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in Introduce Yourself As A Pony! Mon Aug 12, 2019 7:55 amby corse178 • 1.660 Posts
Zlatan Ibrahimovic signed for Manchester United on Friday, handing one of soccers most enigmatic players a late career move to the worlds richest league and a chance to help revive a fallen giant.The 34-year-old Swedish forward, who was a free agent after his Paris Saint-Germain contract expired last month, joined the 20-time English champions on a one-year deal with an option for an additional year.It will be the well-traveled Ibrahimovics first spell playing in England, having also played for Malmo, Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona and AC Milan.I compare it with the (Floyd) Mayweather-(Manny) Pacquiao fight, Ibrahimovic said of the 2015 world championship boxing bout. They said it would never happen, but it happened.I am super happy. My decision was the easiest part. The rest was a puzzle but the puzzle came together.Ibrahimovic has won league titles in four countries, including a hat trick of successes at Inter Milan where he worked briefly under new United manager Jose Mourinho.The only regret I have with Jose was that I had a short time with him. I had one season (2008-9), Ibrahimovic said. We won together, we enjoyed together and we had a great time together.I learned a lot and I got to know him ... he is a winner; I am a winner. We know both what we want: we want to win. Wherever we go, we win. And we will win.United is relying on their thirst for glory to power the club back up the Premier League standings and back into the Champions League.I am certain that his talent will delight fans at Old Trafford next season and that his experience will be invaluable in helping to develop the younger players in the squad, Mourinho said.Ibrahimovic will face competition for a starting place from a player almost half his age: 18-year-old striker Marcus Rashford.But what Ibrahimovic guarantees United is a highly marketable personality, an attractive proposition as the club seeks to retain and expand its global array of sponsors to fund such luxury signings.What is less certain is the impact Ibrahimovic will have on the field as the club tries to halt the stagnation that set in under Louis van Gaal, who was fired despite winning the FA Cup in May.Ibrahimovic scored 38 goals in 31 French league games last season, as PSG eased to a fourth successive title by a remarkable 31 points. But the figures also point to a lack of domestic competition, and the striker is in the swansong of his career.Ibrahimovic will find it far tougher in the Premier League where he is joining a club that has not won the league since Alex Ferguson retired in 2013 and finished fifth last season. He will have to settle for playing in the second-tier Europa League next season after United failed to qualify for the Champions League.Ibra is one of the best strikers in the world and a player who always gives 100 percent, Mourinho said. He has won the most important league championships in the world of football.Now he has the opportunity to play in the best league in the world and I know he will grasp this opportunity and will work hard to help the team win titles.Ibrahimovic will be completely focused on United after retiring from international duty when Sweden was knocked out of the European Championship in the group stage last month.Now the hard work starts, Ibrahimovic said. 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Uttar Pradesh bowled Railways out for 155 in Rajkot to complete a comprehensive 221-run win that lifted them out of bottom place in Group A.Railways were dented late on the third day, having been reduced to 35 for 5 after being set 377 to win. They lost overnight batsman Mahesh Rawat (19) with the score on 56. Partnerships of 46 for the seventh wicket and 53 for the eighth kept them afloat for a while. However, those werent enough as left-arm chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav wrapped their innings up with figures of 4 for 33.Madhya Pradesh needed to bowl just two balls on the fourth day to remove Barodas final wicket to bowl them out for 114 and win by 232 runs. Medium-pacer Chandrakant Sakure took the wicket to complete his third five-wicket haul of the season.Jiwanjot Singhs eighth first-class century helped Punjab take one point despite being made to follow on by Gujarat in Belagavi. Jiwanjot had walked in late on day three, at 36 for 1, with Punjab still trailing by 341. He remained unbeaten through the final day, finishing on 101 off 261 balls (15x4), having added an unbroken 165 for the third wicket in 66 overs with Uday Kaul, who made 64 (178b, 7x4).Jasprit Bumrah took the only wicket of the day, striking in the eleventh over of the morning to have Manan Vohra caught behind for 47. Struggling for wickets thereafter, Gujarat used ten bowlers to try aand break the Jiwanjot-Kaul partnership, with only their wicketkeeper Dhruv Raval not getting a bowl.ddddddddddddMumbai batsman Shubham Ranjane, who was playing only his second first-class match, and veteran allrounder Abhishek Nayar soaked up 268 balls and grafted 112 runs for the the sixth wicket to hold off Bengals push for an unlikely comeback win in Nagpur.Mumbai eventually walked away with three points thanks to their first-innings lead of 130 and consolidated their position at the top of the Group A table, while Bengal had to settle for one point.Chasing 308, after Bengal, following-on, were dismissed for 437 from an overnight 433 for 8, Mumbai lost their top three to Ashok Dinda in 11 overs. Suryakumar Yadav and captain Aditya Tare contributed twenties, before falling to seamer Mukesh Kumar and left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha respectively. Ranjane and Nayar came together at the end of the 28th over and did not budge until the 73rd over.The defiant stand ended when Dinda had Nayar caught behind for 51 off 135 balls. Ranjane and Dhawal Kulkarni then batted out 86 balls as Mumbai closed the day at 203 for 6 to earn a draw. Dinda was named Man of the Match for his haul of 9 for 162, including 4 for 74 in the last innings. ' ' '
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