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English cricket’s uneasy relationship with the growing influence of domestic Twenty20 will again come to the fore on Saturday when the Friends Life t20 finals day is held in Cardiff

Andrew McGlashan24-Aug-2012English cricket’s uneasy relationship with the growing influence of domestic Twenty20 will again come to the fore on Saturday when the Friends Life t20 Finals Day is held in Cardiff. It marks ten years since the Twenty20 Cup, the original competition, began in 2003 but other countries have taken the format to new levels.Finals Day, unsatisfyingly, is scheduled the day after a programme of Championship matches and, what is more, it takes place in Cardiff, where none of the counties could have practiced anyway on the day before the match because the ground was staging an England ODI against South Africa. A capacity crowd approaching 15,000 is assured.At stake is not only the trophy itself – and a significant winner’s cheque alongside it – but also the final two places at the Champions League Twenty20 to be held in South Africa during October. That tournament comes with the possibility of huge sums of money but both English counties have to go through pre-qualifying before reaching the main stage, after the ECB declined to be one of the founding partners alongside the BCCI, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa.The county game still does not know quite how to take the Champions League, with it being a hindrance at the end of the season; this year’s tournament is only pushed back due to the World Twenty20. Embrace fully or ignore completely? Within the 18 counties there are people who fall on both sides.Last year Somerset did themselves proud by reaching the semi-finals and, but for a straight drive from Jos Buttler that crashed into Craig Kieswetter’s forearm, could have reached the final. Still, they enjoyed a lucrative pay day, money which they have been able to reinvest in their team. It is not a coincidence they have one of the deeper squads in county cricket and a crop of talented young players.Somerset are one of this year’s four semi-finalists, where they will face Hampshire in a rematch of the 2010 final that Hampshire won by losing fewer wickets after scores were tied. They are still carrying the albatross around their neck of being perennial runner’s up but, as ever, will be a strong outfit on Finals Day.Last year, Kieron Pollard was one of Somerset’s overseas players but this time they have the South Africa opener Richard Levi but not Albie Morkel who is injured although Kevin O’Brien is also part of the squad. Elsewhere they have Marcus Trescothick back after his ankle injury along with the striking power of Kieswetter and Buttler.Hampshire, too, have a strong top order. James Vince is their top-scorer in the format this year, with 211 runs, but it was Neil McKenzie who guided them through the quarter-final against Nottinghamshire with a wonderful innings of deft placement. They will miss Glenn Maxwell, the allrounder, who has been called into Australia’s one-day and Twenty20 squads, so Simon Katich and Jimmy Adams will have to fill the void.Ten years of English Twenty20 stats

Most Runs Scored Darren Stevens, 2,209 in record 97 innings
Most Wickets Taken Azhar Mahmood, Surrey and Kent, 103 wickets
Highest innings score Gloucestershire 254 for 3 v Middlesex in 2011
Lowest innings score Northants 47 v Durham in 2011
Highest innings score in a Final Middlesex 187 v Kent, 2008
Highest innings chase in a Final Hampshire 173 v Somerset, 2010
Biggest innings by one batsman Graham Napier 152* Essex v Sussex 24/6/08
Most 6s in an innings Napier smashed 16 sixes (a world record) in his 152 against Sussex at Chelmsford
Best batting strike rate in career Andrew Symonds, 180.10
Most wickets in a season 33 Alfonso Thomas
Most runs scored in the last 10 years of t20 Somerset, 15,724
Most runs in a season by a team 2996 by Essex in 2010
Best bowling figures Arul Suppiah 6 for 5
Best bowling strike rate in career Paul Collingwood gets a wicket every 9.3 balls
Best career economy rate in career Stuart Broad, 5.59
Highest opening partnership Kevin O’Brien and Hamish Marshall 192 v Middlesex

