ScorecardCraig Meschede followed his 66 not out with three wickets•Getty Images

After the record-breaking exploits of Aneurin Donald, the second day in Cardiff belonged to Glamorgan’s bowlers as Derbyshire were dismissed for 177 and asked to follow on. They reached the close on 78 for 1, still trailing by 263.Craig Meschede took three wickets, and Graham Wagg and Andrew Salter picked up two apiece, as Derbyshire conceded a 341-run deficit on first innings. Wagg then claimed another – Harvey Hosein, having been promoted to open after top-scoring with 27 not out – but Derbyshire made a stronger start to their second attempt.Glamorgan had added a further 37 runs to their overnight score and were all out for 518, with Meschede undefeated on 60. Derbyshire seamer Will Davis, in only his fourth first-class game, returned career-best figures of 7 for 146.Hamish Rutherford and Billy Godleman made a rapid start to the Derbyshire reply, striking nine boundaries in the first five overs, and had reached 52 for 0 in ten overs before losing 4 for 19 runs before lunch.Rutherford nicked Meschede to the wicketkeeper and Chesney Hughes was bowled off his pads by the same bowler, before Salter’s offspin deceived Godleman, who was trapped leg-before. The Derbyshire captain was clearly not in agreement with the decision, and kicked the ground in anger, before trudging off to the pavilion. In the final over before lunch, Meschede took his third wicket, when Wayne Madsen tamely chipped a catch to square leg as Derbyshire slipped to 71 for 4.There was no respite from the Glamorgan bowlers, as Graham Wagg bowled an excellent spell, with the ball swinging under cloud cover. Wagg dismissed Neil Broom and Shiv Thakor, both edging through to Mark Wallace, and the Glamorgan wicketkeeper claimed his fourth victim of the innings when Matt Critchley skied a catch, attempting to pull David Lloyd to the boundary. There was little resistance, apart from Hosein, and Derbyshire were soon batting again after the tea interval.Hosein opened the second innings instead of Godleman, who had returned to the team hotel after feeling unwell, and with Rutherford playing every ball on its merit. The openers put on 59 in 27 overs, before Hosein was caught down the leg side by Wallace for 26 from Owen Morgan’s left-arm spin.

نجح نادي برشلونة في تسجيل اللاعب فيرمين لوبيز في قائمة الفريق الأول للجانب الإسباني، حيث سيرتدي قميصًا جديدًا.

كان لوبيز لاعبًا في فريق الشباب في نادي برشلونة، وشارك في العديد من المباريات مع الفريق الأول تحت قيادة المدير الفني تشافي هيرنانديز.

اقرأ أيضًا.. تقارير توضح مدة غياب جواو فيليكس عن برشلونة

وقرر برشلونة تسجيل اللاعب الإسباني الشاب في كشوف الفريق الأول، حيث تمت العملية بنجاح منذ قليل.

وسيرتدي فيرمين لوبيز مع الفريق الأول لنادي برشلونة القميص رقم 16، بدلًا من 32، حسب مقطع الفيديو الذي نشره الحساب الرسمي للنادي.

وذكرت تقارير صحفية أن فيرمين لوبيز جدد عقده مع نادي برشلونة، ليصبح ساريًا حتى عام 2028.

Although Arsenal have all but surrendered the Premier League title to Manchester City following a poor run of form in recent weeks, Mikel Arteta will be aiming to finish the season on a high with two wins.

With a place in the Champions League secured for the first time since 2016/17, the Spaniard can go into the final two games against Nottingham Forest and Wolverhampton Wanderers free of any pressure – and this could see a few changes to the starting XI.

Last week's feeble performance against Brighton & Hove Albion summed up the final third of Arsenal’s campaign, as they held a solid lead over City in the hunt for the title, but just two wins from their previous seven matches handed Pep Guardiola’s men the advantage.

