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Issue 320 | August 30 2013
AgueroThe Man City hitman talks exclusively to Sport
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Issue 320, August 30 2013
Radar
08 Which manager are you? We reference The Manager: Inside
the Minds of Football’s Leaders and
create a flowchart to find out
10 The history book The original 13 Laws of Football, as
penned by Ebenezer Cobb Morley –
and now worth £2.5m
12 Bolt v Farah over 600m The science says this is the perfect
distance for them to race: but who
would come out on top? o this coming weekFeatures
22 Sergio Aguero The man who fired Manchester City
to Premier League glory is enjoying
life under Manuel Pellegrini
29 Zinedine Zidane By sheer coincidence, we sit down
with the former Real Madrid star
and have a chat about Gareth Bale
32 Cal Crutchlow MotoGP comes to Silverstone this
weekend – which means a chat
with Britain’s swiftest biker
36 American Football The NFL returns next Thursday, so
we take a look at the numbers that
count in the run to Super Bowl XLVIII
Extra Time
46 Gadgets If you liked Etch A Sketch, you’ll love
Wacom’s new graphics tablet
48 Kit In a desperate bid to stave off the
autumn, a page of summer footwear
50 Grooming A cycling-inspired travel kit from Ted
Baker... guess what they’ve called it
54 Entertainment Mark Wahlberg continues his quest
to star in every film released in
2013: this week, Pain & Gain
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n The Manager, Mike Carson examines the
personality traits and philosophies of successful
football managers, with illuminating quotes and
insight from the likes of José Mourinho and Brendan
Rodgers. Read on to find out which manager you would
most match up to if you were in charge of a football club.
The Manager: Inside the Mind’s of Football’s Leaders
by Mike Carson, out now
IWhich manager are you?
1Are you committed to playing attractive football? 4
Are you a control freak?
Radarp10 – The Rules of the Game: as written
by Ebenezer Cobb Morley in 1863
p12– Bolt v Farah: we ask the author of
The Sports Gene who will win over 600m
Roy Hodgson“I concentrate for the most part on
the team – making sure they are
prepared for the challenge ahead.”
Roberto Mancini“I have good players because
you can’t win if you don’t
have top players.”
JosÉ Mourinho“I have to say we are speaking
about men. We are speaking
about human beings and
human sciences. So is football
a sports science? I think it is
probably a human science and
not a sports science.”
Brendan Rodgers“My philosophy is about
playing attacking and creative
football to win, but always
with tactical discipline.”
Harry Redknapp“He is committed to attacking
football and builds entertaining
sides. He is an uncomplicated
man who despairs of trends in
modern football, which he sees
as eroding the values of the
simple and beautiful game.”
Carlo Ancelotti“The only way to bring this idea
to life is to explain the idea to
other people and they have to
go on the pitch and show this
idea. For this, the relationship
between manager and players
has to be the best.”
Arsène Wenger“He is committed to
internationalism, to youth, to
fairness, to high-quality nutrition,
to sustainable transfer and wage
policies, to entertaining and
attacking football and to the
purity of the game.”
Sir Alex Ferguson“Sir Alex has a simple philosophy
of leadership in football: that
no one is bigger than the club.
This hard-fought principle, often
quoted in football circles, is at
least in part responsible for the
consistency of Manchester United.”
Sam allardyce“Perhaps his most telling
attribute is the manner with
which he welcomes change.
From new technology to new
psychologies, Allardyce wants to
be at the cutting edge.”
2Is tactical discipline important? 5
Is the team more important than individual talents?
6Do you need the best players to win?
3 Do you care about the club’s financial stability?
9Do you embrace new technologies and theories? 7
Is it important that the manager has a close personal relationship with his players?
8Before a game, will you focus on preparing your team tactically or motivating them?
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One year on from the Games, how has London
2012 changed things for Paralympic sport?
“London gave the Paralympic Games more profile
than ever before, and the performances of the
athletes proved that the sport is of the highest
quality. That has been a hugely powerful shift.
We saw with the recent coverage of both the
swimming and athletics World Championships, and
the Anniversary Games, that there is an appetite
for the sport. And I’ve seen evidence of how, across
the world, more countries, more sports and more
athletes are coming to the fore – so the competition
in Rio will be tougher than ever. Non-disabled people
particularly have started to think differently about
disability. They had their perceptions challenged
and changed by what they saw in London.”
We’ve seen first Oscar Pistorius and now Alan
Oliveira pushing the boundaries between Olympic
and Paralympic sport. Do you see that as positive
or negative for the future of the Paralympics?
“It will only ever be in a few cases where that will
be possible, because of the nature of the athletes’
impairments. Although they aren’t the only ones –
South African swimmer Natalie du Toit has competed
at the Olympics, and Dame Sarah Storey is a world
cycling champion on the track in non-disabled sport.
That demonstrates the standard of Paralympic
sport is very high, so it is only a good news story.
It also shows there is a similar ambition in all
athletes – they just want to be the best they can
be. None of the athletes we’ve mentioned are
anything other than very proud Paralympians.”
Team GB won their first gold medals
of the London 2012 Paralympic Games
one year ago today. And, with the first
National Paralympic Day taking place
at the Olympic Park on September 7,
Tim Hollingsworth, the chief executive of the British
Paralympic Association, told Sport the excitement
of 12 months ago is about to come flooding back
next weekend.
What will National Paralympic Day involve?
“We have four top-class international matches
going on throughout the day at the Copperbox
Arena in the Park, with wheelchair basketball,
sitting volleyball, boccia and table tennis all playing
internationals. It’s a free event, but the tickets have
now been snapped up. There’s plenty going on
elsewhere in the park, though, with the disability
sport festival Motivate East [which promotes
sports for disabled people living in east London]
giving anyone who comes along the chance to try
the sports – and there’s the Mayor’s Liberty
Arts Festival going on as well.”
A year in the making
By thebook
couple of weeks ago, we
featured some classic sports
writing, but this probably
tops the lot. The 1863 FA Minute
book was handwritten 150 years
ago by Ebenezer Cobb Morley at the
Freemasons’ Tavern in London, and
contains the 13 original laws of football
– including old favourites such as “no
tripping or hacking”, as well as forgotten
classics such as the ‘fair catch’ rule
(nothing in there about not taking
your shirt off in celebration, weirdly).
Valued at £2.5m, the book is now on
display at the British Library in Euston,
where it forms the centrepiece of its
first ever football display to mark the
FA’s 150th birthday.
Find out more at
thefa.com/foundingfathers
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Who will have the genetic edge when
Mo Farah races Usain Bolt?
Answered by David Epstein, author of
The Sports Gene
ast month, the athletics world was put in
a tizzy when Usain Bolt suggested his
willingness to accept the 600m charity
race challenge posed by Olympic 5,000m and
10,000m champ Mo Farah. If this face-off of the
world’s pre-eminent distance runner and the
greatest sprinter of all time happens, where
to wager one’s charity money?
Bolt and Farah represent opposite extremes
of human physiology – a match-up of power
versus efficiency. Bolt’s legs are dominated by
fast-twitch muscle fibres, the sort that contract
explosively and do not rely primarily on oxygen for
energy production. Because Bolt’s main energy
pathway needn’t wait for the blood to deliver
oxygen, his body can produce the energy needed
Radar
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laying golf in a large group? Well, no longer will you have to ruin the restful
idyll of the course by bellowing your scores across it to your fellow
players. The VPAR real-time scoring app provides you with a virtual
scoreboard, just like the pros use, and accessible by anyone in your group with an
iPhone – all you have to do is choose what format and course you’re playing, and
input the players (no lewd names, please. This is a golf course, not a bowling alley).
