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When Chris Gayle arrived in Cape Town this week, he hijacked a press conference for the South African media and inquired: “Are you ready for me?” It was a fair question, on the evidence of Friday’s first T20, but there was never likely to be such cheek from Jonathan Trott, even though it is his home city. Trott and the ECB had turned down a request for an interview from the prestigious BBC Today programme, despite not having to contend with John Humphrys. One short appearance after net practice, the England Lions coach in tow, was to be the extent of any questioning.More than a year after the abrupt cessation of his international career, Trott was under the radar in the beautiful club ground at Claremont, a few Gayle clouts away from Newlands. Trott’s doings will be of little interest in these parts unless he returns as a member of England’s tour party later this year. The good news, though, is that he looks and feels abundantly healthy.This short Lions trip represents the ideal rehabilitation for Trott following his return from Australia last winter with a stress-related illness. For a start, the Cape is where he grew up and Cape Town holds an equal place in his affections with his adopted home of Birmingham. “There are no family members coming to watch me play and this is more a holiday destination now,” he said.Jonathan Trott will captain the Lions in two unofficial Tests against South Africa A•Getty Images

South Africans who make their living in England are, of course, under pressure to state that they prefer UK hot spots, although Kevin Pietersen, who has been in touch with Trott, famously did not care for Black Country accents. Trott will be commencing the first-class leg of this tour with a match against South Africa A in Paarl this Sunday. His opposite number as captain, Rory Kleinveldt, played with him at both school level and for Western Province. “I am not surprising Trotty is making a comeback,” Kleinveldt said. “He has always been a fighter.”The pitch, examined on Friday by Trott and Mark Robinson, who is coaching the Lions along with Andy Flower, is expected to be a flat one. Yet, recalling what happened when Mitchell Johnson was unleashed on Trott in Australia, Vincent Barnes, the South Africa A coach, was unequivocal: “We’ll be bowling fourth stump at him – with the odd bouncer.” So we shall glean more at the end of this match and the second first-class fixture in Bloemfontein about whether Trott can meet the challenge to revive his career and add to his still impressive Test statistics of 3,763 runs at an average of 46.45.There is no mistaking his intention to do so. “I speak to Alastair Cook now and again when he is not busy, although the selectors have not spoken to me,” he said. “But they do not send players on this kind of tour without having an eye to them coming back into the England side. It has been pretty hard to have been out for some time. It’s definitely a learning curve and I look back on a period when I have definitely grown as a person. I found a bit of form with Warwickshire – it was not all plain sailing, there were some tough times I had to go through again. But I managed to come through them, that’s the pleasing bit.” Then, a none-too-thinly veiled remark: “This kind of tour will benefit anyone coming back to play for England against South Africa at the end of the year.”Returning for England in his homeland, rather than suffer the potential stress of another Ashes series this summer, could well be ideal for Trott, for he knows the pitches and the people so well. He has made a good start: 79 from 127 balls in the Lions’ first match in Soweto this week. Now 33, he intends to continue playing for as long as he can. “Until I am 45,” he said. “No, I’m joking – 38 at least.” Lions’ tours are drawn up to engender self-belief. “I would not have been as confident a cricketer had I not been on one before.”And he did not contemplate spurning the offer of the captaincy. “As a schoolboy I really enjoyed it and I did in Soweto as well,” he said. “It is nice being able to guide a side in the direction one wants to go.” As well as having had conversations with the England captain, Trott has been in contact with Pietersen, who wrote sympathetically of his illness in his autobiography. Should Pietersen be afforded a return to international cricket? “It would have to suit both parties,” Trott said. Eventually, he, too, will write an autobiography. “When I am done. I have a few stories and experiences I want to tell. There has got to be closure.”Robinson, the Sussex coach who is here to oversee the development of a strong Lions side, emphasised the value of having Trott involved. “We are ever so lucky to get a senior player like Jonathan on this trip,” he said. “Sam Billings has already spoken of how much he has learnt from him.” And with it, perhaps, closure comes a little closer.

