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If the Sheffield Shield final petered out inevitably to a dull draw in front of a small gathering at Manuka Oval, then there was no fizz lacking in the celebrations of a New South Wales team toasting their first domestic title since 2008

Daniel Brettig25-Mar-2014
ScorecardNew South Wales were led ably by the increasingly mature Steven Smith•Getty ImagesIf the Sheffield Shield final petered out inevitably to a dull draw in front of a small gathering of spectators at Manuka Oval, then there was no fizz lacking in the celebrations of a New South Wales team toasting their first domestic title since 2008.Led ably by the increasingly mature Steven Smith, the Blues were not in much danger of defeat from the time the Man of the Match Moises Henriques shepherded the tail well beyond 400. Rain on day four settled the issue after Western Australia’s reply had been throttled by Josh Hazlewood’s pace and movement.But it was highly appropriate that the final day had a Smith hundred as its centrepiece, for his batting and leadership has been arguably the most promising single theme of the summer for Australian cricket. The redemptive narrative of Test match success against England and South Africa has been accompanied by the emergence of Smith as a young leader and top class batsman, rather vindicating the national coach Darren Lehmann’s assertion at the outset of the summer that the country’s next captain “will find us”.Looking back on a summer of enormous riches, Smith confessed to living out a hatful of his dreams in the space of six months. That he had not taken part in a Shield final before only underlined how thick and fast Smith’s wishes have been fulfilled over the course of the season.”It’s very special, this is the first Shield final I’ve been a part of and to win the Shield it’s just been an amazing 12 months for me and the whole thing’s still kind of a blur,” he said. “Everything’s been so amazing, dreams have come true. To win an Ashes series, win an away series with Australia and then to back it up with the Sheffield Shield it’s very, very special.”Smith’s front foot play was cause for plenty of admiration from the national selector John Inverarity, who watched the 24-year-old split the WA field repeatedly and make light work of a slow and now ageing pitch that made scoring a difficult task throughout.The trio of strokes that took Smith from 89 to three figures summed up much about his talent. He lofted an audacious drive for six down the ground, danced into a flick to the straight midwicket boundary, then glanced deftly fine to register his fifth hundred of the season. In receipt of this punishment was Ashton Agar, who could do worse than look at Smith’s career arc as inspiration for how to move beyond a precocious beginning into a pattern of sustained performance.Australia’s tradition of ending the Shield with a competition final stretches back to 1983 when these two sides met in a fractious encounter at the WACA Ground. It is a concept open to some exploitation, particularly that of the home side needing only a draw to win the title. But as the ICC found so vexing in their failed attempts to schedule a World Test Championship, one-off fixtures will always have certain pitfalls.”I think you should have an advantage for coming first if you’re going to have a final,” Smith said of a match that was called off by the mutual agreement of the captains at 1.50pm on the final afternoon. “If they go down that road I think that’s the best way to do it.”Henriques was even more adamant about keeping the show-piece match, which he had termed the most important of his career. Asked about the “hollow” conclusion, he offered a passionate retort. “I don’t know where you’re describing this hollow feeling from because it doesn’t feel hollow within me,” he said.”It’s very special, it’s not just about the final. We earned this home final and played the way we did, we dictated the whole game, we outplayed them every day of this fixture, so there’s no hollow feelings here. I can’t put it down in words to be completely honest, I’m still quite speechless and haven’t even had a beer touch my lips yet, so I’m verymuch looking forward to getting in the change rooms.”With no option but to play things out until Smith offered his hand in consolation, the Warriors were left forlorn, their own 15-year wait for another Shield title destined to go on. Only Marcus North’s dismissal of Kurtis Patterson drew brief smiles from the WA collective, while the wicketkeeper Sam Whiteman grimaced when a rare failure to glove the ball cleanly stung his fingers.Their captain Adam Voges observed the scene with a heavy heart, as all the strides made by WA this season under the tutelage of Justin Langer came to nothing. But he also retained some measure of hope, exhorting his men to use these memories next summer “We’ve worked our guts out to get here, unfortunately it hasn’t been the five days we hoped for,” he said. “But we’ll use that to drive us, and make sure we’re back better next season.”