What’s more, it also uses GPS technology to provide you with knowledge of the
course, and can help you decide which clubs to use and which shot to take. It won’t
carry your clubs or abuse you, but the days of the caddie still appear numbered.
Available on iOS, annual subscription £4.99
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for violent muscle contraction extremely rapidly.
The trouble for Bolt is that this route of energy
production causes a build-up of chemical by-
products that bring the muscles to a screeching halt
in short order. Bolt sprints on borrowed time, but
because he rarely runs longer than 20 seconds,
it makes no difference when he’s in his element.
Farah, on the other hand, has a greater proportion
of slow-twitch muscle fibres that rely on large
quantities of oxygen delivered by the blood to
produce energy. Farah’s muscles don’t contract as
forcefully as Bolt’s, but the upside is that he can
make energy this way for hours without tiring.
The 600m should be close to the perfect distance
for these two extreme humans to meet. Sports
scientists have found that athletes in the 400m race
rely on Bolt’s primary method of energy production
(anaerobic) for about 60 per cent of the energy used in
the race; 40 per cent comes from aerobic production.
At 800m, that is exactly reversed: 60 per cent aerobic
and 40 per cent anaerobic energy production.
Bolt would surely win at 400m and Farah at
800m, but 600m is a meeting in the middle, with
around 50 per cent of the energy required for each
man coming via his biological strong suit.
Though Bolt is known to the world as a 100m and
200m champion, he was a 400m whizz long before
he moved to short sprints. He still holds Jamaica’s
national high school 400m record of 45.35s. But
Bolt is much bigger – now 207 pounds – than in his
long-sprinting prime, and Farah is extraordinary
even by the standards of champion distance
runners. His 3:28.81 for 1,500m in July gives
Farah the greatest range of any runner in history
– and he is also better accustomed to pacing races
of more than one lap. Thus, I give Farah the edge
over Bolt in any race longer than 500m.
The Sports Gene: What Makes the
Perfect Athlete by David Epstein is
published in hardback by Yellow Jersey
Press at £16.99, eBook available
Virtual Clubhouse
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At half-time in Manchester United’s 0-0 bore
draw with Chelsea on Monday evening, the Sky
television cameras chose to focus on David Moyes
striding purposefully down the Old Trafford touchline.
As I watched him go, two things struck me: one, that I could
not recall ever seeing Moyes walk down a touchline before;
and two, that it looked very odd seeing anyone other than
Sir Alex Ferguson followed in such a way.
There is no great mystery to either, of course. Such is the
configuration of Old Trafford, where the tunnel disappears
down a corner of the stadium rather than halfway along a
main stand, that the managers have a half-time walk almost
unique among those they take at Premier League grounds.
The result, though, is that every time United play at home,
Moyes will take the same stroll we have become used to
seeing Ferguson take every other week for the past two
decades. Following in the old boy’s footsteps, if you will.
It’s labouring the point to claim that this serves to
increase the pressure Moyes – a proud and self-assured
man – will feel in the Old Trafford hotseat. But the fact is
that, regardless of how invisible Ferguson remains for the
moment, his successor is surrounded by ghosts. On Monday
evening, for example, as the game drifted to the stalemate
José Mourinho so meticulously planned for, Martin Tyler
made specific reference to United’s propensity for late
winning goals under their former manager. He went on, in
fact, to suggest that he no longer felt the belief from the
Old Trafford faithful that such a strike was now as likely.
That, in the new man’s very first home game in charge
against serious opposition, was quite some claim.
There was no mention of the fact that Ferguson’s record
against Mourinho’s Chelsea was pretty ordinary, just that
Moyes had still never beaten his new adversary in the away
dugout. That may well change in time, of course, but for
now it is the memories residing in the home dugout that
continue to haunt him. He had better get used to them.
Lots of chat during the week about the fact that the spine
of England’s victorious Ashes team is being rested for the
ODI series that kicks off next Friday. It is a shame that we
will be deprived of the skills of Messrs Cook, Bell, Swann,
Broad and Anderson for what remains an important series
– but if their absence increases our chances of retaining
the Ashes this winter, then surely it’s the correct call?
The ghost of FergieIt’s not his fault, but David Moyes is already resembling a man haunted by his predecessor
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Radar Opinion
Flats on Friday
With the rugby season about to begin, there will be sighs of relief coming
from professional players up and down the
country. You see, this means that pre-season training is
over for another year, and that can only be a wonderful
thing. Pre-season training is not something I miss
terribly. Generally around 10 weeks long, it is a period
designed to be uncomfortable in the extreme – and,
from memory, plenty of coaches took that too far.
The best pre-season I had was the simplest of all.
We met up in June, got flogged thrice daily for five weeks,
went to Portugal to get flogged somewhere hotter, then
came home and continued where we’d left off. What the
coaches did, though, was treat us like grown-ups.
We started at around 9am, and most afternoons saw
us sipping lemonade together in town by 3.30pm.
The hours in between were savage, but our lives didn’t
end because we were getting fit. Oh, and they gave us
every Friday afternoon off, which meant we got to enjoy
the odd glass of rosé as the summer evenings closed
in. We worked hard, but we enjoyed it as mates.
The worst I ever did still makes me shudder. Seven
days and seven nights in Aldershot. No, not the title for
Paris Hilton’s latest special movie, but our punishment
for playing at a club where the coach didn’t get it. The
instructors (military types) called their work ‘Mindset
Evolution’; we called it pointless hammerings. In seven
nights we slept for 15 hours total. We were woken
almost hourly, screamed at while running in the dark
and told to do push-ups on the gravel until we dropped.
Then, at 3am most nights, we were put through stress
positions. These were quite simple: stand up, bend your
knees so you’re in a half-squat position, extend your
arms to the front, pump your fists open and shut, and
close your eyes. Sounds easy, but we did it to exhaustion
and beyond. Why? To test our mettle, apparently.
The result was broken bodies and regretful minds.
I lost a lot of weight that week, but I had arrived fit – so
it was likely useful muscle bulk that had dissolved. And on
the mental side... well, they prepared individual reports
on each man’s psychological prowess. I had thought the
week destructive and pointless but, due to my relative
silence, was declared mentally fit to play professional
rugby. Being five years into my career, this wasn’t big
news. Tom Shanklin – the Welsh centre who looks like an
albino version of Gareth Thomas – received a somewhat
less glowing report: “Tom is not cut out for this life; he
is lazy, has awful body language and is not a team player.
Our advice: look elsewhere.” Shanks, a great mate of
mine, went on to become Wales’ most capped centre of
all time. He was crap at army camps, but so what?
Pre-season has to be grim. That will never change.
The chubby ones will be put into Fat Club, where they
will endure repetitive and unpleasant extra sessions at
antisocial times. But, for groups of athletes, this can be
the best bonding they ever do. And if the squaddies are
swapped for cider, it can even be fun, too.
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Little point in Big Ron
It’s like this…Bill Borrows
What the hell do you think you are doing, man? Hang on! Wait
a minute. What the hell do I think I’m
doing? One minute I’m watching the football (Cardiff
City were beating somebody – can’t remember who)
and now, after a period of frantic channel surfing,
I’m actually watching Celebrity Big Brother.
Last time I found myself doing this I was ill in bed,
and Bez was in it. The show, that is, not the bed.
It was a reflex action that caused me to stop on
Channel 5 – I thought I’d just seen ‘Big Ron’
Atkinson. Further investigation revealed that I had,
in fact, just seen ‘Big Ron’ Atkinson – and, bugger
me sideways, he was in the ‘Big’ Brother house.