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O São Paulo recheou seu elenco com jogadores dotados de uma característica que entusiasma o técnico Cuca: a versatilidade, que permite variações táticas e de posicionamento sem que seja necessário fazer substituições, algo que já foi visto na vitória por 3 a 2 sobre o Santos e vai se intensificar no domingo, contra o Ceará, no Morumbi, em jogo que começa às 16h e deve marcar as estreias de Daniel Alves e Juanfran, outros dois polivalentes – o espanhol ainda precisa aparecer no BID antes.

– Eu adoro isso. Gosto muito de ter times versáteis, de poder mudar esquemas dentro do jogo sem fazer trocas. E eles (Daniel Alves e Juanfran) vão me propiciar isso, porque são jogadores versáteis. O Daniel joga na segunda linha pelo lado direito, joga de segundo volante e joga na meia também. E é o lateral-direito da Seleção. Então ele te preenche muitos lugares do campo. O Juanfran também, já jogou de ala, já jogou de zagueiro, já jogou de lateral, de segundo volante… Abrem o leque para você poder treinar primeiro e depois fazer as opções táticas – disse Cuca.

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O técnico ainda não fez um ensaio da formação titular para enfrentar o Ceará, mas Juanfran tem ocupado a lateral direita nos trabalhos da semana, enquanto Daniel Alves está atuando pela faixa central do gramado. O espanhol, portanto, é candidato a tomar a vaga de Igor Vinícius, enquanto o novo camisa 10 pode aparecer no lugar de Luan. Com isso, faria dupla de volantes com outro atleta muito versátil, Tchê Tchê.

Na vitória sobre o Santos, Tchê Tchê foi praticamente um meia ao lado de Everton no primeiro tempo e passou a ser primeiro volante após o intervalo, quando Luan saiu para a entrada de Hernanes. Deu muito certo.

– No primeiro tempo eu joguei com dois meias, que são o Tchê Tchê e o Everton, e com o Luan de volante. Eu abri mão do 10, que é o Hernanes, para ter o 8,5, que é o Everton, que vai cutucar de ponta de lança, com um estilo diferente, pela intensidade. No segundo tempo, usei o 10, mas não abri mão do 8,5 que era o Everton e nem do Tchê Tchê, que era quem iniciava a saída de bola. Mexemos nas peças para dar mais jogo, lógico que correndo mais risco de tomar contra-ataque, mas melhoramos a postura ofensiva também – explicou Cuca.

Everton também agrada pela versatilidade. Ele iniciaria o clássico aberto pela ponta esquerda, com Alexandre Pato e Raniel como atacantes. Quando Cuca percebeu que Sampaoli havia montado uma linha de quatro defensores, e não de três, decidiu abrir Pato pela esquerda (onde ele teria que marcar Lucas Veríssimo, zagueiro improvisado na lateral que não o faria se desgastar na marcação) e utilizar Everton pelo meio.

Neste cenário, um possível São Paulo para domingo teria Tiago Volpi, Juanfran (Igor Vinícius), Bruno Alves, Anderson Martins (Arboleda está suspenso) e Reinaldo; Tchê Tchê, Daniel Alves e Everton; Antony, Pato e Raniel. Tanto o posicionamento quanto os nomes podem ser diferentes. Opções não faltam.

وصف نادي الأهلي الصفاقسي التونسي تشابه شعاره ووجود اسم الأهلي بطل الدوري المصري ودوري أبطال إفريقيا بالفخر والشرف الكبير.

وأثار النادي التونسي الجدل في الأسابيع الماضية بعد تهنئة النادي الصفاقسي له بالصعود من دوري الهواة إلى الدرجة الثالثة التابعة للاتحاد المحلي.

وذلك لأن النادي يضم اسمين لأشهر الأندية الإفريقية مثل الأهلي والصفاقسي، بالإضافة إلى تشابه شعاره بدرجة كبيرة لشعار النادي الأهلي قبل تعديله هذا الموسم.

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وتواصل “btolat.com” مع، عاطف واسيو، عضو لجنة الأحباء بالنادي الأهلي الصفاقسي، للحديث عن الأمر، وقال: “النادي تأسس عام 1984”.

