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Michael Yardy and Ian Blackwell have become the latest international imports for New Zealand’s domestic Twenty20 competition after signing up with Central Districts

ESPNcricinfo staff28-Oct-2010

Michael Yardy and Ian Blackwell have become the latest international imports for New Zealand’s domestic Twenty20 competition after signing up with Central Districts. The Stags are the reigning champions in the HRV Cup and they hope the pair can help them again qualify for the Champions League Twenty20.Central Districts have in the past used the English allrounder Graham Napier, but he was unavailable this season due to a back injury. They are also expecting to be without Jacob Oram for the early part of the tournament, which meant securing a pair of allrounders was high on the agenda before the competition starts on December 2.”We saw first-hand at the Champions League the value of two spinners working in tandem through the middle of an innings,” the coach Alan Hunt said. “In securing two players that can fulfil that role, as well as being powerful top order batsman, I think that we have an ideal balance to our side.”Our young pace bowlers showed considerable promise in South Africa and when we add Mike and Ian to an experienced batting line that includes the likes of Jamie How, Peter Ingram and Mathew Sinclair, we have some very exciting talent.”Yardy, 29, has re-established himself in the shorter formats for England this year but will be available for the whole tournament, as he does not figure in the Ashes campaign. Blackwell, 32, has not played for England since 2006 and he is keen to grab the opportunity for more action outside his home country.”It’s a great opportunity for me to show what I’m capable of outside of England, and I hope we build on last year and qualify for the Champions League again,” Blackwell said. “I’m sure it will be a real test, but it’s one I’m relishing.”Northern Districts scored a coup earlier this month by signing up Herschelle Gibbs, Brad Hodge and David Warner, who will be rotated throughout the event. Wellington have also secured a handy international pair, Brett Lee and Luke Wright, while Ryan ten Doeschate will play for Canterbury.

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O técnico Fábio Carille poupará quase toda a equipe do Corinthians para o jogo contra o Botafogo-SP, neste domingo, às 17h, pela última rodada da fase de grupos. Além de Fagner e Clayson, suspensos, e Jadson, que já seria desfalque por estar pendurado, o Timão também não terá Balbuena e Rodriguinho.

Com isso, o Corinthians vai a campo com: Cássio, Mantuan, Pedro Henrique, Henrique e Sidcley; Gabriel e Maycon; Romero, Mateus Vital, Lucca e Emerson Sheik.

Gabriel retorna à equipe após cumprir suspensão na última quarta-feira contra o Mirassol. Romero também volta depois de ter sido poupado. Além deles, os outros considerados titulares são Cássio e Maycon, que ganhou a posição por conta da lesão de Renê Júnior.

Com os desfalques, o Corinthians terá um estreante no banco de reservas: o zagueiro Carlos Augusto, que atuou como lateral-esquerdo na Copinha deste ano e foi relacionado pela primeira vez com o elenco profissional. Outra novidade será o goleiro Walter, recuperado de lesão muscular na coxa direita sofrida ainda no ano passado.

Corinthians e Botafogo-SP se enfrentam neste domingo, às 17h, em Ribeirão Preto. O Timão tem 20 pontos e já está classificado como primeiro colocado do Grupo A.

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Goleiros: Cássio, Caíque França e Walter;
Laterais: Guilherme Mantuan, Sidcley e Juninho Capixaba;
Zagueiros: Henrique, Pedro Henrique, Léo Santos e Carlos Augusto;
Volantes: Gabriel, Maycon, Ralf e Paulo Roberto;
Meias: Mateus Vital, Danilo e Pedrinho;
Atacantes: Emerson, Júnior Dutra, Lucca, Romero e Kazim.

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Eoin Morgan produced his second superb century in consecutive ODI appearances at the Rose Bowl, before Graeme Swann bamboozled Pakistan’s middle-order

The Bulletin by Andrew Miller at the Rose Bowl22-Sep-2010England 256 for 6 (Morgan 107*, Shoaib 3-40) beat Pakistan 135 (Broad 3-25, Swann 3-26) by 121 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsStuart Broad made the first breakthrough for England by removing Mohammad Hafeez•Getty Images