I vaguely recognised some of the other ‘celebrities’
on the show – I was once out drinking irresponsibly
with Les Battersby, for example – but here,
indisputably, was the former manager of West
Brom and Manchester United. On Big Brother.
He had, apparently, already been nominated for
eviction and was adrift in a sea of no-marks who
(former Corrie stars and Carol McGiffin aside) had
no idea who he was. That must be a living death for
someone like Big Ron: no amusing football anecdotes
to retell; no insider knowledge to impart; and
nothing other than sub-cruise ship crooning to
deliver to a largely unappreciative audience.
The poor old boy could not have been more out
of his comfort zone if he had inadvertently ended
up presenting the MOBOs. This was car-crash TV
by appointment.
Why is he on it? It’s hardly going to enhance his
career as a pundit. That ended, quite rightly, when
he called Marcel Desailly something he really
shouldn’t have in an unguarded moment – and, let’s
be honest, Gazza has more chance of a return to
management. Just in the brief time I watched, Ron
managed to ask a woman with a jumper on her head:
“You’re not carrying a bomb with you, are you?”
As a man who did more than any other post-war
football manager to pioneer the integration of black
players into the British game – before destroying his
reputation in the time it takes to strike a match – why
doesn’t he just retire? He doesn’t need to embarrass
himself any more, and he can’t need the money.
Truth be told, I don’t feel sorry for him. I feel sorry
for the younger me who used to respect him, even
when he managed United, because of what he did to
bring through black players at a time when racism in
the game was sickeningly prevalent. It’s time to call
it a day, Ronald. You’re becoming a clown.
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Plank of the WeekJose Mourinho, Old Trafford
Is anyone going to tell him that the fans chanting
“Rooney, Rooney, Rooney” were not just Man Utd
fans? The ‘Special One’ might well think United are a
‘Special Club’, but he should know that supporters
of his own club were taking the ‘Special Piss’.
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Double headerSome sporting combatants would actually be
more successful with no head. Imagine Audley
Harrison without the weakness of his great, big,
crystal jaw. He’d be unbeatable. Probably.
However, one of these two judoka from this
month’s Asian Youth Games has taken it to the
next level and looks to be competing without
head, shoulders or torso, while his rival is merely
sans noggin. Unfair! That is, unless it’s just the
camera angle obscuring their straining faces.
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his new club manager, La Liga v the Premier League and Argentina’s World Cup hopes for Brazil 2014
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direction: Aguero
and Diego Forlan at
Atletico Madrid in 2010
Sergio Aguero is exceptional in many ways. Though still only
25, his professional career is already 10 years old, with his debut for boyhood club Independiente coming at the ludicrously young age of 15. It made him the youngest player ever to debut in Argentina’s top flight, breaking a record held by Diego Maradona, and was the first in a series of career benchmarks that include an Olympic gold medal, Atletico Madrid’s first major European trophy since 1962 and – most recently – a strike that won Manchester City their first league title in 44 years.
When Sport meets him, Aguero’s role
in Manchester City’s 4-0 victory over
Newcastle is less than 24 hours old, but he
is already back on the pitch and playing his
part in another match. Two young City fans
(and one more sheepish observer sporting
a Barcelona top) have been waiting patiently
to catch a glimpse of one of football’s elite,
and eventually their wish – and a whole lot
more besides – is granted.
The Argentinian sets up a game of two
against two: himself and one kid against the
Barcelona boy, who he calls ‘Messi’, and his
friend. Only after the kickabout reaches its
conclusion is he prepared to begin our
interview. This is a man who evidently still
loves football for football’s sake. He is equally
enthusiastic about his new boss, Manuel
Pellegrini – a man who reportedly allows his
players more room to improvise on the pitch
than other managers. So, is that true?
“Yes, he speaks with every one of the
players to see how they like to play,” says
Aguero. “In my case, he wants me to play
with freedom and to be calm on the pitch,
so that I can get in on goal. But also so that
I enjoy myself.”
After working with him for a little while,
has Aguero noticed anything else particularly
distinctive about Pellegrini’s methods?
“Every coach has his way of doing things
– his tactics,” he reveals. “We’re very happy
with the new arrival and now we just have to
try and adapt to the new ideas that he wants
to put in place. Against Newcastle, we not
only played very well, but carried out his
tactics and the way he wants to play.”
We suggest it must be nice to see the new
boss favouring a system with two strikers,
especially after Aguero had such success
in tandem with Diego Forlan (also a former
Independiente player) at Atletico.
“Yes, I really like playing with other
strikers,” he agrees. “It means there are
more players getting in on goal regularly and
getting involved – that’s why I like it. Since I
started out, I’ve always played with another
striker. In Independiente I played with one
other. In Atletico with another, with Argentina
I play with two strikers... or, rather, three
in total. And here, with two. It’s much better
because there are more opportunities to
attack and try and score goals. That said, it’s
the coach who will decide how he structures
his line-up to make sure we play the way he
wants us to.”
That use of two strikers is a key facet of
Pellegrini’s preferred 4-2-2-2 – a system he
used effectively at Villarreal, Real Madrid and
Malaga, and one he has now brought to the blue
half of Manchester. Though not commonly used
in Europe, it is a particularly South American
system – surely something that suits Ageuro?
“It’s easy to adapt to because he has a
South American style,” he confirms. “He
hasn’t changed his style since he was in
Villarreal, or Malaga, and he’s conveying it
here. He’s happy with the way it’s working;
we have the ball more, and we move the ball
towards the goal much quicker.”
S T A R T A S Y O U M E A N T O G O O NIt’s still very early in the season, and not
everything went to plan in last Sunday’s 3-1
reversal in Cardiff – but, based on City’s
display against Newcastle, that South
American style is going down well at the
Etihad. As are the arrivals of Jesús Navas
and Fernandinho. Their introduction, coupled
with the newfound competitiveness they
bring to the squad will, Aguero believes, help
City challenge on all fronts this season.
“I think we reinforced well,” he says. “They
will certainly give a lot to the club. I think there
is a really good level here in order to compete
for the Premier League, the Champions
League and the other cups. I hope we continue
in the way we started, and we’ll see at the
end of the year how everything goes...”
The Champions League may not hold good
memories for City, but their new manager is
something of a specialist in the competition.
When we ask Aguero if progress beyond the
knockout stages, at the very least, is a key
goal for City this year, he is quick to give us
a definite answer:
“Yes. The first goal is to progress, yes.
Get to the knockout stage. Afterwards? >
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We’ll have to look at who we cross paths
with, and then try and do everything possible
to get as far as we can. The most important
thing is to perform well in the group stage to
get to the last 16.”
Since Aguero’s arrival at City two years
ago, a wave of players from La Liga have
followed the same path to England. Could this
influx of players who honed their trade on the
Iberian peninsula have an impact on the style
of football played in the Premier League?
“I don’t know,” he speculates. “They’ll
always play the same in the Premier League.
But as more players from La Liga come, the
Premier League is getting better technically,
and that’s good for the English game. It’s nice
that there are quality players coming, because
it draws attention from across the world.”
And what of the league he has left behind?
The exodus of stars from La Liga to England
is seen by many as a consequence of the
unfair distribution of TV money in Spain, with
Barcelona and Real Madrid able to negotiate
their own deals individually and earn much
more than their competitors. Does that, we
wonder, damage La Liga, preventing it from
being as competitive as it should be?
“That’s exactly what it’s like,” Aguero
agrees. “It damages the league. Only Barca
and Madrid can strengthen with top-level
players, and the others can’t reinforce well.
The logical thing would be if it was more like
here in the Premier League – that the money
was shared to everyone more equally, and
that every team could strengthen in order
to try and stay in the league, or win titles.
