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Os jogadores do Palmeiras fizeram uma caça na manhã desta sexta-feira a Róger Guedes. Com gritos de “o terror vem aí e não adianta nem chorar”, os atletas cobraram uma aposta do atacante, que fugiu para o estacionamento, escondeu-se atrás das placas de publicidade no gramado e aqueceu distante dos companheiros. Antes do início do treino técnico, porém, uma nova busca desta vez deixou o camisa 23 sem escapatória.

Ele foi conduzido de volta ao campo, e sob os olhares da comissão técnica os atletas puxaram um canto de “parabéns a você”. O camisa 23 gritou em resposta: “aniversário é o c…!”, já que ele nasceu em 2 de outubro. Mesmo assim, recebeu ovada, foi amarrado e deixou o gramado todo sujo. Ele voltou minutos depois e participou do trabalho no campo.

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-É um grupo de alto astral, sabe quando brincar e quando fazer a coisa séria. Eles têm as apostas deles e pegaram um. Importante que depois o treino foi sério e conseguimos o que queríamos – afirmou Eduardo Baptista, antes de citar o líder da brincadeira:

-Hoje o Zé Roberto mostrou a cara dele (risos). Na hora de brincar ele é o líder, por trás ele direciona tudo. Dá para ver bem nas brincadeiras (risos) – completou o comandante.

Não é o primeiro trote aplicado pelo elenco neste mês. Vinicius Silvestre, terceiro goleiro do Palmeiras, também foi “atacado” por não ter comparecido a um churrasco do grupo.

Guedes não jogou contra o Peñarol por conta de um desconforto muscular, mas já está recuperado. Ele é uma opção para o jogo de domingo, contra a Ponte Preta, pela semifinal do Campeonato Paulista.

Glasgow Rangers defender Leon Balogun has hit out at the Nigerian Football Federation, claiming they are not giving the country’s team the best possible chance of success.

The Lowdown: Nigeria struggling

Balogun, who was born in Berlin, Germany, has 36 caps for Nigeria throughout his career.

The Super Eagles are currently not at their best, however – they have won just two of their last nine matches in all competitions, with their last clash a 4-0 defeat to Mexico (flashscore.com).

The Latest: Balogun speaks out

Speaking on The Beautiful Game podcast, Balogun hit out at the organisation. He said:

“We are not being provided with the best to do our job. It starts with pitches, or it starts with accommodation, but it goes on to the pitches and all these kinds of things.

“If you want to see us soar, then you need to make sure back home in Nigeria we have the best possibilities. Why don’t we have a base in Nigeria, where we meet up like St. George’s Park in England. We don’t have something like that.

“Then you’ve spoken of unpaid bonuses. It’s not a secret even, and then I have read something recently when people in charge, they contradict themselves said things have been paid, then they admit they haven’t been paid.”

The Verdict: Frustration

You can understand Balogun’s frustration. Nigeria are one of African football’s powerhouses, having won the African Cup of Nations on three occasions. Their recent record, though, is worrying, although it is not yet a disaster, but they are clearly not being given the best chances of success.

That will be in contrast to the situation at club level. The Gers are current Premiership champions and have a chance of competing in the Champions League group stages this season. Balogun, hailed as “excellent” by Alan Hutton last term, is likely to play a big part of that.

The Ibrox outfit look settled and ready for all that comes their way – Nigeria, clearly, are not quite at that level.

In other news, Rangers fans were livid at these comments on Alfredo Morelos.

Ian Mearns has questioned the Premier League after Newcastle United released a statement with regards to their upcoming arbitration case.

The Lowdown: Arbitration statement

The St. James’ Park have recently released a statement on their official website asking for the arbitration process to be made public.

However, this can only occur if the top flight agree to it as well, otherwise the process will remain behind closed doors.

In what can be described as bullish terms, the North East club also claimed that they have ‘nothing to hide’ with regards to the process, and even suggested that the Premier League should have ‘no reason to be afraid of the public spotlight’, providing that they have acted ‘lawfully and properly’, and therefore should be wanting to make it public too.

The Latest: Mearns on statement

Speaking to The Chronicle, Mearns, who is the local MP for Gateshead, has claimed that public transparency would be ‘very welcome’ from the perspective of the top flight, unless ‘they have something to hide’.

He was also critical of Mike Ashley for being ‘absolutely hypocritical’ in the statement, as he is asking for more transparency and as such for the case to be made public, but he is ‘never particularly positive or communicative with fans’.

