06/07/2025

SPORTS 14 ON SUNDAY JULY 6, 2025 AL-HILAL’S Ruben Neves and Joao Cancelo broke down in tears during the minute’s silence held for their former Portugal teammate Diogo Jota before their side’s Club World Cup quarterfinal against Fluminense on Friday. Jota, a Liverpool forward, and his younger brother Andre Silva were killed in a car accident in northwestern Spain on Thursday morning when their Lamborghini veered off the road and caught fire. Tributes have continued to pour in for Jota and Andre with footballing greats including

Players honour Jota

together, on the stage where we met.” Chelsea’s Portuguese forward Pedro Neto also paid a heartfelt tribute to his friends when he walked out on the field with a shirt bearing their names before their quarterfinal against Palmeiras. “We spoke with Pedro yesterday and this morning and this afternoon and it was completely Pedro’s decision to play or not to play,” Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca said after his team’s 2-1 win. “He did, he made a fantastic effort to play this game, to play with his teammates, and we really appreciate what he has done. “I just said to the players that this win is especially for him because we know how close he was, and the effort that he has made. “So no doubt that we really appreciate what he decided in the end.” – Reuters

family just because you’ve decided to sign a contract a little further away from us! “When I go to the national team, you’ll still be by my side at the dinner table, on the bus, on the plane … you’ll always be there with me, as usual. We’ll keep laughing, making plans, sharing our lives with each other. “I’ll make sure you’re always there and I’ll make sure your family never lacks anything while you’re there, far away but thinking of us, waiting for us … “As of today, you’ll be on the pitch with me, and we’ll follow our path

Cristiano Ronaldo and Steven Gerrard, joining the Prime Ministers of Portugal and Britain in mourning the loss. Neves, one of Jota’s closest friends who played with the 28-year-old during their days at Wolves, issued a touching tribute on Instagram about an hour before kickoff. “Wherever you are, I know you’re going to read this, we’ve never been one for this sort of thing and maybe now I’ll regret it a little, but you know what you mean to me just as much as I know what I am to you,” Neves said. “More than a friendship, we’re family, and we’re not going to stop being

05/07/2025 (SAT)

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From left Chelsea’s Levi Colwill, Tosin Adarabioyo, Cole Palmer, Marc Cucurella, Noni

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Late own goal sends the Blues past Palmeiras Chelsea reach CWC semis

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and I think we deserved to win without being lucky.” Palmeiras coach Abel Ferreira admitted: “Overall Chelsea was better. They have better players and a better coach. They were lucky with the way they scored the second goal but it can happen in football and we need to accept it and move on.” Chelsea will now be fancied to go on and reach the final, with Fluminense standing in their way in the last four at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Wednesday. After the match, Palmeiras coach said he believes teenage prodigy Estevao Willian is ready to take the leap to the Premier League after he marked his farewell appearance for the Brazilian club with a goal against future employers Chelsea yesterday. Estevao, 18, scored a fantastic equaliser in the Club World Cup quarterfinal between the teams in Philadelphia but could not prevent Chelsea claiming a 2-1 win thanks to a late own-goal. He will now complete a move to the London club, finally heading to England just over a year after Chelsea agreed to pay Palmeiras a reported €57 million (RM283m), including bonuses, for him. “I don’t have sons, I have two daughters, but he is my son,” Ferreira said. “I spoke before with Maresca. He is a nice coach, and I told him that they bought an amazing player but more than this they bought an amazing person.” – AFP/Reuters

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A LATE own-goal by goalkeeper Weverton took Chelsea through to the Club World Cup semifinals yesterday as the Premier League side edged Palmeiras of Brazil 2-1 in a last-eight tie that had been lit up by a moment of magic from young star Estevao Willian. The teenage Brazil forward, who will join Chelsea after the tournament, was eager to impress his future employers and his brilliant 53rd-minute finish cancelled out Cole Palmer’s opener in Philadelphia. But a deflected Malo Gusto cross went in off Palmeiras ‘keeper Weverton in the 83rd minute to take Chelsea through to a semifinal showdown with another Brazilian side in Fluminense, who continued their fairy-tale run at the Club World Cup with a 2-1 victory over Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal yesterday. “In the first half we were in control of the game and could have scored more than one goal,” said Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca, dismissing suggestions his team had been fortunate. “They started the second half better than us and the dynamic of the game changed, but then in the last 25 minutes we were in control again

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