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Ahead of his final game against Real Madrid on Sunday, a look at some of his highlights over the years in the famous fixture

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  1Time to say goodbye

  Sunday's Clasico clash against Real Madrid at Camp Nou will be Iniesta's last as he prepares to leave the Catalan club this summer. Providing he can shake off a knock, the midfielder will feature in the famous fixture for the 38th time. He has won 16, drawn nine and lost 12 so far and will be eager to sign off with one last victory against Barca's biggest rivals.

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  2Ovation from Real Madrid fans in 4-0 victory

  Iniesta scored with a superb strike, blasting home a right-footed shot into the top corner after he was set up by a Neymar back-heel. That was the third goal in a memorable 4-0 win for Luis Enrique's side and Andres (who also assisted one of the goals that night) was given a standing ovation from the Madrid fans after he was substituted in the 77th minute. Diego Maradona and Ronaldinho were the only previous Barca players to be afforded that honour at the Bernabeu.

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  3Another goal in 4-3 win in Madrid

  Iniesta scored again in a 4-3 win for Barcelona against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu in 2013-14, smashing home with a left-footed shot after another perfect pass from Messi. The Argentine scored a hat-trick, including two penalties, as Tata Martino's men claimed victory in a seven-goal thriller.

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  4First Clasico goal and another trophy

  Iniesta had to wait until his 21st Clasico to score in the famous fixture (in 2011). But like most of his goals, it was an important one as it helped Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-2 in the Spanish Supercopa and lift the trophy after the two teams had drawn 2-2 in the first leg. Andres latched onto a pass from Messi and chipped the ball over international team-mate Iker Casillas to convert in a game that saw Cesc Fabregas make his debut and Jose Mourinho poke Barca assistant Tito Vilanova in the eye after the final whistle.

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Gabriel Barbosa é o novo “Rei da América”. Na pesquisa do tradicional diário “El País”, do Uruguai, o camisa 9 do Flamengo recebeu 45% dos votos e levou mais um prêmio em 2019. Em 2019, o atacante foi o artilheiro da Copa Libertadores e decisivo na conquista do Rubro-Negro, com os dois gols na decisão diante do River Plate, da Argentina, por exemplo. Ao todo, foram nove gols no torneio.

Foram 372 jornalistas consultados pelo “El País” na 34ª edição do prêmio. O pódio foi composto por outros jogadores rubro-negros: o atacante Bruno Henrique, com 22% dos votos, e o meia De Arrascaeta, com 11% dos votos.

Entre os técnicos, o mais votado foi Marcello Gallardo, treinador do River Plate e vice-campeão da Libertadores neste ano. O Muñeco levou o prêmio pela segunda temporada consecutiva: em 2018, os Millionários foram campeões.

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Com 45% dos votos, Gabigol foi eleito o "Rei da América" na eleição do tradicional diário 'El País', do Uruguai.

Não poderia ser diferente: o camisa 9 do Flamengo foi o artilheiro e fez dois gols na decisão da Libertadores.

372 jornalistas foram consultados. #lanceFLA pic.twitter.com/VBJO4jB7KU

— Matheus Dantas (@matheusdantasfr) December 31, 2019

Além de Gabigol, Bruno Henrique e Arrascaeta, outros cinco jogadores de clubes brasileiros foram lembrados na votação: Everton (Grêmio), Dani Alves (São Paulo), Soteldo (Santos), Filipe Luís (Flamengo) e Guerrero (Internacional).

O time ideal foi escalado com Armani (River Plate);Rafinha (Flamengo),Rodrigo Caio (Flamengo),Pinola (River) eFilipe Luís (Flamengo);Enzo Pérez (River), Nacho Fernández (River) e Arrascaeta (Flamengo);Everton (Grêmio),Bruno Henrique (Flamengo) eGabigol (Flamengo), além do técnico Gallardo (River).

Confira a lista completa abaixo:

Gabriel Barbosa / Brasil / 168 votos (45%)
– Bruno Henrique / Brasil / 83 (22%)
– G. De Arrascaeta / Uruguay / 40 (11%)
– Ignacio Fernández / Argentina / 25 (8%)
– Enzo Pérez / Argentina / 21 (5%)
– Éverton Sousa / Brasil / 9 (2%)
– Roque Santa Cruz / Paraguay / 5 (1%)
– Nicolás De La Cruz / Uruguay / 4 (1%)
– Rafael Santos Borré / Colombia / 3 (1%)
– Dani Alves / Brasil / 2 (0.5%)
– Yeferson Soteldo / Venezuela / 2 (0.5%)
– Filipe Luis / Brasil / 1 (0.3%)
– Franco Armani / Argentina / 1 (0.3%)
– Carlos Vela / México / 1 (0.3%)
– Paolo Guerrero / Perú / 1 (0.3%)
– Jorge Pinos / Ecuador / 1 (0.3%)
– Germán Cano / Argentina / 1 (0.3%)
– Rodolfo Pizarro / Argentina / 1 (0.3%)
– Juan F. Quintero / Colombia / 1 (0.3%)
– Franco Armani / Argentina / 1 (0.3%)
– André Pierre Gignac / Francia / 1 (0.3%)

