أنشيلوتي يوضح إمكانية رحيل مودريتش عن ريال مدريد ويهاجم الإعلام بسبب فينيسيوس

تحدث كارلو أنشيلوتي، المدير الفني لفريق ريال مدريد في مؤتمر صحفي اليوم الجمعة، قبل مباراة الغد أمام أوساسونا في الدوري الإسباني “الليجا”.

وتطرق أنشيلوتي للحديث عن بديل لاعبه ديفيد ألابا والذي يغيب عن المباراة أمام فالنسيا للإصابة، كما تحدث عن مستقبل لوكا مودريتش، وتبعات واقعة العنصرية ضد فينيسيوس جونيور، وافتقار رودريجو لتسجيل الأهداف مؤخرًا.

وقال أنشيلوتي: “نحن نعلم مدى الصعوبة، أوساسونا يلعب دائمًا مباريات جيدة هنا، ولم نهزمهم في المرتين الأخيرتين”.

وأضاف: “نريد أن نلعب كرة قدم سريعة ومكثفة لإيجاد الحلول في أسرع وقت ممكن، نتوقع نفس الشيء، أن يدافعوا جيدًا وأنهم سيحاولون جعلنا خارج مراكزنا لإيذائنا، علينا أن نهاجم بذكاء”.

وعن حالة ديفيد ألابا والخيارات المتاحة لاستبداله، أوضح: “لقد اختبرنا تشواميني خلال هذين اليومين في التدريبات، الجانب الدفاعي الذي يستخدمه كمحور، يمكنه استخدامه كمدافع، إنه يتقدم بشكل جيد للغاية، والآخر هو ميندي، الذي اعتاد اللعب في الدفاع”.

وحول إمكانية رحيل لوكا مودريتش في انتقالات يناير، استطرد أنشيلوتي: “لا أعتقد أنه يثير هذا الأمر، نعتقد أنه مهم للغاية وهو يعرف ذلك أيضًا، ليس لديه هذا التفكير ونحن سعداء به”.

وتابع بشأن سياسة المداورة مع مودريتش: “أتحدث معه كل يوم وأرى لاعبًا من الواضح أنه غير سعيد لعدم اللعب، ولكن مع ذلك، فهو يحافظ على حافز كبير وحماس للمساهمة بشيء ما في الفريق، وما يساهم به في غرفة تبديل الملابس لا يمكن لأحد أن يساهم به”.

وشدد: “إنها الكاريزما التي يقدمها لزملائه، أنا أفهم تمامًا أن عدم اللعب يؤثر عليه، وهذا يحدث لكل من يحب مودريتش، المشجعون، وزملاءه، والمدرب … الذي يحبه أيضًا”.

وانتقل أنشيلوتي للحديث عن افتقار رودريجو لتسجيل الأهداف في الفترة الحالية، متابعًا: “إنها لحظة يمر بها المهاجمون طوال حياتهم المهنية، عندما يكون من الصعب التسجيل، عليك الصمود ولا يتعين عليك التركيز فقط على ذلك، عليك المساهمة في أشياء أخرى، من خلال العمل، وهذا ما يمكنك فعله، في الوقت الحالي لسنا بحاجة لأهدافه”.

وحول ثنائية فينيسيوس وبيلينجهام، أردف: “إنهما يتمتعان بخصائص مختلفة، لكنهما يتحدان بشكل جيد، يأتي فينيسيوس من الخارج، ويأتي بيلينجهام أكثر من الداخل، إذا كان الدمج بينهما جيدًا، فسنحقق المزيد من النجاح”.

وعن الجدل حول فينيسيوس والعنصرية ضده من جماهير فالنسيا وتصريحه في المحاكمة، أفاد أنشيلوتي: “إنهم يحاولون تحويل المشهد، فينيسيوس كان ضحية لإهانات عنصرية، لا يهم إذا كان هناك واحد أو عشرة هتفوا ضده، هناك إجراء قضائي، هناك وسائل إعلام تريد تحويل المشهد، يجعلني هذا حزينًا وغاضبًا”.

