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Sevilla’s Llorente deals Juventus blow in Champions League
Seville: Sevilla brought a happy ending to their Champions League campaign with a 1-0 win against Juventus.
The win combined with Borussia Monchengladbach’s 4-2 loss against Manchester City earned them the right to defend their Europa League title.
In a match packed with chances, with Juventus’ Paulo Dybala a constant threat and Alvaro Morata wasting openings in both halves, Sevilla emerged victorious. Fernando Llorente’s towering header clinched a result that put the Europa League holders in third place in Group D and back into the competition that has brought them four trophies in ten seasons.
Desperate to finish a disappointing campaign on a high, Sevilla’s over-eagerness could have cost them dear early on, a slick-looking Juventus threatening via Morata twice, Dybala and Stefano Sturaro in the first 15 minutes.
But Sevilla continued to pour forward and were rewarded past the hour-mark when the Ukraine winger’s superb corner was nodded home by Llorente.
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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.