Bowling is their weaker suit, but in Danny Briggs they have an international spinner and in Dimitri Mascarenhas a wise head who has seen it all before. Liam Dawson, who takes the new-ball with his left-arm spin, is not to be underestimated.The other semi-final, which will be the first, starting at 11am in cricket’s 12-hour day, is between Sussex and Yorkshire, the latter in their first Finals Day. Yorkshire have been boosted by the availability of Jonny Bairstow following the preceding day’s one-day international but, as of Friday, were still waiting on news about Tim Bresnan. It is another odd piece of scheduling to place one of the marquee days of the domestic season little more than 12 hours after an ODI will have finished on the same ground. Yorkshire, at least, have the advantage of being the only team not in Championship action on Friday.Yorkshire also have some very exciting younger players in their ranks. Gary Ballance has caught the eye with the cleanness of his striking while Azeem Rafiq, who stood in as captain during the group stage, is developing into a very astute all-round cricketer. Then there is what appears to be a rebirth for Adil Rashid, the legspinner, who is emerging from a prolonged slump. They will not have Mitchell Starc, the Australia left-arm quick, but, like Somerset, their South Africa batsman, David Miller, is available for the day.Sussex have long been one of the most consistent one-day sides in the country. They won this competition in 2009, Michael Yardy’s first year as captain, and this time Finals Day will mark his last outing in the role for Sussex, following his decision to step down in the Championship and CB40. They reached the semi-final with victory over Gloucestershire, which was led by Scott Styris’ 37-ball hundred and he will be back in the side after competing in the Sri Lanka Premier League.Matt Prior, keen to show he should be playing one-day and Twenty20 ahead of Kieswetter, and Luke Wright bring international experience but they rarely choose to play Monty Panesar in Twenty20 cricket, preferring the combination of Yardy, Chris Nash (a consistently impressive player), legspinner Will Beer and the surprise package of 20-year-old Michael Rippon. Neither do they lack pace options with Chris Liddle, the left-armer, and Amjad Khan capable of pushing the speed gun.After the awful weather that cut swathes through the qualifying campaign the tournament desperately needs a high-octane finals day, although it will do well to match the drama of 2011 when the two semi-finals went to Super Overs before Leicestershire clinched the trophy by beating Somerset. As rain fell during the one-day international there were plenty of fingers being crossed. August 24 3pm BST: this story was amended to reflect Albie Morkel not being available for Somerset

Lancashire lost five wickets with just 54 on the board and are already staring at defeat after Warwickshire amassed 557 for 6

Jon Culley at Edgbaston17-May-2012
ScorecardSimon Kerrigan took three wickets but Lancashire endured another difficult day•PA PhotosUnless the weather takes a drastic turn for the worse, it is impossible to see Lancashire escaping another confidence-sapping defeat after finishing five wickets down and still the small matter of 347 runs shy of even avoiding the follow-on.This was in reply to a Warwickshire total that was more than five sessions in the making, which was significant in itself in that it left Lancashire weary and dispirited and not in the best of shape, in terms of physical and mental readiness, to face a Warwickshire bowling attack with 25 overs in which to bend their backs and put pressure on a batting unit already short of confidence.Glen Chapple, whose absence from the bowling attack clearly eased the way for Warwickshire’s batsmen, spoke boldly of having players at his disposal with the quality to build partnerships. So far, though, apart from the 31 runs Paul Horton and Stephen Moore managed to put on before everything began to unravel, no combination has managed more than 14 and Lancashire are already down to Ashwell Prince and the wicketkeeper, Gareth Cross, with only the wounded Chapple and the explosive Ajmal Shahzad to come before the genuine tailenders, Gary Keedy and Simon Kerrigan.Their dreadful start to the season, therefore, shows little sign of getting better very soon. Warwickshire’s dominance of the opening day simply carried forward into the second. Chapple, who will have a scan on Monday to ascertain whether his side strain is a short-term problem or something more inconvenient, had to leave the first overs, with the ball still fairly new, in the hands of Luke Procter and Shahzad. But the latter, who had bowled well without much luck on Wednesday, did not have the same control this time, giving away too many cheap runs.Keedy and Kerrigan, therefore, were pressed into tandem service inside the first hour and barely rested from then on. Kerrigan’s 49 overs represented the heaviest workload of his career so far. Keedy wound up bowling 50, which he has done before but not as a 37-year-old.By the end they were understandably weary, their sterling efforts at least to restrict Warwickshire’s progress interrupted from time to time by Rikki Clarke letting rip with one of his four sixes. They had found some turn, but not to a degree that troubled anyone much.When the declaration came, perhaps a little later than it might have, Warwickshire’s attack, in form and bolstered by the return of Chris Woakes, scented blood.Woakes had not played since damaging ankle ligaments in March but you would not have known it. Confidence tuned up after hitting half a dozen boundaries in an unbeaten 43, he ran in with purpose and took a wicket with his 10th ball, adding a second in the penultimate over, at which point Lancashire were 54 for 5.Earlier, he had persuaded umpire Michael Gough that he had Karl Brown caught off the glove with a ball that spat off a length, rocking Lancashire on their heels at 32 for 2 after opener Horton had been leg-before to a full length delivery from the left-armer Keith Barker, who was being assessed by one of England’s talent spotters, Geoff Arnold.Then Barker’s new-ball partner, Chris Wright, who had switched ends after giving way to Woakes at the Birmingham End, took two wickets in four balls, beating Moore for pace with one that plucked out his off stump, then having Steven Croft caught behind with another that found some venomous bounce.Clarke, who had an escape on 57 when Kerrigan failed to hang on to a difficult return catch, finished unbeaten on 123, having batted for more than three and a half hours with a level of discipline and self-restraint that reflects a more mature approach to his game.He put on 147 for the sixth wicket with Tim Ambrose, who was within sight of his first century for three years when he chipped to short midwicket for 96. The only other wicket to fall, after half an hour of the opening session, had been that of Darren Maddy, who miscued Keedy to be caught at mid-off.