Against the Seagulls, Arsenal’s midfield trio of Martin Odegaard, Jorginho and Granit Xhaka lost possession 21 times between them while managing just 105 touches combined, and this played a big part in them losing the midfield battle and subsequently the match.

Unleashing Thomas Partey against Forest could perhaps prevent this from happening again this evening, and he is arguably due a big performance.

Will Thomas Partey start for Arsenal against Nottingham Forest today?

The midfielder was criticised by journalist Charles Watts for his poor performance against City last month, who said: “Horrendous tracking of De Bruyne by Partey for the goal”, and it was clear that the Belgian star was causing him major concerns during their 4-1 defeat.

Despite this below-par display, the Ghanaian has still enjoyed a strong campaign as Arsenal came so close to their first title in 19 years.

His average Sofascore rating of 7.1/10 in the Premier League this term ranks him as the fourth-best player in the squad, while he also ranks highly for tackles per game (first), interceptions per game (fourth) and accurate passes per game (fourth), underlining his importance to Arteta.

Following a 1-1 draw against Brentford earlier this year, he was branded an “absolute monster” by journalist Abhimanyu Bose, while fellow journalist Yaw Ampofo Jr lauded the midfielder, claiming that he “brings stability to Arsenal” and over the course of the season, judging by his statistics, he has been one of Arteta’s finest performers.

The £200k-per-week star should be unleashed against Forest this evening as three points will set the club up well for their last league match of the season.

The major priority for Tottenham Hotspur this summer will be on finding a new permanent manager ahead of next season, although the Lilywhites will also have to begin thinking about potential new recruits in order to bolster the current squad.

According to reports in Spain, one man who could well be a possible target for the north London outfit is Crystal Palace sensation, Eberechi Eze, with the piece suggesting that the 24-year-old is valued at around €30m (£26m).

The former Queen's Park Rangers playmaker – who made the move to Selhurst Park on a £20m deal back in 2020 – has enjoyed another standout campaign with the Eagles, with the Daily Mail only recently claiming that the exciting talent is in contention for a senior England call-up.

There does appear a need for Spurs to bolster their attacking options amid the growing uncertainty surrounding Dejan Kulusevski's long-term future at N17, with claims in Italy suggesting that the Premier League side may not sign the on-loan Juventus man on a permanent basis.

Would Eze be a good signing for Spurs?

A player capable of genuine moments of "magic" – as previously hailed by ex-teammate Christian Benteke – Eze has evidently put himself on the radar of Daniel Levy and co due to his impressive recent form, having now scored ten goals and provided three assists in 36 top-flight games this season.

The fleet-footed dynamo has been particularly electric in recent weeks after scoring six goals in just his last seven league games, including a clinical brace during Saturday's 2-0 win over AFC Bournemouth.

Such an impact has seen the £30k-per-week magician earn notable praise from teammate Joel Ward in the aftermath of that comfortable triumph over the Cherries, with the experienced defender stating:

"Ebs’ quality is incredible, with what he does on the ball, the way he manipulates it and the way he just seems to glide over the pitch – it’s mesmerising at times."

While capable of playing on the flanks, the one-time Wycombe Wanderers loanee has particularly thrived in a central midfield berth this season after scoring eight times in just 13 games in that role, ensuring he offers a great deal of versatility to any potential suitor.

As far as Tottenham are concerned, it may be of interest that Eze is said to share a number of statistical and stylistic similarities with Arsenal skipper, Martin Odegaard, according to FBref, with the two men both offering a real creative spark in the centre of the pitch.

That likeness between the pair is showcased by the fact that they can simply glide forward with the ball at their feet, with Eze ranking in the top 15% among his European peers for progressive carries, while Odegaard ranks in the top 14% in that regard.

The two men also possess a real willingness to impact proceedings in the final third as the Palace ace ranks in the top 12% for touches in the attacking penalty area, while the Gunners maestro ranks in the top 2% in that same metric.

