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A nove mesi da Qatar 2022 - l'ultimo in questo format, poi si salirà a 48 squadre - difficile individuare gerarchie precise. Più facile lasciarsi suggestionare da curiosità, incroci, vecchie e nuove rivalità. Non solo sportive. Nella gara inaugurale i padroni di casa affronteranno lunedì 21 novembre alle 12 l'Ecuador. Completano il gruppo A l'Olanda favorita per il primo posto e il Senegal. Il gruppo B si tuffa dritto nella Storia; per il clamoroso 1-0 "Iu-es-ei" del 1950 sui presunti "maestri" inglesi; e per il 2010, con gli Stati Uniti qualificati per primi davanti proprio all'Inghilterra; quanto alla geopolitica, l'Iran batté 2-1 gli USA a Francia 98, l'unica gara in competizioni ufficiali tra le due nazionali. A completare il girone, un probabile derby britannico: la vincente tra il Galles e la qualificata del playoff tra Ucraina e Scozia. Nel gruppo C l'Argentina di Lautaro Martinez ritrova il Messico cui segnò tre gol in v...

© Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports https://www.si.com/college/tcu/basketball/march-madness-final-four-preview-2022 And then there were four... BRETT GIBBONS MAR 30, 2022 As quick as it came, it left. The NCAA Tournament is down to the national semifinals with the Final Four teams standing – Duke, North Carolina, Villanova, and Kansas. After all of the madness, we're left with four blue bloods. How To Watch The Final Four Where: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, La. When: Saturday, April 2 (1) Kansas vs. (2) Villanova, 5:09 pm CT (2) Duke vs. (8) North Carolina, 7:49 p.m. CT TV: TBS The Final Four Storylines 15-seed Saint Peter's stole the show this March, making it further into the NCAA Tournament than a 15-seed ever had before– the Elite Eight. However, their run came to an unceremonious ending against North Carolina, by way of a 26-point blowout. Despite carrying a blue blood name and branding, UNC is far from a favorite this year. They made the tournament as an eight seed, lookin...

New RB Leipzig coach Domenico Tedesco, one of the sharpest football brains in Germany, has improved the Leipziger in virtually every area How does Julian Nagelsmann’s Bayern compare to Hansi Flick’s treble-winning side of 2019-20? World Soccer - April 1, 2022 Bayern president Herbert Hainer has gone on record to claim that the current Allianz-Arena XI are more attractive to watch than Hansi Flick’s all-conquering ensemble and many would agree with him. Boasting an attack of all the talents – leader Robert Lewandowski is backed up by the likes of Thomas Muller, Serge Gnabry, Kingsley Coman and Leroy Sane – the Class of 2021-22 arguably has an extra coating of adventure, panache and positional flexibility. Flick’s team was arguably better balanced though, more pragmatic and less vulnerable to pacy counter-attacks. Under Julian Nagelsmann, Bayern have tended to play a gung-ho type of game, using an extremely high defensive line and having seven or eight players raiding in advanced area...