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Daniel Vettori has said his team fought well to dismiss Sri Lanka for 452 but the real test was to back that with a good batting performance.New Zealand fought back through the spin and pace combination of Vettori and Chris Martin who shared eight wickets between them to dismiss the final six Sri Lankan batsmen for 66 runs after the home team had started the day at 293 for 3.”From where we were yesterday the big thing for us is that everyone showed some fight today to put ourselves in a position where we really couldn’t have asked for too much [more],” Vettori said. “The real key for New Zealand is to back that up with a good performance with the bat.”He said New Zealand needed to bowl well in pairs if they are to restrict the home side’s batsmen. “Because we were leaking runs at the other end the Sri Lankan batsmen were able to play me out and not have to take so many risks,” he said. “The hardest thing was trying to get Chris and me bowling together because we both wanted the same end. The key to bowling (in the rest of the series) is (getting) the rest of the bowlers to support Chris and myself and just bowl in tandem.”The big wicket of Mahela Jayawardene, resuming from 108*, in the second over of the day boosted New Zealand’s confidence. “Mahela is such a disciplined batsman he doesn’t take any risks. He knows these sorts of grounds and bats so well,” Vettori said. “He showed the discipline and maturity you need to score in this part of the world. For us to get him so early gave the team a little bit of lift particularly with the new ball around the corner.”New Zealand ended the second day at 87 for 2 and Vettori said the most pleasing thing was how well his batsmen played the Sri Lankan bowlers. “It is always going to be difficult for a lot of their guys coming up against bowlers they have never seen before. Sometimes when New Zealand teams are facing quality spin bowling they can be a bit jittery but there was good confidence (on display) here. I thought [Tim] McIntosh, [Daniel] Flynn and [Martin] Guptill, for the short time he was there, looked like they were in control. It’s a good sign for us.”However, with New Zealand still trailing by 365 runs, Vettori said the home side still held the edge. “Sri Lanka is obviously in front with the quality of their bowling line-up. [Thilan] Thushara bowled exceptionally well today. We know we got a lot of work to do in the morning. [Jeetan] Patel’s a good player of spin if he can stick around for a while with McIntosh they can set up something for us.”Vettori said that Jacob Oram could not take the field the whole day because he was ill but would be fit to bat if needed on Thursday.

Plenty of Liverpool supporters have been reacting to a video clip of Reds supporters celebrating Mohamed Salah’s incredible goal against Watford, which left some Kopites “in awe” of his brilliance.

Jurgen Klopp’s men were imperious on Saturday afternoon, destroying the Hornets at Vicarage Road and romping to a 5-0 victory. Roberto Firmino scored a hat-trick on the day and Sadio Mane also found the net, but the occasion once again belonged to Salah.

The 29-year-old registered a sublime assist for Mane’s goal before scoring a sensational solo effort in the second half, weaving in and out of tackles and firing into the net.

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It was the latest iconic Salah moment following on from his sublime strike against Manchester City a fortnight ago, and on Monday, Liverpool’s official Twitter account posted footage of Reds fans reacting to the goal in the away end.

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Liverpool fans love Salah goal footage

These Liverpool supporters took to Twitter to show their love for the video, as Salah continues to cement his reputation as arguably the best player in the world at the moment.

“What a video!!!!!”

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“Absolutely beautiful”

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“Love this!”

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“It was a joy to be a part of this, what a goal!”

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“In awe of Mo’s magic. Never ever forget this, Reds!”

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“That second gasp! Then the release…pure joy!”

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In other news, some Liverpool fans are unhappy over one Reds injury update. Read more here.

