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Barcelona must learn from Celta defeat: coach Enrique
Vigo (Spain): Spanish football champions FC Barcelona’s coach Luis Enrique hopes his team will learn the lessons from their shock 1-4 defeat to Celta Vigo in La Liga.
“I’m not happy to lose 1-4. I’ll evaluate and analyse it but it’s a test to show how difficult it can be. All that remains is to congratulate Celta. They played a very complete game, in terms of effectiveness and their football,” Enrique was quoted as saying by goal.com on Wednesday after the match.
Lago Aspas scored a brace while Nolito and John Guidetti netted one each for Celta while Neymar scored for Barcelona.
“We suffered a lot in the individual battles – the first goal for Nolito went in the top corner but the second was our mistake. This result will be useful to tell us that it costs a lot to win – I prefer it when a team wins like Celta did, playing well. They’re one of the more attractive teams,” he said.
“We already knew if we committed mistakes we were going to be made to pay for them,” the Barcelona coach said.
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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.