Eoin Morgan produced his second superb century in consecutive ODI appearances at the Rose Bowl, before Graeme Swann bamboozled Pakistan’s middle-order with another top-class display of offspin, as England signed off for the 2010 season with their sixth consecutive series win across all formats this summer. Despite a strong start in their pursuit of a stiff target of 257, Pakistan’s challenge tailed off into the September night, as Swann and the England seamers overcame a ropey first ten overs to secure a handsome 121-run victory with 13 overs to spare.The victory also secured a hard-fought 3-2 series scoreline, and given all the off-field shenanigans of the past week, with accusations of match-fixing flying like the fists in the Lord’s nets on Monday, that result was especially sweet for an England team who have already vowed to clear their names in court after the inflammatory comments from the chairman of the PCB, Ijaz Butt, in the wake of the third game at The Oval.However, England were made to wrestle for the ascendancy throughout their own innings and for long periods of the reply, before the challenge was effectively snuffed out in Swann’s fifth over, the 28th of Pakistan’s innings. Having already struck with his fifth delivery of the match to bowl Fawad Alam for 1, he followed up with two more in two balls to extract Mohammad Yousuf for 20 and Shahid Afridi for a duck, and came agonisingly close to a hat-trick as Abdul Razzaq propped forward to another tweaker, only for the ball to balloon into the hands of short leg without touching the gloves on the way.Swann finished the match with figures of 3 for 26 in nine overs to take his series tally to 11 in five matches, and he was also responsible for the run-out of Umar Gul, who was called through for a suicidal single as the ball bobbled to short leg, and was beaten to the punch by two feet. The end, when it came, was rapid. Saeed Ajmal succumbed to another lame run-out eight balls later, before the coup de grace was delivered in the same over by Stuart Broad, who had earlier removed Hafeez and the dangerous Asad Shafiq in consecutive deliveries to launch England’s bowling fightback.Swann, however, remained the stand-out bowler. He didn’t concede a single boundary in the course of his night’s work, which was especially noteworthy given the slew of fours with which Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez had launched their night’s work. Between them, they knocked off 11 in nine overs as Pakistan romped to 57 for 0 against some wayward new-ball fare, but thereafter they didn’t reach the ropes until Paul Collingwood was paddled over the shoulder by Umar Akmal in the 33rd over, some 139 balls later. His brother Kamran was Pakistan’s main aggressor with a hard-hitting 41, but with the score on 80 he was adjudged lbw to Luke Wright despite a massive inside-edge onto his pads.The day’s outstanding batsman, however, was Morgan. Against Australia in June, he had announced himself as a one-day cricketer of the highest class by guiding England to victory on this very ground with an unbeaten century, his first in the country after a similarly cool-headed 110 not out in Dhaka back in February. Both of those performances, however, came while batting second. This time, his challenge was to chart an unknown course through some seriously choppy waters, and by the end of the contest, his methodical brilliance could be seen in all its glory.Morgan struck eight fours and a six in the course of his innings, two of which came in the space of three balls from Gul as he accelerated past his fifty from 58 deliveries with a cut past backward point and a pull through square leg. His last 54 runs came from 43 balls, and in the course of his innings he offered just the one clear-cut chance, when Yousuf at long-on back-pedalled towards the rope to take a fine catch over his shoulder, only to throw the ball back into play as he toppled over the boundary’s edge, and ended up turning his ankle in the process.Morgan finished his innings with the sort of flourish that sets the finest one-day batsmen apart from the rest, as he battered Saeed Ajmal for 19 off the final over to bring up his hundred and carry England past 250. But in between whiles, the going for England was much tougher than that. Led by Shoaib, who belied his 35 years to claim 3 for 40 in a furiously wholehearted performance, Pakistan took control of the opening exchanges as England limped to 96 for 3 in 25 overs – literally in Ian Bell’s case, as he required a runner after tweaking his groin mid-innings. To make matters worse, Collingwood was forced to retire on 5 after succumbing to a migraine, and lay down in a darkened room before returning to make a gutsy 47, his best ODI innings in eight attempts.Eoin Morgan was at his best as he struck an unbeaten 107•Getty Images

