The Malagasy team will play the semi-finals this Tuesday in Kampala. |
The Malagasy standard bearers at the East African Championships achieved a flawless performance during the team events yesterday in Kampala, the Ugandan capital.
Freewheeling. The first day of the East African Championships was marked by the one-sided victories of the Malagasy team in the group stage of the team events. The zonal game takes place in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, from April 22 to 25.
Madagascar plays in group 1 composed of Sudan, Rwanda and Mauritius. The men’s team is made up of three expatriates, the singles title holder Fabio Rakotoarimanana, his runner-up Antoine Razafinarivo, Stephen Ravonison, and the only local player, Zo Razafindralambo alias Lino.
Madagascar defeated Rwanda yesterday morning by 3-0 at the Arena Sport MTN in the Lugogo district of Kampala. Stephen beat Didier Hahirwabasenga 3-0 (11/8 11/5 11/6). Antoine for his part dismissed Blaise Shimirwa 3-0 (11/6 12/10 11/3) and Lino won 3-0 (11/6 11/7 11/8) against Patrick Masengesho. The Malagasy team scored a second victory against Sudan. In his first match, Fabio defeated Mohammed Adam 3-0 (11/9 11/8 11/8). Antoine subsequently beat Elmutasin Eltayeb 3-0 (11/8 11/4 11/9) and Lino defeated Amgad Mahrous 3-0 (11/8 11/3 11/7).
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In the small final in the group phase, Madagascar dominated Maurice last night by 3-0. Antoine dismissed Ryan Desscann 3-0 (11/4 11/6 11/5). Fabio toppled SK Houssein Zayyan 3-0 (11/8 11/4 11/7) and Stephen swept aside Soham Gooljar 3-0 (11/7 12/10 11/7).
Madagascar thus finished at the top of group 1 ahead of Île aux Dodos. And in group 2, the host country finished first ahead of Djibouti. These four nations will play the semi-finals this Tuesday. Madagascar will therefore be opposed to Djibouti, the organizing country of the previous edition. These four nations have also validated their ticket for the continental championship.
On the girls’ side, the Big Island fielding Tina Andriantahina, Rotsy Razafimahatratra and Hanitra Karen Raharimanana beat Ethiopia by forfeit. The girls met yesterday evening in the second match, Rwanda. In addition to the team final phase, the qualifiers for the singles events will take place this Tuesday. The final phase from the round of 16 will be held on Wednesday.
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“There is a lawyer studying Villas-Boas’ calls”
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Pinto da Costa was at campaign actions in Barcelos and Vizela this Monday, where he commented on the telephone calls that FC Porto members received during the day, in which a recording with the voice of André Villas-Boas asks to vote for the candidate from list B. “I was already aware of that. They naturally have data that they cannot have. Even members of my list receive this call, but I will not comment on it because a lawyer specializing in privacy rights is already studying the matter. According to what he told me, this is very serious”, stated the Porto president and List A candidate.
At the beginning of the last week before the elections, Pinto da Costa highlighted the sense of responsibility with which he faces this challenge. “I’m not optimistic, nor am I not. The partners will choose, I have my project, my academy, I have a project to improve my football team, all the structures, the others have another project. My project doesn’t fit Zubizarretas, men who have been unemployed for four years, who were fired from Barcelona,” he said, highlighting the visit to the academy’s works in Maia, scheduled for this Tuesday.
“You will be able to verify that it was no utopia, that it was a dream that was achievable as it is now, that it was not a stream of lies. Everything I said is true. Tomorrow [esta terça-feira] they will be able to see the space, the works, the models. I hope that later the List B candidate will also take you to see the land he has in Gaia. But I ask you one thing, only go one at a time because you have nowhere to pass, nor anywhere to park your car”, he joked.
Regarding Villas-Boas’ criticism of João Koehler and FC Porto’s alleged dependence on the Quadrantis fund, the director was harsh. “I am not a hostage to anyone, nor to any fund. In fact, he seems to have a phobia against funds, but the request that was presented to the Department of Gaia [para a construção do Centro de Alto Rendimento] it is also a fund that is behind it. It seems that he has an obsession with João Koehler, a person who helped us during this mandate, with contracts seen and reviewed by the auditors, by the Supervisory Board”, said Pinto da Costa.
“From the moment he was invited by List B and didn’t accept, and the moment he agreed to give me the honor of being my vice president, he became a black sheep. We will not admit that they are doing what they are doing, with a stream of lies, and at the appropriate moment they will be called to account”, he added, even denying that he was “betrayed” by Adelino Caldeira: “The proof that I have confidence in him is that the My personal matters and those of FC Porto continue to be handled by his office.
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Real Madrid plays against Barcelona and wins
Real Madrid, which beat Barcelona 3-2 with a goal in extra time by Englishman Jude Bellingham, completed the series of official classics of the campaign with three victories, something it had not achieved since the 1935-36 season.
Carlo Ancelotti’s team, which left the fight for the title practically doomed by having an eleven-point lead with six games to play, has beaten Xavi Hernández’s team this season in the two LaLiga EA Sports games and in the final of the Riyadh Super Cup.
Although in preseason, back on July 29, 2023, the Dallas Cowboys’ AT& Stadium was the scene of a clear 3-0 victory for Barcelona with a good performance, including the first goal, by Ousmane Dembele, who He ended up going to PSG, in the official matches Real Madrid has emerged victorious this season.
On the eleventh day, at the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium, Ancelotti’s team took the victory with a comeback to an early goal from German Ilkay Gundogan after six minutes. They came back with a double from Bellingham. The second goal was achieved in the 92nd minute.
In the Super Cup final, on January 14, the white victory was more authoritarian. 4-1 thanks to a hat trick from Vinicius Jr. and a goal from fellow Brazilian Rodrygo Goes, who annulled a Barça team that was weak at the back in which the Polish Robert Lewandowski scored and the Uruguayan Ronald Araújo was sent off with just under twenty minutes left. , now with the final score on the electronic.
And in this third and last classic of the season, which could bring life back to Barcelona or leave the title practically doomed for Real Madrid, Bellingham was once again the decisive factor in the end with a goal in the extension from a pass from Lucas Vázquez, another of the protagonists of the match, by forcing the penalty for Vinicius’ first tie and taking advantage of a cross from the Brazilian to sign the second tie.
As in Montjuic, Ancelotti’s team had to come back. In fact, it is the Real Madrid with the most comebacks in the league tournament with nine, surpassing its mark from the 1996/97 campaign and that of Deportivo in the 2002/03 edition.
The Madrid team had only managed to win the three classics in one season in 1935-36. He won both league games and the Cup final.
The team led by Paco Bru won 0-3 in Les Corts with goals from Luis Regueiro, Francisco Diz and Simón Lecue, who achieved a double in the second round of the league in Chamartín to repeat the result with another goal from Emilín.
Barcelona, led by Irishman Patrick O’Connell, could not get even in the cup final at Mestalla. Real Madrid won the title by winning 2-1 with two goals early on from Eugenio Hilario Calvo and Lecue.
With this Sunday’s victory, Real Madrid has now accumulated four consecutive victories in the classics of the official tournaments, since we must add the 0-4 they achieved at the Camp Nou last season in the second leg of the Cup semi-finals King.
The last time it reached this mark – and which it surpassed with five wins in a row – was between the 2019-20 season, with a 2-0 in LaLiga, and 2021-22, with a 3-2 in the Super Cup semi-final.
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