Bremen bezieht ab Dienstag Quarantäne-Trainingslager

WERDER BEZIEHT AB DIENSTAG DAS QUARANTÄNE-TRAININGSLAGER (PHOTO BY PIXATHLON/PIXATHLON/SID/)

Werder Bremen wird sich ab Dienstag in das vorgeschriebene Quarantäne-Trainingslager vor dem Neustart der Bundesliga begeben.

Das teilte der Klub am Sonntag mit. Im Parkhotel werden spezielle Maßnahmen zur Isolation des Teams, der Trainer sowie des gesamten Staffs getroffen. Das Training findet auf dem Vereinsgelände statt, ein Großteil der Einheiten wird im Weserstadion absolviert.

Die abstiegsbedrohten Bremer treffen zum Abschluss des 26. Spieltags am Montag (18. Mai) auf Bayer Leverkusen.

Pro football kicks off in S. Korea after 2-month delay due to coronavirus pandemic

JEONJU -- It's been a long time coming, but professional football is finally here in South Korea.

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors hosted Suwon Samsung Bluewings before some 42,000 empty seats at Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju, 240 kilometers south of Seoul, to kick off the 2020 K League 1 season.

The season was slated to begin on Feb. 29 but was pushed back indefinitely five days prior to its start due to the coronavirus outbreak. Then with the number of new cases steadily falling last month, the league settled on the second Friday of May to begin its new season.

Because of the delayed start, the season has been reduced from 38 matches to 27.

The early part of the season will be played without fans due to lingering COVID-19 infection concerns.

With no other football league of this caliber in play anywhere in the world, the K League has been a hot commodity among broadcasters starving for live sports. About two hours before Friday's kickoff, the K League said it had sold rights to televise games in 36 countries. The British national broadcaster BBC was among the latest stations to purchase K League rights.

The opening contest was also streamed live on the K League's official YouTube and Twitter pages.

Strict quarantine guidelines were in place. Players, all of whom had already tested negative in recent leaguewide testing, had to have their temperatures checked before entering the stadium.

Coaches and substitutes on both benches had to keep their masks on.

In the absence of fans, Jeonbuk tried to recapture at least some match-like atmosphere by piping in recorded sounds of fans cheering.

Banners with fans' messages for Jeonbuk players were hung on top of empty seats throughout the stadium.

Atacante marca no Campeonato Coreano e presta homenagem a brasileiros

Neste sábado, o atacante brasileiro Junior Negão marcou dois gols na vitória do Ulsan Hyundai por 4 a 0, pela primeira rodada do Campeonato Coreano. Após o primeiro tento, o jogador de 33 anos prestou uma homenagem aos cidadãos de seu país natal, que enfrentam uma dura fase no combate à pandemia do novo coronavírus.

Ao comemorar, ele levantou a camiseta e mostrou uma outra, branca, com os dizeres “Força, Brasil! #StaySafe (Fique seguro, em português)”. Até o momento, o Brasil tem mais de 156 mil casos confirmados da covid-19. Além disso, o número de mortes passou de 10 mil.

Depois da partida, o atacante comentou a ação nas redes sociais. “Feliz demais pelos gols e assistência na estreia do Campeonato Coreano, mas hoje fiquei mais feliz ainda em ter a oportunidade de mandar uma mensagem de apoio para todo povo brasileiro que está sofrendo tanto. Não tenho dúvida que vamos vencer esse mal e nos tornar um povo ainda mais forte e unido! Minha homenagem também a todos os profissionais da saúde do mundo todo que estão salvando vidas diariamente. Deus abençoe a todos!”, escreveu

Rangers dossier proves SPFL slothfulness and shows Neil Doncaster is incompetent - Hotline

Damning dossier or damned dross? The Hotline, not for the first time, has been split right down the middle by Rangers ’ 200-word document of alleged SPFL chicanery.

Ibrox MD Stewart Robertson insists his club have proved damaging wrongdoings over the governing body’s league ending resolution actions and says Neil Doncaster ’s time at the helm should be up.

Many callers agree. But others reckon the expected fireworks are nothing but a damp squib.