Amid all this, Morgan was left to guide the tempo of the innings with his nerveless assurance, first in a 93-run stand for the fifth wicket with Collingwood, who survived a massive let-off when Gul nailed him on the pad on 28, and then through his superb eye for an opportunity in the closing overs of the innings, as he and Tim Bresnan snaffled 48 runs in the final four overs.The day started as promisingly for England as it finished, with Strauss winning a vital toss that enabled them to avoid the challenge of chasing under the lights. He then built on that advantage with two fours in Abdul Razzaq’s first over, and though his partner Steve Davies repeated the dose one over later, Mohammad Hafeez lured him out of the crease with his fourth delivery of the day, for Kamran Akmal to complete a simple stumping with his victim not even in the frame.That brought Jonathan Trott out to the middle, Pakistan’s new bête noire following his altercation with Wahab Riaz in the nets at Lord’s, and he was greeted with a raucous chorus of boos from a vocal and passionate Pakistani crowd. After scores of 2 and 4 in his previous two innings of the series, Trott was under pressure from the scoreboard as well as the crowd, but he could do nothing about the ball that eventually did for him. Working up a considerable head of steam for a man who had been labouring with a side strain, Shoaib bowled him through the gate with a glorious nip-backer, to leave England struggling on 46 for 2.One over later, and things got worse for England. Strauss had picked up two fifties and a hundred in his previous four innings of the series, and he showed his eye for an opportunity when he slotted Razzaq over long-on for six – the 22nd of his one-day career, and his 13th this year alone. But Shoaib’s unrelenting line and length soon did for him, as he grazed an edge through to Akmal and trooped off for 25, his lowest ODI score in eight appearances.At the end of the 15 overs of bowling Powerplays, England were awkwardly placed on 59 for 3, whereupon Collingwood – who had already been visited by the physio, Kirk Russell – decided that a darkened room was the best place for him as his migraine kicked in with a vengeance. When Bell went in the groin three overs later, England were facing all manner of problems, but he and Morgan – who made a fine hundred on this ground against Australia in June – dug them out of immediate danger with a measured alliance of 47 in 12 overs. That stand ended when Bell was bowled off the inside-edge by Afridi, but Morgan was only just getting started.

خرج منتخب قطر من حسابات التأهل إلى دور الـ16 من منافسات بطولة كأس العالم 2022 الجارية على أراضيها، ليصبح أول الفرق المودعة للمونديال بشكل رسمي.

وانتهت مباراة هولندا والإكوادور بالتعادل الإيجابي 1-1 مما يعني وصولهما إلى النقطة الرابعة لكل منهما، بجانب السنغال صاحبة الثلاثة نقاط.

وكانت قطر قد تلقيت هزيمتين متتاليتين على يد الإكوادور في افتتاح البطولة العالمية بثنائية نظيفة، ثم الخسارة اليوم أمام السنغال بنتيجة 3-1 ضمن مواجهات الجولة الثانية.

ويتواجد منتخب قطر في المركز الأخير بالمجموعة بدون نقاط، بينما تتصدر هولندا بـ4 نقاط وفي الوصافة الإكوادور بـ4 نقاط أيضًا والسنغال بالمركز الثالث.

طالع | قواعد تحديد المتأهلين إلى دور الـ16 من كأس العالم 2022 في حال التساوي في النقاط بدور المجموعات

وبذلك تصبح قطر هي ثاني منتخب مستضيف للبطولة، يفشل في تخطي دور المجموعات في تاريخ كأس العالم منذ انطلاقها عام 1930، بعد جنوب إفريقيا في نسخة عام 2010، وأول فريق للبلد مضيف في التاريخ يودع المسابقة بعد جولتين فقط.

يذكر، أن قطر ستواجه هولندا في ختام منافستها بالمجموعة مساء الثلاثاء المقبل.

نجح منتخب أستراليا في تحقيق الفوز على نظيره تونس، بهدفٍ دون رد، اليوم السبت، في إطار منافسات الجولة الثانية من دور المجموعات لبطولة كأس العالم، قطر 2022.

ويقع منتخبا تونس وأستراليا ضمن المجموعة الرابعة والتي تضم أيضًا كل من فرنسا والدنمارك.

طالع.. مباشر | ترتيب مجموعة تونس في كأس العالم 2022.. نسور قرطاج يتمسكون بالأمل الأخير

وتعادل نسور قرطاج في الجولة الأولى مع الدنمارك سلبيًا، بينما خسر أستراليا برباعية مُقابل هدف أمام فرنسا.

وتجح منتخب فرنسا في مواصلة صدارة ترتيب المجموعة بالوصول إلى النقطة السادسة وذلك بالفوز على الدنمارك في المباراة التي أقيمت مساء اليوم بهدفين مقابل هدف. ترتيب المجموعة الرابعة في كأس العالم

1 – فرنسا 6 نقاط.

2 – أستراليا 3 نقاط.