N Srinivasan has said the BCCI’s new deal with Star TV proves the “underlying strength of Indian cricket”

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Apr-2012N Srinivasan, the BCCI president, has said that terminating the board’s broadcast rights contract with Nimbus Communications last year was the right decision in hindsight and that the new deal with Star TV proves the “underlying strength of Indian cricket.””At a time when some felt the popularity of cricket was going down in the country because of some overseas setbacks, the deal [with Star TV] proved the opposite,” Srinivasan told the . “It is a big feather in BCCI’s cap. Now we have two strong broadcasters, one for Indian cricket and the other for IPL. The BCCI is in an assured position.”Star, owned by Rupert Murdoch, won the rights to broadcast Indian cricket for 2012-2018 last week. The deal, which also includes internet and mobile rights, was valued at Rs 3851 crores (approximately $750 million) and covers 96 matches. Multi-Screen Media (Sony) currently owns the rights to the IPL, for which it paid $1.6 billion for nine years starting in 2009.Television ratings for the IPL slumped last year as the tournament began just six days after India’s victorious World Cup campaign ended but Srinivasan expects the league to bounce back and have a successful season. He also denied the tournament led to player fatigue, saying the cricketers are professionals and that most of them do not play all three formats of the game in any case.When asked whether the significance of Test cricket had been undermined because players make more money from the IPL than they do playing Tests, Srinivasan said that wasn’t a valid argument. “The value of a player in the IPL is linked to his performances for the national team. I firmly believe a cricketer’s first priority is to play for his country. And unless a player goes through the domestic grind, he will not be able to sustain his performances in the IPL.”On the plus side, Srinivasan said, the IPL has led to the discovery of new talent and helped the development of Indian cricket by giving young players the opportunity to rub shoulders with established international players on a big stage.One of the constant criticisms of the domestic game in India has been the state of the pitches, which invariably favour batsmen and typically result in an overwhelming number of high-scoring draws in the four-day format. However, Srinivasan said the BCCI is committed to preparing competitive pitches for domestic cricket as that is “at the very heart of India’s evolution as a cricketing nation. We will be holding a workshop for curators on this topic. This is one of the important agendas this year.”India struggled on their two most recent away tours to England and Australia, losing eight consecutive away Tests and their No.1 Test ranking. In addition, the team’s poor form led to reports of a rift between some of the senior players on the tour of Australia but Srinivasan said there was no truth to them, calling the stories “unfounded” and “not fair to the side”.”Almost the same bunch of batsmen had done exceeding well on the previous tours of England and Australia. It’s just that now we are going through a transition phase. We will face the transition. We have a younger generation of players who will step up. We are setting up more specialist academies at the ground level, will focus more on ‘A’ tours.”There is no reason why we cannot be the No. 1 Test team again. As I said, the team is bound to falter a little during the transition phase.”Edited by Tariq Engineer