وفيما يتعلق بشعور فينيسيوس بعد الإدلاء بشهادته، أشار: “لم أتحدث معه حول هذا الموضوع، لم أتحدث، لا أحد يعرف ما قاله، لكنه جيد جدًا، متحمس جدًا وسعيد باللعب غدًا”.

وبشأن استضافة إسبانيا لكأس العالم 2030 مع البرتغال والمغرب، أردف أنشيلوتي: “أعتقد أن هذا أمر جيد جدًا لكرة القدم الإسبانية، ولا يهم أنها تُلعب أيضًا في البرتغال والمغرب، إنها أخبار جيدة جدًا”.

وعما إذا كان ينبغي أن يكون نهائي كأس العالم 2030 في ملعب سانتياجو برنابيو معقل ريال مدريد، والجدل حول ذلك، علّق أنشيلوتي: “يجب أن تقام المباراة في مدريد وفي البرنابيو لأنه سيكون أفضل ملعب في العالم، ولهذا السبب ببساطة”.

وأتم بشأن استدعاء فيران جارسيا لمنتخب إسبانيا:”لقد أدى أداءً جيدًا في بداية الموسم، فيران جيد جدًا، متحمس، الذهاب مع المنتخب الإسباني يسير بشكل جيد بالنسبة له وأعتقد أنه أمر عادل”.

Na reapresentação do Botafogo, Alex Santana inicia trabalho de transição

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O treino do Botafogo contou com uma novidade. Após a vitória por 2 a 1 sobre o Athletico Paranaense, a equipe comandada por Eduardo Barroca se reapresentou nesta terça-feira, no campo anexo do Estádio Nilton Santos. Fora da partida contra a equipe rubro-negra, Alex Santana apareceu no gramado para realizar uma atividade e iniciar o processo de transição.

O meio-campista foi desfalque na partida do último domingo por conta de uma lesão na coxa direita em uma atividade no meio da semana. Internamente, o Botafogo colocou que a gravidade do problema foi grave, mas o atleta já iniciou a fazer o processo de transição, o que pode acelerar seu retorno ao gramado.

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Alex Santana fez uma atividade em separado, com apenas trabalhos físicos, e posteriormente realizou atividades na academia junto à equipe de fisioterapia. O meio-campista é o artilheiro do Botafogo na temporada, com nove gols – sendo quatro no Campeonato Brasileiro.

Com exceção de Alex Santana, todo o elenco do Botafogo trabalhou de forma normal. O Glorioso terá a semana cheia de treinamentos até a partida contra o Corinthians, no próximo sábado, às 17h, na Arena Itaquera, pela 15ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro.

Queensland aim for hat-trick

The newly-retitled Matador BBQs One-Day Cup might just be finding its niche as a season-opening three-week campaign that mirrors international tournaments

Brydon Coverdale03-Oct-2014

Queensland appear to be the team to beat after taking out the past two Ryobi Cup titles•Getty Images