It makes the league better, too. These are
problems for the Spanish league to deal with,
but evidently it favours Barca and Madrid,
rather than the other teams. That’s clear.”
That said, Atletico Madrid have enjoyed
themselves since Aguero’s departure,
winning a second Europa League in three
seasons by trumping Athletic Bilbao 3-0 in
the 2012 final. They followed that with a
Copa del Rey victory in the Bernabeu in May,
beating city rivals Real 2-1 in extra time,
with Aguero’s compatriot Diego Simeone
overseeing it all.
“He’s doing a good job, and obviously I’m
happy because he’s Argentinian and things
are going well,” says Aguero. “He’s getting
the chance to become well known in Europe
and across the world, so I’m pleased it’s
going well for him, and for the club.”
With Tata Martino, Barcelona’s new boss,
also hailing from Argentina, and Marcelo
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club, Independiente, the striker’s face lights up
instantly. And that, despite the club being relegated to
Argentina’s second division this year for the first time in
their history. So, has he managed to follow the early steps
of their first ever campaign in the second tier?
“I’m following them, yes,” he says. “They didn’t start well
[one loss and two draws so far], but they’ve only played
three games. There’s a long way to go. I hope that they’ll
achieve the most important thing, to return to the top
flight, and the financial situation calms down. It’s not easy
at all to play in the second division in Argentina, it’s a tough
league, but Independiente have a team worthy of the top
flight. We need to support the team, and the people that
are working to make sure this team goes up.
“That’s why I took part in a video campaign asking the
club’s fans to continue to back the team despite difficult
times. Because, as well as being a player, I was a fan.
So I’m happy the campaign to raise support went well,
and that people have liked it a lot. It’s great, really.”
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in the 2011-12 campaign (losing the Copa del
Rey final to Barca), Argentinian managers
are, we suggest, particularly sought after
in Europe.
“There are good, bad and average
Argentinian coaches, like coaches from any
country,” says Aguero. “But the good ones are
in Europe, and that’s great for Argentina, our
people and for our football too. So I’m happy.”
o n c e i n a l i f e t i m eArgentina are currently top of the
CONMEBOL qualifying table for the 2014
World Cup, and look stronger than they have
in years. Can they be considered one of the
favourites to lift the trophy in Brazil?
Aguero doesn’t think so: “No... favourites?
No. I think that we have a great team, though.
I really hope we have a good World Cup,
and getting as far as possible is the most
important thing. If we can bring it home, even
better. But there are other countries that are
even more difficult to beat waiting ahead, so
it’s all left to play for. World Cups aren’t easy,
it all comes down to what happens there in
that moment. We have to prepare well, be in
good shape, and mentally believe that we are
capable of winning it. But it’s very difficult.”
Would lifting the trophy on Brazilian soil be
particularly sweet for an Argentinian?
“First and foremost it would be important
for an Argentina team to win the World
Cup in any place – for the players, for the
country,” he says. “It happens only once in
a lifetime, so obviously winning a World Cup
would make any Argentinian player extremely
happy. And, moreover, the people.”
Playing for his country also presents
Aguero with a rare opportunity to play
alongside Lionel Messi. Could that be a
possibility at club level, one day?
“Yes, he should come to Man City,” he says
with a smile. “Then we’ll definitely play
together! City should buy him!”
And with that, Aguero takes his leave,
probably in search of another impromptu
game of football. The kid from Quilmes is
quite clearly all about the game. And if things
go well this year for City and Argentina, the
game itself could end up being all about him.
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Zinedine Zidane
| August 30 2013 | 31Download the free Sport iPad app from the Apple Newsstand
Zinedine Zidane is –
should you need
reminding – a World
Cup and European
Championship winner,
and a three-time FIFA
World Player of the Year. He has been
declared the best European footballer
of the past 50 years by UEFA; he has
held aloft the Ballon D’Or, and won the
Champions League, two Serie A titles
and one La Liga; and he is the one-time
most expensive player in the world
whose image has been projected on
to the Arc de Triomphe.
In short, Zidane is some role model – and
exactly the man you’d want on your side at
the Bernabeu if you were, say, a 24-year-old
joining the grandest of European clubs for
a world-record fee.
We meet Zizou at his Z5 five-a-side centre
in the middle of the rolling countryside of
Provence, where he is promoting adidas’
new Team Five range in his role as an adidas
bodycare ambassador.
“What is really interesting is that the
ingredients that go into the Team Five
fragrance are a really nice reflection of this
southern area of France,” he says of the new
range. “They’ve encapsulated the spirit of
the area, but also the spirit of five-a-side,
the dynamism and the speed.”
Those last two qualities, monsieur, we’d
like to know more about – as embodied by
Gareth Bale. Just what is it about him that led
Zidane to label him the best player in Europe?
“I want to say ‘everything’, because he’s
a player who’s different,” he says, through a
translator. “You have players like Ronaldo or
Messi, and he is very different from those
two. I saw him play a lot last season, and in a
way I wasn’t surprised because I knew he had
great qualities. But I was surprised by his
ability to score at key moments of a game.
He is a player who started [his career] playing
left-back, and now he plays everywhere.”
“C’est incroyable,” Sport suggests in our
best French, in reference to Bale’s previous
defensive position. Zidane breaks out into
a grin before answering, in English:
“Incredible.” Then back to French.
“There are lots of excellent players, but
the one that really caught my attention this
season is Gareth.”
Since our interview Zidane, who at 41 is
now assistant coach and sporting director
at Real Madrid, has said that he knows what
it is to be the most expensive player in the
world – and that he can hopefully offer Bale
advice and mentor him.
“There’s always a lot of attention with a
big transfer fee,” he told The Sunday People.
“As a player you don’t even think about the
fee, but there is hysteria that comes with it...
we are looking at a guy who can be the best
in the world for the next four or five years.”
Madrid’s ambitions, Zidane tells us when
we ask what his club can achieve this season,
are always the same: “They just want to win
everything. The principles and values of this
club are always the same, and that is what is
so wonderful for a player when you join this
team. For a player who doesn’t really know
what it is like to win, when you join Madrid,
then you learn exactly what it is about.”
T H E S P E C I A L O N E SAnd what of his time at Madrid – what does
he miss about playing? “The green rectangle
– I’ll always miss it. The adrenaline, the
pressure just before the match, the fans.”
And the best player he ever played with?
“Ronaldo. The Brazilian Ronaldo. He was
simply the best player in the world.”
It’s no surprise Zidane selects that
Madrid team, which also included Luís Figo,
Raul and David Beckham, as the best in which
he played. “Even though I played in very, very
good teams everywhere I went, Madrid is
really special,” he says.
The quality of that team aside, was there
an opposition defender he found toughest?
“There wasn’t any,” he replies, before
breaking out into laughter. “Just joking.
Maldini. Paolo Maldini.” What about British
players – is there one he can single out?
“I will tell you a small story,” Zidane says.
“In 2004, during the European Championship
in Portugal, I scored a goal in the semi final,
and I made this gesture after I scored, to
salute Alan Shearer [he lifts an arm, palm
flat, in classic Shearer fashion] because he
was a great goalscorer, and every time he
scored he made the same gesture. So, with
my friend Christophe Dugarry, I promised
him if I scored, I would celebrate with the
Alan Shearer gesture.”
The goal Zidane is actually referring to was
a penalty against Portugal in the 117th minute
of the Euro 2000 semi final in Belgium, to give
France a 2-1 lead. Faux pas, but when you’ve
notched as many crucial goals as Zizou, you
can’t expect to remember the details of every
one. Having played in six major international
tournaments (and won two), we’re keen to
know who his favourites are for next year’s
World Cup. Germany, comes the reply. Why?