A round-up of the action from the fourth day of the sixth round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division Two

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Nov-2011Akbar Badshah’s 72 not out helped Peshawar chase 304 to beat Khan Research Laboratories by five wickets at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar. It was an impressive chase considering the highest total in the previous three innings in the match was 261. The base had been set by Peshawar’s openers on the third day but, having started the fourth on 154 for 1, they lost three wickets and were 208 for 4. Badshah remained solid and was helped by Iftikhar Ahmed’s 27. Peshawar scored at 3.77 runs an over in their chase and reached the target 47.3 overs into the final day. The win put them on top of the points table.Karachi Whites needed only 18.4 overs on the final day to consign Multan to a resounding defeat by an innings and 151 runs at the National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi. Tabish Khan and Faraz Ahmed once again shared the spoils, and between them finished with 16 of the 20 wickets on offer, as Multan lost their last seven wickets for only 32 runs.Lahore Ravi lasted less that 30 overs on the final day at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore where Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited steam-rolled them by an innings and 120 runs. Resuming their second innings at 25 for 2, Lahore collapsed even more abjectly than in the first dig. No. 3 batsman Mohammad Saad was the only one to resist as Asad Ali (5 for 36) led SNGPL’s charge. Only two batsmen apart from Saad reached double figures, but it wasn’t enough to deny SNGPL full points. They joined Karachi Whites at joint-second position in the points table.Quetta hung on for a draw against United Bank Limited who pushed for an outright win after conceding the first-innings lead at the National Ground in Islamabad. Resuming their second innings at 107 for 4, UBL lost their last six wickets for 93 runs, leaving Quetta facing under 200 to win. Saeed Khan and Mohibullah picked up seven wickets. Quetta seemed intent to play for a draw from the outset, with Badar Ali playing out 113 balls for his 38. Tahir Mughal, Rumman Raees and Mohammad Irshad probed away to make inroads, but they couldn’t get the last three wickets.Hyderabad completed a remarkable turnaround to defeat Lahore Shalimar despite conceding an 88-run first-innings lead at the Lahore City Cricket Association. The seeds for the fightback had been sown on the third day when Lahore Shalimar stumbled to 79 in their second innings, but Hyderabad finished the day in strife at 74 for 6, still 88 adrift of an unlikely win. But the overnight batsmen, Mir Ali and Ghulam Yasin, adopted contrasting methods to haul the target in. Captain Mir smashed three sixes and four fours in a 59-ball 67, while Ghulam scored 33 off 85 points. The unbeaten 94-run stand stalled Lahore Shalimar, and the winning runs were hit in the 21st over of the day.

England fast bowler Chris Woakes has been ruled out of the remaining three ODIs in India after sustaining a thigh injury. He will be replaced by Durham’s Graham Onions, who will join the squad in Mumbai ahead of the fourth ODI on October 23.Woakes did not play in the first two ODIs, which England lost, and strained his quadriceps during a practice session in Delhi. The duration of his rehabilitation will rule him out of the rest of the series.Onions’ last ODI was the Champions League semi-final against Australia at Centurion in October 2009. His last Test was at Newlands in January 2010.

Led by the impressive Brian Vitori, who took four wickets on debut, Zimbabwe took an 83-run first-innings lead over Bangladesh

