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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Mourinho demands Europa reaction after derby defeat

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Paris (AFP) – Fresh from giving his players a rollicking Jose Mourinho’s focus turns from Manchester United’s derby defeat to European action with a tricky Europa League opener at in-form Feyenoord on Thursday.

It will be the Portuguese manager’s first game in the second-tier European competition since winning its predecessor the UEFA Cup with Porto in 2003 and he says he is taking it seriously.

Mourinho’s unbeaten start as United manager came to a stuttering stop Saturday as long-time nemesis Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City left Old Trafford with a 2-1 victory.

United can expect a tough Group A opener at Feyenoord, who are top of the Dutch league having won all five of their matches this season and have pedigree in the competition.

United’s Spanish attacking midfielder Juan Mata warned that after the disappointment of derby day there was “no time for mourning”.

“On Thursday we’re going to play the first game in the Europa League, away against Feyenoord, a classic in European football,” Mata said on his weekly blog.

“It’s going to be a very demanding debut in this competition,” he added of the road to the final in Stockholm next May.

Mourinho says that young attacking sensation Marcus Rashford will play after his impressive second-half cameo along with midfielder Ander Herrera on Saturday.

“He (Rashford) is going to play is the only thing I can say. I trust him completely and I know his future will be absolutely brilliant,” said the Portuguese, who was scathing of some of his players after the City defeat, particularly defender Eric Bailly.

English-Dutch clashes are always feisty affairs but United have beaten Feyenoord in both their previous meetings.

This time it will be more subdued — at least in the stands — with the capacity of the De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam halved to 26,000 following UEFA sanctions for crowd trouble against Roma earlier this year.

United fans, whose ticket allocation has been slashed to 1,400, have been advised by the club not to wear United colours and avoid areas of potential conflict.

Feyenoord manager Giovanni Van Bronckhorst said: “I’m confident that -– in spite of the measures the club has to take –- an atmosphere will be created again at De Kuip to ensure we, as a team, are able to perform at our very best in our home matches.”

Former United and Feyenoord striker Robin van Persie is set to play both clubs as his Fenerbahce side are also in Group A with the Turkish side taking on Zorya Luhansk of Ukraine in their opener.

Van Persie won the competition with boyhood club Feyenoord in 2002.

– Spanish domination –

Spanish clubs have won six of the last 10 Europa League titles with Sevilla, the reigning three-time champions, now playing in the elite Champions League.

Of the finalists in the Europa League over the last decade eight are from Spain, who this season will be represented by Athletic Bilbao, Celta Vigo and Villarreal. 

Celta, struggling from five successive La Liga losses, travel to Standard Liege in Group G, which also includes Dutch giants Ajax and Greek club Panathinaikos.

Athletic Bilbao travel to Italian side Sassuolo in Group F, which includes Rapid Vienna of Austria and Belgium side KRC Genk. Villarreal host FC Zurich in Group L.

England’s second representative, Southampton, host Czech club Sparta Prague in Group K looking for their first win under new boss Claude Puel, with Inter Milan, three times winners, hosting Israeli club Hapoel Be’er Sheva.

The post Mourinho demands Europa reaction after derby defeat appeared first on World Soccer Talk.


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Friday, September 2, 2016

Colin Kaepernick Twitter Reaction: Internet Has Lots Of Support For QB’s Protest

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If you’re an American and you’ve heard about Colin Kaepernick’s protest, you very probably have one of three opinions on the matter: You strongly support him, you’re strongly against him or you just don’t care and wish this story would be over.

And because it’s America and we have freedom of speech, you’re allowed to have any of those opinions, just like Kaepernick is allowed to have and express his.

The San Francisco 49ers quarterback has taken a lot of heat in the past week after he was noticed sitting during “The Star-Spangled Banner” in a previous preseason game, and his comments explaining why have been a topic of conversation, too.

Thursday night, he continued his protest by kneeling during the national anthem, this time during a road game in San Diego on a night where the Chargers were honoring military personnel — a mere coincidence, and something the team does every preseason.

People took to Twitter and reacted, of course. We wanted to know what those people were saying, so we did a Twitter search for “Colin Kaepernick” and scrolled through the first few hundred we saw. The reaction seemed to be very supportive of Kaepernick, as you’ll see below.

We kept searching in hopes of finding reactions on the other side of the fence in order to paint a fair picture. Unfortunately, many of those tweets denouncing Kaepernick’s decision included profane language and/or racist and derogatory comments toward Kaepernick, so we couldn’t include them in this list. But they were there, and so we did our best to find a few non-derogatory tweets to include and represent those people.

Here’s a snippet of what people were thinking Thursday night.



























































































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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Collin McHugh has great reaction to Carlos Gomez losing ball in lights

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Collin McHugh reaction

Carlos Gomez made two costly mistakes during the Houston Astros’ 3-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Monday night that essentially lost his team the game. Pitcher Collin McHugh’s reaction pretty much explained it all.

Gomez lost a fly ball from Jorge Polanco in the lights and let it fall for a triple to give the Twins a 2-0 lead in the fifth.

This came after Gomez had already misplayed a single by Jorge Polanco into a two-base error the batter before to make it 1-0. Again, the Twins won 3-1, so those two runs they got thanks to Gomez’s mistakes pretty much determined the game.

“The first one was hit really hard and I missed (it) in my glove, and the second one, I (didn’t) know where the ball was,” Gomez said after the game. “We lost the game because of that. I feel worse than anyone in this clubhouse.”

In addition to his defensive problems, Gomez went 0-for-3 with a strikeout at the plate and is now batting just .210. Ouch.


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Monday, August 1, 2016

Joe Maddon has great reaction after bold Travis Wood move works to perfection

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Joe Maddon had a splendid reaction Sunday after one of his unconventional managerial maneuvers produced magical results.

Maddon went to his bullpen early after the Seattle Mariners scored six runs over the first three innings off Cubs starter Brian Matusz. In the sixth, he had Travis Wood relieve Joe Nathan, who had put runners on second and third with nobody out. Wood walked the first batter he faced before getting two strikeouts and a popup to escape the bases loaded jam without allowing a run.

After Wood did his job in the sixth, Maddon decided to pitch Pedro Strop in the seventh, but he did not remove Wood from the game. Instead, he had Wood play left field. The move worked out perfectly when Wood made a brilliant catch on a ball hit by Franklin Gutierrez with one out:

Maddon’s reaction was perfect:

And how well did Wood track that ball? Let’s just say much better than someone like Kyle Schwarber probably would have.

But the story doesn’t end there. Maddon brought Wood back in to pitch with two outs in the top of the eighth. Wood picked off the runner at first to end the inning. He was finally removed from the game when Mike Montgomery came in to pitch the ninth.


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