While it may pain Spurs supporters to admit, Odegaard has been a truly immense presence at the Emirates this season having contributed 15 goals and eight assists in the league alone for Mikel Arteta's side, with the Lilywhites likely wishing to have their own version of the impactful Norwegian.

With the signing of Eze, however, Levy could well find Tottenham's answer to the former Real Madrid man, such is their likeness.

Nottinghamshire, believe it or not, are deep in the relegation mire – and the situation has got worse after an intervention by their old boy Andy Carter

David Hopps14-Aug-2016
ScorecardAndy Carter stormed back to Trent Bridge•Getty ImagesDiscovering Nottinghamshire hanging around at the wrong end of the First Division is like finding the flash guy with the top-of-the-range BMW drinking in the cheapest pub in town. No matter how much you remind yourself he is loaded you can’t avoid noticing in the corner of your eye the unexpected scrambling for enough change for another bag of pork scratchings.Nottinghamshire are heading for Twenty20 finals day on Saturday. Among the most glamorous of county cricket’s limited-overs side they finally have a chance to claim a T20 trophy that has long seemed overdue. But four-day cricket is a less endearing story. It is entirely possible they could go to Edgbaston uncomfortably placed at the bottom of the Championship.Midway through this match, Hampshire lead by 180 with nine second-innings wickets intact, a position made more secure in the final session by Jimmy Adams’ unbeaten 68.”The plan now is bat and bat,” said Liam Dawson. “We’ll look to bat all day and see where it takes us.” They might be bottom but that they have the capacity to grind out a batting day is beyond doubt.A Hampshire victory would send them above Notts in the table. Such an outcome would not just cause shivers in the East Midlands. Hampshire have long presumed to be relegation fodder and a victory would cause consternation for Surrey, Lancashire and Durham. Suddenly, the First Division relegation outcome would look likely to be contested deep into September.Quite how Nottinghamshire succumbed for 245, 74 behind on first innings, must have been a mystery for their combative captain, Chris Read, whose counter-attacking, unbeaten 70, full of attractive off-side drives, prevented total calamity. It was Family Fun day at Trent Bridge but only Read seemed to want to do much colouring in. He seems to have been staving off Nottinghamshire collapses for a lifetime and, by rights, his boyish dash should have been exhausted years ago.To make matters worse, Nottinghamshire’s morning collapse, in which they lost five for 77 in decent batting conditions, was engineered by Andy Carter, whose gangling pace bowling used to be at Notts’ service until he rejected a new contract and decamped to Derbyshire at the end of last season, only to abandon that in disgust after half a season because of his lack of Championship opportunities to join Hampshire, who at that point had so many injured fast bowlers they were almost reduced to looking for solutions in a Tesco bargain bucket.Read considered a bad day with consummate understatement. One day he will surely crack, grab everybody by the throat and promptly announce his retirement. Until then he merely said: “It was a disappointing morning session and ultimately, although it was a good fightback to get to 245, we were somewhat lacking in first innings’ runs.”Andy Carter bowled nicely. We all like Andy here at Notts and we’ve fond memories of his time with us. Unfortunately for us he chose this moment to bowl a good opening spell. We’ve not batted well all season; it’s one area we are trying to improve. We are working exceptionally hard behind the scenes to put things right but again we came unstuck.”Hampshire went into the match with only Ryan McLaren taking his Championship wickets under 40s, but Carter’s debut gave them a bowler eminently capable of a hot spell or two, his Derbyshire return of six wickets for 73.33 best overlooked. An incisive pre-lunch spell underlined that as he removed three former team-mates for six runs in 12 deliveries.The nightwatchman, Jake Ball, hit his first delivery to Adam Wheater at midwicket, Riki Wessels found a bouncer from a former team-mate irresistible and holed out, fourth ball, at deep square leg, and Steven Mullaney chopped a rising delivery onto his stumps. Wessels has had an eye-catching one-day season and strange things can happen to an attacking player met by an old team-mate who bangs one in and suggests: “Go on then, try to hit that for old time’s sake.”When you need to dig in, Brendon Taylor is not your man. Neither does he immediately strike you as the sort of high-profile signing you want in a relegation battle. Since abandoning an unpredictable international career with Zimbabwe for the security of county cricket, he has produced the occasional destructive innings alongside rather too many lax dismissals to earn admiration in his new homeland.He fell to a good catch by Mason Crane at midwicket, off Gareth Berg, and soon afterwards Notts were 91 for 6 when Samit Patel was lbw, struck on the boot by Brad Wheal and hobbled off. He was the hero of Notts’ NatWest Blast quarter-final win and the crowd rose to him with great fondness, which was nice to see, but the sense will forever remain that it is impossible for Samit to cross the road without the intervention of a couple of moments of tragi-comedy.That left Read to find support from Michael Lumb – a restrained innings ending when he edged an attempted pull and became a fourth wicket for Carter – and some tail-end spanking from Luke Wood and, more unexpectedly, Imran Tahir, helped by a missed stumping off Dawson. Wood was unhinged by a short ball from McLaren which deflected off bat and helmet. Carter’s simple catch in the leg-side allowed Dawson to wrap up the innings with wickets in successive balls. Hampshire are still kicking for all they are worth.