3 – الدنمار نقطة.

4 – تونس نقطة.

يمكنكم مطالعة جدول ترتيب مجموعات كأس العالم قطر 2022 محدث باستمرار من هنا

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Em pouco tempo, você vai parar de assistir ao seu time favorito pela TV. Aos poucos, o mercado de vídeos online vem beliscando grande parte de uma das áreas mais tradicionais do mundo: o esporte. E não só os tradicionais vídeos de bastidores ou de vestiários com o que acontece fora do campo ou da quadra. A Internet já está mudando a forma que assistimos aos jogos ao vivo. Acredite, em breve, você também vai substituir a sua televisão pela tela do computador ou do seu smartphone na hora de assistir ao seu time favorito.

Olhando como as ligas esportivas profissionais dos Estados Unidos trabalham com vídeos online e transmissão ao vivo, já é possível ver um pouquinho de como será o futuro dos esportes em plataformas online de distribuição. A NFL, por exemplo, que é a liga do futebol americano, possui uma plataforma própria que funciona como uma espécie de Netflix. O usuário paga uma assinatura pela temporada e tem acesso a todos os jogos ao vivo, além de reprises ilimitados. Inclusive, este serviço já está disponível para fãs brasileiros e europeus.

Outro serviço semelhante, o da NBA, liga de basquete, vai ainda mais além. Permite que o assinante escolha entre pacotes de jogos por mês, por dia e até por time, colocando o torcedor em total controle do que quer assistir e, especialmente, onde assistir. Ou seja, você não precisa mais estar sentado na frente da televisão da sua casa para acompanhar seu esporte favorito, já que pode assistir pelo computador ou celular, e, mais importante ainda, passa a não depender mais da programação de jogos escolhida pelas emissoras de TV. O torcedor é quem decide.

Existem muitos motivos para se apostar em transmissão ao vivo de esportes pela internet. As partidas possuem uma característica que combina perfeitamente com este mercado, já que são melhores assistidas ao vivo e são excelentes para promover interação. E, considerando que estamos na era em que mais se utiliza redes sociais, qual local mais adequado para interagir com pessoas ao redor do mundo do que nessas redes? O casamento é perfeito.

Voltando ao caso dos Estados Unidos, cada vez mais a população mantinha suas TVs a cabo unicamente para acompanhar esportes ao vivo, já que plataformas como a Netflix passaram a suprir praticamente toda demanda de conteúdo como filmes e séries. Com o movimento de passagem dos esportes também para as redes, companhias de TV por assinatura se tornaram cada vez mais desnecessárias. No fim de 2017, quase 22 milhões de americanos já tinham cancelado suas contas de TV a cabo, um aumento de 33% em relação a 2016.

No Brasil, a TV por assinatura está entre as mais caras do mundo, sendo considerada, literalmente, um luxo para a maioria dos brasileiros. Então, se há a possibilidade de transmitir um jogo ao vivo pelo Facebook, por exemplo, a oportunidade é perfeita para atingir milhões de pessoas. Em 2016, o Twitter fechou um contrato de 10 milhões de dólares com NFL pelos direitos de 10 jogos e os transmitiu, de graça, para os usuários da rede. Em 2017, a Amazon venceu a disputa desses direitos oferecendo incríveis 50 milhões de dólares.

E acha que o nosso futebol não está pronto para essa mudança? Em parceria com um canal de TV, o Facebook já transmite cerca de 22 jogos da MLS, principal liga de futebol dos Estados Unidos, e, supostamente, esteve interessado nos direitos de transmissão do campeonato inglês. O trio Facebook, Google e Netflix prometia entrar na briga pela transmissão do futebol da Inglaterra ainda em 2018, tentando superar o contrato de mais de 5 bilhões de libras (cerca de 22 bilhões de reais) de TVs a cabo do país. Já é claro que uma nova era está por vir.

Não só os gigantes das redes sociais e as plataformas de vídeos online estão percebendo o valor da transmissão esportiva pela internet, mas também as ligas oficiais, as federações e até os próprios times. Eles estão procurando novas plataformas de distribuição de seus conteúdos para atingir o maior número de pessoas, criando experiências incríveis para os torcedores, independente das emissoras de TV. E é por isso que te digo com muita convicção: em muito breve, você não estará mais sentado na frente da televisão assistindo ao seu jogo favorito.