John Buchanan’s decision to join the ECB for a coaching assignment in the lead-up to the Ashes has drawn an indifferent response from the Australians. Shane Watson, who is in the Ashes squad, said Buchanan would have little impact on England’s campaign while the retired Stuart MacGill said the move was more likely to hurt England than help them.Watson said players understood that coaching these days was a global business and mentors were free to ply their trade wherever they chose. Since losing the Ashes in 2005 Australia have gained the bowling coach Troy Cooley, who helped England master reverse swing, while Rod Marsh is another who has assisted both countries.”I think it’s great for world cricket to be able to use the knowledge, and it can work both ways,” Watson told the . “We’ve got Troy to be able to make the most of the information he got from coaching the England [bowlers].”We’ve had two years with Tim Nielsen now and obviously John Buchanan has coached Kolkata and done some other things as well, so to me it’s part of his job and what he is trying to do as a coach, to get around and help people out whether it’s Australia-wide or internationally. He’s got great experience so I think that’s his call and we’re lucky to have Troy on our side now.”MacGill, who suffered a knee injury during Buchanan’s boot camp in 2006, said it was clear which team had come out better in the lead-up to this year’s series. He said England would have been better to call on their own coach from 2005, Duncan Fletcher, rather than Buchanan.”John Buchanan’s mantra has always been that if the players look after themselves, the results will look after themselves,” MacGill said in the . “In 2005, Australia had a very, very good side, all they needed to do was tailor-make a game plan, and we didn’t. We didn’t spend any time on their players or conditions.”What won England the Ashes in 2005 was their bowling, and if you look at it now, we got Troy Cooley and they got John Buchanan. Troy Cooley won England the Ashes and John Buchanan lost it for us. I don’t begrudge Buck for trying to make a living, but his coaching record in England isn’t crash hot. He lost the Ashes and had a stint with Middlesex that also didn’t work out.”Shane Warne, one of the strongest critics of Buchanan’s coaching methods, couldn’t resist another dig at him. Warne reckoned that Buchanan’s switch would only motivate Australia to go harder at England.”I think that’s a great move because that means we’ve got more of a chance,” Warne said. “Hopefully, Buck (Buchanan) will be doing his stuff and he’ll be working and doing all his things and hopefully overcomplicating things. I reckon it gives our chances a big boost and makes our blokes more hungry. Hopefully, he gets all of them in a boot camp and Freddie (Andrew) Flintoff and (Kevin) Pietersen hurt their knees, that would be great.”Regardless of whether Buchanan has any dealings with the England side – his main role is likely to be with junior teams and the England Lions – the Australians have little concern about his impact. Watson said there wasn’t a great deal Buchanan could divulge about the squad’s current plans.”There are no real secrets to what we do in the Australian team,” Watson said. “It’s just the way we prepare … I don’t think it’s rocket science, what he’ll be able to give them, anyway.”

اعتذرت مجلة “فرانس فوتبول” الفرنسية التي تنظم جائزة الكرة الذهبية سنويًا لجناح الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي باريس سان جيرمان، لـ ليونيل ميسي، بعد غيابه عن قائمة المرشحين لعام 2022.

ولم يظهر ميسي ضمن قائمة اللاعبين المرشحين لنيل جائزة الكرة الذهبية لأول مرة منذ عام 2005، وهو أكثر الفائزين بها 7 مرات، آخرهم في العام الأخير 2021.

لم يقدم الأرجنتيني موسمًا جيدًا مع باريس سان جيرمان الذي انتقل إليه في أغسطس 2021 قادمًا من برشلونة، بعد انتهاء عقده وفشل النادي الكتالوني في تسجيله ضمن قائمته بالموسم الماضي.

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وكتب رئيس مجلة “فرانس فوتبول”، باسكال فيريه، افتتاحية بالعدد الجديد لها، وقال: “العفو ليو”.

وتابع: “عفوًا ليو على ما يمكن أن تشعر به تجاه قائمة المرشحين، ربما تعتبر أن هذا عدم تقدير أو جحود، لكن عدم اختيارك ضمن المرشحين ليس إدانة، نراهن أنه مجرد وداعًا”.

وأضاف في النهاية: “لا يمكن أن تبتعد هكذا، ليس أنت يا ليو، ليس الآن، ليس بعد كل ما فعلته”.