Australia’s vice-captain says he plans to go on till the 2015 World Cup, and credits Darren Lehmann for fostering a relaxed dressing-room culture

Brydon Coverdale05-Jan-20140:00

Australia stars hail Lehmann effect

Australia’s vice-captain Brad Haddin has credited coach Darren Lehmann with eliminating anxiety from the change room and allowing captain Michael Clarke to focus his attention on the on-field battle that led to Australia’s Ashes clean sweep. Haddin, who also quashed retirement rumours, said all the “nervous energy” had disappeared from within the squad in the lead-up to this series, and this was a key factor in the triumph.Prior to the first Test at the Gabba, Haddin said the previous coach Mickey Arthur had been “very, very insecure” in the role, which he believed had contributed to a poor atmosphere in the camp. After the 5-0 success was secured in Sydney, Haddin said the turnaround from the 3-0 defeat in England, when Lehmann had only just taken over on the eve of the series, had been in part down to the difference in feeling in the change rooms.”I think Michael’s always been an outstanding tactician,” Haddin said. “He reads the game as well as anyone you can play with. I think what Darren and his staff have done is take the anxiety out of the change room. And all the nervous energy. We can just get on and do our job and Michael can do his without having to worry about anything else.”I think our preparation was spot on. There was no anxiety leading in to the first Test. Everyone was relaxed and knew exactly where they stood. We knew what our team was a long way out, going in to this campaign, so we could prepare to play Test cricket, not look over our shoulders and worry about what was going on. We could prepare for this series and give it the respect it deserved. It was a massive test for us, that first Test match.”Haddin has epitomised the aggressive style of play the Australians have favoured in this series, his counterattacking with the bat rescuing the team from trouble in all five first innings. Attack has also been the key for the bowlers, with Mitchell Johnson’s pace and accuracy making life uncomfortable for England’s batsmen, while Ryan Harris and Peter Siddle never gave an inch.”We’ve played the brand of cricket that Australians expect and that we expect as a group,” Haddin said. “I think that’s been pretty evident watching from the sideline. I’ve been ultra impressed with the way our fast bowlers have gone about it. There have been no places to hide. Once they’ve been five down it’s been uncomfortable.”And at times [it would have been] outright scary, trying to stand in front of these guys takes a lot of courage. From that point of view I’m happy with where it’s all at. We’re playing the Australian brand of cricket now. Darren and all his staff can take a lot of credit for that. We’re getting back to enjoying our cricket and enjoying being Australians and playing our way.”Brad Haddin said he wanted to go on playing till the 2015 World Cup•Getty Images

Johnson was presented with the Compton-Miller Medal as Player of the Series but Haddin must have been strongly considered, given his outstanding work with bat and gloves throughout the campaign. In future it may appear surprising that Haddin did not even earn a Man of the Match award in any of the five Tests, but his contribution to the 5-0 result was incalculable.It was all the more remarkable given that Haddin was not considered the first-choice wicketkeeper less than a year ago, when Matthew Wade was viewed as the long-term option behind the stumps. However, Haddin’s return as vice-captain for the Ashes in England proved a shrewd move by the selectors – who included Arthur at the time – and he has shown that age is irrelevant to what a player can offer the team.A few days ago, rumours began to circulate at the SCG that Haddin would bow out after the Sydney Test, content to end on the high of a 5-0 Ashes victory and spend more time with his family, including his daughter Mia, who is in remission from cancer. But Haddin said he had no retirement plans and still intended to play on until the 2015 World Cup, although he stopped short of saying he wanted to play in the next Ashes series in England later that year.”I’m very clear where I want to go,” he said. “I’ve said all along that I’d like to play along to the World Cup. From a cricket point of view I probably haven’t played as much cricket as guys my age. A lot of guys my age would’ve played 250 first-class games. I’m enjoying it at the moment. As long as I’m still challenging myself and things are going in the right direction at home I’ll play as long as I’m enjoying it and contributing to this team being the team we want to be.”I’m 36, I can’t hide behind the fact that that’s my age. But from a cricket point of view I also started a lot later at Test cricket than most … And I’ve had some time away from the game, so from that point of view I feel in a good place about my cricket. I’m enjoying being part of this team and what we’re trying to create moving forward.”

