With the elimination of Tommy Robredo at the hands of Fereico Gaio in the first round of the qualifying round, in this edition of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell Trofeo Conde de Godó there will be only two tennis players who have won it previously: Rafa Nadal and Kei Nishikori. And it is not surprising, because in Manacorí he has won the tournament eleven times since he won his first title in 2005. Fernando Verdasco (2010) and Dominic Thiem (2019) are the only ones, along with Nishikori, who have won. the tournament since Nadal’s ‘reign’ began.

And the Japanese tennis player, in addition, achieved it twice. They were two consecutive editions, 2014 and 2015, when the Japanese athlete became one of the best tennis players in the world. He reached fourth place in the ATP rankings and played the only Grand Slam final to date: the US Open in 2014. However, today, he is far from that level shown in the middle of the last decade.

Nishikori is currently 39th in the ATP ranking after a 2020 in which he has practically not been able to compete. In addition to passing the coronavirus, the Japanese tennis player suffered a wrist injury at Roland Garros that has taken him away from his best level. But he has not given up. He has considered 2021 as a year of return to his best level, as he believes that he can “return to the top-10 of the ATP” if he plays “regularly”, as he told Nikkan Sports.

It is on this path of ‘return’ to the elite that Godó enters, a tournament that he knows perfectly and with which he has always obtained good results. After the two consecutive wins, he could not repeat in 2016 because he met, in the final, with Rafa Nadal. This year they will meet much earlier (in the second round if they pass their qualifying rounds) on the way to revalidate a title that today belongs to Domic Thiem, the last winner.

Throughout the history of the Liberators cup Teams have emerged champions that left an eternal mark. One such club was the Sao Paulo led by the legendary coach Telê Santana, who won the title in the 1992 edition. That team reached glory after beating Marcelo Bielsa’s Newell’s Old Boys in the final.

Antonio Carlos Zago placeholder image He was part of the historic eleven that gave the tricolor team the first continental title. For this reason, Depose contacted the former footballer to give us his point of view about the team led by Argentine Hernán Crespo, the first rival of Sporting Cristal in Libertadores 2021.

“Sao Paulo made some signings of experienced players and South Americans who still seek their space in soccer. I think this mixture has what is indicated to do a good job in the glass “said the current coach of Japan’s Kashima Antlers.

He also referred to the little journey that the Argentine has as technical director. It should be noted that his time at Morumbi will be the first for a large South American football club.

“It is his first experience in Brazil, where the clubs don’t have much patience. He is a coach practically at the beginning of his career. But he has a lot of experience as a player and that can help him ”, he asserted.

Compared to last season, where they were eliminated in the group stage, Sao Paulo It was reinforced with experienced players and with a past in European football, such as Miranda and Éder Martins. They joined Dani Alves and gave the hierarchy to the eleven of the ‘brancos’.

“It is important from the moment that they contribute to the growth of the youngest and provide peace of mind to the cast. They are experienced players who can help a lot “, settled.

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What to win LaLiga 2020-21? It is the great question that fans ask themselves, but one that does not have an easy answer. If we get carried away by the sensations transmitted by the four candidates to win the title, it seems that the great favorite to be crowned champion is Real Madrid. The white team reaches the final stretch of the season fortsimo. Qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions League and reinforced by the defeat he inflicted on Barcelona at El Clsico. Two arguments that support a team on the rise and that at the same time subtract options for the Barça team. For its part, the Atltico de Madrid shows symptoms of fatigue and weakness, even if clings in a titanic way to that first position that he occupies from the ninth day and that he does not want to let escape under any circumstances. Sevilla, on the other hand, looks strong, but is hampered by the six-point deficit they have with the first. This is the state of play, but what does the data say?

In the first place, that since 2010, all the teams that finished day 30 as leaders managed to maintain their privileged position until the end, including, of course, the 2013-14 season in which Atltico de Madrid won La Liga. Curiously, he also led the second classified by one point and the third place by two with eight days remaining. The same situation as currently. This note is nothing more than a simple curiosity that does not guarantee the title at all, but it serves for the rojiblancos as a reinforcement of their morale.