In a swift turnaround, South Africa has overtaken England as the preferred venue to host the IPL next month. Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman, met with Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola in Johannesburg on Tuesday, and the pair will conduct a press conference to discuss the outcome of their meeting at 3pm GMT. Should South Africa be named the host nation, it is unclear whether Modi will continue with his scheduled trip to London on Wednesday.Weather has turned out to be the principal factor to have swayed the BCCI officials, a bulk of whom had been in favour of England until Monday morning when the realisation occurred that rain could seriously affect “as many as 70% of the matches” in the Twenty20 tournament, which runs from April 10 to May 24.Another reason for England’s chances receding is the assurance from top officials within the South African government and Cricket South Africa that the IPL will receive the full red carpet treatment, well-placed sources said.”The weather in South Africa seems to have become the deciding factor,” the sources said. “Besides, South Africa is working out to be a much cheaper option. The South African government’s interest in hosting the event is a major factor, too.” However, Modi is also scheduled to leave Johannesburg for London on Tuesday evening to meet ECB officials, who have also expressed interest in hosting the event.South Africa is also considered a better option when it comes to TV timings in comparison to England. For instance, the IPL wants to start its first match of the day at 4 pm IST, which would mean a 11.30 am start in England. In South Africa it would be a 12.30 pm start. The TV rights scenario is also less complicated in South Africa as Supersport owns the rights both for the IPL and for international cricket played in the country. Additionally, the cost of running the tournament in South Africa would be substantially less than in England. And the fact that the South African domestic season concludes a day before the IPL’s scheduled start date should lead to less logistical problems than in England, where the county season will be just underway.Modi and Majola are known to have a strong personal relationship, especially since the two boards became founding partners of the Twenty20 Champions League last year. It is believed that such a rapport would prove crucial in organising a tournament of this magnitude at such short notice. “This gives both the boards a lot of room for negotiations, adjustments and quick decisions, something that may not be possible with the ECB, which has to go by its board for almost every decision,” the sources said.Cricket South Africa (CSA) summoned their provinces to a teleconference on Monday afternoon, where they were updated on the latest IPL developments. “We have been told to expect a decision by Wednesday morning,” said a South African provincial official with knowledge of the conference call. “We have had some early discussions about what we might need to do to prepare for this, but as far as we are aware, no final decisions have been made.”Majola spoke cautiously on Monday evening when asked to assess South Africa’s chances of hosting the IPL’s second season. “Until I meet with Mr Modi and BCCI officials and know exactly what they want and how they think this should proceed, then I cannot say where we stand,” Majola said. “It has been strangely quiet since we were first asked by officials from the BCCI and IPL whether we can assist them, and to the best of my knowledge we remain just one of the options out there. We are interested in assisting, but we have not heard anything further.”Shaun Pollock, the former South African captain and current advisor to the Mumbai Indians, said he would be open to serving as a conduit between his IPL franchise and the KwaZulu-Natal board if approached. Pollock is currently in Durban with eight members of the Mumbai squad for a pre-season training camp.”I would love the Mumbai Indians to come to Durban,” Pollock said. “But, having said that, I don’t know who will decide which franchise goes where, or even if (the IPL) will come here. It’s hard to know at the moment. One person tells you it’s 60-40 in South Africa’s favour and another tells you it’s 60-40 to England. But if it were to come here, I would be happy to help Mumbai if they were interested in basing themselves in my home area and conditions.”As of Sunday evening, England had emerged as the preferred venue to host the tournament after a powerful lobby within the BCCI and the Indian team management felt that such a move would help in preparing for the World Twenty20 in June.However, that decision was almost entirely dependent on the ECB overcoming considerable obstacles related to costs and logistics and the approval of its stakeholders, including the counties, many of whom fear that their domestic schedule will be affected by the IPL.Apparently, there is also a certain amount of concern at the ICC level about the state of venues in England for the World Twenty20 starting on June 5. The IPL will run until May 24 alongside the English domestic season starting in April and the West Indies Test series in May. “It’s the beginning of the season in England and Wales and there is a lot of Twenty20 cricket being played including the ICC World Twenty20,” David Morgan, the ICC president, told . “I do think there will be great difficulties in relocating it.”