*Débora Gomes é produtora de conteúdo na Samba Tech, empresa líder em distribuição de vídeos na América Latina. Apaixonada pelo mundo esportivo e ex-presidente da Associação Atlética Letras-ECI-Belas Artes da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG).

An injury expert has now dropped a ‘hopeful’ Wolves claim involving Ruben Neves.

The Lowdown: Not as serious

Speaking to the media, Bruno Lage revealed that Neves’ injury setback was ‘not as serious’ as they initially expected.

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The Portugal international has been missing since March, but will now be hoping to make a swift recovery in time to play the final few games of the season.

The Latest: Dinnery reacts

Speaking to Football Insider, Ben Dinnery, who runs the Premier Injuries site and has a background in both medicine and data analysis, has claimed that he is still ‘hopeful’ that Neves will return in ‘early to mid-May’, despite this ‘new info’ from Lage:

“My understanding initially hasn’t changed a great deal even with this new info.

“We’re talking about an MCL here. The indication that it was a grade two.

“I was working on the premise that we could maybe see a return around early to mid-May. I am still fairly hopeful that is the case.

“It happened against Leeds. He tried to continue but he couldn’t. He then went out to Portugal for some rehab and recovery.

“The target was always going to be around game week 35. I think there is a strong possibility that he’ll play again this season somewhere around there.”

The Verdict: Big boost

The fact that Neves’ injury is not as serious as previously expected, and that he could return for the last few matches of the campaign, is certainly a big boost for the Midlands club.

He currently ranks as their fourth-best performer in the Premier League so far, scoring four goals and making two assists, while also picking up two man-of-the-match awards (WhoScored).

The 25-year-old also ranks highly among his teammates in terms of average tackles, interceptions, shots, passes, long and through balls per game (WhoScored), and will clearly be an important player for them if they are to finish the season strongly, and potentially challenge for a European place.

In other news, find out which ‘electric’ star the Wanderers now ‘want’ to sign here!

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As saídas de Anderson Martins e Madson do Vasco e a lesão de Ramon desfiguraram a defesa da equipe no início de 2018. Isso fez a torcida ficar preocupada pela Conmebol Libertadores que vinha pela frente. Após três jogos na competição, entretanto, o cenário é o melhor possível: nenhum gol sofrido. Nesta quarta-feira, às 21h45, em Sucre, na Bolívia, contra o Jorge Wilstermann, esse dado irá influenciar bastante. O site do LANCE! transmite em tempo real.

A altitude de 2.810 metros da cidade que receberá a partida que decidirá o classificado para a fase de grupos na Libertadores, aliada com a goleada por 4 a 0 no jogo de ida sobre o Wilstermann na semana passada em São Januário, justificam esse pensamento. Paulão e Ricardo, titulares nesta quarta-feira, farão o papel de segurar a defesa.

Mesmo com a vantagem de poder perder por até três gols de diferença para se chegar à fase de grupos da Libertadores, o Vasco quer manter esta escrita de defesa invicta. E mais que isso: sem perder a ênfase ofensiva. Nos três jogos, além de nenhum gol sofrido, foram dez marcados. O meia Evander comentou sobre o desejo de seguir a fase.

– O grupo todo tem assimilado bem o que o Zé Ricardo passa. Estamos vivendo uma grande fase e não queremos sair dela. Está todo mundo bem situado nisso, estamos tentando manter a maior humildade possível para permanecer nessa fase por um bom tempo – afirmou.

Com as adversidades superadas na defesa formada hoje por Martin Silva, Yago Pikachu, Paulão, Ricardo e Henrique, o Vasco entra em campo para seguir fazendo história. O ano de 2018 começou com a defesa do Cruz-Maltino da melhor forma na Libertadores e nas alturas de Sucre vai na busca da vaga para se firmar de vez para a sequência da temporada internacional.

