the time.

  It's a fascinating job. It's a job that fills you with a lot of pride because it's a unique country. Everybody is looking at the United States, no matter if it's in an economical way, in political way or in an athletic way. This country is discussed up and down everywhere in the world, good sides and the bad sides. It is a huge honor at the end of the day, too, and I hope that he takes it all in, that he enjoys every day of it and, obviously, we keep fingers crossed that he's making it successful as well.

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  ON THE FIRST CAMP

  GOAL: Pochettino just finished his first camp. What were your first camps like and how did you set your expectations?

  Klinsmann: My own expectations are always the same: I want to go into every game and win it. No matter if I play in Italy or Brazil or wherever, I want to win the game. I'm not going there to tie. My approach was always that when we go to Honduras or we go to Mexico, we try to win it, and then if, in the end, it's a tie, then it's a tie. You get a lesson, which we did get a couple of lessons against Brazil, for example, and Argentina! Then take those lessons and understand the difference between those situations. I had to learn these lessons over those couple of months quickly.

  I sensed it then, that in a certain way, it was always OK to get a tie away from home. I couldn't live with that. It was not me. No, we go and if you lose, which we did in Honduras again, then we lost it, that's fine. What's the difference between zero and one point? It's not much difference, but if I can go for three points and bring home three points, that equals three ties!

  I tried to change that. I tried to tell them, "Listen, we are good enough to win anywhere we want to if it's the right day and we do what we want to do and we just try it." I wanted to build a higher level of confidence in a certain way.

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  ON COACHING IN AMERICA

  GOAL: What was it like leading a country as unique as the U.S., both on and off the field?

  Klinsmann: What makes the U.S. job so fascinating is that you have to deal with so many different characters and backgrounds of players. It's just fantastic. You get the kid from Texas, you get the kid from New Jersey, you get the California kid…It's just so cool, you know?

  Then, when you are in camp, I enjoyed camp so much with these guys, because they were all characters. Like DaMarcus Beasley is such an entertainer. Oguchi Onyewu… you had so many fascinating characters in there like the Kyle Beckermans and Nick Rimandos of the world. You get the people from MLS joining the European group and so on. I think Beasley played in Mexico at that time, too.

  You just want to hug them all day long. It's just a different chemistry. It's a chemistry of people that just want to do something different from what was done before. We all tried to do it a bit differently.

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  ON QUALITY COMPETITION

  GOAL: You really pushed for the USMNT to play high-level games. That'll be hard without World Cup qualifying. How should the U.S. handle it

  Klinsmann: For Mauricio, the challenge still remains the same old story: for Mexico, Canada and the U.S. to get highly competitive games every couple of weeks. September, October, and November, the Europeans and South Americans, they beat the sh*t out of themselves. You watch (Lionel) Messi playing in Bolivia or in Colombia, what they do to him, but he's on the field. He goes there and he knows he's getting tortured, but he's going there because he's playing for his country, so the meaning that it has the national team is huge. This is something that you want the U.S. to reflect as well.

  Mexico, I think they know it. They feel it a bit more intense, especially when they play in Mexico. It's a different volume. I always told Sunil, "Let us play Mexico at least once or twice a year, in Mexico and not in the U.S." But obviously there's the financial thing, so it didn't make sense.

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O Palmeiras estendeu o contrato de Gustavo Gómez em mais seis meses e publicou esta atualização no Boletim Informativo Diário (BID) nesta quinta-feira (19). Essa prorrogação se deu a fim de regular o tempo de contrato do zagueiro ao calendário brasileiro.

Depois de ter renovado na metade do ano passado, o clube entrou em acordo com o jogador para realizar a mudança nesta temporada. Sendo assim, agora o vínculo do zagueiro passa a ser válido até dezembro de 2024, sem qualquer alteração em cláusulas salariais.

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Titular absoluto no Verdão e na Seleção Paraguaia, o defensor é cobiçado frequentemente por clubes do exterior. Entretanto, a situação não preocupa tanto a diretoria alviverde, que pretende negociá-lo apenas em caso de uma proposta irrecusável.

Gómez, assim como seus representantes, também estão satisfeitos com o contrato com o Alviverde e, por isso, não devem ceder a qualquer investida. O paraguaio está na sua quarta temporada pelo clube e desenvolveu enorme identificação com o Maior Campeão Nacional.

O capitão do Palmeiras soma 142 jogos, 17 gols e quatro títulos com a camisa alviverde, presente no top 10 maiores zagueiros artilheiros do time. Neste domingo (22), deve ir a campo novamente com o Verdão para enfrentar o Cuiabá, às 11h (horário oficial de Brasília) no Allianz Parque, pelo Brasileirão.