Leeds United are eyeing up a move for former Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea manager Graham Potter, providing they manage to avoid relegation, according to Phil Hay.

What’s the latest Leeds manager news?

The Whites are on the cusp of relegation from the Premier League after another disappointing display and result over the weekend. Sam Allardyce’s side fell to a 3-1 defeat against West Ham on Sunday, with Leeds heading into the final weekend in 19th place and just a 3% chance of survival.

However, there is still a chance, although Leeds are already planning for what appears to be an extremely busy summer at Elland Road, with the 49ers Enterprises’ discussions over taking majority control from Andrea Radrizzani gathering pace in recent weeks, even in the event of relegation.

One of their first tasks will be to find a new manager and sporting director, with Brendan Rodgers named as a possible target if the Whites drop down a division by Hay, who was writing an in-depth Leeds story for The Athletic. However, Hay also said this about Potter, who also appears to be on the radar.

“If Leeds were to stay up, they would like to try to engage someone such as Graham Potter, who did well in three Premier League seasons at Brighton but lasted just seven months of this one after joining Chelsea last September.”

Is Graham Potter still out of work?

Potter is in fact still out of work after leaving Stamford Bridge back in April. The 48-year-old has been linked with a number of jobs since, though, including French side Nice and Leeds’ relegation rivals, Leicester City.

The Englishman likes to play a 3-4-2-1 system and worked wonders at the Amex, where he was called a 'superb manager' by journalist Melissa Reddy, so may not be out of work heading into the 2023/24 season. He averaged 1.28 points per game in 134 games with the Seagulls, and prior to that, 1.45 points per game with Swansea in the Championship.

Things didn’t work out at Chelsea, however, he has averaged over three years in charge of each managerial position he has held, so if Leeds somehow secure their Premier League status on the final day for a second successive season, Potter could be the man to turn things around in Yorkshire.

Journalist Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Liverpool have nearly agreed personal terms with Alexis Mac Allister and just need to work out the finer details and then trigger his release clause to complete the transfer.

What's the latest on Alexis Mac Allister and Liverpool?

There is no shortage of suitors for the Brighton midfielder right now with a collection of Premier League teams linked with the Argentine in recent times.

What's more, there appears to be some sort of clause in his contract which will allow him to leave the Seagulls this summer if a bid comes in of a high enough value.

With that in mind, whoever wants to sign him may have to act fast to beat off the competition for Mac Allister's signature and it looks as though Liverpool will endeavour to be that team.

Indeed, while speaking on his YouTube channel, Romano revealed that he can leave in June and having sorted "90 per cent" of the personal terms, there are just a few things left to do before the Reds can land the £50k-p/w star.

