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Colombian Gutierrez voted top footballer in Americas
Montevideo: Colombia’s Teofilo Gutierrez was voted the best football player of 2014 in the Americas in a poll.
A survey of sports reporters in the region, carried out by Uruguay’s El Pais daily, put the 29-year-old Gutierrez in first place Wednesday, reports Xinhua.
Gutierrez, who became only the second Colombian to win the award after Carlos Valderrama, garnered 102 votes to win the title of “King of the Americas”, 63 votes more than Uruguay’s Carlos Sanchez. Both play for Argentine club River Plate.
“Gutierrez was one of the most important players for coach Marcelo Gallardo, who led River to win this year’s Copa Sudamericana and put up quite a fight for the title of the Argentine League, said El Pais.
Gutierrez was also “key in Colombia’s national team lineup … first as it qualified for the 2014 Brazil World Cup and later during the cup itself, where he scored a goal,” the daily added.
Colombia’s coach, the Argentine-born Jose Pekerman, was voted the year’s best coach in the Americas, for the third year in a row.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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