It’s the tournament that has had more names than Sean Combs and more format changes than a struggling TV show. The ACT Comets came and went, as did the ill-conceived split-innings concept. But now the newly-retitled Matador BBQs One-Day Cup might just be finding its niche as a season-opening three-week campaign that mirrors international tournaments.It begins in Brisbane on Saturday and Queensland will enter the competition hoping to make it a hat-trick of wins after taking out the past two Ryobi Cups. Remarkably, they will do so without having lost a single player to the national side. Ben Cutting and Usman Khawaja are the only Queensland players to have had chances over the past two years, but remain on the fringes.There is not a Bull in the UAE with Australia’s one-day international squad that will play Pakistan this month. More than anything, that reflects the evenness of their contributions. In their successful campaign last summer, they had none of the top five wicket takers, and one of the top 10 run scorers. The injured Chris Lynn and Ryan Harris will miss the tournament, but most of the Queensland squad remains intact.”We’ve been like that for a few years now. That’s probably what could have cost us for a few years at the Australian selection table as well. We don’t have those guys peeling off big seasons,” Queensland captain James Hopes told ESPNcricinfo. “Last year was probably the first time we got there … Usman Khawaja was the second leading run scorer in this tournament.”And we share our bowling a fair but up here, we all end up taking a pretty similar amount of wickets. I suppose that might hurt us at the selection table if we don’t have those standouts, but all we can do is keep winning games of cricket and our guys will be prepared for international cricket if that time comes for them.”Australia’s international schedule means that some of last summer’s leading players, including top run scorer David Warner and wicket taker Sean Abbott, will be missing from all or most of the Matador Cup. But others will use the competition as one last chance to audition for a call-up to Australia’s one-day side to play South Africa in November, and potentially a World Cup position.The condensed nature of the tournament, introduced last year, means players need not switch between formats too often during the summer. But it also means that should a player be injured, he can miss out completely on 50-over cricket for the summer, as is the case with Lynn, who could have on the verge of a national call-up but will sit out of the whole Matador Cup as he recovers from shoulder surgery.”We have lost our most destructive player missing for the whole tournament,” Hopes said. “But that’s the way it goes and to be honest, he’s actually looking at it the other way. He’s taken the positive view, I’m not going to be playing three forms so I know what I can prepare for now, T20 and Shield cricket. It is unfortunate time for him though, because he was slowly pushing his case to be something like a reserve for the World Cup squad.”I don’t mind it [the format]. They’re trying to mirror what happens in international cricket, and that’s what happens in international cricket. Gone are the days where you play a Test match and then two one-dayers and then another Test match. Some of the states have named a 15-man squad, so you start to see things like that, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.”The entire tournament will be played in Brisbane and Sydney, with each side playing seven preliminary matches before the top three go through to the finals. The first games on Saturday feature Queensland hosting Victoria at the Gabba and New South Wales playing South Australia at Allan Border Field, a match that could be Shaun Tait’s first one-day game in nearly four years.Tait’s comeback to the 50-over format will provide one of the most interesting storylines of the Matador Cup, for at his quickest there is nobody currently in Australian cricket who can match him. However, the question is whether he can maintain that over 10 overs after spending the past few years as a Twenty20 specialist.He will be joined in the South Australia side by batsman Mark Cosgrove, who has returned to Adelaide after spending the past few seasons in Tasmania. In other major moves, Michael Klinger will next week make his first appearance for his new state Western Australia, and notably it will be against his former team South Australia.Another South Australian who has found a new home is the former Test fast bowler Peter George, who is set to make his debut for Queensland. Although George was never a major one-day force in South Australia, his new captain believes he can play a role in the Matador Cup as well as the Sheffield Shield, which begins on October 31.”I’ve been surprised at how quick he’s bowling compared to the last few years,” Hopes said. “He’s got that bit of zip back. And coming from that height, he’s going to be a handful, especially at the Gabba.”We played the Irish [in a practice game] and he bowled into what could best be described as a gale-force breeze and he was getting them through really well. So we’ve been looking for a bowler who can bowl into the wind, apart from myself, and Pete might be that man.”

صورة | على طريقة النني.. مصطفى محمد يعلن دعمه لـ فلسطين

أظهر المصري مصطفى محمد، لاعب نانت الفرنسي، دعمه لفلسطين، عبر حسابه الرسمي على “إنستجرام”.

ويشن الكيان الصهيوني حربًا على قطاع غزة، وفرض حصارًا شاملاً على القطاع منذ السبت الماضي، بعد هجوم نفذته حركة حماس.

وعبر “إنستجرام” قام مصطفى محمد بتغيير صورته الشخصية إلى صورة تحمل العلم الفلسطيني، دعمًا للقضية.