He explained (2:58): “There is an exit clause for Alexis Mac Allister to leave Brighton. Formally it is something that Alexis Mac Allister's camp and Brighton decided when he signed the new contract months ago.

"In that moment, they decided the fixed amount for Alexis Mac Allister to leave the club in the summer and to leave the club in June. So early in the window.

“This is why Liverpool want to be fast. The agreement on personal terms is 90 per cent done. So Alexis Mac Allister is really really close to Liverpool.

"But this clause is also helpful on the club's side. Liverpool need now to complete the agreement on these details. And then in that moment, will be able to complete the deal.

"But being there a fixed amount – a kind of release clause into the contract – they know that it's crucial to reach a full agreement with the player, also on the final details to avoid any potential competition from other clubs with Mauricio Pochettino big fan of Mac Allister."

How much will Mac Allister cost?

It remains unclear just how much Liverpool will have to pay to trigger that release clause but

a report in Argentine newspaper La Nacion has stated that the 24-year-old will command a fee of around £60m, while his weekly wage will double to £100k.

That's certainly not a bargain but with a number of other teams interested in the World Cup winner, the Reds perhaps cannot afford to haggle over prices too much.

Indeed, it sounds as though they are happy to bite the financial bullet and meet both the player and Brighton's demands to get the deal done as soon as possible.

Sri Lanka’s openers gone cheaply. A recovery led by Kusal Mendis. A Sri Lankan attack heavy on spin options. Australia’s batsmen struggling. A Sri Lankan victory

The Report by Brydon Coverdale24-Aug-2016
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details0:58

By the Numbers: Aponso’s four-four sinks Australia

Sri Lanka’s openers gone cheaply. A recovery led by Kusal Mendis. A Sri Lankan attack heavy on spin options. Australia’s batsmen struggling to have any impact. A Sri Lankan victory. Steven Smith could be forgiven for feeling like this was a flashback to the Test series just ended. But the big difference was that Australia already have a win in this one-day series. At the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka merely levelled it 1-1 with three to play.It was a victory built on two big partnerships: a 125-run stand between Mendis and Dinesh Chandimal, and a 103-run effort from Angelo Mathews and Kusal Perera. Chandimal was the only one of the quartet who did not reach fifty, falling instead on 48 and thus missing the chance to become the first Sri Lankan to score six consecutive ODI half-centuries. Besides those two stands, Sri Lanka’s wickets fell rapidly in three clumps.The last of those clumps featured a momentous event – James Faulkner became the sixth Australian to take a hat-trick in an ODI. But by that late stage in the innings the damage had been done. Sri Lanka had done enough to set Australia a target of 289. No team had ever won an ODI at this ground chasing such a hefty total and on a pitch offering plenty of turn Australia could not rewrite history, despite Matthew Wade’s career-best innings.One key difference from the Test series was that Sri Lanka opened with seamers from both ends – curious given that Nathan Lyon had taken the new ball for Australia earlier in the day – and the move brought immediate success. Thisara Perera’s first ball drew David Warner into a drive that was edged behind, and in his next over Perera had Aaron Finch dragging one on. Australia were 16 for 2, hardly the kind of start required for this chase.Sri Lanka had recovered from a similar position, but forcing the scoring rate against Sri Lanka’s spin attack was never going to be easy for Australia. Left-arm spinner Amila Aponso in particular proved difficult to get away, and the pressure that he applied brought him the wickets of Smith and George Bailey. On 30, Smith advanced and drove a catch to mid-on. Bailey was much less fluent, his 27 taking 46 balls, and he did not manage a single boundary before being bowled, deceived by Aponso’s dip.Bailey was not the only Australian to labour at the crease. Moises Henriques took 16 balls to make 4 and was out when he lunged forward and was beaten by legspinner Seekkuge Prasanna’s turn and Chandimal’s quick stumping – a similar dismissal to the first innings in the Colombo Test, when Henriques dragged his back foot out of his ground. Supposedly a good player of spin, Henriques must find another method, for drag is proving as costly to him as it does an Olympic swimmer.Wade and Travis Head did their best to claw Australia back into the match, but clawing rarely achieves much but to delay the inevitable. Sri Lanka’s spinners were too hard to dominate, and the required rate ballooned. Wade reached 76, his highest ODI score, but did so with only three boundaries, and by the timed he holed out to Thisara Perera, Australia needed more than 10 an over.Head top-edged a catch off Mathews for 31 from 48, Mitchell Starc popped a return catch back to Mathews, and then Aponso finished off the game with the wickets of Adam Zampa and Faulkner, to end up with the outstanding figures of 4 for 18 off 9.2 overs. Sri Lanka had won by 82 runs.Kusal Mendis revived Sri Lanka with a plucky half-century after they lost two early wickets•AFP