وتابع: “كان هناك ناديان في حي الحبيب وحي البحري في مدينة صفاقس، وهما من أكبر الأحياء في تونس، وقررا وقتها أن يكون لهما ناديًا واحدًا”.

وأضاف: “وبسبب تقارب الأهل، اتفق كبار الحيين عبد العزيز عبد الله (رئيس سابق للنادي الصفاقسي) وحمادي العقربي على تسمية النادي بـ الأهلي الصفاقسي”.

وواصل: “كلمة الأهلي في اسم النادي هي بسبب تقارب الأهل في الحيين وليس بسبب نادي الأهلي المصري، ولكن ارتباط الاسم بشقيقنا في مصر، فخر وشرف كبيرين، حيث كان عبد العزيز عبد الله محب للنادي المصري كثيرًا”.

واستمر: “النادي يلعب في الدرجة الثالثة في تونس الآن، بعد الصعود من درجة الهواة، ونتمنى أن نصعد إلى دوري المحترفين في المستقبل”.

وعن الشعار المتشابه مع الأهلي المصري: “هناك سوء فهم في ذلك، وأتمنى ألا تكون هناك مشكلة لقد سمعت أن بعض القضايا قد ترفع ضدنا، ولكننا نحب نادي الأهلي في مصر”.

وأضاف: “نحن لا نستهدف من ذلك أي دعايات تسويقية أو غيره، نحن نادٍ في الدرجة الثالثة، لدينا جماهير كثيرة تحبنا، ربما الشعار مستوحى بالفعل من الأهلي المصري وكنا نرتدي منذ تأسيسنا البرتقالي والأبيض”.

وشدد: “في الأهلي يلعب واحد من أفضل لاعبي الصفاقسي وهو على معلول، لقد رأينا كيف يحبه الجمهور المصري في مباراة مصر وتونس الأخير، وبالتالي، لا يمكن أن نحاول استفزازه بأي شكل من الأشكال”.

وأتم: “كل التقدير والاحترام مني شخصيًا ومن كل محب للنادي الأهلي الصفاقسي لإدارة الأهلي المصري وجماهيره في الوطن العربي، ونتمنى أن يزورنا في صفاقس وتكون هناك توأمة”.

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A maratona de jogos tão criticada no primeiro semestre deste ano pode se repetir no restante da temporada. O técnico Fábio Carille, que chegou a reclamar da falta de tempo para treinar seus jogadores em razão do calendário apertado, pode passar pelo mesmo problema. Por essa razão, aproveitar a pausa para a Copa América é importante para aprimorar os treinamentos (o time está de folga até o próximo dia 24).

Até aqui, foram 38 jogos oficiais em 143 dias, levando em conta o dia do primeiro jogo (20 de janeiro) e do último (12 de junho). Caso o Alvinegro chegue até a decisão da Copa Sul-Americana, o time terá um calendário parecido: 38 jogos em 147 dias. Ou seja, entre 14 de julho e 8 de dezembro serão 30 confrontos válido pelo Campeonato Brasileiro e o restante pelo torneio continental.

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– A minha expectativa (de melhora) é de que seja depois da Copa América, pois será um tempo maior de preparação do que foi em janeiro. E ainda teremos o grupo todo. O Manoel teve catapora enquanto estava no Cruzeiro e veio fazer a pré-temporada quando já estava no Corinthians. O Júnior Urso chegou na rodada em que enfrentaríamos o Palmeiras, o Clayson ficou no departamento médico, o Ralf, o Gabriel e o Pedrinho também machucaram – explicou o técnico Fábio Carille, há alguns dias, lembrando que o Corinthians teve pouco mais de duas semanas de pré-temporada no início deste ano.

No entanto, ao contrário do que aconteceu em janeiro, o treinador alvinegro não deve ter os mesmos problemas com o condicionamento físico de seus atletas. No período de paralização, o Timão fará dois amistosos antes de voltar às competições oficiais. No dia 29 de junho, joga contra o Botafogo-SP, em Ribeirão Preto. Já no dia 4 de julho, o time vai a Goiânia enfrentar o Vila Nova.

