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Absences will not affect Real Madrid, says Las Palmas coach

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Canary Islands (Spain), March 30 (IANS) Las Palmas coach Paco Jemez on Friday downplayed the absence of players Real Madrid has suffered ahead of an upcoming La Liga football clash.

Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos and Isco did not take part in the team training due to physical issues while Dani Carvajal was suspended ahead of Saturday’s game, at which coach Zinedine Zidane is expected to rest some of his starters, reports Efe.

These absences do not change anything for Las Palmas, as any Real Madrid starting line-up “could destroy any rival,” Jemez said at a press conference ahead of Saturday’s league match.

The Blancos’ attention may have turned to the UEFA Champions League as they trail 15 points behind Barcelona in the La Liga table, which makes the league title “impossible” for them, according to Jemez.

However, he considered that it did not mean that Real Madrid was going to “give the match” away despite resting some of its regular starters with the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals against Juventus on Tuesday in mind.

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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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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