Evidently, If Simeone’s team won the 24 points that remain at stake, it would be the champion, but that circumstance is highly unlikely to occur.. From the 2011-12 season there has only been a full eight victories and Real Madrid got it in the 2015-16 season. That year the white team did not win the League, but they did win the Champions League.

The average of points achieved by Atltico de Madrid in the last eight days since the arrival of Diego Pablo Simeone is 16; that of Real Madrid, 19; Barcelona’s is 18 and Sevilla’s is 12. Of course, Atltico is going to need to improve that average, if it wants to win. Everything happens to break once and for all the streak that drags and that has led him to lose the wide mattress he had on his pursuers. In the last eight league games he has dropped 12 points out of 24.

Atltico options

The Atltico de Madrid needs to win, win, win and win again, as Luis Aragons would say. In the 2015-16 season he added 21 points with only one defeat between matchdays 31 and 38. The year he won the League, 17 was enough for him., but everything indicates that this time he needs to exceed 20 points again. Anything that is giving up more than one draw will complicate the achievement of the goal.

Real Madrid’s options

In five of the last nine seasons, Real Madrid had 20 points or more in the last eight games. Not even the fact of playing Champions is an excuse to argue that Zidane’s team could be distracted and lose points, because recent history says otherwise. Last season, in which he was proclaimed league champion, he only yielded a draw and it was on the last day when nothing was played.. In addition, whenever the classification has been tight, the white team has touched, or even achieved, perfection in terms of results.. The data give the reason to Simeone when he said a few weeks ago that both Real Madrid and Barcelona are not going to fail between now and the end of the season. “We have two extraordinary teams that are not going to lose any game from here to the end, which are Real Madrid and Barcelona,” he said after drawing at the Coliseum against Getafe.

Barcelona’s options

On the sidelines of the Cup final this Saturday, the Barcelona he has no more distractions and can fully dedicate himself to the League. The team comes from losing to Real Madrid and already does not depend on himselfbut he is two points behind the leader and Barça and rojiblancos still have to face each other at the Camp Nou on matchday 35, which will be without a doubt key in the championship because on the other hand Real Madrid and Seville are measured. Bara need to win that match to beat Atltico, but it won’t be enough. He also needs to improve the numbers that Real Madrid does in these final dates.

Sevilla’s options

Sevilla is the team that has the hardest time to win the title. Not only because of the six point disadvantage, but also because he fights against three teams. One can fail, but having all three do it is much more complicated. Still, the Spanish team reaches the final stage of the championship in its entirety. He recently won the Atltico de Madrid and on several occasions he has also had fortune as a great ally. Last season, Julen’s first on the Sanchez-Pizjun bench, the team scored 18 points from the last 24. This time they needed to do a plenary session and it might not be enough.

Barcelona beat Athletic Club 0-4 in the final of the Copa del Rey at the La Cartuja Stadium in Seville, where it won with solvency and brilliance its thirty-first cup-butler title in a match that it dominated at all times and in which it passed above a harmless rival who did not have his day.

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The set of Ronald Koeman, who conquered the first title of his time as a culé coach, already made clear his clear superiority from the first half, although he was unsuccessful in the scoring chances he generated, quite the opposite of the second, in which he moved to the scoreboard his supremacy and good play with a goal from Antoine Griezmann, another from the Dutch Frenkie de Jong and a double from Leo Messi in twelve minutes, from 60 to 72.

In a classic tournament duel, to which the Catalans arrived with 30 titles and the Biscayan with 23 in the second final between the two of this year at La Cartuja after the Super Cup won by Athletic (2-3 in extra time) on 17 January, the ‘kings of cups’ recovered key men like Piqué for Barça and Muniain for the Basque team.

Ronald Koeman took out a Barça eleven with Piqué, who missed the classic against Madrid but already recovered from his knee problem, in a 3-way behind with Mingueza and Lenglet, to the detriment of Araújo; the Dutch De Jong, Sergi Busquets and Pedri in the middle; and Leo Messi and Griezmann above, by leaving the Frenchman Dembélé on the bench.