There was no disguising Ashley Giles’ downbeat mood when he considered England’s continued losing run under his leadership

George Dobell12-Mar-2014

It was once said by PG Wodehouse that “it is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.”While it might be stretching a point to describe Ashley Giles, the England limited-overs coach, as a man with a grievance, there was no disguising his low mood when he appeared before the media in Barbados on Wednesday.It is understandable, too. His side has now been beaten five times in succession in T20I cricket and has lost the series against West Indies with one game in hand. Furthermore, the batting appears vulnerable against spin – the top-order batting appears vulnerable against everything – and his captain, Stuart Broad, has an injury that might well prove rather more troublesome than the England camp are letting on. At some stage, his injured knee is going to require several weeks off and, perhaps, an operation.As if all that was not enough, Giles takes this struggling team to Bangladesh in a few days to contest a World T20 tournament for which they appear woefully unprepared. And he does so knowing that his application to become England coach in all formats might well be decided by the outcome.So Giles was noticeably downbeat and admitted he was concerned by England’s poor form. While he celebrated the encouraging performance of Jos Buttler in the second T20I, he stressed that the middle order could not consistently be expected to bail England out of a mess if the top order has failed.”Sure, we’re concerned,” Giles said. “We’ve lost five in a row. Clearly we’re not playing very good Twenty20 cricket and we haven’t done for a period now.”We’ll go into the tournament as underdogs. We’re just not getting into matches. That’s the biggest concern. Four of the last five occasions we’ve been three down at six overs. The other time we were two down. If you consistently do that, you’re behind the eight ball.”As good as the players we’ve got coming into our middle order, it’s very difficult for them to salvage games from those positions. Jos Buttler was fantastic and showed a glimpse of his world-class quality. But unfortunately we’re working from a low-base after six overs quite a lot. And from that position it gives you very little chance to kick-on and attack all the way through your innings. You have to go through a certain amount of rebuilding. So that’s disappointing and it is frustrating.”We’re consistently having problems with spin as well, so we have to keep working on those skills against spin. In Bangladesh it’s definitely going to play a part. We’d be naïve and stupid to think that probably every team we come up against is not going to open up with spin against us.”We have to try to find a formula at the top. I know you guys will say ‘isn’t that a worry?’ going into a world tournament that you don’t know what your best top three is, but before the one we won here, the opening partnership changed a couple of games before the tournament, so it’s not the end of the world.”The problem for Giles is instilling confidence into a group of players who are beginning to become uncomfortably familiar with defeat. He knows that, if England are to even challenge in Bangladesh, they have to play a brand of positive cricket that currently looks beyond them. But he also knows that, the more the side lose, the more hesitant and uncertain they will become.”Our message is, quite clearly, ‘go and express yourselves, we back you, go and play your way,'” Giles said. “The guys in those positions, we’ve backed them, we support them, we keep working with them and we need them to start putting in some results as well. They know that.”But I think, as much as you say that, you have to understand that guys who are struggling for runs – in the heat of battle, with options going through their head – are sometimes going to hesitate. And if you slightly back off that option just before you make it, then you’re going to get into trouble.”Losing isn’t great preparation. Confidence is important and winning games is always good for the side.”But the wickets we’ve played on against this side are actually pretty good for where we’re going and who we’re going to be playing against. And we’ve come up also against a very, very good side here.”There are signs, however, that Giles’ faith in his own team is starting to wear. He knows he lacks a spinner to compete with the likes of Sunil Narine, or an opening batsman to compare to Chris Gayle”We can’t ‘magic’ guys out of thin air,” he said. “West Indies have great personnel at the moment. We’ve got very good personnel, but very different.”But we have to work with what we have, and I think we’ve got some very good players in the side.”