Pakistan look to preserve unbeaten series record against England stretching back to 2010

The Preview by Danyal Rasool20-Aug-2020Big pictureWhinging about the weather might well be a ubiquitous part of English cricketing culture, but even allowing for that, the extent to which it dominated the agenda last week in Southampton was somewhat tedious. Only a day and a half’s worth of play was possible during the second Test, where rain, wet outfields and poor light all contributed to the delays, and talk of early starts, pink balls and stronger floodlights went into overdrive. Such was the strength of the discontent that one of the changes proposed will come into effect for the third Test, with the option for play to begin half an hour early. For cricket, especially English cricket, to make that change with such urgency is especially striking; one might have thought there would be rounds of debates, votes and then some dithering for good measure before such a change was actually implemented.What’s perhaps been missed in the furore is how intriguingly the series stands poised going into the final Test of the summer. Having won the first Test, England have the security of knowing they cannot lose the series, but they will have loftier aspirations than that. Joe Root’s streak of six consecutive Test wins as captain might have been broken last week, but he will hardly want to end the summer with a loss.Pakistan, meanwhile, saw an undesirable streak of their own mercifully snapped with that draw; they had lost seven away Tests on the trot until then. Victory for Azhar Ali’s side would mean they extend to five the number of series they have played against England since they last lost one, on that doomed tour in 2010. With World Test Championship points on the line, the wider context won’t be lost on either side.With the third Test also taking place at the Ageas Bowl, one might have thought patterns from the second Test could serve as a guide to how this one might pan out. But with virtually no cricket of significance, the two sides will begin the third with something of a fresh slate. Unless pitch and weather conditions make an overwhelmingly compelling case, team changes may be scarce. England may feel their bowlers did their jobs in restricting Pakistan to 236, while Mohammad Rizwan, sensational behind the stumps, found form with the bat, further cementing his position as first-choice wicketkeeper. In what little play was possible on day five, England No. 3 Zak Crawley ‘s swashbuckling half-century will have provided a handy shot of confidence, while wickets for Mohammad Abbas, Yasir Shah and Shaheen Afridi reminded everyone of the threat of Pakistan’s well-rounded bowling attack.There was little to split the teams in the first Test, and the second was evenly poised when weather called time on it. If the heavens are more accommodating, they look set to make it worth everyone’s while.Joe Root and Stuart Broad head to net practice•Getty Images for ECB

Form guide(last five completed matches, most recent first)England DWWWL
Pakistan DLWWDIn the spotlightEngland might feel they are getting less use out of their lead spinner than Pakistan are from Yasir Shah, with Dom Bess not having turned his arm over since the first Test. The pitch and weather conditions may have rendered him superfluous, but it you’d think both player and team would have wished he had a few more overs – and likely a few more wickets – under his belt going into the decider. A fresh pitch will be used for the third Test, which doesn’t bode brilliantly for Bess’s chances, but any decisions around the final XI will have to take into account its effect on the team combination. The truncated second Test meant the balance of England’s side in the absence of Ben Stokes was never truly tested, and a fresh, green surface might test their commitment to Bess.Pakistan have problems of their own. Struggles at the top of the order have put them under pressure each of the three times they’ve batted, with Azhar Ali’s slump showing no signs of abating and Abid Ali’s failure to get going on the tour. The pressure to hold the innings together falls disproportionately on Shan Masood, and it will not have gone unnoticed Pakistan’s innings capitulated somewhat on both occasions Masood missed out. Even more worryingly, the manner of his dismissal at James Anderson’s hands in the second Test was uncomfortably reminiscent of the problems he’d faced against the fast bowler in 2016. With Pakistan relying on his runs far more now than they did then, the pressure on him to return to the near-technical perfection he demonstrated in the first innings at Old Trafford is high.Team newsEngland have announced an unchanged 14-man squad for this Test. If Jofra Archer does come back into the side after being rested for the second Test, one of Sam Curran or Bess is probably the most likely to sit out.England: (possible) 1 Dom Sibley, 2 Rory Burns, 3 Zak Crawley, 4 Joe Root (capt), 5 Ollie Pope, 6 Jos Buttler (wk), 7 Chris Woakes, 8 Sam Curran/Dom Bess, 9 Jofra Archer, 10 Stuart Broad, 11 James AndersonQuestions around team combination trouble Pakistan too, with head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and captain Azhar having openly admitted to wrestling with conflicted ideas of whether to play the extra batsman in Fawad Alam, or a bowling allrounder like Shadab Khan. That appears to be the only selectorial quandary heading into the third Test for Misbah, with the fast bowlers needing no rest, having bowled just 29 overs in the last Test.Pakistan (possible): 1 Shan Masood, 2 Abid Ali, 3 Azhar Ali (capt), 4 Babar Azam, 5 Asad Shafiq, 6 Fawad Alam, 7 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 8 Yasir Shah, 9 Shaheen Afridi, 10 Mohammad Abbas, 11 Naseem ShahPitch and conditionsHead groundsman Simon Lee has produced a different strip to the one the second Test was played on; decent weather on Thursday appears to have made using a new surface more viable. That might hamper the spinners’ hopes of forcing their way into the game earlier. The option for early starts means bad light should be less of a factor towards the end of the day, and while some rain is around, the weather forecast appears much more accommodating than it did a few days earlier.Stats and trivia Pakistan are unbeaten in their last four series against England. Pakistan won the two they played at “home” in the UAE, and drew two in England. Should they fail to win the third Test, it will be Pakistan’s first series loss since the tour of 2010, when England triumphed 3-1. Babar Azam needs 29 runs to get to 2000 in Tests. Presuming that happens this Test, he will have got to the landmark quicker than either Virat Kohli or Kane Williamson, but four innings later than Steve Smith, and eight later than Joe Root. James Anderson needs seven wickets to become the first fast bowler to 600 Test scalps. He has taken seven wickets at the Ageas Bowl once before in a Test, against India in 2014.Quotes”My message to the guys today was quite simple really. We don’t know when the next time is that we’ll play Test cricket so let’s make sure we throw everything into this week, make sure we leave no stones unturned and we give everything to each other and the badge going into this last game.”
Joe Root gees up his players for one last time this summer“”I’m lucky to have such a nice bunch of guys who are putting everything in for Pakistan. They have gelled really nicely which makes the job very easy for me so I focus on all the strategies.”
Azhar Ali appears not to have found quarantine life in England particularly challenging