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The final started with an absolute mastery of the Catalans due to their ease to stand against the rival area and with the rojiblancos very uncomfortable and unable to force errors and steal balls to set up quick attacks on the counter.

On the contrary, Barcelona, ​​much more incisive from the beginning with a touch football, but deep, and with clear ideas, prowled assiduously near the frame defended by Unai Simón against an Athletic who barely had the ball in his power and unsuccessfully sought to surprise with punctual long balls for Iñaki Williams.

Despite his dominance, Koeman’s team was not accurate in the shot, as in a shot to the base of the right post of Frenkie de Jong At 5 minutes, after a connection with Messi, nor in an attempt by the Argentine star in the equator of this period, after several combinations within the area, which Unai Simón stopped without trouble.

The Bilbao team, overwhelmed by the almost overwhelming control of the game by their rival, wanted to stretch out and on a free kick gave their first and only warning in the first half, but the shot with the tip of Íñigo Martínez’s boot came out was narrowly, while Barça continued to do their thing, moving the ball and looking for ways to overcome the demanded Basque defense.

The Barça fans maintained their dominance, although they had to find the last pass or the opportune shot to increase their danger against the area of ​​the Basque team, which was rebuilt, based on work and discipline and intensity, although it paid the toll of having a very little or no offensive presence. In the resumption, Marcelino looked for solutions.

Muniain, who disappeared in the first half perhaps because he was not physically at the top, left his place to Lekue, who stood on the right side so that De Marcos could advance his position and Berenguer changed bands until shortly afterwards Mikel Vesga replaced him to reinforce the medullary. The script, however, did not change one iota.

Barcelona continued to command and enjoyed up to three clear chances in the first ten minutes that did not turn into a goal due to the miraculous performance of Unai Simón, who, very inspired, kicked Griezmann the ball, rejected a shot from Pedri and then a shot from the small area of ​​Busquets. Even so, the Barça team, immensely superior, continued to press and in the end opened the ‘can’ at game time with Griezmann’s 0-1, who crossed the ball to Simón with his left foot in a middle center from the right of De Jong, which was a blow for an Athletic that no longer recovered.

After three minutes, the Dutchman, incombustible in containment tasks and also in attack due to his power to arrive from the second row, scored the second by heading in the small area a center from Jordi Alba and, five minutes later, he combined very well with Messi so that the Argentine, with a crossed shot, beat Simón again.

In full confusion of Athletic, and despite the fact that Marcelino tried the reaction with a triple change when Unai Núñez, Yuri Berchiche and Villalibre entered for Yeray, Unai López and Williams, he was very unassisted throughout the match, Messi signed the 0-4 of a tight and accurate shot in a new assist from his ‘partner’ Alba, despite the fact that Simón got to touch the ball.

The azulgranas controlled the rest of a final without problems in which they completely dominated a diminished Athletic, very touched and that conceded a fifth goal, the work of an active Griezmann four from the conclusion, although it was annulled for offside after intervening the VAR and this freed the Basque team from taking a ‘little hand’.

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It had to be this way, Leo. Goleando in a final, being a figure and scoring two goals. Lionel Messi broke it again and Barcelona is champion again. It was 4-0 against Athletic Bilbao in the final of the Copa del Rey in Seville. All the goals were in the second half. Antoine Griezmann, Frenkie de Jong and 10, twice (the third was spectacular from start to finish), brought joy to Catalonia again. Leo raised the Cup and it is all happiness.

With this new conquest for Messi there are 35 titles in Barcelona and 37 in his career. It is his seventh Copa del Rey, equaling the historic mark as the most winner with his teammates Gerard Piqué and Sergio Busquets. A special joy for the 10. Just in the season in which he started wanting to go at all costs, he stayed by force and also did everything possible to take his team to the top. After suffering quite a bit throughout the campaign, Ronald Koeman found the best team to make them feel more comfortable and there is the prize with this Cup, the 31st in culé history.