The Verdict: Make case public

If both parties are equally as confident of getting a positive result from the arbitration hearing, then there should be no reason at all not to make the case public.

The Tyneside club have already claimed that they have ‘nothing to hide’ in their statement, and so the top flight should be following suit if that is true for them as well.

Nonetheless, whether the process remains confidential or is opened to the public, the results of the forthcoming proceedings will give a much better picture of the direction of where the takeover is heading, and if it goes in the favour of the Magpies, then the process could well be accelerated, much to the joy of the Toon Army.

In other news, find out how Mehrdad Ghodoussi has reacted to the statement here!

KV Mechelen are hopeful of signing Celtic winger Marian Shved once more and the 23-year-old is reportedly keen on that happening, according to Belgian outlet HLN.

The Lowdown: Celtic gear up for 2021/22 campaign

Moving into 2021/22, it will be fascinating to see how new Hoops manager Ange Postecoglou reshuffles the pack as he looks to cultivate a squad capable of challenging for domestic silverware.

As a new era dawns at Celtic Park, much mystery still surrounds the remnants of the previous regime. One of those uncertain of his future at the club in recent times has been Shved, who spent the 2020/21 season on loan at Mechelen.

Could he be set to extend his stay in Belgium following recent developments?

The Latest: Shved keen on returning to Mechelen

The Daily Record reported last month that the Belgian Pro League outfit are set to approach the Glasgow giants over prolonging Shved’s loan spell as manager Wouter Vrancken went on record stating his desire to re-sign the Ukrainian, stating: “We have two loan players – Marian Shved and Ferdy Druijf – who have told us that they want to stay here next season too. So we have to see what Celtic and AZ say about it and try to come to an agreement with them.

On Monday, HLN reported that Vrancken hopes to have the aforementioned duo back at Mechelen next term. The manager commented: “They are eager to come back to play for us, but we are waiting for an agreement at club level. If they come in, then we are in very good shape for this season.”

The Verdict: Shved should extend his loan stint at Mechelen

Intriguingly, Celtic could use a player of the 23-year-old’s profile heading into a fresh campaign at Parkhead.

Excelling in Belgium circa 2020/21, Shved has managed to make 24 appearances for the AFAS Stadium inhabitants registering eight goal contributions; five goals and three assists [Transfermarkt].

Demonstrating his fearlessness in front of target, he had an average of 1.8 shots per 90 minutes across the calendar year [WhoScored]

Despite these promising signs, the former Sevilla winger needs to be partaking in regular football in what is a crucial stage of his career whether in Scotland or further afield. During his time with the Celts, Shved has only made featured three times scoring once [Transfermarkt].

If they can attract the ideal architype of positional replacement for Shved, Celtic should sanction another season-long loan deal to KV Mechelen to continue his footballing development.

In other news, Celtic are interested in an ambitious swoop for a Serie A midfielder.

New Zealand’s leading cricket coaches will have the benefit of the experiences of former Australian internationals Dean Jones and Peter Philpott next week.The pair will be at Lincoln University for the Level III coaches course being organised by New Zealand Cricket’s coaching department, and for the annual first-class coaches conference.Philpott, will be at Lincoln all week while Jones will take part in the latter part of the week.Philpott is coming over with a brief to talk about why there is a dearth of spin bowling in the world and what needs to be done to have spin bowling get more recognition.Jones, one of the finest one-day batsmen of all-time will speak to coaches about where one-day cricket is now and where it will be in five years and what do New Zealand coaches have to put in place to make sure they can be up with the changes.Jones will be working specifically with New Zealand’s first-class coaches at the course, while Philpott will be working with both groups.

Many Wolves fans have been left to flock to a big transfer update on Joao Moutinho.

As per Grada 3, Jorge Mendes has offered Valencia the opportunity to sign the central midfield player on a free transfer in the summer window.

Moutinho did not exactly have his best season, scoring just one goal and supplying one assist in 36 matches in total across all competitions (Transfermarkt).

Some Midlands club supporters grew more frustrated with some of his displays towards the end of the 2020/21 term, most notably against Tottenham Hotspur and Everton.

However, the Molineux outfit should at least be trying to get some form of a transfer fee for who is still a decorated player currently with the Portugal national team in Euro 2020 and looking to make an impact on the tournament.

Wolves fans on Moutinho transfer update

These WWFC fans seemed split over the transfer update on Moutinho as it was shared on Twitter:

“Thanks for the memories but it’s time to go!”

