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Apesar de estar na lanterna do Campeonato Brasileiro, o Dragão não deixa sua posição na tabela reduzir a motivação dos atletas em campo. Na noite da última quarta-feira, a equipe garantiu um ponto importante ao empatar em 2 a 2 com o Atlético-PR. Em Curitiba, o time comandado por João Paulo Sanches saiu na frente, mas viu os donos da casa virarem e contou com gol de Walter e assistência de Niltinho para igualar o placar. Confiante, o atacante espera ter um bom desempenho na partida contra o Palmeiras.

– Conquistamos um ponto importante fora de casa. Todo o time está de parabéns pela garra demonstrada nos 90 minutos. Não desistimos e saímos com o empate de Curitiba. Agora é trabalhar forte para enfrentar o Palmeiras ao lado do nosso torcedor. Fico feliz em poder ter ajudado. Agradeço a confiança do professor João Paulo Sanches e de todo o grupo e graças a Deus participei dos dois gols – declarou Niltinho.

Ainda na última colocação da competição, o Atlético-GO está a apenas dois pontos de distância do Coritiba, que ocupa o 19º lugar. Esperançoso, o atacante garante que a equipe vai continuar lutando para permanecer na Série A.

– Claro que podemos (deixar a zona de rebaixamento). Estamos fazendo um segundo turno brilhante e todos da equipe acreditam que podemos sair dessa zona. Mas vamos pensar jogo a jogo, trabalhar dia a dia, para conquistarmos o máximo de pontos possíveis e manter o Atlético-GO na Série A.

No estádio Olímpico de Goiânia, o Dragão receberá o Palmeiras no próximo domingo, às 17h, em jogo válido pela 28ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro.

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Former England swing bowler Martin Saggers has announced his retirement after picking up a serious knee injury in August.Saggers, 37, had his greatest success at Kent, who he joined after three unrewarding seasons at Durham. He moved the ball at a lively pace and soon established himself in the side. In 2002 he was joint top wicket-taker in England (83) and in 2003-04 was drafted into the England squad in Bangladesh as injury cover for Andrew Flintoff. He made his debut in the second Test at Chittagong, played twice more against New Zealand in early 2004, against whom he claimed a wicket with his first ball in home Tests, and then faded from the scene with seven wickets to his name.”I’ve had 11 great seasons [at Kent],” Saggers said. “I’ve realised many of my dreams and it was a pleasure to play for both Kent and England. I played with a number of talented players throughout my career and I would like to thank all of my colleagues, past and present, for making it so much fun. It’s disappointing to have to retire but I leave the playing game with many happy memories and now look forward to my future plans within the game.””It’s always sad when a player comes to the end of a career,” chairman of cricket, Graham Johnson, added. “We owe Martin a great deal, especially during a period when he was our seam attack. Quite rightly, on the basis of this success, he received recognition at International level. Always enthusiastic and positive during his career, he will carry these qualities into his plans for what follows after cricket.”Saggers played 119 first-class matches, taking 415 wickets at 25.33, with his career best 7 for 79 coming for Kent against Durham at Riverside in 2000.

Newcastle United are reportedly now chasing a move for Marc-Andre ter Stegen in the January transfer window.

The Lowdown: Goalkeeper conundrum

With Martin Dubravka, Karl Darlow and Freddie Woodman still at St. James’ Park, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) consortium now have a little bit of a conundrum on their hands in terms of what to do in the goalkeeping department.

What is clear is that they would need to let one or two of them go in January if they would like to bring a new number one in, but that may not be so easy to find midway through the season.

Nonetheless, with the North East club also being linked to the likes of Thomas Strakosha recently, it seems to be an area that they are keen to strengthen in.

The Latest: Ter Stegen offer

As per Sport (via Sport Witness), ter Stegen has now ‘received an offer’ from the Tyneside outfit to join them in January, but the Germany international did not want to listen.

He was reportedly left ‘surprised’ to know that the Magpies ‘still did not have a technical structure’, and so it looks as if the new owners will have to try a lot harder to convince him to sign from FC Barcelona.

The Verdict: Move on

It does not seem as if ter Stegen wants to move to the Toon, and so it is time for them to move on.