The party was all of the blaugranas, a true monologue. In that first half he was 0-0 due to lack of aim and in the second when the 1-0 came in and the goal opened. Todo with the common denominator: Messi appears. Leo in the first half had already made key passes that did not end well. But in the ST yes. It left Frenkie De Jong in an ideal position for the center that Griezmann later converted to 1-0. After a while the Dutch himself increased with the second goal.

Then the moment did come when the 10 left its unmistakable stamp. The 3-0 was a pearl of Messi. A run that started from behind the midfield, touched with De Jong, received the return of the area and there he did his thing: dribbling against two and definition of left-handed to the far post. Golazo of a Lionel of all times. To that he added the 4-0, his double only pushing a center from his eternal partner like Jordi Alba to the net.

It is not a Champions. Neither is a League. But This Copa del Rey means a lot to a Barcelona that months ago saw all black. And it can mean much more in the future, in the one in which everyone thinks and wonders if it will be with Lionel Messi in the team. His contract expires in June, and this joy is a new illusion for all the Catalans to influence and end up staying in the club of his life.

Regardless of what Lionel decides and where he continues, he again made it clear that despite all the King he is. To celebrate, knowing that they can still fight a League in which they are two points away. With Messi everything is possible. Or not, Barsa?

This content was published on April 18, 2021 – 01:24

18 April 2021 – 01:24

Panama City, Apr 17 (EFE) .- The Independent Athletic Club of La Chorrera (CAI) showed that champion punch by defeating 1-0 and removing the unbeatable seal from Plaza Amador on the eleventh date of the 2021 Apertura tournament of the Panamanian Soccer League (LPF) that ended this Saturday.

The CAI of Venezuelan Francisco Perlo with a goal from Davis Contreras reaches 20 points in the west and is dangerously close to the leader of the division.

The placino “lions” remain in front in the east, with 20 points.

The leader of the west, the Club Deportivo Universitaria did not go from the equalized to zero against the Club Deportivo del Este, in the first game in which the university team did not score a goal, even so it served to stay at the top of its division, with 25 units.

The Club Deportivo del Este is still in fifth place in the eastern division, with 11 integers.

The fall of Plaza Amador was taken advantage of by Árabe Unido, who drew one with San Francisco and cut the distance from the eastern leader.

The goal of Juan Villalobos helps the colonists add 15 points, to get in the second box of this, five points behind the leader of the classification.

For San Francisco de La Chorrera, Colombian Cristian Zúñiga discounted and continues at the bottom of the table with 9 integers.

Sporting San Miguelito returned to the path of victory at the hands of Uruguayan Saúl Maldonado, when he gave an account of Atlético Chiriquí 2-1.

The “academics” with the victory, thanks to the goals of Alexis Corpas and Gabriel Gómez, put themselves in the third box in the east with 13 points.

Gabriel Ávila scored for the Chiriqui box and in the west he is positioned in the fifth box, with 12 integers.

Spain’s Isaac Jové’s Veraguas CD defeated Tauro FC 1-0 to stay in the western conference fight.

Víctor Ávila’s goal leaves the veragüense in the third box with 17 units, while the bullfighting team of Julio César Dely Valdés fall again, to get in the fourth box from the east and 12 whole.

Herrera FC closed this Saturday the twelfth and last day of the interdivisional duels in the Panamanian tournament with a 2-3 victory over Alianza FC

The Herreranos with the goals of the Colombian Julio Caicedo, Juan de Gracia and Andrick Edwards are positioned in the fourth position of the west, with 14 points.

For Alianza, last in the east with six units, they discounted Rudy Yearwood and Fernando Guerrero. EFE

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Drafting culture, Apr 17 (EFE) .- Stuart was proclaimed champion of the Freestyle Master Series (FMS) Argentina on the last day of the third season after beating Dtoke and managed to keep his distance from his pursuers Papo and Mecha.

Stuart inaugurated his record as a solo freestyler by winning the FMS Argentina title with his victory against Dtoke after a reply that allowed him to maintain his difference against Papo.