Credit: @WolvesBlogger1

“Makes sense to free up his wages”

Credit: @gricey88

“Rip his contract up”

Credit: @kevsta123

“Free? Looool”

Credit: @wwfcglover

“Who will we have left?!”

Credit: @AlanDavis1893

“Numpties if they do!”

Credit: @SmithShakesp

In other news, find out which ‘excellent’ Euro 2020 ace Wolves are eyeing here!

A major update has emerged on about Rangers target midfielder Billy Gilmour and it’s not great news for Steven Gerrard, who was keen to entice the Scottish star to Ibrox.

What’s the talk?

According to The Guardian, Rangers are set to miss out on a deal for Billy Gilmour as the Scotland international is closing in on a transfer to Norwich from Chelsea. Gilmour is poised to join the Canaries on a season-long loan deal, with a medical ready to take place after his period of isolation ends next week.

The BBC reported earlier this week that Rangers are interested in bringing Gilmour back to the club on loan. Although, their report did state that Gilmour would prefer to join a Premier League club over moving back to Scotland.

Rangers boss Steven Gerrard once lavished praise on the “fabulous” Gilmour after Rangers were linked with a move for him previously. He said:

“I think he’s pretty settled at Chelsea. Fabulous little player but there’s been no contact.”

Gerrard will be gutted

Steven Gerrard will be gutted by this news as it appears to rule out any chance Rangers have of signing Gilmour for the upcoming season.

With Norwich seemingly on the verge of wrapping up a swoop for Gilmour, Rangers may now need to look elsewhere for midfield recruits.

The Rangers boss is clearly a fan of the midfielder, given his comments on Gilmour. Gerrard labeled him as a fabulous player and this suggests that the former Liverpool man would have loved to have him at Ibrox next season, which is why he will be frustrated by Norwich seemingly winning the race for his signature.

However, it is difficult to blame Gilmour for wanting to play regular football at Premier League level, where Chelsea can gauge how good he is in the same division that they compete in, as it could give him a chance to show Thomas Tuchel that he belongs in the Blues’ first-team in the future.

The £43k-per-week dynamo has caught the eye recently with Man of the Match awards for Chelsea and Scotland, with the midfielder winning the award on his Premier League, FA Cup and European Championships debuts.

This shows that he has the quality on the pitch to warrant the hype and it highlights why he would have been an excellent signing for Rangers.

Missing out on Gilmour will be a blow for Rangers and Gerrard will be disappointed that the club have been unable to snap him up ahead of Norwich.

AND in other news, Wilson must seal Rangers swoop for “flying” £80k-p/w dynamo after major admission…

Manchester United’s hopes of Europa League glory were ended in dramatic fashion as Villarreal triumphed 11-10 in a thrilling penalty shootout.

After Gerard Moreno put the La Liga outfit ahead, connecting with a well-taken Dani Parejo free-kick, United struggled to break down their organised and compact opponents.

The Yellow Submarines had been well-drilled by former Arsenal boss Unai Emery, but a deflected shot fell kindly into Edinson Cavani’s path early in the second half for the Uruguay international to slot into an unguarded net.

However, the Red Devils failed to build any momentum on the back of their fortuitous equaliser, and in a game lacking in quality where only three shots on target were recorded, the game meandered through extra time without any incident of note.

After 20 successful penalties from both teams, it was down to the respective goalkeepers to decide the tie, and after Geronimo Rulli cooly tucked his spot-kick into the top corner, the Argentine keeper got down low to keep David de Gea’s tame effort out and a lot of focus post-match has been on De Gea’s performance.

Whilst questions can be asked of De Gea’s shootout showing, it’s hard to pin all the blame for the loss on him. No United player covered themself in glory bar the impressive Scott McTominay, although one man, in particular, let his teammates and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer down with an extremely underwhelming performance.

As per SofaScore, Marcus Rashford won just six of his 19 duels on Wednesday evening, epitomising his desperately poor showing in Gdansk.

The lightweight display meant the Old Trafford outfit struggled to keep hold of the ball in the attacking third of the pitch, with him often losing out to a Villarreal defender before any meaningful progress had been made and allowed the Spanish side to regain possession far too easily.

Rashford has had a fairly impressive season for his boyhood club, scoring 21 goals and providing 15 assists for his teammates in all competitions, yet the £76.5m-rated forward (as per Transfermarkt) was unable to find his best form in the biggest game of the campaign.

The England international is often very effective at dragging his team up the pitch and creating havoc with his direct nature and dazzling dribbling, but even that side of his game let him down in midweek.