وكان المصري محمد النني لاعب وسط آرسنال الإنجليزي، قام بتغيير صوره الشخصية عبر كافة حساباته الرسمية على مواقع التواصل الإجتماعي، إلى صورة العلم الفلسطيني.

اقرأ أيضًا | بعد مطالب دعم الكيان الصهيوني.. الاتحاد الإنجليزي يصدر بيانًا رسميًا بشأن أحداث فلسطين

وأفادت وزارة الصحة في فلسطين مقتل ما لا يقل عن 1,354 فلسطينيًا وإصابة 6,049 آخرين في ظل  هجمات الكيان الصهيوني.

وأعلنت قوات دفاع الكيان الصهيوني أن ما لا يقل عن 1300 إسرائيلي لقوا حتفهم وأصيب أكثر من 2700 آخرين، على ضوء الأحداث الراهنة. 

New Zealand strike after making 403

Pakistan struck thrice in the morning but New Zealand’s lower order resisted in the afternoon to push the score past 400

The Report by Abhishek Purohit18-Nov-2014
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Sodhi and Craig contribute with both bat and ball

Smart Stats

156 Overs played by New Zealand in the first innings – the fourth time they have batted 150-plus overs in a Test innings this year. The only year they had played 150-plus overs more times was in 1972 – five innings.

30 Number of years since New Zealand posted four 50-plus partnerships in an away Test innings against Pakistan. The last time was in at Karachi in 1984.

24 Number of years since New Zealand have had a bigger seventh-wicket stand in an away Test against Pakistan. BJ Watling and Mark Craig posted 68 for the seventh wicket – the fourth highest in the list.

18 Number of runs Ish Sodhi needed to score to become the first player to make three 50-plus scores in Tests while batting at No. 10 or 11. Sodhi was unbeaten on 32 when New Zealand were bowled out for 403 in their first innings.

30 Years since New Zealand made a 400-plus score in an away Test against Pakistan. The last time was at Karachi in 1984. During this period, they have made 400-plus three times in India, and four times each against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Pakistan struck thrice in the morning but New Zealand’s lower order resisted in the afternoon to push the score past 400. They also kept Pakistan on the field for more than five sessions, something Misbah-ul-Haq’s men hadn’t endured during their three successive previous wins in the UAE, over Australia and New Zealand.The hosts’ batsmen were then at the receiving end of spin for once in the 19 overs they had to negotiate till stumps. There was no swing for the new-ball pair of Trent Boult and Tim Southee but Mark Craig and Ish Sodhi took out the fresh pair of openers. Sodhi spun a flighted legbreak through the gate to hit Shan Masood’s middle stump and Craig had Taufeeq Umar stumped as he failed to drag his back foot in after missing on a forward push.The late strikes capped a proper scrap of a day for New Zealand after they had lost their overnight batsmen within the first three overs. Corey Anderson gifted his wicket to Ehsan Adil, and Rahat Ali removed Tom Latham on his overnight score of 137. Jimmy Neesham fell to Yasir Shah after an hour of resistance, and had Rahat not dropped Craig off the same bowler, New Zealand would have lost four before lunch.Anderson had managed to scrap and survive against the second new ball on the first evening but he tried to drive his fourth delivery of the second morning and only spooned it to cover. Latham, meanwhile, had carried on in his calm manner, leaving assuredly, and defending solidly off either foot, when Rahat produced a beauty. He made Latham play with one pitched up on off, the opener ensured he pushed straight, but his feet did not move much for once, and the slight away movement took the nick through to the wicketkeeper.The spinners set about the new batsmen BJ Watling and Neesham with slightly more help from the surface compared to day one. The first ball from Zulfiqar Babar turned and bounced past Watling’s forward push, and the last ball of the same over squared him up and went over the stumps.Neesham was troubled by the legspinner Yasir with men at forward short leg and leg slip. The occasional straighter ones outside off were another challenge, beating the left-hander. Watling was content to block and awkwardly block some more, but Neesham, eager to break the stranglehold, walked out to Yasir, failed to reach the pitch, and chipped a catch to midwicket.Craig swung Yasir cleanly over midwicket but skied a slog in the same over on 9, only for Rahat to overrun the ball running in from the deep, even as Asad Shafiq looked on from nearby at square leg.It was back to attrition for New Zealand till lunch. They had managed 24 runs in 14 overs in the first hour, 28 in 15 in the second, and had still not reached 300.Pakistan reprieved Craig, on 13, again after the interval. Adil induced an edge in the first over upon resumption but the keeper Sarfraz Ahmed did not go for the ball a couple of feet away to his left. In Adil’s next over, Craig punched just short of a diving Shafiq at gully. Craig was beaten several times outside off stump, especially by Adil’s excellent lines, but he hung on.Watling and Craig went through five successive maidens and it was only off his 78th delivery that Watling picked up his first boundary with a cut off Yasir. The fifty of the partnership came in the 24th over when Craig pulled and Watling cut Rahat for fours.Misbah-ul-Haq turned to the part-time legspin of Azhar Ali, and off his third ball, Watling failed to keep a cut down on 39. It was Azhar’s second Test wicket after he had dismissed Kumar Sangakkara leg-before for 211 in October 2011 in Abu Dhabi.In the next over, Craig missed a pull off Babar to depart leg-before for 43. Ish Sodhi batted very competently once more and remained unbeaten on 32, and Tim Southee hit a couple of big ones before Babar ended the innings in the 156th over to finish with figures of 45-8-137-4.The most overs Pakistan had bowled in the previous six innings was 103.1. Their batsmen had posted 450-plus totals in each of their three previous first innings. Reaching that mark this innings will be a challenge.