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Powerful half-centuries from David Hussey and Chris Read set Nottinghamshire on their way to a comfortable 75-run victory over Scotland in their ClydesdaleBank 40 meeting today

08-Aug-2010
ScorecardPowerful half-centuries from David Hussey and Chris Read set Nottinghamshire on their way to a comfortable 75-run victory over Scotland in their ClydesdaleBank 40 meeting today.After coming together in the 24th over with the score at 116 for 4, the pairput on 89 for the fifth wicket with Hussey smashing 80 from 67 balls, includingtwo sixes and six fours, before being caught on the midwicket boundary. Read also hit two maximums and six boundaries in his 69 not out from 50 balls as the hosts finished on 260 for 5, having added 115 in the last 10 overs.Despite a bright start, Scotland never looked like overhauling their target andwere bowled out for 185 in the 39th over, with former England all-rounder PaulFranks taking 3 for 22.Having won the toss and chosen to bat, Nottinghamshire skipper Read would nothave been impressed to see his top three batsmen all back in the pavilion insidethe first 11 overs as they stumbled to 51 for 3. Young seamer Matthew Parker picked up the first two wickets, removing Alex Hales lbw in the second over of the match before Matt Wood drove straight to midwicket.Gordon Drummond then removed Ali Brown lbw with his third ball before Husseycombined with Samit Patel to steady the ship with a partnership of 65 in 13overs.Patel eventually fell, clipping off-spinner Majid Haq to midwicket for 48, andHussey and Read then stepped up the pressure with some big hits in the battingpowerplay, Gordon Goudie coming in for particular punishment.Scotland’s opening pair of Fraser Watts and Preston Mommsen began confidentlyand were ahead of their opponents’ score after nine overs before Mommsentop-edged an attempted pull off Franks to be caught by wicketkeeper Read.That was the first of four wickets to fall in five overs, halting the momentumof the Saltires, with George Bailey, Richie Berrington and Watts all falling inquick succession. Former England international Gavin Hamilton was caught on the boundary trying to raise the tempo and the Scots were never able to get back on top of therequired run-rate.Moneeb Iqbal made 31 and Dougie Lockhart top-scored with 37 before handing20-year-old Notts all-rounder Scott Elstone a wicket on his CB40 debut, holingout on the boundary, with the match wrapped up by a run-out.Second-placed Notts will face Group C leaders Warwickshire on Thursday in acrunch floodlit match, with the winners in a strong position to claim top spotand qualify for the semi-finals.

أكد رودري أن منتخب بلاده إسبانيا سيحاول الفوز بكأس العالم 2022 في قطر، وتحدث عن المفضلين للقب.

ويستعد منتخب إسبانيا لمواجهة الأردن غدًا الخميس في مباراة ودية للتحضير لكأس العالم، وتحدث رودري خلال مؤتمر صحفي خاص بالمباراة.

وقال لاعب مانشستر سيتي: “لقد جئنا للتحضير لكأس العالم، وسنحاول الفوز به، ونفعل ذلك بهذه المباراة، وهي طريقة جيدة للتحضير لمواجهة كوستاريكا”. 

وأضاف: “كأس العالم مختلفة لأننا نتنافس مع أشخاص لم نعتد عليهم، سيكون هناك صدام بين الأساليب وعلينا التركيز على تطوير كرة القدم لدينا، ويمكن أن تكون جميع الفرق خطيرة بأسلحتها”.

وعن المفضلين للقب المونديال، أشار رودري:  “من الواضح أنه إذا تحدثنا عن الأفراد، فهناك فرق قوية جدًا، ولكن بشكل جماعي لم يثبت أي منها أنها فوق البقية”.

وأكمل: “أعتقد أننا الفريق الأوروبي الأكثر تواجدًا، رغم أننا نفتقر إلى هذه الخطوة الصغيرة للفوز البطولة”.

واستطرد رودري: “لا يوجد منافس بارز، نحن نركز على أنفسنا، نفضل عدم الذهاب كمرشحين لأننا لسنا كذلك، لم ننجح في الفوز في السنوات الأخيرة”.

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وعن كأس العالم السابقة في روسيا، أردف: “كانت هناك اختلافات، لقد كانوا لاعبين أثبتوا أنهم يتمتعون بخبرة أكبر، ولم تسر الأمور بالطريقة التي أردناها، أتاح لي كأس العالم تلك الخبرة وستساعد على مواجهة كأس العالم هذا بأفضل طريقة”.

وعن المنافسة بينه وبين بوسكيتس، أكد رودري: “إنه قرار المدير الفني، إذا سألتني عن رأيي فنحن لاعبان عظيمان ويمكننا اللعب معًا واللاعبون الأذكياء يفهمون بعضهم البعض في الملعب، ويمكننا الفوز في العديد من الجوانب”.

وأتم: “أنا مقتنع بأنه ستكون هناك مراحل البطولة التي سيستخدمها المدير الفني، مع بوسكيتس وتشابي ألونسو فزنا بكأس العالم (عام 2010)”.