Only three of Rashford’s nine attempted dribbles were successful as attack after attack was broken down with the ball at the 23-year-old’s feet.

We’re sure the young winger will come back stronger next season for his shocking experience in this European final, but it was certainly a night to forget for Rashford and on a night where he was needed to stand up and be counted, Rashford was a shadow of himself and he let his manager down with his poor showing.

And, in other news…James Cooper drops huge Man Utd transfer claim that’ll surely have fans buzzing 

Pakistan Women beat the favourites Holland by one wicket in a cliff-hanger of a match, played under lights at Karachi’s National Stadium, to take a 1-0 lead in the seven match series

Mahmood Ahmad09-Apr-2001Pakistan Women beat the favourites Holland by one wicket in a cliff-hanger of a match, played under lights at Karachi’s National Stadium, to take a 1-0 lead in the seven match series. However, it was wayward bowling by the Dutch women more than anything else that led to their own demise. Failing to get their line and length right, they gave away 66 extras, of which 45 came in wides.Requiring 157 in the allotted 50 overs, Pakistan Women struggled initially, losing wickets at regular intervals. However, Sajjida Shah, the 12-year-old middle-order batswoman, kept her cool in these adverse circumstances and saw her side home safely.She added 50 for the 6th wicket with Khursheed Jabeen (16) to take the side to 137 by the 41st over. However, at this juncture the visitors seemed to be running away with the match, taking four Pakistani wickets for the addition of just eight runs.Huda Ziad (1*) safely saw off the remaining overs from one end, whereas the valiant Sajjida kept scoring from the other, until the target was reached on the second ball of the last over bowled by Rambaldo.Sajjida remained unbeaten on 28 (from 112 balls). Apart from her, Kiran Baluch and Rabia Khan contributed 15 each and the opener Zehmurad Afzal made 10.For Holland, Salomons bowled really tidily giving away just 13 runs in her 10 overs, claiming three wickets. Rambaldo took two wickets for 34, while van Leeuwen, Jharap, and Koster took one wicket apiece.Earlier, the Pakistan bowlers did well to contain their Dutch counterparts to 156 for 8 in their 50 overs. Sticking to a tight line and length, they allowed minimum liberty to the Dutch to play shots. That’s why, apart from the 34 extras, only two batswomen could take their personal scores past 20. Pauline te Beest remained the top scorer in the upper order, getting 20 off 41 ball, which contained three boundaries.Oudolf did a commendable job batting at number eight, hitting 21 off 37 balls (one four), as she added 46 for the Rambaldo (17 off 52 balls, with 2 boundaries), after they had been reduced to 96 for 6 in the 32nd over.The skipper Shaiza Khan and Khursheed Jabeen bowled tidily for Pakistan, taking three wickets each for 26 and 30 runs respectively in their ten overs. Kiran Baloch and Zehmurad Afzal chipped in with one wicket each for 28 (10 overs) and 24 (8 overs), respectively.Sajjida Shah was declared woman of the match for her excellent match-winning knock of 28. The next match in the series will be played at the same venue on Wednesday, 11th April 2001.

Unperturbed by a mammoth 457 for 5 declared from Haryana and a finebowling display by Amit Mishra (4 for 72), Himachal Pradesh proceededto score 231 for 4 on the third day of their North Zone Ranji Trophyclash at the Paddal Ground in Mandi on

Natarajan Sriram19-Nov-2000Unperturbed by a mammoth 457 for 5 declared from Haryana and a finebowling display by Amit Mishra (4 for 72), Himachal Pradesh proceededto score 231 for 4 on the third day of their North Zone Ranji Trophyclash at the Paddal Ground in Mandi on Sunday.Resuming at 34 for no loss, overnight batsmen, stumper Arun Verma (37)and Nischal Gaur (64) forged a century stand. With the partnershipworth 110, Arun was the first to return to the pavilion, trapped legbefore by Mishra. This brought skipper Rajeev Nayyar (4) to thecentre. The other opener Gaur did not last long and departed in the60th over, caught by Jasvir off Mishra after a 232 minute stay at thecrease.Amit Sharma (58 not out) joined his captain and took the score on to150 when the latter fell to a catch by Ishan Ganda off Mishra. Afterthe fall of Nayyar, Amit and Varindar Sharma (45) put on 70 runs forthe fourth wicket. Varindar Sharma was trapped in front of the stumpsby Mishra with the score at 220. Chetan Kumar (6 not out) along withAmit ensured that HP went into stumps with no further hiccups.