Hotline regular Dr Robert Pender kicked us off: “Maybe we were all expecting big revelations but what is clear is that there is a slothfulness about this administration. Poorly run as a company and careless record keeping. If they were a charity then the Charity Commission would come in suspend and take over. Forget the dislike of Rangers, the act needs cleaning up.”

John Scott, Grassmoor, said: “Rangers’ dossier was never gong to be a smoking gun however there are several issues of incompetence and perceived bias on the list. In any other country these bullet points would have been enough to show mismanagement.”

John Bruce emailed: “Judging by the reaction to Rangers' dossier, many were disappointed that there were no explosive revelations that would light a fire under Scottish football. What Rangers appear to have done is more composed, beginning by highlighting to the world through their dossier that we have an incompetent Chief Executive who isn't fit to manage the SPFL.

“Rather than using a 'smoking gun' on the SPFL they appear to be using a stiletto - and a few on the board seem set to feel some cold steel.”

And Andy Adams, Kirkcaldy, added: “Is what Rangers uncovered not serious wrong doings? If what's been said is true, is everybody ok with it? Are these people running our game honestly? Why would you not want it investigating? It's the only way to sort it out once and for all. If Rangers lose then it will cost them. But if they win … or is that the problem?”

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Now for the other side.

John Wall, Newton Mearns, said: “Where now for Rangers? Credibility zero. Finances perilous. Trophy cabinet empty. Chairman desperate to get back to his beleaguered business empire. Their only hope is a taken for granted fan base and a manager who now knows just how challenging managing a winning team in Scotland can be.”

Gordon Ashley, Ayr, said: “After reading Gary Ralston’s Why? Why? Why? article it seems to me it should have read Where? Where? Where? Where is the smoking gun? Where is the bullying? And where is the coercion that Rangers promised to uncover? Rangers and there rabble rousers can no longer be taken seriously.

Gerard Kelly emailed: “Robertson said Rangers did not accuse the SPFL of bullying yet online they said they wont be bullied! This dossier is nothing. As for Rangers and Robertson - they should be held to account for bringing the game into disrepute, fined, points deducted and no longer be able to represent Rangers on the SPFL board ever again.”

Alec Fleming emailed: “Clubs would have to be pretty stupid not to know there would be a hefty claw back of money if the season was cancelled early. The EPL had been warned earlier.”

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Eddie Easson, Ballingry, added: “Sadly Rangers with Douglas Park and Stewart Robertson have shown a total disregard for Scottish football. In these times of pandemic and predicted recession their so called smoking gun is no more than a damp squib. There have been errors by the SPFL but surely they could've been sorted out by conversation instead of the bitterness towards the SPFL and Celtic.”

And Ian McLauchlan, Renfrew, said: “Surely, the biggest scandal at the moment is that Doncaster and his SPFL Board, don't have a sponsor for the League and League Cup. What have they been doing?”

Robertson and Doncaster might be in the eye of the storm for Scottish football - but Rod Stewart is sailing pretty close to them too after his comments in Thursday’s Hotline.

Celtic daft Hot Legs stoked the fire when he said Rangers should concede the league and described their stance as “horrid”. He then invited all and sundry for a pint to kiss and make up.

But Stephen Johnstone, Ardentinny, said: “I would rather go with Maggie May for a drink than Rod Stewart, he knows more about trains than Scottish football. He should stick to winding up clocks than the Rangers support. Given he is a free loader at Celtic Park while others have to pay there way.”

And Derek Campbell emailed: “Rod Stewart goes on about sporting integrity. Where was his team’s sporting integrity when they wouldn’t extend the 2007/8 season to give another Scottish team a better chance to lift a European trophy?”

'YOUNG PLAYERS DON'T NECESSARILY CRAVE TO PLAY FOOTBALL'

Anthony Caceres says the next generation of young Australian players need to be encouraged to hone their technical skills and play as much football as possible.

The Sydney FC midfielder has made more than 100 appearances in the A-League for the Mariners, Melbourne City and the Sky Blues.

Caceres spent his youth days with Marconi FC and grew up in a football-dominated house with a Uruguayan father.