The Rajasthan High Court has stayed the communication sent by the BCCI to the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) restraining former IPL chairman Lalit Modi from participating in activities of affiliated and constituent units of the Indian board.The petition seeking the stay was filed by Nagaur District Cricket Association (NDCA), which claimed that Modi was an office bearer of the body, a constituent unit of the RCA that is governed by Rajasthan Sports Act. The NDCA said the BCCI’s order was “in violation of the legal provisions contained in Local Sports Act”.The petition also said that Modi, being an NDCA member, was entitled to contest the RCA elections in November.Modi had been expelled from the BCCI during a special general meeting (SGM) of the board in Chennai on September 25. “He shall forfeit all his rights and privileges as administrator,” the BCCI had said. “He shall not in future be entitled to hold any position or office, or be admitted in any committee or any member or associate member of the board.” The BCCI communication on Modi was received by the RCA on October 3.The BCCI’s disciplinary committee had found Modi guilty on eight different charges of “various acts of indiscipline and misconduct”. The charges, relating to irregularities in various financial and administrative matters of the IPL, including the sale of franchise and media rights, were pressed by the BCCI in 2010 soon after Modi’s swift and dramatic exit from the league he founded.

The BCCI has decided to extend the one-time payment it announced in 2012 for former cricketers to five more players

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Sep-2013The BCCI has decided to extend the one-time payment it announced in 2012 for former cricketers to five more players. The decision, which was taken during the board meeting in Kolkata on September 1, is set to benefit Sairaj Bahutule, Sanjay Bangar, Amol Muzumdar, S Sriram and Wasim Jaffer.Jaffer will be the biggest beneficiary of the board’s decision, having featured in 31 Tests and 211 first-class matches, but he will be eligible for the payment of Rs 60 lakh ($87,900) only after his retirement. The same applies to Muzumdar, who, although never made it to the national side, has played 166 first-class matches. He is set to gain Rs 30 lakh.Bangar, Bahutule and Sriram, all of whom have retired, are eligible for immediate payment.”Those cricketers who retired before 2003-04 had got the one-time benefit,” Ravi Savant, the BCCI treasurer, told . “There were few who retired after that, so the board felt it would extend the scheme to these players.”The scheme, first announced at the IPL 2012 opening ceremony, had benefited around 160 former cricketers. The payments were made in seven categories, with the top payments going to players who had played more than 100 Tests.

Mumbai have all but sealed a place in the top two after maintaining a clean sheet at home