Currently rated at £49.5m by Transfermarkt, it would likely cost a lot of money in order to lure him away from Barca, and in perhaps the only position the Toon Army can actually boast some depth in already.

Given the decorated career that he has had so far, in which he has won the UEFA Champions League among many other trophies (Transfermarkt), it is understandable that ter Stegen would not want to join to be involved in what looks to be a relegation scrap, when he is already at a prestige club in La Liga and the Champions League.

Nonetheless, the new owners should be looking at strengthening other areas of the pitch first of all, before they start looking for a new man in between the posts.

In other news, find out which three major signings PIF are plotting here!

While things under the leadership of Bruno Lage have started to look on the up for Wolverhampton Wanderers in recent weeks, with results on the pitch having improved rather drastically, there is nevertheless one particular issue that could be starting to play on the 45-year-old manager’s mind.

This is the conundrum of Morgan Gibbs-White, with the attacking midfielder having been sent out on loan to Sheffield United this summer as a result of Wolves’ additions of both right-winger Francisco Trincao and centre-forward Hee-chan Hwang.

Indeed, speaking recently about the potential January activation of a recall clause in the 21-year-old’s temporary contract at Bramall Lane, Lage said: “When Hwang came, we took the decision to let Morgan go and play. We are very happy with him and what he is doing.”

It is easy to see why the Wolves boss is happy with Gibbs-White’s performances for the Blades, as, over his eight Championship appearances so far this season, the £6.3m-rated man has scored three goals, registered two assists and created three big chances for his teammates, as well as taking an average of 2.6 shots and making 1.4 key passes per game.

These returns have seen the former England U21 international average a SofaScore match rating of 7.03, ranking him as Slavisa Jokanovic’s fourth-best player in the second tier of English football.

However, with Lage himself admitting that the signing of Hwang has pushed Gibbs-White down the pecking order at Molineux, it is difficult to see where Gibbs-White fits into the 45-year-old’s plans. Wolves have the option of signing the South Korea international for around £13m next summer while holding a similar option to purchase Trincao from Barcelona at the end of the season.

This is a situation that certainly has the potential to cause the former Benfica manager a problem, as, with Wolves fans not appearing happy at the player who Chris Basham dubbed a “breath of fresh air” being bombed out of the club on loan this summer, the prospect of Lage selling Gibbs-White permanently is likely to be an even less popular decision.

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West Bromwich Albion have been dealt a major blow in their dispute concerning compensation for Nathan Ferguson.

What’s the latest?

According to a recent report by The Athletic, West Brom will receive just £900,000 in compensation following the right-back’s move from The Hawthorns to Crystal Palace on a free transfer in the summer of 2020, after a tribunal decided that the figure was a fair amount for the Premier League club to pay to the Baggies.

However, it is reported that, after the two clubs had agreed an £8m deal for the defender (rising to £11m if add-ons were met) in the January prior to the 21-year-old’s eventual move, Albion were expecting to receive a figure of between £5m and £10m for the former England under-20 international.

Fans will be fuming

The news that West Brom look set to receive such a small amount for the departure of Ferguson will come as a double blow to the club. Not only did the Baggies lose the services of one of their most promising young talents, they also appear to have been extremely short-changed from his move to Crystal Palace – something which will certainly leave The Hawthorns faithful fuming.

Indeed, over Ferguson’s 21 Championship appearances for Albion back in 2019/20, the £3.6m-rated defender helped his side to keep three clean sheets, scored one goal and registered one assist, as well as making 0.9 interceptions, 2.4 tackles and 1.7 clearances and winning 6.9 duels per game.

These returns saw the man who Slaven Bilic dubbed a “quality” player earn a seasonal SofaScore match rating of 6.70, a very impressive feat considering that it was the youngster’s breakthrough season in the second tier.

As such, it is easy to see why Palace agreed to pay an initial £8m for the £34k-per-week defender back in January 2020, and why everyone involved with West Brom will be extremely disappointed at only receiving £900,000 for the youngster.