Kevin Pietersen, skippering St Lucia Zouks in the Caribbean Premier League while the Investec Ashes takes place without him, is exploring opportunities as a freelance batting consultant

Peter Miller10-Jul-2015As the Ashes takes shape in Cardiff, Kevin Pietersen is 4500 miles away playing for the St Lucia Zouks in the Caribbean Premier League. While his thoughts on all things English cricket are well worn enough to be known by every fan of the sport worldwide, it is rare to hear Pietersen talk about his experiences as a travelling T20 batsman, how the format is evolving and where the shortest format sits in relation to the Test game.By Pietersen’s own admission he can live without fielding, but the art of batsmanship still excites him. As he reaches the end of his playing career – he celebrated his 35th birthday last month – he says is duty bound to pass on what he has learned.”Your responsibility when you finish is to hand over your knowledge and that is what I have been doing a hell of a lot,” he said. “I did it at Big Bash, I’ve done it at the IPL and I am doing it here at the CPL and it is just amazing.Pietersen takes pleasure when he hears his Zouks team-mate, Andre Fletcher, and others like him, describe him as a role model.”I had a wonderful opportunity working with him last year and adding a hundred and whatever stand the other day against Barbados Tridents batting together. It is just so cool that you can spend time with youngsters like that and grow people’s games and make people feel a lot more confident about the job that they are doing.”When Pietersen does call time on his career he says he is attracted to the role of batting consultant. He says discussions are under way although he would not be drawn on with whom. What he is very clear about is that when he does give up playing he is not interested in a coaching role in the year-round slog that is international cricket.”There are so many other things going on with business and my life that I can never, ever commit to being on the road 24/7 as a coach of an international team. There is no chance: that is not something that I am interested in. But I would be interested in speaking – and I have been speaking to some set-ups – about doing consultancy work which brings me in for a few weeks at a time and helps out with young batters.”Despite having played 127 Twenty20 matches all over the world, Pietersen says he is still learning, and that the process of information-sharing with young batsmen teaches him as much about his game as it does them about theirs.

“You can spend a day on a boat, you can go play golf. You can go and party. You can spend a lot of time with friends. You’ve got the freedom to be yourself”

“Absolutely, you never, ever stop learning. And it is amazing that when you go and spend time with a youngster it just brings back memories of how you played and it also brings back simple techniques that you may have forgotten about and you think ‘I can actually do that now’. I have started doing some of the drills that I have taught others to do.”It is amazing that you think you know everything but that is when you come unstuck in our great game. The stuff that you might have forgotten and you take for granted when you are teaching somebody younger than you and learning the ropes, it brings back brilliant memories and simple basic techniques that you need to perform.”Pietersen is wary of comparing the different franchise tournaments that have popped up around the world, but it is interesting to hear how the events in Australia and the West Indies differ from the IPL. But it seems that the CPL’s reputation for freedom is well earned.”I don’t like comparing the competitions because they all bring positives to the domestic structure, but, yes, there is a lot more freedom at the CPL. It is similar to the Big Bash where you do whatever you want.”You can go out, you can spend a day on a boat, you can go play golf. You can go and party. You can spend a lot of time with friends. You’ve got the freedom to be yourself. Obviously in the IPL it is a lot more strict. I wasn’t there this year but it seems from all reports that it was pretty much ring-fenced and sort of closed off which players don’t like.”Speaking of the Big Bash, Pietersen says that playing in Australia when it isn’t an Ashes contest could not be more different.”Of course, it is hugely different. My relationship with the Australian public now is an amazing one because I am part of the Australian family in terms of the Melbourne Stars, the commentary stints that I did there, and just being about to play as a local in their local league, growing their league, growing their franchises and being attached to something that the Australians take to over a great period of the year.”I have always loved Australia, but obviously in the heat of an Ashes battle it is quite different, but being part of a franchise and having a home in Australia it is totally different.”I had such a positive reception whenever I walked out to bat, if I was commentating, if I was on the boundary, It was totally, totally different. I don’t think they saw me as just a pom, I think they saw me as someone who was there to entertain, somebody who was there to encourage the franchise system, somebody who was there to positively influence the game in Australia.”Pietersen has recently been made captain of his CPL side with the news that Darren Sammy will miss the rest of the tournament with a fractured hand. His association with T20 cricket and the franchises it has spawned grows year on year. Despite this he says Test cricket should remain the way that players are judged.”I think in terms of the not too distant future you will see guys definitely picking T20 ahead of 50-over cricket. I think that the guys that play Test cricket and have great careers in Test cricket are duty bound to talk positively about Test cricket because no one cares about your numbers in T20 cricket, no one cares about your numbers in one-day cricket.”People do care and your true test of character and your judgement amongst your peers is on your Test cricketing ability, not how you whack a little spinner or medium pacer in a franchise tournament.”It is how you deal with Test conditions. That is when you get tested – in Test match cricket – and that is where you are ranked by your peers. When you walk around the breakfast room of a hotel you don’t get judged on your T20 numbers you get judged on your Test numbers.”