The result of the then leader resulted in a tie at 20 points at the top of the table with Papo Mc, who did add the three points directly against Cacha in a decaffeinated duel.

Stuart managed to undo the equalizer in his favor against his pursuer, who returned to stay at the gates of the championship for the third consecutive year, thanks to the PBT (points per battle).

The Santa Fe, who started as a solo leader before the start of the day, made the minimum difference of eleven points (2,980.5) to overcome Papo (2,969.5) and thus relieved the iconic Wos and Trueno in the position of best improviser of FMS Argentina.

Papo, who had already achieved the triumph of God Level All Stars WE Mexico with Stuart as a partner, melted into an emotional hug with his friend and accepted defeat after the final count by the jury.

“Many times, out of fear of myself, I said that I preferred not to win or that I was not looking for victory. But when I arrived with options on the last day, I realized that there were reasons to fight it. Not only for the people who are not there. , but for the people who also support me. I dedicate this to my old woman, who is watching me from heaven, “said Stuart after raising the glass from Missionary hands.

Thus, Stuart will be one of the main representatives of the Argentine ‘freestyle’ in the next edition of FMS Internacional, which will also feature the runner-up Papo, Mecha and Klan, third and fourth respectively.

Mecha, who before the day had remote options to win the title, hastened his chances by taking the three points against bottom Sub, who could not say goodbye to the league with a victory.

For his part, Klan needed two aftershocks to get past Nacho. In the fight for fourth position, the Buenos Aires rapper tipped the balance in his favor and got the last ticket to the World Cup event.

In the fight for relegation, Wolf beat his brother MKS in one of the most emotional duels of the season. With his victory, the oldest of the Mansilla came out of the last places and condemned MKS to the eighth position for which he will play the ‘play-off’.

However, MKS has already announced that it will not participate in what would be its fourth consecutive season after confirming its withdrawal from the competition.

Similarly, Cacha, present in the three editions of FMS Argentina held until the record, finished penultimate and joined MKS, ending his time in the league.

“Thanks to the league for everything it contributed to me, I hope it was reciprocal,” concluded Cacha after his battle against Papo, in which the emotion and intensity characteristic of their confrontations was not seen.

Naista and Larrix, first and second classified in the promotion rankings, will occupy the positions of Sub and Cacha, while the young Zaina, third, will fight for his options to aspire to a place in the league against the aforementioned MKS.

On the farewell afternoon of the third edition of FMS Argentina and the last of the national leagues to conclude in this campaign, the popular ‘host’ Missionary also put an end to his career in the competition and said goodbye to the organization and supporters of via a message on Twitter: “Thank you all for this last dance. See you next time. I love you.” EFE

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Everything is joy in Barcelona. After a really stormy start to the season and the defeat in the classic against Real Madrid, this Saturday a new title was added to the Barça shelf.

Ronald Koeman’s team beat Athletic Club de Bilbao 4-0 and won the 2020-21 Copa del Rey. Sensational performance by Lionel Messi, who incidentally scored a double.

After receiving the trophy and celebrating the first title of the season, a detail generated some confusion in the Blaugrana fans. Obviously the Argentine captain was a great protagonist.

Curiously, Messi stood in the middle of the field and one by one each player in the squad went by to take a photo with him. Pedri, Riqui Puig, Ansu Fati (currently injured), De Jong, Pjanic and Dest were the ones caught by the camera.

Although some took this situation as a tribute to the club’s idol, others consider that this would be the last consecration, clearly waiting for what happens in LaLiga, of ‘Lio’ and therefore the photo to remember … It could be your last consecration.
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Let’s remember that at the beginning of the season, the 33-year-old player was about to leave (burofax) and although he renewed for a year, the Spanish press speculates a lot about his departure for Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. Now, with Joan Laporta as the new president, the situation could change.

Only time will tell…

Argentine star Lionel Messi, with two goals, today led Barcelona to a new title in the Copa del Rey, after beating Athletic Bilbao in the final in Seville by a resounding 4-0.

Messi scored at 23m and 27m in the second half to round off the win.