Daniel Vettori had no complaints over New Zealand’s near-miss for a first one-day series win in Australia, but he was disappointed the rain did not stay away for a couple more overs

Peter English at the Gabba13-Feb-2009
Martin Guptill scored 64 off 34 balls before rain ended the contest © Getty Images
Daniel Vettori had no complaints over New Zealand’s near-miss for a first one-day series win in Australia, but he was disappointed the rain did not stay away for a couple more overs. Martin Guptill’s breath-taking 64, which came from only 34 balls, pushed the tourists to 33 short of their target of 156 with six overs remaining when the weather closed in again.Guptill and the debutant Brendon Diamanti, who was 26 not out, still had the batting Powerplay in hand before the rain. The untimely cloud burst forced the match to be abandoned and allowed Australia to keep the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy after the 2-2 series result.”It’s an odd feeling,” Vettori said. “You wanted to see the game pan out to get a result because it could have been a really good game. It probably would have come down to the Powerplay, so it’s a strange feeling. We’re happy with the overall 2-2, but still would have loved a chance to win the series.”Only the fantastic draining powers of the Gabba allowed the match to start, but New Zealand had the worst of the batting conditions after beginning their chase in light rain. “It just became too hard, the rain,” Vettori said. “You could see the umpires wanted to stay out there to get a result, but it was too hard.”There was further pain for the visitors with injuries to Kyle Mills and Ross Taylor in the greasy conditions. The game was delayed by more than five hours and Mills hurt his right Achilles during his opening spell of 2 for 33.Mills will fly home on Saturday and miss Sunday’s Twenty20 at the SCG, with Diamanti taking his spot in the squad. Taylor is also doubtful for the last match of the tour after hurting his hamstring and requiring treatment the ball before he holed out to Mitchell Johnson on 4.The Australians had Brad Haddin’s 88 and Callum Ferguson’s 55 to thank for their competitive total of 4 for 168, which was reduced to 155 when two overs were cut because of more rain. Ponting grew frustrated towards the end of a “topsy-turvy game” but was satisfied to have taken the trophy.”It was right in the balance actually when the heavy rain came,” Ponting said. “At the same time we felt if we grabbed one more wicket the momentum would have swung back in our favour.”

This training session was India’s first tryst with the windy conditions, on an otherwise perfect day – sunny and mildly warm.