In other news: Steve Madeley drops fresh West Brom transfer claim that’ll leave Baggies fans fuming

After beating Watford 5-0 on Saturday at Vicarage Road in their latest Premier League outing, Liverpool are back in Champions League action on Tuesday evening with an away clash against Atletico Madrid.

A hat-trick from Roberto Firmino and additional goals from Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah perfectly set up Jurgen Klopp’s side for their latest Champions League match in midweek after winning their opening two group games.

On the chalkboard

One player that wasn’t involved in the game against Watford, that we think should be in the starting XI to face Atletico is midfielder Fabinho, who is currently earning a weekly wage of £180k-per-week according to Spotrac.

The 27-year-old wasn’t in the squad to face Watford as he was involved with Brazil on international duty just a short period before the match against the Hornets, alongside Alisson Becker.

Given that Fabinho has now had time after returning from Brazil duty to get ready for the Atletico match, we feel he should be back in the team as he would presumably be fresher than the midfielders that played against Watford such as James Milner, Jordan Henderson and Naby Keita.

Taking into account some of Fabinho’s numbers and it’s evident why he deserves to play.

He has managed to rack up an average of 2.5 interceptions per game and 4.5 tackles per game from the two previous Champions League outings he’s played in for Liverpool this season. On top of that, he’s won 73% of all duels he’s been involved in so he could definitely prove himself to be a tough and possibly even terrifying opponent for Atletico’s attacking players. That’s given how Diego Simeone’s side have only managed to score 11 goals in eight La Liga games so far this season.

One in, one out

In terms of who Fabinho could replace in the team, we feel that Klopp should take Keita out of the team given he played 90 minutes against Watford and has struggled with his fitness and numerous injuries in the past. It might be a risk to play him again in midweek, even though he played well against Watford, earning himself an overall match rating of 7.2/10 according to SofaScore.

Looking ahead to the match, whether Klopp decides to start Fabinho, who has been described as “outstanding” by the Reds manager in the past, they will definitely be looking to keep their winning streak in the Champions League going ahead of their big Premier League clash against Manchester United at the weekend.

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A round-up of the first day of the 12th round matches of the Regional Four Day Competition

Cricinfo staff28-Mar-2009Combined Campuses and Colleges, buoyed by an unbeaten 163 by opener Omar Phillips, reached a dominant position against Leeward Islands in Nevis, ending the first day on 283 for 3. The foundation for a substantial first-innings score was laid by an opening stand of 185 between Phillips – who reached his maiden first-class century – and Kyle Corbin. Medium-pacer Wilden Cornwall broke the stand, dismissing Corbin for 67, but Phillips progressed nicely to reach his century off 136 balls; his brisk innings was laced with 14 fours and four sixes. CCC did experience a minor wobble, losing three wickets for 80 runs, but with Phillips still at the crease, and the in-form Floyd Reifer lending him support at the other end, they can entertain hopes of posting a formidable score on the second day.Captain Tamar Lambert narrowly missed out on a hundred as Jamaica posted 233 for 9 against Windward Islands at the Trelawny Stadium. It was an incisive spell from left-arm seamer Keon Peters that restricted the hosts. Peters picked up 4 for 58 as table-toppers Jamaica collapsed from 148 for 4 to 177 for 8 in the final session. Jamaica got off to a shaky start after winning the toss, losing both openers, Danza Hyatt and Donovan Pagon, cheaply to fast bowler Nelon Pascal. Lambert and Brendan Nash (18) steadied the innings with a 53-run stand for the third wicket before Nash was run out shortly after lunch. Lambert then dominated a 64-run, fourth-wicket partnership with Wavell Hinds (18) to lay the foundation for a big total. Peters started his rout by trapping David Bernard Jr lbw for 9 and then removed Lambert for 93 – his 168-ball innings comprising 10 fours. Peters then went on to easily dispatch Bevon Brown and Odean Brown to leave the home side in disarray, but wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh hit a solid unbeaten 54 from 83 balls to hold off Windwards.Sewnarine Chattergoon scored an unbeaten half-century as rain ruined the opening day of Guyana’s clash against Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) at the Queen’s Park Oval. The left-handed opener hit a compact 52 as bottom-placed Guyana, after opting to bat, reached 129 for 3. Guyana made a positive start with openers Chattergoonand Christopher Barnwell putting on a 55-run stand. Barnwell was caught by Jason Mohammed off fast bowler Atiba Allert for 30. Leon Johnson then joined Chattergoon and carried the score to 62 for 1 before rain forced an early lunch. On resumption, the duo pushed the score to 88 before Navin Stewart removed Johnson for 13. Guyana slipped to 104 for 3 when Narsingh Deonarine was run out for 13. However, Chattergoon, who struck two fours and a six during his 156-ball stay, and captain Travis Dowlin took the visitors through to stumps.