“Because they have a game that I’m
starting to really enjoy,” says Zidane. “It’s a
game that’s very different from the football
that the Germans have played so far. The
German game has always been very serious,
a little bit predictable – particularly in the
final phases of a tournament. But now more
and more foreign players are playing for
German teams, they have brought something
different to German football, and they [the
national side] have started to integrate it
into their game... that foreign influence.”
We eschew the temptation to mention
Zidane’s final contribution to the World Cup
as a player: his sending-off for headbutting
Marco Materazzi in the 2006 final. We ask
instead if he has any regrets.
“No,” he replies. And, a gentleman to the
dénouement: “Merci beaucoup.”
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Cal Crutchlow
32 | August 30 2013 |
Cal Crutchlow sounds a bit annoyed. We have
just asked the MotoGP rider if he thinks he
can find his maiden race win before the
end of this season, his third at this level,
and his answer is blunt: “I have no idea. People say:
‘Which race are you going to win, blah, blah blah?’
But I have no idea. I try and win every race and
sometimes – well, most of the time – it doesn’t
happen, so the only race I’ve won this year is a
go-kart race, same as last year. It’s not easy, and
most of the grid haven’t done – there are only four
riders on the grid who have won races in MotoGP.”
The 27-year-old British rider is adored by fans for
his never-say-die attitude. That was typified by his
performance at Silverstone last year, when he broke
and dislocated his ankle in final practice on Saturday,
but still raced on the Sunday. Starting at the back
of the grid because he missed qualifying, he still
managed to finish as high as sixth.
Like most participants in this often insane sport,
Crutchlow speaks matter-of-factly about the various
body parts he’s smashed, grazed and otherwise
abused in his racing career.
“Yeah, I’ve had some bad injuries,” he says. “Broken
collarbones, wrists, been cut up quite badly from
abrasions. But this is racing – motorcycle racers
defy the odds all the time. That’s what keeps us
coming back, I suppose.”
If it’s hard racing with a broken ankle, it’s even
harder when you don’t have the same level of
equipment or financial support as your competitors.
Crutchlow is the best-performing rider from any of
the so-called ‘satellite’ teams, regularly challenging
for podium finishes with Tech3 Yamaha. Although he
and the team enjoy a degree of support from the
manufacturer, Crutchlow doesn’t get the full financial
or technical backing enjoyed by the factory racers
– in Yamaha’s case, that’s Jorge Lorenzo (three
wins this season) and Valentino Rossi (one).
However, he will soon get his first taste of racing
for a factory team – from next season, he will be >
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leaving Tech3 to join Ducati, who are on a winless run
of their own stretching back to 2010. With his career
seemingly on an upward trajectory – he’s already
finished on the podium more times this season than
in his first two years combined – we’re interested
to find out why Crutchlow wants to join a team that
has seen a series of talented riders struggle in their
red leathers...
What was behind your decision to join Ducati from
next year?
“I was very interested in the project, very interested
to continue my career with them. That’s one of the
reasons. The other reason is that what I was being
offered from Yamaha was not a factory ride – the
package was not guaranteed, and there was no room
for me to improve or move up within Yamaha in the
next few years. So I took the decision based on that.”
Seven-time champion Valentino Rossi did not do
well after he moved to Ducati in 2010 – is it a bit
of a gamble for you to join a team that have been
labelled ‘career killers’?
“Everything’s a gamble. Staying where I was would
have been a gamble because I was not guaranteed
to have a factory ride this year. Going to Superbikes
would have been a gamble. Riding my bicycle is
a gamble because I could get knocked off. At the
end of the day, I don’t see it as a gamble. I believe
my 100 per cent is good enough to challenge. For
sure, they need to make some improvements with
the bike. I think they know that, but the guys at
Ducati are gonna give 100 per cent and try their
best as well.”
Can you keep that upward trajectory going?
“I hope so. Obviously my career at the moment is
going up and up and up, and people would say that
maybe this won’t carry on – but who’s to say? I can’t
comment because I haven’t ridden the bike, I haven’t
been with the team.”
What will you miss from your current team when
you leave?
“I don’t like to leave the team. I don’t want to leave
the team – my guys are fantastic. This has really
become like a family, and they’re very close friends
as well as my colleagues. To leave Tech3 is very
difficult. And, you know, Hervé [Poncharal, Tech3
team principal, who has described Crutchlow as
“a man I really appreciate and love”] sat down with
me and discussed my decisions. He told me that this
was the best option for me, but that the door is
always open to come back in the future.”
You must be looking forward to having a factory
ride, though?
“Yeah I think having a manufacturer behind you...
I know they’re not as big as the others on the grid,
but there are more people actually involved with
the team – so I look forward to that. I’ve always said
a factory rider has so many fewer worries than a
satellite rider, and a lot of people don’t understand
that. You have to look at their everyday lives – they
have somebody running around for them a lot more
than what I have. I don’t mean that in a derogatory
way – it’s just that going to a factory team makes
things a lot easier, and I think I deserve to be
a factory rider.”
How long will it be before you can challenge for
race wins with your new team?
“I think it’ll take a while, for sure. I’m not expecting
to go and win the first race by 20 seconds, but you
know it’s gonna be a long process. I really can’t say.
I can’t comment on what the guys are doing on the
bike now, so for sure it’s going to be more difficult
than riding the Yamaha in the first moment. But that’s
why we’re going there – that’s what I obviously want
to try and develop.”
It’s been said that the way the bike handles will be
well suited to your riding style. Do you agree?
“People say that you need to ride the bike like this
or like that, but I don’t understand why they say this
when they don’t ride the bike. The only guys that
can comment are the guys who are racing the bike,
not anyone who has previously rode it. Everyone
says my riding style will be good for it because I can
manhandle a motorcycle, but that doesn’t mean that
suddenly everything is going to be perfect. We need
to improve as a team, and I need to improve my riding
style and my experience of MotoGP.”
Switching back to this season, you’ve picked up four
podium finishes so far. Is that better or worse than
you’d hoped for at the start of the year?
“I think it’s going as expected. I’m not over the moon,
but I’m not... under the moon. We’ve had some good
podiums and some very strong finishes, but I’ve also
had some bad finishes. I crashed in Barcelona and I
had a bad result in Laguna [where he qualified fifth
and finished seventh – his worst result of the season
before last weekend in the Czech Republic, where he
finished 17th, rejoining the race after crashing out
on lap eight], and I wasn’t too pleased with how I rode
at Indianapolis. But that’s racing – riding in MotoGP is
very tough. People don’t understand how tough it is.
They really don’t, and it’s a big step up from anything
I’ve rode in previously.”
When Casey Stoner retired, it opened a gap at the
top that you must have been confident of stepping
into. Is it galling to find a resurgent Valentino Rossi
[currently fourth in the championship] and rookie
rider Marc Marquez [first] in front of you this year?
“No... I think it was as expected. We know Rossi is still
a fast motorcycle racer, and we know Pedrosa and
Lorenzo were the best two in the world last year,
along with Casey. Marquez is gonna be, or is at the
moment, by far the best rider. He’s riding incredibly.
But he’s not just beating me – he’s beating everybody.
He’s come in and embarrassed a lot of riders. For
sure, he’s gonna be one of the best riders in the
world for a long, long time. But he is not unbeatable.”
You have your home race coming up this weekend,
at Silverstone. You haven’t had the best of times in
your two MotoGP races there [he did not start in
2011, having crashed out in qualifying], but are you
still looking forward to it?
“Yeah, of course – going to your home Grand Prix is
always something special. Sure it hasn’t always gone
the way I’d like, but last year we had a strong result
coming from the back of the grid. Unfortunately, I’ve
had some bad crashes there over the past few years,
but it doesn’t change my attitude to racing at home.