The Report by Firdose Moonda in Harare06-Aug-2011
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Shakib Al Hasan made a brisk 68 but Bangladesh lost their last five wickets for just 41 runs•Associated PressA strong all-round performance from Zimbabwe gave them a slender advantage in what has been a competitive Test match so far. The hosts batted their way to an 83-run first-innings lead after their bowlers put on an aggressive performance against Bangladesh’s middle and lower order and extended that to 175 by the close of play, though they lost four wickets in the process.Bangladesh would have been disappointed with their effort while batting. Their batsmen were able to negotiate Brian Vitori’s movement and Kyle Jarvis’ pace, but eventually fell prey to poor shot selection and lapses in concentration. Mohammad Ashraful, who had batted with a rare circumspection on day two, survived two chances in the first hour; a confident lbw appeal and a catch that wasn’t taken off a mistimed pull shot over gully’s head. Despite flirting with danger, he brought up a determined half-century with a confident cut through point.Despite flirting with danger, Ashraful reached a determined half-century with a confident cut through point which seemed to settle him down. Mahmudullah negotiated the attack with equal patience but then tamely pulled a short ball – one he should have sent over mid-wicket – to square leg. His departure brought Shakib Al Hasan to the crease, who formed a strong partnership with Ashraful. The pair ran well between the wickets and dealt with the persistent short-pitched bowling from Elton Chigumbura and Chris Mpofu in authoritative fashion.Ashraful looked set to bat for the rest of the day but gave his wicket away trying to run a short ball past slip, succeeding only in getting an edge through to Tatenda Taibu. With Shakib switching to anchor mode, Bangladesh would have still eaten lunch with some ease, despite being 170 runs behind at that stage.They returned to a more hostile Zimbabwe attack that had the new ball available to them after seven overs. Mpofu, who had bowled a containing line with the old ball after lunch shared the new ball with Vitori, who was getting impressive movement. Both bowlers started off bowling too short, but it didn’t cost them much. Shakib become the first victim when he came forward and edged an Mpofu delivery that was not full enough to drive.With the Bangladesh captain gone, the bowlers alternated full deliveries with bouncers and forced Abdur Razzak to contend with a good line as well. He didn’t last long and was out lbw to a Mpofu full toss that struck him low in front of middle stump. Mushfiqur Rahim was playing a patient knock but after negotiating a flurry of short balls, eventually played a lethargic pull and was caught at deep square leg.Jarvis finally claimed his first Test wicket, bowling Shafiul Islam with a full delivery that held its line and sent the offstump tumbling out of the ground. Rubel Hossain had some fun, sending a ball flying over the slip cordon for four and another through mid on but he was the last man standing when Robiul Islam was out lbw to the ever effervescent Ray Price.Having watched Bangladesh’s batsmen struggle, Zimbabwe’s openers made a cautious start as Shafiul and Robiul Islam were more consistent than they had been in the first innings, mixed up their full deliveries with their short pitched ones. In the first ten overs, Tinotenda Mawoyo and Vusi Sibanda had scored just 25 runs.But when Shakib al Hasan introduced spin early and brought on Abdur Razzak, he failed to apply the same pressure as the seamers, with Sibanda lofting him down the ground for a straight six. Mahmudullah replaced him but lasted just two overs, as he did in the first innings, before Shakib brought himself on.Rubel was the most impressive of the Bangladesh quicks, and bowled at decent pace with good control. His eventual reward came from an average delivery though, a short ball that was there for the pull. Sibanda obliged but was caught at midwicket. Mawoyo was judicious at the other end, choosing to leave deliveries outside the offstump, but after a short break in play, had his offstump uprooted by a Robiul delivery that sliced is way into the gap between bat and pad.The late wickets of Hamilton Masakadza, who gifted Shakib a caught and bowled, and Ray Price, who was out lbw to Razzak, gave Bangladesh’s bowlers something to be cheerful about at the end of the day, and dragged them back into a game that been slipping away from them.

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A expectativa é de um Maracanã lotado no domingo, quando o Flamengo recebe o Internacional pela quarta rodada do Brasileirão. Mais de 45 mil torcedores já garantiram seus ingressos – os setores Norte, Sul e Leste Inferior estão esgotados. A bola rola às 16h com transmissão em tempo real do LANCE!.

No confronto com o Colorado, o Rubro-Negro defenderá a liderança e a invencibilidade no Brasileirão. Além disso, o duelo ganhou um atrativo a mais: poderá marcar o retorno de Paolo Guerrero aos campos após seis meses.

Para a torcida do Flamengo, restam ingressos para os setores Leste Superior, Oeste Inferior e Maracanã Mais.

As vendas seguem no flamengo.com.br/ingressos e nas bilheterias da Gávea e Maracanã, além das lojas Espaço Rubro-Negro de Niterói, Méier, Centro e Barra.

Este será a segunda partida como mandante do Flamengo no Brasileiro. Contra o América-MG – vitória por 2 a 0, gols de Henrique Dourado -, mais de 52 mil torcedores foram ao estádio no jogo que marcou a despedida de Julio Cesar.