A friend of mine once asked me for some very earnest and sombre advice. He’d been invited to Lord’s for his first ever day at the cricket, and needed a crash-course in Test match etiquette, or most specifically, how to watch it.My answer? “Don’t.”As in, don’t exhaust your eyeballs by trying to focus on a tiny red orb for seven hours a day. Just let the whole experience wash over you, and slowly but surely you’ll get the gist of what’s going off out there.Read a book, do a crossword, talk to your neighbours, and listen to the aural clues all around you – the cracks of willow or the clicks of wicket, the oohs and aahs, and even “woahs!” that alert you to unfolding drama. If you stitch together enough of those moments over the course of a day, you’ll probably emerge with an innate understanding of what you’ve witnessed, even if the details remain a mystery.It was advice that I was happy to reclaim for myself at the Kia Oval on Sunday, as Surrey opened its gates to spectators for the first time in this pandemic-wrecked season, for a two-day friendly against Middlesex that was as meaningless on the field as it was existentially significant off of it.For the record, Will Jacks enhanced his burgeoning reputation with a sumptuously compiled 62, Scott Borthwick added a half-century of his own, while Middlesex rotated their way through their full stable of recently furloughed fast bowlers, all of whom were grateful for a gallop before these two sides meet again for slightly higher stakes in the Bob Willis Trophy next week.A socially distanced crowd watches on in front of the gas holder•Getty Images

But it simply didn’t matter who did what and when – or even that a dramatic downpour sent most of the punters packing on the stroke of 5 o’clock. The only thing that anyone cared for was the sense of returning normality that a day at the cricket was able to offer. And from the moment that that first familiar ripple of applause rang out across the ground at 10.55am, as the umpires walked out to the middle, there were enough Pavlovian moments to get even the most casual fans drooling.”I have to admit, I felt a bit emotional when the gates opened this morning,” Richard Gould, Surrey’s chief executive, told ESPNcricinfo. “It feels like a long, long time since we’ve been able to do this.”The homecoming was very much a part of the new normal, mind you. Socially distanced queuing outside the ground, facemasks mandatory in indoor spaces and covered concourses. Hand-sanitising stations dotted all around the ground, and a strict limit of 1000 spectators, who were spread out across five blocks of seating beneath the great gasometer, with every other row left vacant to create a maximum capacity of 30% – or 21% as it turned out, once a mandatory two-seat gap between bookings had been factored in.Debbie Knight was one of those few – an Essex fan but a Surrey member, she had made some 22 of the 10,000 calls that Surrey’s hotline received in the first hour after the tickets went on sale on Wednesday morning. “Cricket is summer, as far as I’m concerned,” she said. “I’m just so glad to be back.”Back in business: Will Jack and Scott Borthwick got going out in the middle•Getty Images