The account was opened by the French Antoine Griezmann (14m ST) and the second goal was from the Dutch Frenkie de Jong (18m ST).

After a very even first half, to the point that they went to rest tied without opening the scoreboard, Barcelona looked like in their best times in the complement and, under the hand of Messi, was building a fair, unappealable victory.

In addition to Rosario, De Jong (two assists in addition to his score) and full-back Jordi Alba (the other two passes-goal) shone.

Messi reached 31 goals in the season (the same ones he scored in the entire past season) and has already added 35 titles with the Barça club: four Champions League, three European Super Cups, three Club World Cups, ten Spanish Leagues, eight Spanish Super Cups and, with today’s, seven King’s Cups (it was also the seventh for his teammates Gerard Piqué and Sergio Busquest).

Barcelona established itself as the top champion of the tournament: it lifted the cup 31 times. The second is precisely his loser this Saturday, Athletic de Bilbao, with 23, and in third place Real Madrid remains with 19.

The Basque team had just lost the final of the 2019/20 edition two weeks ago (postponed by the coronavirus pandemic), no less than against their classic rival, Real Sociedad (1-0).

For the Rosario star, who continues to expand his legend, it was his second double in a Copa del Rey final, after the one he scored in the 2015 edition (3-1 over the same rival). Today he was chosen the Most Valuable Player of the match (MVP).

– Synthesis –

Barcelona: Marc Ter Stegen; Oscar Mingueza (Braithwaite), Gerard Piqué (Araujo), Clement Lenglet; Sergio Busquets; Sergiño Dest (Sergi Roberto), Frenkie De Jong, Pedri (Moriba), Jordi Alba; Lionel Messi y Antoine Griezmann (Dembelé). DT: Ronald Koeman.

Athletic de Bilbao: Unai Simón; Oscar De Marcos, Yeray Álvarez (Núñez), Íñigo Martínez, Mikel Balenziaga; Álex Berenguer (Vesga), Dani García, Unai López (Yuri), Iker Muniain (Lekue); Raúl García and Iñaki Williams (Villalibre). DT: Marcelino García Toral.

Goals in the second half: 14m Griezmann (B), 18m De Jong (B), 23m and 27m Messi (B).

Referee: Juan Martínez.

Stadium: La Cartuja (Seville). (Télam)

CAnyone who watches the first half of the final of the Copa del Rey, I couldn’t believe that the match ended in a landslide. Barcelona saved the goals for the second half to crush Athletic 4-0 at the La Cartuja Stadium in Seville and became the champion of Her Majesty’s tournament in 2021.

From the beginning, the group which exposed its aggressive stance and imposed the rhythm of the match. Just at 4 ‘, Frenkie De Jong hit the post with a shot inside the area and for the next few minutes, the Blaugranas continued to overwhelm the goal defended by Unai Simn, But the lack of force saved the Lions.

However, Barcelona saved the goal party for the last half hour of the match. In the 60th minute, Lionel Messi combined with Antoine Griezmann inside the area and the Frenchman simply pushed the ball to open the scoring.

As soon as the first fell, Athletic opened the door completely. Just three minutes (63 ‘), Frenkie de Jong scored with a head after a cross from Messi, who added his second assist of the match.

The ’10’ had already put two passes on goal, but that was not enough. At 67 ‘, the Argentine took the ball from midfield and stepped on the accelerator; combined with De Jong with a couple of walls and inside the area, he took off two defenders with a dribble to subtly define with his left leg leaving Unai Simn static to put the third for Barcelona.

Four minutes later (71 ‘), Lionel Messi reappeared to push the ball into the area, after a low cross on the left wing and thus consolidated his double. With this much, Rosario reached 31 goals in the season and managed to break the 30-touchdown barrier in the last 13 consecutive seasons.

In this way, Lionel Messi led Barcelona to their Copa del Rey number 31, moving away even more than 23 from Athletic, which is the second top winner of this tournament, but beyond the result, a question remained in the air: This will have been the last trophy of the Argentine with the culs? We will know that in the coming months, for now Koeman can be calm after having won even one trophy in the campaign.

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