I look forward to going home, and to trying to do my
best at home for me and for the fans.”
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surgery on his right knee. The
Redskins also topped the league in
rushing, with rookie Alfred Morris
breaking the franchise rushing record.
Losing the last game of the season
to the Redskins meant a third straight
year without playoff football for
the Dallas Cowboys, meanwhile. To
counteract that, they have appointed
a new defensive co-ordinator in Monte
Kiffin and also re-signed talented
quarterback Tony Romo to a $108m,
six-year contract.
Receiving yards by wide receiver Calvin Johnson (right) of the Detroit
Lions, breaking a record set by Jerry Rice in 1995. The Lions have
upped the ante for the 2013 season by signing running back Reggie
Bush, improving their running game and giving more options to
quarterback Matthew Stafford. The Green Bay Packers were divisional
champions in 2012, and will be the team to beat once again this season.
Although quiet in the offseason, they will be improved defensively by
first-round draft pick Detone Jones. The Minnesota Vikings will push
the Packers all the way – in 2012, star running back Adrian Peterson
ran for a staggering 2,097 yards, the second most in NFL history.
Career receptions by Atlanta Falcons running back Tony Gonzalez (above), second
only to Jerry Rice. The Falcons lost the NFC Championship to the San Francisco
49ers, so Gonzalez put his retirement on hold as they look to go one better this
time. The return of coach Sean Payton to the New Orleans Saints, after a year’s
suspension, will be a boost after a disappointing 7-9 record in 2012. The Saints
offense, led by quarterback Drew Brees, were the most effective passers of the
ball, completing more than 5,000 yards, but they also had the NFL’s worst defense.
Regular season starts by new star
quarterback Colin Kaepernick (above).
Seemingly from nowhere, Kaepernick
led the San Francisco 49ers to the
Super Bowl last season. His ability to
run the read option offense makes him
a dual threat QB – he threw for 1,814
yards in his seven starts, but also
rushed for 415 yards. The 49ers have
also boosted their squad with receiver
Anquan Boldin.
Also running the read option to great
effect in Seattle was rookie QB Russell
Wilson. The Seattle Seahawks finished
11-5, but lost to the Falcons in the
divisional round of the playoffs. Wilson
was named Rookie of the Year, but his
team will have to wait until Thanksgiving
for the return from injury of new wide
receiver Percy Harvin.
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The number of times the New England
Patriots have won the AFC East division
in the 13 years Bill Belichick (above) has
been coach. The Patriots will begin 2013
favourites to triumph once again.
Quarterback Tom Brady is now 36 and
knows time is running out for him to add
to his collection of three Super Bowl
rings. The Pats also lost Wes Welker
(a free agent) to the Broncos, replacing
him with Danny Amendola from the St
Louis Rams – but he will need to stay
healthy, having played only 12 games in
the past two years.
Perhaps their biggest challenge will
come from the Miami Dolphins. They
have overhauled their team, adding,
among others, receivers Mike Wallace
and Brian Hartline, and spending
$146m on free-agent contracts.
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What the contract handed to quarterback Joe Flacco (above) is worth in dollars
after he led the Baltimore Ravens to win the Super Bowl and was named the MVP
for the game after three touchdown passes. The Ravens return with changes to
their roster in 2013, with several players leaving as free agents and Ray Lewis
retiring. Revamped by general manager Ozzie Newsome, they will have to scrap it
out in the tough AFC North with a Cincinnati Bengals side that has reached the
playoffs in both 2011 and 2012, and a Pittsburgh Steelers team that will always be
a force if QB Ben Roethlisberger remains healthy after an injury-hit 2012.
Number of sacks by Houston Texans
defensive end JJ Watt (above), equal
sixth for single-season sacks in NFL
history. The Texans initially made light
work of the AFC South, going 11-1
before losing three of their final four.
They still won the division, but lost in
the playoffs to the Patriots.
The Indianapolis Colts, who traded
away Peyton Manning, found a new
hero in rookie quarterback Andrew
Luck – he threw for 4,374 yards and
led the team to the playoffs. Coach
Chuck Pagano is also back at the helm
after his battle with leukaemia in 2012.
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Odds on the Denver Broncos winning Super Bowl XLVIII,
making them favourites to lift the Vince Lomardi trophy in
2014. They finished last season 13-3, but went out of the
playoffs in an amazing double overtime loss to the Ravens.
Legendary quarterback Peyton Manning returned from neck
surgery to throw for 37 touchdowns, and this year the
Broncos will be boosted by the arrival of receiver Wes Welker
from the Patriots. The Kansas City Chiefs had the equal worst
record in 2012, going 2-14 – but they have a new general
manager in John Dorsey, from the Packers, and a new coach
in Andy Reid from the Philadelphia Eagles. They signalled their
intentions by signing quarterback Alex Smith from the 49ers.
Few golf courses in the world are quite as stunning
as Crans-sur-Sierre, the location for next week's
Omega European Masters.
Perched 5,000 feet above sea level in the Swiss
mountains, it provides a unique test on tour, with
balls flying much further at altitude than they usually
would. That means big hitters can easily lose their
range here, while the smarter golfers get the
job done.
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He loves this place: so much so that he's playing in this
event for the 25th consecutive year. He won in 2010
and has 10 top-10s at Crans – and, as he showed at the
Open last month, he is still playing as well as ever.
There will be plenty of challengers, though. Danish
veteran Thomas Bjørn is another former champion
who enjoys playing here, while Italian wonderboy
Matteo Manassero – who took his game to another
level when he won the BMW PGA in May – has the
course management and short game to add this
title to his roll of honour.
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Liverpool’s solid start to the season – two wins, two
clean sheets, two goals – faces its biggest test yet on
Sunday, with the arrival of Manchester United at Anfield.
Brendan Rodgers’ side lost home and away to the
champions last season, with the game at Anfield hinging
on a first-half red card for Jonjo Shelvey and a late penalty
from Robin van Persie (who has scored six goals in his
past seven games against Liverpool). It was a win former
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson admitted they were lucky
to get, with the home side dominating for long periods.
Van Persie was on the scoresheet again when the sides
met at Old Trafford, as was Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge.
This time, both strikers go into the game with two league
goals to their name from two games played, although
Sturridge’s eight goals in his last seven appearances in
the league beat van Persie’s tally (seven from seven) by
a single goal.
United’s star man was kept fairly quiet against Chelsea
on Monday night, as he took a back seat to the Wayne
Rooney saga that may or may not still be running by the
time you read this. The first goalless draw Old Trafford
has seen in the league in 77 games saw United struggle to
create too many clear-cut chances, with just three shots
on target. Against a Liverpool side that is yet to concede,
van Persie and Rooney might have to get their games in
sync to break them down.
Arsenal’s 100th London derby win
in the Premier League last weekend
was important, but not as important
as getting number 101 against Spurs
would be. The more free-spending
north Londoners have won their
opening league games thanks to
two penalties from Roberto Soldado,
while the more free-scoring side is
starting to see the best from Olivier
Giroud. It has finished 5-2 at the
Emirates for the past two seasons.