Paraná tenta a reabilitação na Série B diante do Atlético-GO

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A noite de terça-feira promete ser agitada na Série B e o duelo na Vila Capanema, entre Paraná e Atlético-GO, tem tudo para ser um dos melhores da 17ª rodada do torneio nacional.

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Situação dos clubes

Após 16 partidas, Tricolor e Dragão vivem situações opostas. O Paraná vem em queda livre nas últimas rodadas e colecionou derrotas. O resultado é o distanciamento do G4, com 23 pontos, na décima posição. Já os goianos aparecem na terceira posição, com 28 pontos.

Como chega o Paraná?

Após vencer o Figueirense na 11ª rodada, o Tricolor chegou a sonhar com a luta pela liderança. Porém, o que se viu foi uma queda de rendimento drástica. Agora, são quatro derrotas em cinco jogos e uma pressão incrível para obter um ótimo resultado dentro de casa.

Na escalação, a principal novidade é a volta de Guilherme Santos na lateral-esquerda. No meio-campo o técnico Matheus Costa ainda tem dúvidas. Jhony Douglas pode ficar com a vaga de Luan.

Como chega o Atlético-GO?

Diferente do rival desta terça-feira, o Atlético-GO chega em alta para o duelo. Apesar da derrota dentro de casa na última rodada, o Dragão quer se aproveitar do momento ruim do Tricolor para reencontrar a vitória.

Para o jogo fora de casa o time terá mudanças. Bambu e André Luis perderam suas vagas. Com isso, Moacir e Jorginho retomam suas posições e fortalecem a equipe para sair de campo com os três pontos.

Prováveis Escalações:

Paraná: Thiago Rodrigues; Éder Sciola, Eduardo Bauermann, Rodolfo e Guilherme Santos; Luiz Otávio, Jhony Douglas, Fernando Neto, João Pedro e Bruno Rodrigues; Jenison. Técnico: Matheus Costa.

Atlético-GO: Kozlinski; Jonathan, Oliveira, Gilvan e Nicolas; André Castro, Moacir e Jorginho; Mike, Rodrigo Rodrigues e Matheus. Técnico: Wagner Lopes.

