REVIEW: Tottenham won Guardiola, Klopp got the 400th Victoria and the balls with Rembrandt's stories in Holland
April 11, 2019 | 11:57 |942
Champions League is back
In the first quarter-finals, Liverpool beat Porto at home with a 2-0 score thanks to goals from Firmino and Keith. This victory became the four hundredth in coaching career mentor of "red" Jurgen Klopp. 111 victories were won by the German with Liverpool, 180 - with Borussia (Dortmund) and 109 - with Mainz. On the victory over Porto, Jurgen said that this is a very good result, but the return game will be tense”. “We need to enjoy these victories, because we have achieved a good result today,” - backed Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk the optimism of the coach.
Ball Son Heung Mina helped Tottenham in his field to beat Man City with the score 1: 0. In the 12th minute of the match, a penalty against Sergio Agüero did not score at the Londoners.
For the Argentinean, this is the 4th unrealized penalty in the Champions League, only former Arsenal and Barcelona forward Thierry Henry missed more often (5).
After the match, Manchester City head coach Josep Guardiola commented on the defeat of Tottenham in the first match of the quarter finals:
- We had an incredible match, controlled the game, forced the opponent to run a lot. I have no feeling that we played badly, this is not the best result, but last year it was even worse.
“0:1 is sometimes better than 0:0, because you know exactly what you have to do. Perhaps by reviewing the game, I will change my opinion, but it seems to me that we played well,” said Guardiola.
The championship of the Netherlands next season will have balls with plots of Rembrandt
The 2019th year in Holland is timed to the 350th anniversary of the death of Rembrandt. In his honor, the national football championship (Eredivizi) presented a new ball for the season 2019/2020 in the Amsterdam Museum.
The new ball has fragments of paintings by a great artist and his portrait.
- Rembrandt was a real artist, a creator, like the best players. Creativity is an integral part of anyone who wants to be remembered, both on the field and on canvas,” said museum director Tako Dibbits..
Brazil national team for the first time in 69 years will play in white
Brazilians will play in such colors for the first time since 1950, when they lost the World Cup gold to Uruguay. This became known from the official presentation of the uniform for the America's Cup 2019. The main version of the equipment is made in traditional colors: yellow T-shirts and blue shorts. Reserve form - white t-shirts and full blue pants.
It is reported that the white color of T-shirts is chosen as a tribute to the memory of how a century ago - in 1919, Brazil won the America's Cup for the first time in history.