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Depois de atuar nas duas primeiras partidas com portões fechados, por conta da punição referente aos episódios de violência na final da Sul-Americana de 2017, o Fla voltará a contar com a torcida na Libertadores no dia 16 de maio.

Para o duelo contra o Emelec, no Maracanã, mais de 30 mil ingressos já foram comercializados. A expectativa é de que todas entradas sejam vendidas.

Com seis pontos – uma vitória e três empates -, o Rubro-Negro também está invicto na Copa Libertadores. Para garantir a classificação para as oitavas de final, o time de Maurício Barbieri precisa somar quatro pontos. Depois de receber o Emelec no Rio de Janeiro, o Flamengo fecha a fase de grupos na Argentina, no dia 23, enfrentando o River Plate no Monumental de Nuñez.

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O último mês foi de preocupação no bairro de Inhaúma, Zona Norte do Rio de Janeiro. O projeto do prefeito Marcello Crivella (PRB-RJ) de demolir o campo do Everest para construção de500 apartamentos do programa “Minha Casa Minha Vida”, fez com que ex-jogadores e torcedores se unissem. Apoiado por nomes como Zico e Amoroso, a campanha ‘#FicaEverest’ tem atraído adeptos na defesa do clube.

Por meio de vídeos, atletas que têm ligação com o campo gravaram mensagens defendendo sua permanência e se opondo à demolição imposta pela prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro. Caso de Zico, por exemplo, que lembrou de seu primeiro gol marcado pela escolhida do Flamengo – exatamente no campo de Inhaúma:

– Eu apoio a causa do Everest. Fica, Everest! Tem uma marca na minha vida. Primeiro time que enfrentei pelo Flamengo foi ele, nunca será esquecido. Meus irmãos jogaram lá. É um local gostoso, a prática do futebol é sadia para a região. Esporte e entretenimento, temos poucos lugares assim no Rio de Janeiro. Foi bom para diversas gerações e pode ser bom para as futuras – gravou o ex-jogador.

Outro nome forte na campanha é o de Amoroso, que fez história no São Paulo e teve passagens marcantes por Flamengo e Corinthians. O ex-atacante citou alguns craques do passado que atuaram no campo, lembrou de suas participações em amistosos de fim do ano e também entrou na campanha pela permanência do terreno sob posse do clube.

Uma audiência pública na Câmara dos Vereadores do Rio de Janeiro está marcado para esta quinta-feira, às 9h30. O objetivo é tentar salvar o campo do Everest, que conta com a defesa do vereador Felipe Michel (PSDB) e do deputado federal Otávio Leite (PSDB). A ideia é barrar o plano do prefeito Marcelo Crivella (PRB) de destombar o terreno do clube.

– Eu apoio essa causa, esse clube, esse campo, esse estádio, onde grandes craques do passado tiveram a honra de desfilar seu futebol. Isso fez com que o clube ficasse conhecido pelas peladas de final de ano, pelo entretenimento com os amigos de vários bairros do Rio. Eu sou um desses jogadores que teve oportunidade de crescer jogando no Everest. Espero que o clube possa permanecer onde sempre esteve – disse Amoroso.

O LANCE! conversou com Marco Vieira Mendes, presidente do Everest, que lembrou de outros atletas que passaram recentemente pelo clube. O mandatário buscou fotos de Vitinho, atacante ex-Botafogo e atualmente no CSKA, da Rússia, que deu seus primeiros chutes na bola no campo do Everest. É o caso mais recente de sucesso.

Outros nomes citados pelo presidente foram o do lateral-esquerdo Egídio, do Cruzeiro, e do ex-atacante e atualmente técnico Deivid, ex-Flamengo. Presença frequente em festas de fim de ano no Everest, o atacante Negueba conversou com a reportagem e lembrou do valor social do campo para a comunidade:

– Na minha opinião, não tem que demolir. Não só eu mas outros jogadores já jogaram nesse campo, ajuda a crianças a saírem da rua. Tem que ficar. Assim como Vitinho, Egídio… O campo tem que permanecer para que possa sair outros jogadores da comunidade. É uma ajuda para a comunidade e uma forma de tirar as crianças da rua – disse o atacante ex-Flamengo.