موعد مباراة مصر الأولمبي وأوزبكستان الودية اليوم

تعرف على موعد مباراة مصر الأولمبي وأوزبكستان الودية اليوم

يحل منتخب مصر الأولمبي ضيفًا على نظيره أوزبكستان في المباراة الدولية الودية المقرر أن تجمع بينهما مساء اليوم الإثنين.

ويواجه منتخب مصر الأولمبي تحت القيادة الفنية للمدرب البرازيلي روجيرو ميكالي، نظيره أوزبكستان على ملعب استاد بونيودكور الدولي بالعاصمة الأوزبكستانية طشقند.

ويجري منتخب مصر معسكرًا خلال فترة التوقف الدولي استعدادًا لدورة الألعاب الأولمبية “أولمبياد باريس 2024”.

مران منتخب مصر الأولمبي | ختام الاستعداد لودية أوزبكستان وتحذيرات من ميكالي

وكان منتخب مصر قد حسم تأهله إلى أولمبياد باريس بعد حصده الميدالية الفضية في بطولة أمم إفريقيا تحت 23 سنة بالمغرب.

ولعب منتخب مصر الأولمبي مباراة ودية أولى في المعسكر الحالي، أمام الأردن، نجح في الفوز بها بثلاثية مقابل هدف.

 

وكانت بعثة المنتخب قد وصلت فى ساعة مبكرة من فجر أول أمس السبت بعد رحلة طويلة من القاهرة إلى طشقند تخللها ترانزيت فى دبي، وذلك استعدادًا للأولمبياد.

وأسفر الاجتماع الفني لمباراة منتخب مصر الأولمبي مع أوزبكستان عن ارتداء الفراعنة الصغار للفانلة الحمراء والشورت والجورب الأسود، بينما يرتدي أوزبكستان الفانلة الزرقاء والشورت والجورب الأبيض. ما هو موعد مباراة مصر الأولمبي وأوزبكستان اليوم؟

ومن المقرر أن تنطلق مباراة منتخب مصر الأولمبي أمام أوزبكستان في تمام الخامسة مساءً بتوقيت مصر والسعودية، والسابعة بتوقيت أوزبكستان.

ويمكنكم مطالعة مواعيد ونتائج جميع المباريات لحظة بلحظة عبر مركز المباريات من هنا

Raphinha elogia força do grupo Colorado antes de duelos decisivos no Brasileiro de Aspirantes

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Após boa campanha na primeira fase do Brasileiro de Aspirantes, o Internacional garantiu a vaga para a segunda fase na vice-liderança do grupo B, com 13 pontos conquistados.

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Um dos destaques do elenco no torneio, o lateral Raphinha comentou o atual momento do clube gaúcho.

‘O grupo se portou muito bem mesmo saindo atrás. Com o 2 a 0 no placar conseguimos manter a tranquilidade e a consistência para buscar o resultado. Foi uma vitória importante, nos deu confiança para essa sequência da competição’.

Na próxima rodada da competição nacional o Inter encara novamente o Figueirense, dessa vez em casa, no Estádio Passo d’Areia. Dois pontos atrás do Vitória, líder do grupo, um triunfo colorado pode colocar a equipe na liderança da chave.

‘Temos três jogos importantes pela frente, sendo dois em casa, e tenho certeza que o grupo estará pronto para esses desafios. Vamos buscar os pontos em casa nessa primeira partida diante do Figueirense e assim encaminharmos a classificação para as semifinais’, finalizou.

كول بالمر يغادر معسكر إنجلترا أمام أنظار تشيلسي

أكد المدير الفني لمنتخب إنجلترا تحت سن 21 عامًا، كارسلي، أن لاعب فريق تشيلسي كول بالمر لن يشارك في المباراة المقبلة ضد أوكرانيا.