علّق أوناي إيمري، المدير الفني لفريق أستون فيلا، على فوزهم في مباراة اليوم ضد آرسنال في بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

وفاز أستون فيلا ضد آرسنال، على ملعب “فيلا بارك” بهدف دون رد في الجولة السادسة عشر من البطولة.

ويُعد ذلك الفوز هو الثاني على التوالي لـ أستون فيلا، في بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي، بعدما انتصر في الجولة الماضية ضد مانشستر سيتي بالنتيجة نفسها.

وقال إيمري في تصريحات نشرتها شبكة “بي بي سي” العالمية: “أنا سعيد للغاية، كانت مباراة صعبة، كنا نعاني من التعب، لكننا بدأنا المباراة بشكل جيد، لقد فرضوا نفسهم على أرض الملعب، لكن حارس مرمانا كان مذهلًا”.

وأضاف: “لقد حاولنا الدفاع والاحتفاظ بالكرة لفترة أطول مما فعلنا، لقد تنافسنا وحصلنا على ثلاث نقاط رائعة في أسبوع صعب، يجب أن نكون سعداء ولكن أيضًا نحافظ على التوازن”.

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وعن تحقيق 15 فوزًا متتاليًا في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز في ملعبهم، أجاب: “لم أحقق هذا أبدًا، ولن أفعل ذلك مرة أخرى في مستقبلي كمدرب، لكن علينا أن نحاول أن نفهم أننا نتنافس بشكل جيد والتحدي التالي سيكون شيفيلد يونايتد، هذه مباراة صعبة أخرى”.

وفيما يتعلق بطموحات المنافسة المحتملة على اللقب، أوضح: “سأتحدث مرة أخرى عندما نكون في المباراة رقم 30-32، وإذا كنا في نفس الوضع الآن، فربما أستطيع التحدث عن ذلك”.

واستمر: “نحن لسنا منافسين، إنها المباراة 16 فقط، نحن في الأربعة الأوائل ويجب أن نحاول الحفاظ على ذلك، الأمر صعب، نحن لا نسيطر على المباريات كما نحن هنا”.

واختتم: “نريد أن نكون ضمن الفرق الثمانية الأولى لكن الكثير من الفرق تريد أن تكون هناك، في البداية كانت هناك سبعة فرق كبرى لكننا سنقاتل من أجل البقاء هناك، يمكننا أن نكون متحمسين وراغبين في تحقيق ذلك”.

ScorecardFile photo – Doug Bollinger’s 5 for 57 was his third first-class five-wicket haul of the past 12 months•Getty Images

Doug Bollinger ran through Tasmania to deliver an innings victory for New South Wales on the final day of their Sheffield Shield match in Hobart. Bollinger collected 5 for 57 as the Tigers were skittled for 213 in their second innings, falling 91 runs short of making the Blues bat again after Peter Nevill’s double-century pushed them to 576 on the third day.Tasmania started the morning on 1 for 139 and seemingly in a good position to play for a draw, but instead lost 9 for 65 and did not even make it halfway through the day. The problems began when opener Jordan Silk was caught behind off Bollinger for 71, and was followed by Dom Michael, who was lbw for a second-ball duck.Stand-in captain Alex Doolan was lbw for 42 to Steve O’Keefe, who also picked up Jonathan Wells cheaply. Bollinger and Nathan Lyon then ran through the rest of the order, Bollinger finishing with his third first-class five-wicket haul of the past 12 months, and Lyon ending up with 2 for 24.