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Atletico’s coach praises forward Griezmann
Madrid, Dec 1 (IANS) Atletico Madrid’s Argentine coach Diego Simeone on Friday praised the strides made by his French forward Antoine Griezmann.
Simeone made these remarks at a press conference on the eve of Atletico Madrid’s La Liga match against Real Sociedad, reports Efe.
“Whenever the intensity increases, especially through hard work, the team improves. Gameiro gives us more speed and precision in our attack. I also believe Griezmann has grown, he is our best player and he is in his best moment,” he said.
“We had lost Koke for five matches and the team suffered. When they are on the field, the team keeps on improving, especially in our offensive play. Defensively, the team was always strong,” he added.
He praised Atletico’s next rival saying “Real Sociedad are a team with lots of strengths. They have a great offensive play, good aerial play in the boxes and work really well when they attack.”
“They tend to dominate possession and that speaks well of their playing style. It is what their coach wants. Tomorrow we need to seize control of the game,” he stressed.
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
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.