Valencia coach Ernesto Valverde has said his side must assume they will have to win away to Sevilla on Saturday if they are to secure Champions League qualification for next season. Los Che go into the final day of the Spanish season two points ahead of Real Sociedad, who travel to relegation-threatened Depo-rtivo la Coruna.
With Real boasting a superior head-to-head record in their meetings with Valencia this season, the San Sebastian club will qualify for the Champions League if the two teams finish level on points.
That means a draw for Valencia will not suffice if La Real win at the Riazor.
“We know that Deportivo are playing for survival, but we have to assume that in a game in which both sides are playing for a lot that Real Sociedad will win,” he said.
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Judge reverses order, Brazil vs England is on
Rio de Janeiro, May 31: The Brazil-England friendly match on Sunday is set to go ahead after a judge overruled a previous court order that had suspended the match on safety grounds.
The Rio de Janeiro state government issued a statement confirming the new ruling just hours after judge Adriana Costa dos Santos had issued an order on Thursday saying the match at Rio de Janeiro’s renovated Maracana stadium could not proceed.
The statement said “the match between Brazil and England is confirmed on June 2 with all the safety conditions assured.”
The chaos of the on-again, off-again match raises more red flags about Brazil’s readiness to hold the Confederation Cup — which opens in two weeks — and next year’s World Cup and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Fifa has been complaining openly for a more than a year that Brazil is not ready. — ap
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Pistorius crime scene images are broadcast
Johannesburg, May 31: Images of the bloody bathroom where Oscar Pistorius shot his model girlfriend in February have been leaked to Sky News, just days before the South African paralympian sprinter appears in court charged with the murder.
The pictures, shown on the British news channel, show a bathroom, with blood on the toilet seat and a door with two marked bullet holes.
There was also a pool of blood on the floor next to the toilet seat. The two bullet holes are located just below the door handle.
The 26-year-old athlete claims that he shot his lover, Reeva Steenkamp, through a locked bathroom door after mistaking her for an intruder. Lawyers for the double amputee known as have written to the country’s prosecution authority to complain about the leaked pictures.
“I can confirm that I have written to the National Prosecution Authority PA,” attorney Brian Webber said, refusing to give details. — afp