The second ODI between New Zealand and West Indies at McLean Park, Napier was called off after persistent afternoon rain left wet patches in the outfield

The Report by Devashish Fuloria29-Dec-2013

Abandoned
ScorecardThe second ODI between New Zealand and West Indies at McLean Park, Napier was called off after persistent afternoon rain left wet patches in the outfield. The umpires inspected the ground at 5pm – two-and-a-half hours after the scheduled start – under sunny conditions, but deemed the outfield unfit for play. The play was finally called off at 5.20pm to boos from the crowd.A drizzle had greeted the teams before the start of the match, but the prospect of play diminished as soon as the downpour increased in intensity around 1.30pm, half an hour before the scheduled start.New Zealand are trailing 0-1 in the five-match ODI series. The teams will travel to Queenstown for the third ODI to be played on the New Year’s day.

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Botafogo e Juventude se enfrentarão na Copa do Brasil. Além da vaga na fase seguinte da competição, a partida desta quinta-feira, que será disputada no Estádio Nilton Santos, traz consigo duelos individuais entre os próprios jogadores. Um desses casos acontece com Gabriel, zagueiro do Alvinegro, e Denner, atacante da equipe gaúcha.

Uma das contratações para essa temporada, Gabriel conseguiu encaixar de forma rápida ao Botafogo e o desempenho em jogos eliminatórios comprova isso: até aqui, o Alvinegro não foi vazado em nenhuma oportunidade na Copa do Brasil ou na Sul-Americana, o que vai em contramão ao desempenho do clube no Campeonato Carioca.

Em entrevista coletiva realizada no Estádio Nilton Santos na última segunda-feira, Gabriel destacou que, após a análise passada pela comissão técnica, vai esperar um Juventude focado no campo defensivo, mas que vai tentar assustar por meio dos contra-ataques, com os rápidos jogadores de lado de campo.

– Zé Ricardo e a comissão fizeram análise sobre o Juventude. Equipe que deve vir bastante fechada, como foi contra o Grêmio. Tem dois jogadores muito rápidos pelas pontas e um atacante de referência que segura muito bem a bola. Estamos trabalhando para fazer um grande jogo e conseguir um bom resultado – afirmou.

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Um desses jogadores de lado de campo é justamente Denner. Aos 19 anos, o atacante, que atua no lado direito, é um dos atletas mais promissores do time. Até aqui, ele marcou dois gols na temporada e falou ao LANCE! que o Alviverde precisa se defender do lado esquerdo do ataque alvinegro.

– Conversamos um pouco sobre a equipe do Botafogo, sabemos que eles tem um lado esquerdo muito forte. Vamos com tudo pra fazer uma grande partida, explorando os pontos fracos deles – comentou.

A promessa é que Denner e Gabriel se encontrem com frequência durante o jogo. Como atua do lado direito, o atleta do Juventude atacará o lado esquerdo da defesa do Alvinegro, justamente a faixa do campo ocupada pelo defensor. A conferir o promissor duelo à parte.

Glamorgan gave themselves a fighting chance of qualifying for the Yorkshire Bank 40 semi-finals after easing to a 68-run win over Leicestershire at Swansea.