It couldn’t happen again, could it?
sunday arsenal v tottenham
emirates stadium | sky sports 1 4pm
Manchester City were undone by
two corners and some shaky
goalkeeping in Cardiff. Vincent
Kompany’s injury left Manuel
Pellegrini with Joleon Lescott and
Javi Garcia at centre half – a pairing
he’s likely to change, with Matija
Nastasic fit again. Hull’s only goal in
the league so far has been a penalty,
but Steve Bruce believes it’s their
defensive stability that will keep
them up. If they can keep City at bay
for 90 minutes, he could be right.
saturday man city v hull city | etihad stadium
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Everton drew 15 games last term
– more than every other team,
except Stoke. Despite the change in
manager, they’re following the same
pattern this season, with two draws
from two in the league. It’s a far cry
from Cardiff’s rip-roaring start to
life in the top flight – lulling others
into a false sense of security with a
lifeless display at West Ham before
submitting Man City to a show of
passion and belief nobody was
expecting. Whatever next?
saturday norwich v southampton | carrow road | 3pm
Five shots on target from 24
attempts so far – are West Ham
missing Andy Carroll, even if four
points from a possible six hints
otherwise? Modibo Maiga has been
the man they’ve looked to so far, and
Big Sam could blood Ravel Morrison,
who he has described this week as
an “exceptional talent” – even if he
does wear gloves in August. Mark
Hughes’ side, meanwhile, bagged a
league brace last weekend for the
first time since last December.
saturday west ham v stoke | upton park | 3pm
Marouane Chamakh’s first Premier
League goal in 707 days was a
welcome sight for Ian Holloway,
but zero points from two games is
not – the Eagles are now the only
promoted side still chasing a win.
For Sunderland boss Paolo Di Canio,
a point against Southampton was
frustrating after they led the game
for 85 minutes. Given that they had
lost six of their past seven league
games on the road, they’ll travel to
London with a bit more belief.
saturday crystal palace v sunderland | selhurst
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Incroyable! That’s the only way to
describe the luck compounding
Monsieur Pardieu’s opening to the
season, after his side failed to hit
the target with any of their 14
attempts last week – including a
Yoan Gouffran effort that will have
had Nick Hancock salivating. As if
that’s not enough, the very man they
wanted to sign to provide goals is in
town – Darren Bent is already finding
his feet at Fulham. Still, we’re sure
Joe Kinnear has a plan.
He might not be a Wolf in Lamb(ert)’s clothing quite yet, but Ricky van
Wolfswinkel is trying his best to do for Norwich what his counterpart has
been doing for Southampton’s goal tally for some four years now.
The new man has had two chances in yellow and green (in a side that has
conjured a total of 15 shots in two games), scoring one and forcing a blinding
save with the other. Memo to Chris Hughton – get the ball to this man.
Rickie Lambert meanwhile, drew a blank against Sunderland last week,
but remains Southampton’s major threat, especially in the closing stages.
The Saints’ two goals this season have both arrived in the final two minutes.
Neither side managed a win from their two meetings last term, with the game
at Carrow Road ending goalless and both teams scoring once at St Mary’s.
Hughton says he wants Norwich to be “hard to beat” this season. And that’s
fine, but the winning bit will need to happen at some stage, too.
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While the majority of the football
world is focused on Anfield, last
season’s surprise packages will be
trying to kickstart their season.
Defeats to Man Utd and Tottenham
are hardly panic-inducers, but a lack
of bite has left Swansea at the foot
of the table – and Cardiff’s shock win
over Man City won’t have helped. A
win against a side that failed to find
the net against both Southampton
and Everton is a must – and that in
itself is quite a worry for West Brom.
sunday west brom v swansea | the hawthorns | 1.30pm
“In this room [the press room], he’s the f***ing chief, the f***ing man,
the person who knows everything about the world and I don’t want to
compete with him at all.” Pep Guardiola’s f-word-laden description of
José Mourinho, as uttered during their spells managing Barcelona and
Real Madrid respectively, could come back to haunt him on Friday
evening, as he goes head to head with his old foe once more.
Now settled into their new roles at Bayern Munich and Chelsea,
Guardiola and Mourinho will be competing in Prague’s Eden Stadium
for the honour of being named the champions of the champions
(of Europe). Catchy.
It’s Chelsea’s second consecutive appearance in the UEFA Super
Cup, coming 12 months after they were on the receiving end of
a 4-1 pasting from 2012 Europa League winners Atletico Madrid. One
sacking and one interim manager later, the Blues are back. This time,
they go into it as underdogs (or Europa League winners, if you will)
against a Bayern side that won the treble last year – and then brought
in one of the most highly regarded managers in the world. They lost
the German Super Cup to Borussia Dortmund in their season-opener,
but have since won three out of three in the league.
Neither manager was in situ for the previous meeting between
these sides in May 2012, when the Bundesliga champions missed their
chance to win the Champions League on home turf thanks to a late
Didier Drogba equaliser and the ensuing carnage of a penalty
shootout. But it’s clearly something that still rankles Bayern’s players,
with Thomas Müller claiming this week: “We have a score to settle...
we will try to win this title with a vengeance.”
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Know-it-all in for another Pep talk?
GB rowers hunting more gold
The week-long World Rowing Championships reach their
conclusion this weekend, with most of the finals taking
place over the final three days of competition.
The GB crews picked up a wealth of medals in the first two
World Cups of the 2013 season in Sydney and Eton Dorney – but,
at the third and most recent regatta in Lucerne, they left with a
largely disappointing haul of just three medals. The squads
headed off to an altitude training camp for final preparations
ahead of the trip to Korea. The result? A mild rejig of the crew
order in the men's eight, as well as small tweaks to the women's
eight and quad.
It's the pair of Polly Swan and Olympic gold-medallist Helen
Glover (pictured) who head to the championships with most
expected of them, having already completed a hat-trick of wins
in this year's World Cup series. Not bad for a pair who are very
much the new kids on the block in their boat class this season.
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Down to
the deuceWith just two rounds of the Super League
left, the top eight might have been decided
– but some fierce fighting remains for the
final playoff placings. Warrington must
win their final two games if they have any
hope of replacing Huddersfield at the top
of the table, and the first of those is a very
awkward fixture at St Helens.
The Saints have had their worst ever
Super League campaign, but have strung
together five successive wins and sit fifth.
Saints are also one of only two teams to
have won at the Halliwell Jones this year.
For Warrington, Stefan Ratchford (left)
is maturing into a fine stand-off, hooker
Mickey Higham is in the form of his life and
England back-rower Ben Westwood will
make his presence felt. Saints have already
welcomed back big-hitting Sia Soliola,
while England hooker James Roby is
scheduled to make his long-awaited return
after a two-month absence. These two
never fail to serve up a thrilling contest –
expect the same again tonight.
While Cal Crutchlow aims to become the first racer from these
shores to win a MotoGP race in years at Silverstone on Sunday,
over in Germany a British win is a much more likely prospect.
Jonny Rea, Chaz Davies and Tom Sykes (right) have shared
eight race wins between them in the 2013 World Superbikes
season, and with just four rounds remaining after this weekend
at the Nürburgring, Sykes in particular (with 249 points) is hot
on the heels of Frenchman Sylvain Guintoli (on 262).
The 31-year-old Guintoli has been using the month-long
summer break to recover from a dislocated collarbone
sustained while cycling (dangerous pursuit). But he will start
favourite to be back atop the podium in Germany.
Euro dash
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gets his pump
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chainsaw – on
in Pain & Gain
Drawn together
Gadgets
Wacom Cintiq 13HD
Graphics tablet
A shrunk-down version of the
drawing equipment used by
illustrators and designers, the
13HD is designed to take up less
desk space than its big brothers
while still providing pressure-
sensitive drawing capability.
Perfect for sporting artists such
as Ian Holloway, David James
and Jody Craddock (he retired,
still at Wolves, in May), who all
dabble with the brush.
£750 | uk.shop.wacom.eu
alcatel One touch idol
A premium smartphone that’s
expected to be released at an
affordable price point, the
One Touch Idol has everything
you’d expect from top-of-the-
line phones: brushed metal
finish, 4.75-inch screen and
8-megapixel camera that comes
with the usual array of options.