The Report by Sidharth Monga15-May-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
On a slightly surreal night, Rahul Dravid lost his cool and shouted at the umpire, Kieron Pollard mocked Shane Watson so much he made him leave the dugout and go into the dressing room, Pollard was run out for the first time in the IPL, Mumbai Indians scored just 34 in the last five overs, but their bowling might won them the match comfortably and all but sealed a place in the top two. Mumbai and Chennai Super Kings now have one more win than Rajasthan Royals, and also a higher net run rate accumulated over 15 matches, which will take some doing to overcome.Mumbai might not have finished their innings well despite 59 off 37 balls from Aditya Tare, who had replaced the injured Sachin Tendulkar, but it was their start with the ball that eventually sealed the game. Two wickets each from Mitchell Johnson and Dhawal Kulkarni reduced Royals to their worst Powerplay score of all time: 29 for 4. Watson wasn’t one of those wickets, but he top-edged a Pragyan Ojha long hop before he could cause much damage.Royals were 58 for 5 in the 10th over when Watson fell but Brad Hodge, held back to No. 8, and Stuart Binny tried to put the chase on track, and even brought the equation down to 38 off three overs. However, Lasith Malinga bowled two of those overs and he went for five and eight in them.Royals could claim similar success with their bowling towards the end of the first innings, but the start wasn’t that good. Mumbai opened with the new pair of Tare and Glenn Maxwell, who weren’t pretty but were effective. After Maxwell for 23 off 17, Tare took over and went after all Royals bowlers without discrimination. However, he was only 24 off 15 when Dravid dropped a catch at short midwicket. He rubbed it in by pulling Binny over Dravid’s head next ball.When he finally fell, at 108 for 3 in the 13th over, Tare had set Mumbai up for possibly a score of 200. Some superb fielding and canny bowling from Royals, including Pollard’s run-out by Kevon Cooper and James Faulkner’s last two overs for just 11 runs, kept Mumbai down, but not for long.Having recovered from his poor game against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Johnson was creating breakthroughs at the top. In the first over, he might have got Dravid caught at the wicket without the edge, but it was a sharp bouncer nonetheless. Royals continued holding Watson back, and Mumbai kept running through the rest.When Watson finally arrived, Pollard started talking to him immediately. While Watson seemed furious, Pollard seemed to be laughing almost mockingly. Watson hadn’t even faced a ball. The umpires had to tell Pollard off, but he eventually had the final mock when Watson – under the pressure of falling wickets and rising asking rate – mis-hit Ojha to Pollard. After celebrating wildly, Pollard went to his boundary post and seemed to have another conversation with Watson, who sat in the dugout behind him.Eventually, Watson left the place in disgust, and finally Hodge got to bat when Royals lost another wicket. Royals needed 79 from 43 when he came in, but he and Binny brought the target down with sensible hitting. Hodge hit Ojha for four fours in the 16th over, which included a drop by Ambati Rayudu, but Malinga ensured Mumbai’s clean sheet at home.

A round-up of Regional Super50 matches played on April 7, 2013

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Apr-2013Trinidad and Tobago made it six wins out of six, beating Barbados by 41 runs in Port of Spain. After choosing to bat, they were in trouble at 5 for 3 but captain Denesh Ramdin and Jason Mohammed put together a match-winning stand. Ramdin struck 134 at better than a run a ball, with 12 fours and four sixes, and Mohammed played a steady hand of 63. The pair added 170 and helped take the score to 264 for 8. Seamer Marlon Richards struck early for T&T in the chase and he was supported by the rest of the bowling contingent, as Barbados lost wickets at frequent intervals. Though many of their batsmen got starts, only one, Jonathan Carter, went on to score a half-century. Shannon Gabriel, Rayad Emrit, and Yannick Cariah bagged two wickets each, as Barbados were bowled out for 223.Leeward Islands slipped to their fifth defeat, losing to Windward Islands by 36 runs in a low-scoring game in Antigua. Windwards chose to bat and though Leewards struck regularly, the middle order, led by a half-century from captain Liam Sebastien, took their team to 194 for 9. Jacques Taylor took four wickets but his effort was in vain. Six of Leewards’ batsmen reached double-figures but no one stuck around long enough to guide the chase. Shane Shillingford, who had an excellent home Test series against Zimbabwe, grabbed his best returns in List A cricket, taking 6 for 32, and restricting Leewards to just 158 for 9.Jamaica will meet Windward Islands in the semi-final after they beat Guyana by two wickets in a rain-affected match in Guyana. Electing to bat, Guyana could not put up a challenging score as David Bernard (4 for 24) and Nkrumah Bonner (3 for 23) struck regularly. Guuyana then lost four wickets within 15 runs and managed to score 190 for 9 in 49 overs, as Anthony Bramble and Assad Fudadin top-scored with 31 each. Jamaica’s top five batsmen put together only 55 runs but Carlton Baugh’s 40 and double-digit scores from Nikita Miller and Andrew Richardson for the ninth wicket completed the chase off the last ball.