كان كول بالمر قد تعرض لكدمة في فخذه الأيمن خلال مواجهة صربيا، مساء الخميس الماضي، في التصفيات المؤهلة إلى أمم أوروبا للشباب.

وشعر تشيلسي بحالة من القلق بشأن حالة كول بالمر، قبل مواجهة آرسنال يوم السبت 21 أكتوبر في الدوري الإنجليزي.

وتأكد غياب كول بالمر عن مواجهة أوكرانيا في التصفيات، حسبما أعلن المدير الفني لمنتخب إنجلترا تحت سن 21 عامًا.

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وقال كارسلي في تصريحات نشرتها صحيفة “مترو” الإنجليزية: “أعتقد أن كول سيكون على ما يرام، لكننا لا نجازف مع أي من اللاعبين”.

وأضاف: “إذا كان هناك شك بسيط في أنهم سيغيبون عن مباراتنا المقبلة، فسنعيدهم إلى الأندية بأسرع ما يمكن”.

وواصل: “كان بإمكاننا إبقاء كول هنا ليوم آخر ونرى كيف سيكون الأمر، لكننا لم نعتقد أن ذلك كان صحيحًا”.

'Disciplined' Pakistan make New Zealand toil

Ross Taylor conceded that New Zealand would have take note of Pakistan’s steadfast approach and attempt to match them for discipline after a testing first day in the demanding conditions of Abu Dhabi

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Nov-2014

New Zealand’s bowlers had limited success on the first day in Abu Dhabi•AFP

Ross Taylor conceded that New Zealand would have to take note of Pakistan’s steadfast approach and attempt to match them for discipline after a testing first day in the demanding conditions of Abu Dhabi. Pakistan openers Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad put on 178 for the first wicket, which turned out to be the only one New Zealand managed to take all day.”We expected it to be pretty flat but it was a lot lower and slower than even we were expecting,” Taylor said. “The boys toiled hard, had a few half opportunities but didn’t take them but we’ve got to give credit to Hafeez and Shehzad, they batted very well… Another long day tomorrow, I guess, if we can pick up a few wickets with the new ball we can hopefully put them under some pressure.”Pakistan batted very well and put us on the back foot with the discipline they showed. Our bowlers showed discipline but the Pakistanis showed even more discipline to be able to bat and not look in any danger. When we did bowl well for periods of time, they just soaked it up and asked us to keep going for longer.”Coming on the back of their comprehensive 2-0 defeat of Australia, Pakistan’s good form continued after winning the toss and choosing to bat. New Zealand managed to keep on top of the run rate but saw several chances go to ground – a missed stumping of Shehzad when he was on 16 was particularly costly, as he went on to finish the day unbeaten on 126.Offspinner Mark Craig was the unlucky bowler on that occasion and while he and legspinner Ish Sodhi got through 40 overs between them, they could not force a breakthrough. In all, New Zealand used seven different bowlers, including the captain, Brendon McCullum, bringing himself on, but Corey Anderson was the only one to have any success when he took a return catch off Hafeez.”We had a plan and stuck to that for as long as possible but they batted very well and negated a few of the tactics we came up with,” Taylor said. “I was very impressed with the way Ish bowled, he probably deserved a lot more than what he got. Mark Craig once again toiled hard but didn’t get the rewards he would have liked.”Taylor was already envisaging an “old-school Test match” and said New Zealand would aim to inflict a similarly long spell in the field on Pakistan when their turn came to bat. “We know that we have to bat well in our first innings, if we can do that then it puts us in a decent position in asking Pakistan to bat again and see what happens after that,” he said. “It is only day one, still a long way to go in this Test match but the boys are still laughing in the change-room and I think that’s a good sign.”As a batting unit we need to learn from the way the Pakistanis went about it today. It’s going to be a long old Test, an old-school Test match where we need to bat long periods of time. Pakistan won this day but tomorrow’s another day.”

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