The 27-year-old would practise in the backyward with his dad, play small-sided games with his friends after school, as well as futsal and organised club matches on weekends.

He said the modern generation now has a lot more opportunity and technology at hand, which can prove to be a distraction away from football.

"The biggest challenge is that there's so much opportunity in this country that young players don't necessarily crave to play football 24/7," he told the Football Culture: Local & Global podcast.

"There's a lot of technology and maybe they're not with the ball as often as they should be to develop that side of their game, the technical side of the game. Obviously that needs to be encouraged as much as possible.

"You look at kids abroad, in South America or the Japanese or whatever, they're constantly with the ball at their feet improving their game.

"I see these days a few young players coming through who do have some good ability on the ball, we have Marko Tilio at Sydney FC who's tidy with both feet and we have to encourage him to believe in himself and believe that he has it what to takes to execute his game in the top level in this country.

"We need to encourage those sort of players and hopefully they can lead the way in the future."

To improve, Caceres says kids need to spend as much time with a football as possible.

"That was my biggest hobby growing up - kicking the ball up against the wall, or even at the dinner table I'd have a ball at my feet," he said.

"To improve technically you just have to spend a lot of time in the backyard, with your family, your old man or your siblings and just kicking the ball around."

The midfielder had a season with Al-Wasl in the Middle East in 2017 and says he does want to test himself abroad again.

"Eventually I'd love to go and play in Uruguay," he admitted.

"I'm a massive supporter of Nacional and the club is a massive part of my family. For me to play there would mean the world to my old man and the rest of my family. That's top of my list, that's the dream.

"I guess if something else came up abroad it would be something I would always think about because to experience a different culture and a different way of life is something that really interests me, not just on the pitch but off it also... but as long as I'm in Australia, Sydney FC is where I want to be."

Roy Keane enforced one strict training rule over Manchester United team-mates

Darren Fletcher has provided insight over how strict ‘ultimate leader’ Roy Keane was with the Manchester United squad.

The legendary Red Devils captain led by example on and off the pitch throughout his career — and insisted his team-mates matched his high standards.

That, unsurprisingly, extended to training, according to Fletcher, who claimed the Irishman forced his team-mates to turn up at least 45 minutes early for training in order to ‘mentally prepare’ for sessions.

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Darren Fletcher has revealed Roy Keane used to make his Manchester United team-mates turn up at least 45 minutes early for training. Pic: John Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images

Fletcher, who rose through the ranks at United’s academy, broke into the first team in 2003, and went onto make over 220 appearances for the club.

The Scot told the The Lockdown Tactics how Keane, who would leave Old Trafford in 2005, introduced the rule to ensure players were ready for each session.

‘I loved the guy and he was the ultimate leader,’ the midfielder said. ‘The manager used to say to me “watch the first-team players on the pitch and watch them off the pitch”.

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Roy Keane, Darren Fletcher and Paul Scholes in action during a Manchester Unitedd training session at Carrington on January 14, 2004. Pic: John Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images

‘You know what it’s like in the dressing room when you’re quiet and you’re young and most young lads would go in the dressing room and couldn’t wait to get out, I used to sit and enjoy being in there.

‘Although it was speak when you’re spoken to at the beginning, I was watching, learning, how these guys thought, how they prepared, how they talked, their mindset I was learning from all of them.

‘Roy Keane was the ultimate leader and captain, an unbelievable player and the preparation for training, he was the one who brought in this you come in 45 minutes before training.

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Roy Keane was a feared figure in his playing days, and had a massive say on his team-mates in training over otherwise. Pic: Getty

‘You mentally prepare for training, how you train, how you go about your day, how you face up to challenges, what it is to be a Manchester United player.’

Keane’s departure at the club came after he criticised a string of his team-mates, including Fletcher, on the club’s official TV channel MUTV.

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Former Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher described Roy Keane as the ‘ultimate leader and captain’ who gave everything in training and on matchday. Pic: Sky Sports

‘He was hard on you, coming to a meeting on time wasn’t good enough, you had to be five, 10 minutes early, being late was not even a question,’ Fletcher added.