England allrounder praises Azeem Rafiq for encouraging others to share experiences

Andrew Miller08-Nov-2021Moeen Ali hopes that the short-term pain of the ongoing racism crisis at Yorkshire can have long-term benefits for the whole of English cricket, as he welcomed the chance for the sport to embrace true diversity and “open up those avenues for everybody”.Speaking from the UAE, where England are preparing to face New Zealand in the T20 World Cup semi-final on Wednesday, Moeen said that he had “never felt discriminated against” like Azeem Rafiq at Yorkshire, but said that his bravery in speaking out was likely to encourage others to come forward too.”I wouldn’t say I’m surprised but there’s probably more stories out there that people haven’t heard of,” Moeen said. “The fact it’s come out is great because, going forward, people [will] have to think about what they can or can’t say in terms of discriminating against people and knowing what people feel and go through.”Rafiq’s original testimony in 2020 included an admission that his treatment at Yorkshire had left him “on the brink of suicide”, and Moeen believes that his honesty will have helped to break a major taboo when it comes to addressing such issues within dressing rooms.”Azeem’s talked a lot about his mental health and I think that’s really, really important,” Moeen said. “I think the most important thing is that people who do suffer with mental health are really being looked after in this situation.”What Azeem has done, he is not doing it for any personal gain, I think he wants change and that’s what he’s pushing for.”It’s not banter at the end of the day,” he said of the use of the word “P**i”, the slur that Rafiq’s team-mate Gary Ballance last week admitted he had used to address him. “We’ve got to be really careful with the language that we use. The environment is really important, because when the environment is right, that sort of language doesn’t come out.”Moeen added that Rafiq’s experiences at Yorkshire had become part of an “open discussion” within the England dressing room, which he praised for its inclusive values – perhaps most memorably articulated after the 2019 World Cup victory, when Eoin Morgan, the captain, said that “Allah had been with us” in the tense final against New Zealand.Related

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Morgan’s comment was a reference to the two Muslim players in England’s white-ball squad – Moeen and Adil Rashid, who also plays for Yorkshire – while the current squad also includes players of Caribbean and Southern African heritage, as well as Morgan himself, who played for his native Ireland until 2007.”It’s been talked about quite a lot actually,” Moeen said. “It’s about having an open discussion, and to be learning as well as a team, about what we can do to change those mindsets, and how comfortable we want people to be when they come into this environment, no matter where they’re from, what they do, or any background that they have.”Everybody has a story in our changing room about their own background and it helps with people coming from all different parts of the world as well,” he added. “Massive credit goes to the coaches and Eoin Morgan for really pushing it so that everybody’s just normal with each other. It just feels like home to be honest with you.”Nevertheless, during the summer, England’s Test team experienced a similar reckoning to the ongoing one at Yorkshire, when Ollie Robinson’s debut at Lord’s in June became overshadowed by a series of offensive tweets that he had posted in his early years as a professional. While Moeen admitted that the fall-out from that episode had been ugly, he felt that it too would prove to have been a positive experience in the long run.”I think a lot of players have learned from the Ollie Robinson situation and I think it’s made people more aware of things that they probably weren’t aware of before,” he said. “It doesn’t look great right now, but hopefully in the future, it will make a massive impact and that’s what we want.”Sometimes you need to have a bit of a dip to really come out. That’s from Yorkshire’s point of view as well as the whole cricket community and culture. There’s going to be big changes. I know one thing the ECB has always [done] since I’ve been playing is to try and really push those boundaries and open up those avenues for everybody, really.”We’re a multicultural country where diversity is rife and that’s what we want. We don’t want to have to go through what we’re going through right now again, in five years’ time, 10 years’ time.”

Kevin Pietersen described his innings of 182 in Mumbai as ‘pretty satisfying’ but said it would mean more if England went on to win the Test