For the first few overs of the day it looked like Australia’s hopes of taking a 2-0 series lead were strong. After Mathews chose to bat, Sri Lanka stumbled to 12 for 2. Danushka Gunathilaka, brought in for this match at the expense of Milinda Siriwardana, was bowled by Starc for 2, and next ball Tillakarante Dilshan was bowled behind his legs by Lyon, operating around the wicket.But Mendis and Chandimal were up to the task of rebuilding, rotating the strike and putting away boundaries off bad balls. And they got a few of those. Smith’s decision to use the part-time offspin of Head inside the first 10 overs backfired spectacularly when Mendis plundered 20 runs off his first over. Head’s four overs cost 41 and combined with Henriques’ 0 for 40 off five, offset much of the good work of Zampa, Starc and Faulkner, who each took three wickets.Chandimal was the victim of a remarkable review off the bowling of Zampa. Chandimal advanced and tried to work Zampa to leg, missed, and the ball cannoned into the wicketkeeper Wade’s midriff. When Wade recovered, he appealed for lbw and convinced Smith to ask for a review. Replays confirmed the ball had struck Chandimal’s pad on the way through, in line, and would have hit the stumps.Zampa added the key wicket of Mendis to his tally in his next over. Mendis, who had scored all around the ground for his run-a-ball 69, was done by Zampa’s googly, trapped lbw, so plumb he did not seriously consider asking for a review. Zampa’s third came when Dhananjaya de Silva drove a catch to short cover, and he finished with 3 for 42 from his 10 overs.But then came the second of Sri Lanka’s crucial – or is that Kusal? – partnerships. Kusal Perera and Mathews came together with the score at 158 for 5 and both men combined attacking strokeplay with the ability to find the gaps for ones and twos. Mathews launched a pair of sixes off Lyon in the 40th over and his fifty came up off 55 balls; Perera struck five fours and one six, and brought up his half-century from 47 deliveries.However, they became the first two victims of Faulkner’s hat-trick: on 54 Perera was lbw trying a reverse sweep from the last ball of the 46th over, and first ball of the next over Mathews, on 57, drilled a catch down the ground. Completing the feat, Faulkner had Thisara Perera bowled. But by then, the damage had been done. Starc finished off the tail in the 49th over.Sri Lanka’s wickets had fallen in clusters – 2 for 12 at the top, 3 for 21 in the middle, 5 for 27 at the end. But those collapses were offset by two century stands, and those two partnerships were the difference in the match.