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ScorecardChris Cooke top-scored for Glamorgan•Getty ImagesGlamorgan gave themselves a fighting chance of qualifying for the Yorkshire Bank 40 semi-finals after easing to a 68-run win over Leicestershire at Swansea.The win over the Foxes was their seventh in the competition this season and their most comprehensive. Glamorgan now have to beat Yorkshire at Headingley in their final Group C match on Monday and hope other results go their way to make the last four.In front of a big crowd, Glamorgan cracked 303 for 6 from their 40 overs with Chris Cooke top scoring with 85 from 76 balls. In reply Leicestershire could only make 235 for 6 with Niall O’Brien making 92.For Glamorgan there were also useful contributions from Murray Goodwin, who struck 48 from 19 balls, including four sixes and Mark Wallace and Gareth Rees. The only Leicestershire bowler to emerge with credit was off spinner James Sykes, who claimed 2 for 37 from his eight overs.Glamorgan, who won the toss, were given a positive start by Wallace and Rees who amassed 84 in the opening 12 overs – 60 from the opening eight-over Powerplay – before Wallace was bowled by Ben Raine. Cooke and Rees continued the good opening, reaching 100 in the 17th over. But with the total on 148 Rees went leg before to Sykes, who struck again to have Jim Allenby caught at shot extra-cover.Cooke reached his 50 from 49 balls and struck Rob Taylor over midwicket for six as Glamorgan reached the 200-mark in the 32nd over.Glamorgan lost captain Marcus North caught behind but that heralded Goodwin’s productive innings. He began with a four and glance for six over deep square-leg, followed by a lofted off-drive for six before Cooke was caught at long-off off Raine.Goodwin carried on his assault hitting a no-ball from Raine for six and then scooping a four to long-leg, before clipping Shiv Thakor for yet another maximum. He seemed on course to equal the record of Stewart Walters, who posted a 19-ball fifty against Lancashire in 2011 at Colwyn Bay, but in looking for a six he was caught on the deep midwicket boundary off Nathan Buck.Leicestershire suffered a major blow in their reply when they lost captain Josh Cobb in only the second over after being caught behind off Jim Allenby. In the next over Greg Smith was also caught behind, this time off Michael Hogan, to leave Leicestershire struggling on 12 for 2.In trying to push the score along Ned Eckersley was bowled by Allenby as the visitors further slipped to 28 for 3. That became 53 for 4 when off-spinner Andrew Salter bowled Thakor. By the halfway stage of their Leicestershire had limped to 68 for 4 needing 11.75-an-over.O’Brien reached his 50, but from 84 balls with only two fours, and he was followed to the landmark by Michael Thornley from 53 balls with a six and four fours before he holed out to midwicket five overs from the end. O’Brien perished eight short of his century caught at mid-on off Allenby, who finished with figures of 3 for 37.

Preview of the match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai

The Preview by Devashish Fuloria27-Apr-2013Match factsSunday, April 28, 2013
Start time 1600 (1030 GMT)MS Dhoni will be key with his ability to hit slower bowlers with ease•BCCI

Big PictureKolkata Knight Riders were within touching distance of Chennai Super Kings just a week ago when the two met in Kolkata. Now, Super Kings are second on the table and are cruising ahead, while Knight Riders are still struggling to take off. They are seventh on the table at the halfway stage and need a massive turnaround in the remaining matches to finish in the top four. It will have to start in Chepauk, Super Kings’ fortress that teams are increasingly finding hard to breach.With the solid presence of Michael Hussey at the top, Super Kings’ powerful batsmen are being laid ideal platforms in every game. MS Dhoni, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja are not being pressurised to resurrect innings and when they start attacking, they are not the easiest to stop. Their bowling, however, can sometimes be slightly vulnerable and the line-up lacks a top-quality pacer up front.Knight Riders could focus on these supposed frailties, but they have plenty of their own. Yusuf Pathan’s spot in the side is both a mystery and an embarrassment and makes one wonder about the depth of patience the management have, because as an investment, he is not making any sense. Then, apart from their big three, no one really has shown any consistency for the team to rely upon. In Chennai, the focus will again be on their bowlers and their ability to counter the local batting threat. Since the game is in Chennai, the offspinner Sachithra Senanayake will have to sit out this game due to the ban on Sri Lankan players.Form guideChennai Super Kings: WWWWL
Kolkata Knight Riders: WLLLW
Players to watchIn Super Kings’ last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, MS Dhoni raised the game against a tough opposition. He single-handedly neutralised the Dale Steyn threat and bailed his team out. He is one of the few batsmen who can change gears without warning and especially thrives against slower bowlers, mysterious or not.Jacques Kallis, one of Knight Riders’ marquee players, bowled and batted with energy against Kings XI Punjab, showing no signs of the injury that had put his participation in doubt. He picked up two valuable wickets and scored a well-planned 37 just when the team needed it. Knight Riders will have one thing less to worry if he can lend similar all-round prowess in future matches,Stats and trivia Suresh Raina is one short of becoming the second batsman to hit 100 sixes in the IPL. Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine have both taken 14 wickets this season. But whereas Narine bowls at an economy rate of 5.65, Bravo is expensive at 8.47Quotes”If we keep on winning, we will be in the top half. We have the belief.”