David Hopps25-Nov-2012

There must have been days during his exile from England’s dressing room that Kevin Pietersen feared he would never play again a Test innings as magnificent as the one he produced in Mumbai.There must have been days when he feared he would never play another Test innings at all.His response to that suggestion, a strikingly downbeat response for someone who had just produced one of the most memorable innings in Test history, was to shrug that he never looked as far ahead as the next day.”I never know what is going to happen tomorrow,” he said. “I don’t take myself that seriously. I do everything on a day-to-day basis. What will be, will be. I live my life day to day.”It sounded a cop out until one reflected that a lack of forethought had been evident the moment he embarked upon his rebellion against the ECB and ultimately became estranged from much of the England dressing room in the process.Day-to-day living looked the way to go as Pietersen turned 180 degrees on the boundary edge at the Wankhede Stadium to acknowledge the applause of the crowd. India loves his star quality, his individuality and his capacity to entertain.No Englishman, one would wager, comes anywhere near to his popularity. Boris Johnson, in Delhi to drum up trade with India as Mayor of London, could take back billions in trade deals if he was seen out for dinner with Pietersen.Pietersen produces great moments, and revels in them, but he rarely cares to assess them. “It will mean a lot more if we win tomorrow but it was a pretty difficult wicket,” he said. “You knew at some stage a ball had your name on it so to play as well as that was pretty satisfying.””We have come here to learn, we have come here to try to win, and we want to front up to the challenge. The captain asked that of us before the Test.”Along with that captain, Alastair Cook, he reached 22 Test hundreds, equalling the best by any England batsman. The sweep shot – often derided during England’s troubled year – had been well executed by both batsmen during a third-wicket stand of 206 that began to turn the Test in England’s favour.”I think some of the greatest batsmen who have come to India and been successful have been very good sweepers – our coach for one,” he said, recalling Andy Flower’s unbeaten double hundred for Zimbabwe in Nagpur.”It messes around with the lengths that the spinners bowl and it messes around with the fields. It negates that little leg gully that can cause issues if the spinners bowl straight to you. As long as you play it well and pick the right ball it’s fine. If you play it sixth or seventh ball and miss it like I did in Ahmedabad you look like a clown.”I wasn’t playing well at all in Ahmedabad. I didn’t trust my defence as much as I trusted my defence in this Test match and as a batter if you don’t trust your defence you try too many things, you try to force the issue.”So I went and did a lot of hard work as I always do and luckily it had paid off. I like to keep things simple. I just didn’t go into that Test match trusting my defence. I don’t think the warm-up matches going into that Test match tested my defence. It is just about keeping things simple and doing the basics right.”It was not a day for him to celebrate, certainly not in the company of an English media that, in some cases, had been critical of him in a personal way not seen to such an extent since Geoffrey Boycott began his own self-imposed exile from England nearly 40 years earlier. The hurt is not easily forgotten.The much-vaunted reintegration process with the England dressing room has been completed. Perhaps he needs another one with the media.He spoke in more relaxed fashion on ESPN Star Sports to Sourav Ganguly, a former India captain who also had his detractors and who saw him at his lowest moments when they worked alongside each other in a studio in Colombo during World Twenty20 after England refused to pick him.How did it feel to be back? “It feels really good, thanks Sourav,” he said. “I was with you for two weeks through the turmoil but, no, this is great. I’m back playing cricket for England, it’s amazing to get back into the Test scene and to get some runs on a wicket like this and hopefully help us win a Test match, would be magnificent.”Not that he was prepared to claim that the game was already won, with the memory still fresh of England’s collapse to 72 all out against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in January.”It’s definitely a cliffhanger, for sure,” he said. “You’ve seen the wicket now, it’s spinning, bouncing, from straight, from off-straight. It’s going to be a tough time to go out there and hopefully we don’t have to face too many. We don’t want to have to chase a 100 or 120 on there; we tried that once this year and failed in Abu Dhabi.”

MatériaMais Notícias

A troca no comando técnico da equipe foi a cartada final da direção do Flamengo em busca de um fim de temporada positivo. Com contrato até o fim do ano, Dorival Júnior substituiu Maurício Barbieri já na partida de sábado – empate sem gols com o Bahia -, mas, de fato, começou a dar sua cara ao time ontem, em seu primeiro treino no Ninho do Urubu. São esperadas mudanças na equipe, mas não quanto ao estilo de jogo, o qual agrada Dorival Júnior.

– Me agrada muito a maneira como o Barbieri prepara suas equipes. Se assemelha muito com o que sempre pensei e gostei do futebol. Nossos conceitos se aproximam muito e eu acredito nesse tipo de jogo, nesse tipo de conceito – afirmou Dorival em sua apresentação.