The day’s most significant onlookers, however, were undoubtedly the representatives of the Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA) and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), whom Gould likened to Ofsted inspectors as they sat alongside the ECB at the top of the 1845 Stand. From there, they observed the day’s proceedings and set about fine-tuning the government’s aim of a permanent return of fans to live sport by October 1.For Gould, however, as for many other county chief executives desperate to rescue their seasons from oblivion, that October date is the outer limit of their ambition. With the bottom line more visible than ever now that the financial tide has gone out, Gould warned that the loss-leading exercise that Surrey had been willing to put on this week could not be repeated in perpetuity.”It’s a good start and we are delighted to be back but 30% [capacity] is not viable and, if it stayed at that for the next year or two, it would certainly not work,” he said. “You would need to be getting north of 60%. We need to be back to normal next summer. If not, the structure of not just our sport but all sports will need to significantly change.”County cricket is no stranger to such doom-mongering pronouncements, but coming from Gould and Surrey, they carry an extra urgency. Certainly, the evidence presented by the test event is that the spectators not only feel comfortable with the safety measures put in place (“it’s really no different to going to the supermarket,” said one) but are actively yearning for the structure that such social gatherings provide in their lives. And yet, the longer such clubs are held back from declaring “business as usual”, the less likely that declaration will ever be.Face masks were on display as spectators returned•Getty Images

“If you go back 120 years, you go back to a time where the chief executive is an unpaid honorary treasurer and the players are paid beer money,” Gould said. “We don’t want that to become normal. If we don’t get crowds back in at some stage, then maybe more clubs will become part-time organisations.”Surrey’s particular sums are made all the more complex by the sheer size of their overheads. Gould said the club had been happy to go “over and above” in their bid to prove the safety of their sport, but with approximately 100 staff on duty for the benefit of just 1000 spectators, the day’s ten-to-one ratio will not last the distance, especially if next summer’s marquee Test against India were to take place with similar constraints. Unlike clubs of smaller stature, who derive 80% of their income from the ECB and Sky, and just 20% from paying customers, Surrey’s figures are almost the inverse, especially when you factor in their £6 million income from non-matchday events and conferencing.For the time being, however, Gould is confident that the same patience that cricket as a whole has displayed in this most frustrating of summers will continue to sustain them. The club’s 13,500 members contribute an annual revenue of £3 million, which will keep them going into the winter, by which stage The Oval’s other operations also be back up and running.But fundamentally, the sense endures that, at the very local level on which county cricket has to operate, everyone remains very much in this together.”Sports clubs are families, and people feel they have come home today,” Gould said. “It makes them the most responsible people out there. They know they need to respect the rules, or they won’t be able to come again.”

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Na última quarta-feira, a Câmara dos Deputados aprovou – com 429 votos a favor e apenas sete contra – o Projeto de Lei 5516/2019, que viabiliza a criação Sociedades Anônimas de Futebol (SAFs). Essa transição de associação civil para empresa tem como objetivos atrair mais investidores e garantir maior transparência na gestão de clubes. Há também a expectativa de que exista um melhor gerenciamento de dívidas, especialmente as que possuem um caráter social, como as trabalhistas.

O projeto, que é de autoria do senador Rodrigo Pacheco (DEM-MG), com relatoria de Carlos Portinho (PL-RJ), foi aprovado pelo Senado, e, então, chegou até a Câmara dos Deputados na última quarta-feira. Ao longo do meses, o LANCE!entrevistou os políticos envolvidos no PL, bem como especialistas, que se posicionaram sobre o caso.

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Nos últimos meses, o LANCE! ouviu parlamentares envolvidos diretamente na tramitação do projeto e também especialistas no assunto. Confira cada uma dessas entrevistas clicando nos links abaixo:

>> Carlos Portinho (relator do projeto no Senado): AO L!, senador explica projeto de lei do clube-empresa: ‘Tem instrumentos de mercado para captar recursos’

>> Rodrigo Pacheco (presidente do Senado e autor do projeto): AO L!, autor do projeto do clube-empresa afirma: ‘Intenção é ofercer modelo moderno, atrativo para os clubes’

>> Romário (ex-jogador e senador pelo PL-RJ): Romário avalia PL do clube-empresa: ‘Alternativa para termos mais segurança e investimento no futebol’

>> Eduardo Carlezzo (especialista em direito esportivo): Advogado exalta PL do clube-empresa: ‘Muito atrativo e incentivará mudanças’