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Agora é oficial: começou a temporada 2019 para os principais clubes do Brasil. Neste fim de semana, os chamados 12 grandes estrearam em seus respectivos Estaduais, com alguns tropeços mas também com goleadas. O único a ser derrotado foi o Botafogo, que acabou perdendo para a Cabofriense por 3 a 1. Fluminense, Palmeiras e Corinthians ficaram apenas no empate.

Porém, além de vitórias e derrotas, as equipes apresentaram também desempenhos. Ações, coletivas e individuais, que podem ser lidas através dos números. Confira algumas estatísticas importantes dos times nessa aberturas dos Estaduais pelo Brasil:

DE PÉ EM PÉ

No primeiro jogo-oficial da temporada, o Corinthians já conseguiu colocar em prática uma das principais características do técnico Fábio Carille: o passe. O Alvinegro foi o clube, entre os 12 grandes, que mais acertou toques nesta 1ª rodada de Estadual.

Apesar de ter ficado somente no empate com o São Caetano, em 1 a 1, a equipe dominou a partida, trocando 658 passes, de acordo com o Footstats. Apenas Ramiro, um dos reforços para 2019, acertou 98, mais que a metade de toda a equipe de Mirassol contra o São Paulo (193), por exemplo. O Fluminense, de Fernando Diniz, com 568, foi o segundo no quesito.

ARTILHARIA PESADA

O placar magro contra o Madureira – 1 a 0 – não refletiu bem a superioridade que o Vasco teve em sua estreia no Carioca. Entre os 12 grandes, a equipe foi a que mais finalizou corretamente, com 12 arremates em gol, e a que mais criou chances em bola trabalhada, com 22 assistências.

Individualmente, destaque para Danilo Barcelos, que criou nove chances de gols através de passes e cruzamentos, e para Ribamar, que além de cinco assistências, finalizou três vezes na direção do gol – e outras três para fora.

CHUVA DE GOLS

Se por um lado foi o Vasco quem criou e finalizou mais vezes entre os grandes, foi o Atlético Mineiro quem mais balançou as redes. A goleada por 5 a 0 sobre o Boa Esporte foi a maior goleada do fim de semana entre os clubes da elite. Ricardo Oliveira, com três gols, foi o principal artilheiro.

Grêmio e São Paulo também não economizaram na rodada. Os Tricolores marcaram quatro vezes cada, nas vitórias sobre Novo Hamburgo, por 4 a 0, e Mirassol, por 4 a 1, respectivamente.

ATAQUE AÉREO

O gol de cabeça de Rhodolfo foi o que deu a vitória ao Flamengo sobre o Bangu, de virada. E não foi um lance ao acaso. O Rubro-Negro Carioca foi, ao lado do Vasco, o time que mais acertou levantamentos para a área neste fim de semana, totalizando 12 cruzamentos certos.

Danilo Barcelos, do Vasco, com nove bolas alçadas, foi o líder do fundamento, seguido pelo flamenguista Éverton Ribeiro, autor do passe para o gol da vitória da equipe da Gávea, que concluiu quatro cruzamentos.

FORÇA DEFENSIVA

A melhor defesa é o ataque ou o melhor ataque é a defesa? Dono do saldo mais positivo do fim de semana, o Atlético Mineiro comandou também a estatística de desarmes. Com 25 roubos de bola, o Galo liderou com folga o quesito. O Santos, do técnico Jorge Sampaoli, foi em segundo, com 18.

O lateral-esquerdo Fabio Santos, do Atlético, foi o grande destaque individual, recuperando oito posses de bola para a sua equipe. Luan, também do Galo, e Alison, do Peixe, também obtiveram um bom desempenho.

NO TALENTO INDIVIDUAL

Após começar perdendo para o Mirassol, o São Paulo precisou partir para cima do adversário para conseguir virar o placar e terminar com uma clássica goleada de 4 a 1. E uma das armas para impedir o revés foi o drible.

O Tricolor foi o time que mais fez uso do fundamento nesta primeira rodada, realizando oito fintas corretas, segundo o Footstats. Os laterais Reinaldo e Bruno Peres, com dois dribles cada, foram os destaques da equipe no quesito. O Flamengo, com seis foi outro que fez bastante uso das jogadas individuais.