Voltando mais no tempo, é possível citar Mário Marques e Afonsinho, com passagem marcante pelo Botafogo. Atualmente treinador, Deivid chegou a treinar no clube antes de ir para o Flamengo.

Nascido, criado e morador do clube: a história de Vadinho:

Um dos nomes mais ativos na defesa do Everest é Vadinho, ex-atacante que mora no próprio clube de Inhaúma. Ele vestiu as cores do time nos anos de 1974 e 1975 e disputou quatro vezes a primeira divisão do Carioca.

– Everest é minha casa, minha família. No início, eu não queria jogar no Everest, queria jogar no Inhaumense. Lá, já jogava no primeiro time e aqui teria que vir para o juvenil. Não era interessante para mim. O que propuseram? “Vem para cá que te colocamos no profissional”. Fiz quatro partidas e fui chamado. Fui bicampeão – recorda o ex-jogador, de 62 anos.

Vadinho foi um dos responsáveis por colocar em prática um projeto social com escolas no Everest no passado, ideia que os dirigentes do clube sonham em retomar, mas esbarram na questão financeira. No momento, a prioridade é evitar o fim do campo.

– Muitos outros saíram daqui. Vitinho saiu daqui ontem. Luciano Naninho saiu daqui para o Madureira. Se for falar a quantidade…

Entenda o caso

O prefeito Marcelo Crivella está disposto a acabar com o campo do Everest para atender a 400 moradores em situação de risco de desabamento no Parque Everest, uma comunidade vizinha. A ideia é erguer 500 apartamentos do programa “Minha Casa Minha Vida”.

A decisão foi anunciada em março deste ano, após as fortes chuvas que derrubaram o alambrado do estádio. A situação é frequente, pois o Rio Faria Timbó alaga e causa transtornos para os moradores do bairro, vizinho ao Complexo do Alemão.

O problema é que a iniciativa do político esbarra na Lei 3372/02, de autoria do Deputado Federal Otavio Leite (PSDB), que declarou o Everest como área Non Aedificandi. Ela foi sancionada com o intuito de preservar os campos com medidas oficiais da fúria da especulação imobiliária.

A prefeitura enviou no dia 12 de março ofício ao clube exigindo que o local seja desocupado em 30 dias. Com medo que a decisão sobre o Everest abra precedentes para outras derrubadas, os clubes pequenos do Rio marcaram para amanhã uma audiência na Câmara de Vereadores para tentar convencer Crivella a voltar atrás e evitar a frustração de muita gente.

A justificativa da prefeitura para levar adiante a ideia de derrubar o campo do Everest é que o terreno foi ocupado de maneira irregular. O argumento consta na notificação enviada ao clube no dia 12 de março deste ano, à qual o LANCE! teve acesso.

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O presidente do Avaí,Francisco José Battistotti, indicou a chegada de dois reforços: o atacante uruguaio Maximiliano Freitas, que estava no Oriente Petrolero, da Bolívia, e o volante Matheus Barbosa, do Tubarão.

O clube azurra estava procurando um centroavante de referência e fez proposta, inclusive por Lima, do Hercílio Luz. O atual artilheiro do Catarinense, no entanto, foi descartado com a vinda de Maxi Freitas para o Leão da Ilha. O acerto foi encaminhado em uma reunião na terça-feira, com o empresário do atleta de 27 anos.

– Em função da conversa que eu tive ontem à noite, para fechar esse outro atacante que fechei, que deve se apresentar na segunda ou terça, o Lima está descartado. Vem para fazer os exames médicos. Disputou inclusive a Sul-Americana – disse o mandatário à Guarujá.

O volanteMatheus Barbosa está vinculado ao Tubarão. De acordo comBattistotti, a transferência do jogador de 23 anos está dependendo apenas do resultado do Peixe no Catarinense. Se vencer, por exemplo, o Brusque, nesta quinta-feira, Matheus poderia ser liberado por empréstimo.

– O irmão do Maylson (Matheus Barbosa) já falei com o Luiz Henrique (presidente do Tubarão), com o atleta. A conversa é a seguinte, se o Tubarão vencer a partida dessa rodada (quinta, contra o Brusque), no dia seguinte ele se apresenta ao Avaí para ir se entrosando. Dia 14 começa a Série B – completou.