While all eyes are on the pitch for Durban’s first-ever Test match in August, peripheral vision will move to the outfield which has failed to recover completely since being relaid last month.After a limited-overs series between both teams last year, members of both sides had complained about the condition of the outfields in Durban and Centurion. They found the ground uncomfortable because it was too hard and asked if something could be done to soften it ahead of this year’s Test series. CSA agreed to decompact the outfield at both venues, which essentially involves removing sand and grass and relaying it. However, the process took place too late in Durban and the outfield was too deeply dug up to be ready in time for the Test. As a result, the outfield is an eyesore: patchy with several areas of scant grass and significant sand.”The digging happened too deep and too late and that’s why it looks the way it does now,” an insider told ESPNcricinfo. “Overall, it may be softer, but it’s definitely not pristine.”Work was done at SuperSport Park as soon as the season ended in April, but could not get underway in Kingsmead at the same time because it is the end point of the Comrades Marathon, which was run on May 29. “There would have been no point doing it when you are just going to have 18,000 runners’ feet on the ground a few weeks later,” the source said.Instead, the process only began in mid-June and was completed by July 1, seven weeks before the Test. More than 40 tonnes of sand and grass were removed from the outfield and new grass was grown. “It was a bit of a gamble to start that late, but they thought with the warmer climate, the outfield would recover and it was on its way.”At the end of July, Durban was hit by severe floods, and the outfield “was like a lake.” Since then, intermittent drizzle and insufficient sunshine, partly caused by the shadow the grandstand casts over part of the outfield at this time of the year, did not allow the grass to grow as much as it should have.While this will have no impact as such on the pitch, which had a significant grass covering on it the day before the match, it could still play a part in the Test. On rougher ground, the ball will scuff up quicker which may assist in getting reverse-swing.

تحدث ميجيل سانشيز، المدير الفني لفريق جيرونا إلى وسائل الإعلام في المؤتمر الصحفي قبل مباراة ريال مدريد بمنافسات الدوري الإسباني.

ويلتقي ريال مدريد وجيرونا يوم السبت، في مباراة قد تكون حاسمة في الصراع على لقب الدوري الإسباني.

ويتصدر ريال مدريد ترتيب الدوري الإسباني، متقدمًا بفارق نقطتين عن جيرونا صاحب المركز الثاني.

وقال سانشيز: “لن نكون مرشحين للدوري بالفوز في البرنابيو، حتى لو فزنا عليهم، أعتقد أنهم قادرون على الفوز بالمباريات الـ14 المتبقية، سيفوز ريال مدريد وبرشلونة بالعديد من المباريات”.

وأضاف: “لكي تقاتل من أجل الدوري تحتاج إلى 90 نقطة، هذا عدد كبير من النقاط، يمكن لريال مدريد وبرشلونة القيام بذلك وقد فعلها أتلتيكو مدريد”.

وأكمل: “بالنسبة لـ جيرونا، سيكون ذلك بمثابة كسر العديد من الحواجز ولا أعتقد أنه من العدل أن يكون لدينا هذا المطلب”.

وواصل مدرب جيرونا: “سيكون أمرًا رائعًا ومذهلًا أن نصنع التاريخ، لأن الفريق سيكون على لسان الجميع، سيعطينا تأثيرًا هائلاً”.

اقرأ أيضًا | موقف فينيسيوس ورودريجر وناتشو من مباراة ريال مدريد وجيرونا

واستطرد: “الذهاب إلى البرنابيو في الجولة 24 للمنافسة على الصدارة هو حلم بالنسبة لجيرونا، نريد أن ننتهي من صنع التاريخ الحقيقي، مع إبقاء أقدامنا على الأرض، حلمنا هو الذهاب إلى المنافسة في أوروبا”.

وأشاد مدرب جيرونا بريال مدريد، الذي قال إنه “المرشح الأوفر حظا”، وأثنى على كارلو أنشيلوتي مدرب ريال مدريد: “إنه مدرب يتمتع بخبرة كبيرة ويعرف فريقه تماما”.

وشدد: “علينا أن نستمتع ونعد أنفسنا ذهنيًا للمعاناة، خاصة في الدفاع، مفتاح التغلب عليهم هو أن يكونوا أقل من مستواهم وأن نلعب مباراة مثالية”.

وردا على سؤال حول التحكيم في البرنابيو، الذي سيتولى إدارته مارتينيز مونويرا، أصر مدرب جيرونا: “لست خائفا”.