£TBC | alcatelonetouch.com
Orbitsound Soundbar SB60
Flatscreen televisions can lack
something of the audio punch
of their chunkier predecessors.
Designed to sit under 35-inch to
55-inch modern TVs, the SB60
boosts your audio without the
need for a separate subwoofer
– a valuable asset in today’s
ever more cramped living areas.
£299 | johnlewis.co.uk
Sigmo Voice
translation Device
This crowdsourced device will
break down language barriers
by translating for you at the
press of a button. Pair it with
a smartphone and the Sigmo
app and, when you speak, your
words will be translated into
your choice of 25 languages.
From £20 | buysigmo.com
Skullcandy Crusher
Headphones
Released today, the Crusher
headphones are designed to
replicate the ear-splitting
low-end you hear at gigs. They
have a slider on the back that
lets you adjust the powered bass
boost to your liking, or turn it off
completely if you’re a big wuss.
From £99 | skullcandy.com
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holding on To ThE summErDress for the job you want, not the job you have. We’re taking a similar approach to where we’d like to be right now – and beach shoes are right at the top of the list
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Cotton upper on a
rubber sole ensures
comfort and a cool
look – available
in five colours.
£30 | O’Neill stores
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Cabana shoes
Want to look smart
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£75 | surfdome.com
o’neill Poseidon
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Named after the
god of the sea, and
they’re the same
colour as his fave
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£18 | O’Neill stores
Espadrij
Classic shoes
Stripes make you
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with flexible grip
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£20 | surfdome.com
Animal Break
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With Spandex
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webbing toepost,
they’re also
available in blue.
£16 | animal.co.uk
Cushe Evo-lite loafer
Comes in brown, mid grey
or tan, with premium suede
upper and breathable canvas
lining. Go nicely with shorts
by day and jeans by night.
£50 | amazon.co.uk
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Fish head
Fish Minis
Fish have crammed three of their best-selling styling products tighter
than a tin of sardines into mini versions: Fishfingers Shape Defining
Wax (suited to shorter, spikier hairstyles and will help mould, sculpt,
define and shape), Fishshape Texturising Cream (combines the
benefits of a gel and wax to hold your style without drying hard) and
Stonefish Matt Texturising Clay (for short, choppy styles, providing
a textured look with a matt finish). Mini, yet undeniably mighty.
£2.99 each for 25ml | Boots stores nationwide
Ted Baker Tour de Ted Body Maintenance KitA unique dash of tradition with state-of-the-art scents technology, Ted says of his new (be)spoke collection that will
keep you as “fresh as a bright Yellow Jersey”. His Tour de Ted kit comes in two flavours: Omnium Orange, with eucalyptus,
geranium and patchouli; and Racing Green, with bergamot, cedarwood, sandalwood and musk. Those scents can be found
in a 50ml hair and body wash and body spray, each small enough to keep in your saddlebag. £12 | Boots stores nationwide
A sporTinG chAncEThe Vuelta a España began last weekend – how better to get on yer
bike than with a tour-themed travel pack? Plus: Zizou cleans up
Leader of the Gc
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adidas Team Five Limited Edition
“When you’re an athlete, you always need products like these,” says
adidas bodycare ambassador Zinedine Zidane. His favourite? “The EDT
(£4.99 for 100ml). It’s really nice to smell so fresh. You find the same
fragrance in the shower gel (£2.54 for 250ml), with the same notes.”
They would be apple and lemon with basil, a heart of lavender and
sage, and bottom notes of amber wood and pine. You can also find that
scent in the antiperspirant spray (£2.64 for 200ml) and body spray
(£2.64 for 150ml). C’est super. adidasbodycare.com/en
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People who are destined for sporting
success at a young age, only for nature
or ill fortune to intervene, often end up
as bitter, jaded individuals. Some sink so low as
to get jobs in sports journalism. Not this path
for Analeigh Tipton, however. A promising US
pairs figure skater, it all went south when she
shot north: a growth spurt took her from an
optimum 5ft 5ins to over 5ft 9ins. So she quit
the sport aged 16, went into modelling, and
is now a burgeoning Hollywood actress.
Granted, this is one way of handling failure,
but can starring alongside Ryan Gosling (as
she did in 2011’s Crazy, Stupid, Love) really
compete with being tossed into the air by
some Christopher Dean type in a Blades of
Glory-style unitard? We’d argue not.
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Upstream Colour
Called both a striking, mysterious
thriller and a pretentious mess,
this US indie film has divided
opinion. It begins with a woman
being unknowingly drugged, then
having her savings stolen. Soon
after, she falls in love with a man
who’s been through something
similar, but in trying to rebuild
their lives the pair are drawn into
a bizarre and fractured world.
Out today
Northern Soul: An
Illustrated History
The UK mod scene inspired more
than just Paul Weller’s mutton
chops. It also sparked this north-
of-England soul music, dance
and fashion movement that
maintains a cult following today.
This immersive new book mixes
personal accounts and vibrant
images to perfectly capture the
rise of a cultural phenomenon.
Out Thursday
Pain & GainMark Wahlberg displayed his comic
touch with 2012’s Ted, but this year he’s
dropped the cuddly bear and picked up
The Rock. Michael ‘Transformers’ Bay
is a divisive director, but he’s put his all
into violent action/comedy Pain & Gain
– based on the (supposed) true story of
a gang of Miami gym muscleheads who
kidnap one of their rich, repellent clients
in order to extort cash from him. They
set about living the high life, which goes
predictably wrong – particularly for The
Rock’s confused former coke addict
who’s found religion, Paul Doyle (sample
dialogue: “Christ himself has blessed
me with many gifts. One of them is
knocking someone the f*** out”). It’s
predictably light on subtlety and high
on pumped-up action scenes, but the
cast and crew approach the film with
a sense of giddy abandon. In common
with its central protagonists, Pain & Gain
will never be famed for its brains, but
it has guilty pleasure scribbled all over it.
Out today
Star
Trek Into
Darkness
It wasn’t quite
as thrillingly
fresh as
his 2009
reboot, but
JJ Abrams’
second Trek
feature is still a superb blend
of dazzling sci-fi action and
wry comedy. An area where it
improves over its predecessor
is the villain, Benedict ‘Sherlock’
Cumberbatch channelling Alan
Rickman to deliver a sneering
terrorist intent on destroying
Starfleet. The strength of the film
once more, however, lies in the
bromantic chemistry between
Chris Pine’s cocky Captain Kirk
and Zachary Quinto’s ruler-haired
Spock, who eventually loses his
rag to spectacular effect.
Out Monday
The 1975 The 1975
The warbled, impassioned vocals
are a tad Kooks-like, the songs
painstakingly anthemic, but
hyped indie newcomers The 1975
are saved from their own cliches
by their brisk, bright stadium-
sized hooks. Songs such as
(risque title alert) Sex highlight
the Manchester band’s strengths:
slick, infectious, funky guitar pop.
Doesn’t go on too long, either.
Out Monday
Community Season Three
It features comedy heavyweights
Chevy Chase (as moist towelette
tycoon Pierce Hawthorne) and
third-season guest star John
Goodman, but this sitcom works
thanks to its offbeat skewering of
modern-day pop culture. Based
around an eclectic group of adult
students at a community college,
it’s a mix of knowing self-parody
backed by razor-sharp writing.
Out Monday
Film Blu-ray
Film Book Music DVD
Feel THe BrAwN
eT entertainment Marky Mark’s bodybuilders turn to crime, while Chevy Chase
stretches his range in playing an egotistical millionaire
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