Watford head to Carrow Road today to face fellow promoted side Norwich in the Premier League as they attempt to end a run of three straight defeats.

Xisco Munoz’s team have lost their last three Premier League matches without scoring a goal, going down to Tottenham, Brighton and Wolves.

They will now aim to get back to winning ways as they come up against a Norwich team who have lost all four of their Premier League games, scoring just once.

Will Xisco make any changes to his starting line-up? Here is our predicted XI for the match…

We are predicting that he will make three changes to the team, with Ozan Tufan, Adam Masina and Christian Kabasele coming in.

Starting with the centre-back, we believe that the 30-year-old come into the team in place of Francisco Sierralta, who scored a horror own goal against Wolves last weekend. He messed up his header at the back post and inadvertently found the back of his own net, which could cause Munoz to call upon Kabasele to give him a chance to show that he deserves a regular place.

He started the first two games of the season and averaged a solid SofaScore rating of 6.80. The Belgian defender won an incredible 78% of his duels and made 14 clearances in the two games, which suggests that he has the quality to come in for Sierralta and help Watford pick up a positive result against the Canaries.

We are also predicting that there will be a change at left-back. Danny Rose started against Wolves and struggled at times, losing half of his duels and being dribbled past three times in comparison to making only one tackle throughout the 90 minutes.

The former Spurs man also failed with all of his crossing attempts and gave possession away 17 times. This suggests that Munoz could decide to chuck Masina back into the XI to add more solidity at the back against Norwich, with the £31k-per-week beast dribbled past 0.7 times per game this season whilst winning 64% of his defensive duels.

Finally, we are predicting that Turkish international Tufan will be handed his Premier League debut. Juraj Kucka lost half of his ground duels and was dribbled past three times against Wolves, and it could be worth giving the veteran a rest to see what Tufan is capable of producing. The 26-year-old midfielder, who is on loan from Fenerbahce, deserves a chance to show what he can do in a Watford shirt, and this today’s clash could provide him the opportunity he needs.

The rest of the team should stay the same from the defeat to Wolves.

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Speaking to Football Insider, football finance expert Kieran Maguire has praised Tottenham Hotspur after a ‘very smart’ off-field move from the club.

The Lowdown: Spurs reach South Korea broadcast agreement…

As per FCBusiness, Spurs have now reached an agreement with with Sky Sports to show exclusive club content in South Korea.

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Indeed, the Korean channel of the broadcasting giant is apparently set to stream ‘interviews’ and ‘features’ directly from behind the scenes at Spurs.

This comes as one of the latest in a long line of tactics to profit out of intense interest from that particular market in Asia, especially considering the cult status of Lilywhites players like Son Heung-min and Spurs women’s star So-hyun Cho.

The Latest: Maguire praises Spurs…

Speaking to Football Insider, finance expert Maguire has praised Spurs for this off-field move whilst claiming that it can be a significant revenue stream for the club.

“It’s a very smart move,” he explained.

“Son, as we know, is the poster boy of South Korean football. He moves the dial like no one else does.

“There is a negligible cost as far as Spurs are concerned and there is an opportunity to generate significant revenue.

“So from a financial point of view, this really is a no brainer. It’s an opportunity they’ve done well to take.”

The Verdict: Shrewd by Levy…

Amid the global pandemic, thinking outside the box to generate any stream of income is arguably imperative, especially after Spurs posted ‘irrecoverable’ losses last year.

This shrewd piece of business could add to chairman Daniel Levy’s growing sources of off-field revenue as he aims to maintain Tottenham’s financial growth in these very challenging times.

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