Sidharth Monga in Christchurch22-Feb-2009
Endurance can be a problem in cold and windy conditions, and all the players were put to a stern test on that count © Getty Images
Pragyan Ojha stood at the boundary of the Cricket Field adjoining the Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Venkatesh Prasad hit a skier towards him, which Ojha comfortably got under. But then the wind carried it over the picket fence. Ojha looked towards Prasad, Prasad looked towards Ojha.The wind carried the message fast enough. They had heard of it, some of them – like Prasad – had experienced it, but now everyone had come face to face with the famous New Zealand winds. Then Prasad shouted, “You should have tried still.” This training session was India’s first tryst with the windy conditions on an otherwise perfect day – sunny and mildly warm.The session was an ideal one for the Indian players who have rarely played in such conditions, especially the ones in the limited-overs sides. India had to move to the adjoining ground because there was a two-day game on between the England Lions and Emerging New Zealand Players.The game plan for Gary Kirsten today was straightforward. It started with simple running that went on for about an hour and a half. Endurance can be a problem in cold and windy conditions, and all the players were put to a stern test on that count.During the fielding practice that followed, the fielders struggled to judge the carry on the ball, often running in too much. At least they now can be mindful of the wind before they enter match situation. Following the fielding the batsmen were divided into groups – one batted in the nets and the other went for the open-wicket practice. Virender Sehwag looked tired, and requested Kirsten to put him in the group that would go in later.During the open-wicket practice came another aspect, which was perhaps more important, that of bowling into the wind. All the Indian bowlers made use of that. The batsmen practised against Prasad, Robin Singh, local bowlers, a bowling machine and even Paddy Upton. Praveen Kumar was surprised by a return catch from Rohit Sharma, which came back too fast to him. He was hit on the elbow in the follow-through, but it didn’t cause too much damage, and Praveen was fit to bat later in the day.However it is too early identify which of the bowlers would be better off bowling into the wind. “You would have noticed today we practised with all the bowlers into the wind,” Kirsten said. “What we said was that every bowlers has got to do the hard yards some day. It’s not easy, but we have to be prepared for that. It’s about just adapting to the situation.”You just don’t turn up at 10am and win a game just because you are a better side on the paper. Someone’s got to work hard out there. This team’s very aware of that. Everyone wants to be a game-breaker.”They have been practising hard to come to terms with alien conditions, but India are staying away from discussing them too much when off the field. “We stay away from too much talk. Talk is dangerous,” Kirsten said. “What we do is, come into the nets and spend time there. We had nearly a four-and-a-half hours session yesterday, and another four-hour session today.”What we are focused on, is to make sure that the guys are ready when they are needed to be. It might take a bit of time during match play. Senior players who have been here pass on the information that they need, we pass the information too, but it’s the players who have got to do the job.”Kirsten could well be the right man to pass on the information about New Zealand. In the seven Tests he played here, he averaged 58.70, as opposed to his overall average of 45.27, and managed two centuries. The second of his centuries in New Zealand came more than a year after India’s disastrous tour in 2002-03.”The last tour was six-seven years ago,” Kirsten said. “We don’t focus on the past, we are worried about what happens ahead. We certainly haven’t had team meetings talking about what happened here six-seven years ago. We have played 17 games of cricket since September last year, and lost one. So we are very happy with our performance.”This team doesn’t focus on performance, but what we need to do on a daily basis. We believe that if we prepare and plan well, we give ourselves the best chance of a win. But we also know that the game is designed such that at anytime you can have a bad hour or two. We are very humble around that fact.”Kirsten was not bothered about the nature of the pitches, confident in the quality of his pace attack. “Everyone is talking about the wickets. It’s not something that concerns our minds too much. We are well planned for any conditions, our team is well balanced. Our seamers have had a particularly good year, and we are not concerned too much about the conditions.”

Test debuts don’t come much more rewarding than the one JP Duminy experienced in Perth

Brydon Coverdale22-Dec-2008
JP Duminy: “It’s something that definitely I will cherish for the rest of my life” © PA Photos
Test debuts don’t come much more rewarding than the one JP Duminy experienced in Perth. He struck the winning runs in the second-highest chase of all time and with the same cover-driven three went to 50 not out, an invaluable innings that helped South Africa forget about their past heartbreaks against Australia. Duminy could have been forgiven for wondering what all the fuss was about.At 24 and having never played an international of any format against Australia, Duminy was free of the memories of South Africa’s previous failures. The significance of the triumph certainly hit home as the squad celebrated that night. Veterans like Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher have spent more than a decade trying to get one up on these opponents, while many other great names have faded into retirement without tasting that success.”A lot of the guys got text messages from guys that have been here and they sort of understand what this victory means to everyone,” Duminy said. “I think we understand what it means to everyone back home and we’re grateful for it. Hopefully we can pull off another victory.”But if Duminy didn’t know the pain of losing to Australia he at least knew the disappointment of being a teenage fan of South Africa during some of their lowest moments. As a 15-year-old cricket nut, he watched on in horror as Allan Donald was run-out in the semi-final of the World Cup, leaving the match tied and sending Australia into the decider.”I’ve lived through all those days of just near, nearby,” Duminy said. “Definitely the World Cup in ’99 [was the worst], especially with the run-out, I think I watched every ball of that game, so it was a bit painful.”Now Duminy is doing his part to help write a new chapter in South African cricket. The value of his innings at the WACA cannot be underestimated. When he came to the crease at the fall of the fourth wicket they still needed 111 and he was due to be followed by Boucher and then one of world cricket’s less convincing lower orders.He had also managed only one run in the first innings. Talk about pressure. But he was batting with AB de Villiers, a man he had grown up playing with in under-age representative teams, and rarely did Duminy look flustered as he calmly bunted away danger-balls, lofted the spinners with confidence down the ground, and cut with precision. He didn’t look tense. He was.”I just made sure that I didn’t want to portray a sort of nervous, uncomfortable feeling out there,” Duminy said. “I was definitely feeling the pressure but my main objective was just to soak up everything and take it ball by ball. Myself and AB spoke a lot in the middle about just facing it ball by ball.”When Duminy left the field the hugs from his team-mates were tighter than those afforded to de Villiers, whose century earned him the Man-of-the-Match award but whose calmness was less surprising as he was in his 47th Test. The captain Graeme Smith could not have been happier with Duminy’s effort.”It’s incredible,” Smith said after the match. “He’s travelled with us for a period of time now, he’s watched so many Test matches with us over the last year-and-a-half from the sidelines, probably gaining a bit of experience, seeing what it’s all about. He’s played his fair share of one-day games now so he’s had a taste of it.”As I said to him now in terms of the pressure he faced today, he’s not going to get any worse probably ever in his Test career so he played superbly. A guy at this stage of his career, an innings like that can only really do wonders for him as a person.”His opportunity arrived only because Ashwell Prince hurt his thumb and while Prince is no certainty for the Boxing Day Test, Duminy is resigned to losing his spot whenever the more experienced man is ready. His position may vanish but nothing can erase the mark he left on Test cricket in his debut match.