‘Testing you all the time, but it was coming from the right place because he recognised that you were capable and you could handle it, and he just wanted you to know that this is what it means to be a Manchester United player and I’m thankful for that because it allows you to have a long career in the game.

‘Sometimes you might think “oh my god he’s hard on me” but people don’t see the other side, the nine out of 10 times where he’s given you a compliment and he’s pulled you and he’s maybe just said, “well done today, son”.

‘But people didn’t want to tell those stories about Roy Keane or players in the dressing room because they’re not good stories to tell, people want to tell about the times where he has a go at you or he’s hard on you, because they’re better stories to tell and it fits into the Roy Keane character.’

Zbigniew Boniek ostro o nowych przepisach dot. dodatkowych zmian! Ekstraklasa może zapomnieć

FIFA wraz z IFAB wprowadziła właśnie przepisy, które pozwalają czasowo zwiększyć liczbę zmian w futbolu do pięciu na mecz. Zbigniew Boniek w rozmowie z Tuttomercato.web stwierdził jednak, że nie zgodzi się na zaimplementowanie tych zmian w Polsce.

- Nie przyjmiemy tych zmian w polskiej ekstraklasie. To nie jest piłka nożna. Ta decyzja nie ma podstaw, jest tylko populistyczna. Ci, którzy ją wprowadzili nie wiedzą, jak działa futbol. Jest to zrobione tylko po to, by zadowolić "wewnętrzne naciski".

- Absurdalne jest twierdzenie, że jest to uzasadnione szalonym rytmem meczów, który nas czeka. Jaki szalony rytm? Rozegraliśmy siedem meczów w ciągu jednego miesiąca na mistrzostwach świata w 1982 roku. Wiele z nich było w pełnym słońcu. Wychodziliśmy na boisko co trzy dni, a zmiany były tylko dwie.  I mówimy o tym, co działo się ponad trzydzieści lat temu, bez wszystkich współczesnych postępów w zakresie treningu sportowego! - irytuje się Boniek.

Podobnie Boniek mówił w niedawnym odcinku Sekcji Piłkarskiej:

IFAB wprowadziło dodatkowe zmiany

Tymczasowe zmiany wprowadzone przez IFAB związane są z pandemią koronawirusa i mają na celu zwiększenie bezpieczeństwa zawodników. Od teraz trenerzy będą mogli dokonać pięciu zmian w trakcie meczu. Co jednak istotne, by nie zbytnio nie wydłużać spotkań, szkoleniowcy będą mogli dokonywać zmian tylko trzykrotnie.

Tymczasowe zmiany wchodzą w życie z natychmiastowym skutkiem i, przynajmniej na razie, mają obowiązywać do końca sezonu 2020/21. IFAB oraz FIFA w przyszłości podejmą decyzję, czy zmiany w przepisach obowiązywać będą dłużej, czy też od rozgrywek 2021/22 wrócimy do trzech zmian na mecz. Więcej można przeczytać o tym, tutaj

Emotivo último adiós al "Trinche" Carlovich

Noticia de: El Litoral (www.ellitoral.com) [Link:https://www.ellitoral.com/index.php/id_um/238799-emotivo-ultimo-adios-al-trinche-carlovich-lo-mataron-para-robarle-la-bicicleta-deportes.html]

Este sábado por la mañana se realizó el cortejo fúnebre con el que la ciudad de Rosario despidió a Tomás Felipe "Trinche" Carlovich, quien murió este viernes luego de ser salvajemente golpeado por un ladrón que le robó la bicicleta.



El féretro con los restos del Trinche fue trasladado desde la casa velatoria de Perú al 600 hacia el estadio Gabino Sosa, donde la comisión directiva de Central Córdoba permitió el acceso de socios y de público en general a las gradas, según indica Diario La Capital.



Miles de personas se llegaron hasta la cancha de barrio Tablada y le pusieron color y emoción a la despedida del Trinche. El coche fúnebre ingresó al Gabino Sosa y se ubicó de frente a la tribuna donde solía ubicarse el ídolo charrúa para ver al equipo de sus amores.

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