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O atual Flamengo tem como característica a posse de bola. No Brasileirão, o Rubro-Negro é quem tem, em média, a bola nos pés por mais tempo: 56% das partidas. O Grêmio, com 55%, vem logo atrás. O time, comandado por Barbieri em 26 das 27 rodadas, também está entre as equipes que mais trocam passes e tem um aproveitamento de 92,3% no quesito. Os números são do Footstats.

O desafio de Dorival é tornar a posse de bola produtiva. Nas últimas cinco partidas do Campeonato Brasileiro, por exemplo, a equipe da Gávea ficou mais tempo com a bola do que todos adversários e marcou seis gols – foram dois empates, duas vitórias e uma derrota.

A queda na produção está relacionada ao momento dos centroavantes – Henrique Dourado, Uribe e Lincoln -, que não marcam há mais de 45 dias. Uma das mudanças que o treinador deseja é que o time tenha mais profundidade, com chegada à linha de fundo dos pontas e laterais. Serão três treinos para Dorival Júnior aperfeiçoar a equipe visando o duelo contra o Corinthians, na sexta, em São Paulo.

MatériaMais Notícias

Após fechar o treino da véspera da partida contra o Colo-Colo (CHI), o técnico Osmar Loss concedeu entrevista coletiva e deu algumas pistas no Corinthians. O atacante Romero volta à equipe após cumprir suspensão diante do Paraná, no último sábado. Cássio, porém, continua em tratamento de dores no quadril e é dúvida.

– O Cássio continua em tratamento. Achamos por bem não expor as quedas (por isso não treinou em campo nesta terça), vai continuar em tratamento até antes da partida para ele e os médicos falarem qual a situação – disse Loss, antes de ser perguntado sobre a equipe.

– O Ralf joga porque o Gabriel está suspenso, e o Romero retorna à equipe. E paramos por aí – afirmou o treinador.

Loss também falou sobre a decisão de ter antecipado a concentração. Ao contrário do que normalmente acontece no Corinthians, o elenco já ficou hospedado no CT Joaquim Grava desde a antevéspera do jogo.

– Em conversa com diretoria e líderes do elenco, achamos importante nesse momento para mostrar o quanto queremos essa classificação. Deixar a família dois dias, não é cultura no Corinthians isso. Nessa conversa, todos acharam interessante fazer isso para buscar a classificação – declarou.

O Corinthians perdeu o jogo de ida por 1 a 0 e precisa da vitória para avançar. Se ganhar por 1 a 0, a disputa será nos pênaltis. Como na Libertadores há gol qualificado, Loss pediu atenção ao Timão.

– Esse é o grande desafio: conseguir ser ofensivo sem ficar exposto. Deixamos muito claro que temos 90 minutos para fazer um gol e levar para os pênaltis. Não vamos nos desesperar. Esperamos o mais rápido possível, mas é o grande desafio. Atacar o tempo todo sem expor. Tem que ter um time muito compacto e solidário em campo sabendo explorar o que o Colo-Colo oferece – disse Loss.

– Trabalhamos aspectos ofensivos e defensivos. Tentamos demonstrar como o Colo-Colo deve nos marcar. Pelo que analisamos o Colo-Colo, especialmente o nosso contra eles, tem caminhos que devem ser melhores explorados. O jogo mostra. Erra uma, duas ou três, e alguma vai entrar. Um exemplo disso é o gol do Paulinho contra a Sérvia na Copa do Mundo, foram sete ações iguais até sair o gol. Se na primeira ou na segunda o Brasil tivesse parado de fazer o movimento, o gol não ia surgir. Trabalhamos também aspectos defensivos, porque tivemos situações com Paredes e com Barrios que nos incomodaram um pouquinho – acrescentou.

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Corinthians e Colo-Colo se enfrentam nesta quarta-feira, às 21h45, na Arena em Itaquera, pela volta das oitavas de final da Libertadores da América.

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