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Kieron Pollard’s all-round show helped Trinidad & Tobago to a three-wicket win against defending champions Jamaica in a low-scoring first semi-final at the Providence stadium in Guyana.Jamaica had the advantage of batting first on a hard pitch but kept losing wickets periodically. The only substantial partnership was the fifth-wicket stand of 55 between Tamar Lambert and Lorenzo Ingram. Lambert was the top scorer, with 55 off 68 balls, but with only one other batsman making more than 25, Jamaica could only muster 196. All three of Pollard’s wickets – Danza Hyatt, Yanick Elliot and Lambert – came with the batsmen holing out in the deep. Offspinner Rishi Bachan also chipped in with two wickets.The T&T chase got off to a poor start: Adrian Barath and captain Daren Ganga were lbw for ducks to medium-pacer David Bernard. Darren Bravo (41) and Lendl Simmons (24) stabilized the innings with a 54-run partnership but it was still anybody’s game when T&T slipped to 84 for 4. That brought Pollard to the crease and his 76 took T&T near the finish line. He was trapped lbw by Lambert but T&T had little trouble in reaching the target with three overs to spare.They now await the winners of Saturday’s semi-final between Barbados and Leewards Islands.

كشفت تقارير صحفية إسبانية، أن نيكو جونزاليس لاعب برشلونة يرغب في الخروج عن الفريق على سبيل الإعارة خلال الصيف الجاري.

صاحب الـ20 عامًا لاعب خط وسط لفريق برشلونة، هو أحد لاعبي كرة القدم الذين يمثلهم خورخي مينديز. وكان الوكيل البرتغالي في برشلونة الليلة الماضية للقاء جوان لابورتا رئيس النادي الكتالوني.

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هناك العديد من القضايا المهمة مطروحة على الطاولة، مثل اهتمام برشلونة ببرناردو سيلفا لاعب وسط مانشستر سيتي، الذي كشف عنه المدير العام منذ أشهر، أو موقف فرانسيسكو ترينكاو، الذي أنهى إعارته لموسم واحد إلى ولفرهامبتون الإنجليزي.

لكن أحدث التفاصيل، كانت عن نيكو جونزاليس حسب ما أفادت صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية، فهو يعطي الأولوية للخروج من الفريق للحصول على دقائق أكثر، خاصة وأن النادي الكتالوني تعاقد مع فرانك كيسيه والمنافسة على وسط الملعب أصبحت صعبة.

أولمبيك مارسيليا أبرز المهتمين بضم نيكو، وهو نادٍ يلعب دوري أبطال أوروبا الموسم المقبل، بالإضافة إلى ريال بيتيس وفالنسيا وريال سوسيداد.

في الموسم الماضي شارك نيكو في 27 مباراة بالدوري و4 بدوري أبطال أوروبا، و3 في الدوري الأوروبي، بالإضافة لمباراة الكلاسيكو بالسوبر ضد ريال مدريد.