Ainda sem os reforços, o Avaí encara o Criciúma, na Ressacada, às 21h45, pelo Campeonato Catarinense.

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O CRB tentou fazer sua parte, com a torcida presente no estádio Rei Pelé com uma buzina de som similar a de um caminhão. Mas nada descontrolou o São Paulo nesta quarta-feira, em Maceió, para vencer por 3 a 0 e garantir sem sustos a sua sequência na Copa do Brasil.

Logo aos cinco minutos do primeiro tempo, Marcos Guilherme abriu o placar. E o Tricolor matou de vez o jogo no segundo tempo com gols de Valdívia, no primeiro minuto, e Rodrigo Caio, aos 12.

Marcos Guilherme preciso
O time alagoano tentou impor velocidade e colocar a bola na área de qualquer jeito. Mas bastou o São Paulo ultrapassar o meio-campo em ritmo rápido somente uma vez para mostrar sua qualidade.

Aos cinco minutos de jogo, Valdívia avançou pela esquerda e recuou para Cueva, que só triscou na bola e viu Marcos Guilherme com uma precisão incrível, de canhota, acertar as redes, rente à trave direita.

CRB forçou, mas não entrou
Com ampla vantagem, o São Paulo teve posicionamento tático para controlar um CRB amplamente disposto a balançar as redes. Mas sem inspiração para isso.

Empurrado pela torcida, e mais habituado à alta temporada de Maceió, o anfitrião forçou com velocidade pelos lados, tabelando pelo meio, cruzando por cima, por baixo. Mas, quando teve chance, aos 28 minutos, Neto Baiano errou com o gol vazio.

O Tricolor controla o jogo com Militão guardando mais a posição e a movimentação de Cueva como fonte criativa. Só não fez mais um, aos 11, porque Tréllez, completamente livre à frente do goleiro, bateu para fora.

Valdívia matou o jogo
Com um minuto de segundo tempo, mais um avanço de Valdívia foi fatal. Marcos Guilherme lançou e Petros cruzou rasteiro para o camisa 21 balançar as redes.

Cansado, o CRB desanimou de vez as esperanças aos 12 minutos, quando Valdívia cobrou escanteio para Rodrigo Caio ampliar. O jogo já estava completamente definido, e ficou mais tranquilo quando Anderson Conceição se machucou e, como o CRB já tinha feito as três substituições, ficou com dez jogadores em campo.

Agenda do São Paulo
O São Paulo conhecerá seu rival na quarta fase da Copa do Brasil em sorteio na segunda-feira. No sábado, às 16h, no ABC, o time abre as quartas de final do Paulista contra o São Caetano.

FICHA TÉCNICA
CRB 0 X 3 SÃO PAULO
Local: Rei Pelé, Maceió (AL)
Data-Hora: 14/3/2018 – 19h30
Árbitro: Marcelo de Lima Henrique (RJ)
Auxiliares: Michael Correia e Carlos Henrique Alves de Lima Filho (ambos do RJ)
Público/renda: –
Cartões amarelos:Flávio Boaventura e Edson Ratinho (CRB), Tréllez e Petros (SAO)
Gol: Marcos Guilherme (5’/1ºT) (0-1),Valdívia (1’/2ºT) (0-2),Rodrigo Caio (12’/2ºT) (0-3)

CRB: João Carlos; Ayrton, Flávio Boaventura, Anderson Conceição e Diego; Feijão (Serginho, aos 15’/2ºT) e Juliano; Edson Ratinho (Rafael Bastos, aos 17’/2ºT), Willians Santana e Juninho Potiguar; Neto Baiano (Marcão, aos 27’/2ºT). Técnico: Mazola Júnior.

SÃO PAULO: Jean; Militão, Rodrigo Caio, Anderson Martins e Júnior Tavares (Liziero, aos 14’/2ºT); Jucilei, Petros(Lucas Fernandes, aos 19’/2ºT) e Cueva; Marcos Guilherme, Valdívia e Tréllez (Brenner, aos 18’/2ºT). Técnico: André Jardine.

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