>> Pedro Paulo (secretário da Fazenda e Planejamento do Rio de Janeiro): Pedro Paulo vê clube-empresa como caminho para equilibrar nível de equipes e ajudar a estrutura liga de clubes

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AVALIAÇÃO

Pelas redes sociais, Pedro Paulo, secretário da Fazenda e Planejamento do Rio de Janeiro, disse quea aprovação do clube empresa é bem vinda para o futebol. De acordo com ele, o projeto de lei aprovado na última quarta-feira é “copiou partes boas” do o PL 5082, de sua autoria (é deputado eleito, mas licenciou-se para ocupar o cargo na prefeitura carioca). Por outro lado, ele vê “alguns atrasos” no 5516/2019. Confira o que ele escreveu:

1. BUROCRACIA: Criar mais um tipo societário (já temos cinco), e exclusivo para uma atividade, gera mais confusão e dificuldade de adesão ao formato empresarial. O mundo está na direção oposta. Países q passaram por isso hoje tentam chegar a 1 modelo societário comum (SA, LTDA). Por que repetir o erro?

2. OBRIGATORIEDADE VELADA: A adesão é facultativa, mas nem tanto. O PL não permite que clubes se transformem nos outros cinco tipos societários que temos. Na realidade, ele obriga qualquer sociedade de desporto que quiser deixar de ser associação a virar necessariamente SAF. Quem ganha com isso?

3. OS GRANDES: A obrigação de adotar apenas a SAF só beneficia clube grande. Para virar SAF tem que estar registrado na junta comercial, cumprir regras da CVM, publicar periodicamente demonstrações financeiras. Isso exige profissionais especializados e caros. Que clube pequeno pode pagar?

4. RENÚNCIA INJUSTA: A introdução do tal Regime Especial de Tributação do Futebol reduz significativamente os impostos, o que deveria ser bom, mas não exclui do regime a contribuição previdenciária, que é tão importante para os aposentados e pensionistas do Brasil.

5. INCERTEZA: Há dúvidas se a Recuperação Judicial poderá ser requerida pela associação civil ou somente pela SAF.

6. MODELO ULTRAPASSADO: O PL também diz que o pagamento de dívidas deve ocorrer em até dez anos, quando isso deveria depender da capacidade de quitação do devedor em acordo com o credor. Nesse sentido, o PL editou um modelo parecido com a fracassada concordata.

7. ESCONDE A DÍVIDA: O PL garante a não sucessão de dívidas pela SAF, mas condiciona o pagamento das que ficaram nos clubes ao % de 20% das receitas futuras, o que, além de ser chute, é incerto. Credores vão aguardar pacientemente os percentuais de receita para verem pagos seus créditos?

8. CLUBES ZUMBIS: Decisões judiciais que obrigam o pagamento desses passivos não vão diferenciar empresas do antigo clube. Vão mirar os grupos econômicos.

9. MORTOS-VIVOS: Não foi endereçada nenhuma solução para pagamento do passivo fiscal dos clubes. O mero repasse de percentual de receita não resolve e é, ainda, um incentivo à sonegação. Os clubes, atolados em dívidas e sem outras receitas, seguirão como mortos-vivos.

10. COMO DEVERIA SER: No meu PL, aprovado na Câmara, a empresa assumiria esses passivos com condições especiais para quitação acelerada. Da forma como ficou, os milhares e mais humildes credores dos clubes, atletas, outros profissionais do futebol e fornecedores, ficarão a ver navios.

11. GOVERNANÇA ENGESSADA: O PL prevê uma amarra das regras de governança, que não deveriam ser disciplinadas taxativamente por lei federal. A governança deve ter flexibilidade para se adequar ao mercado e a realidade de cada futura empresa do futebol.

12. LIMITAÇÃO: Limitar a obtenção d valores mobiliários só à debêntures (a tal debênture-fut) é, na verdade, restringir outras possibilidades de acesso a financiamento no mercado de capitais. Há muitas alternativas, ações, bônus de subscrição, contratos futuros de opções. Por que limitar a um?

13. SIMBOLOS EM RISCO: O PL não prevê nenhum tratamento dos símbolos em caso de eventual falência do clube. Se o Botafogo virar SAF e quebrar, o que acontece com os símbolos? O nome Botafogo e a estrela solitária podem sumir do mapa.

1. BUROCRACIA: Criar + 1 tipo societário (já temos 5), e exclusivo p 1 atividade, gera + confusão e dificuldade de adesão ao formato empresarial. O mundo está na direção oposta. Países q passaram por isso hj tentam chegar a 1 modelo societário comum (SA, LTDA). Pq repetir o erro?

— Pedro Paulo (@pedropaulo) July 15, 2021

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.