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BRASILE » L’ESULTANZA DEI TIFOSI DELLA NAZIONALE VERDEORO PER L’INGAGGIO DELL’ALLENATORE ITALIANO PASQUALE COCCIA Il Manifesto Sabato 21 Giugno 2025 Pagina 18 GOIANIA (Brasile) - "O mais", il massimo, afferma con tono deciso il cameriere di un grande ristorante nel centro di Goiania, capitale dello Stato di Goias . Che non sia un’opinione strettamente personale, ma alquanto diffusa basta andare al Mercado Central della città, il proprietario della più antica bottega che vende foglie secche di tabacco, arrotolate e lunghe qualche metro, usa due parole: grande treinador . Gli apprezzamenti sono tutti per Carlo Ancelotti, primo europeo (e terzo straniero dopo l'uruguaiano Ramón Platero nel 1925 e il portoghese Joreca nel 1944 assieme al brasiliano Flávio Costa, ndr) nella storia del calcio brasiliano a guidare la nazionale verdeoro. Nella partita di esordio casalingo Brasile-Paraguay giocata a San Paolo martedì 10 giugno, valevole per le qualificazioni mondiali, la coreogra...

Ci-dessus, Julien Clerc au côté de Michel Platini lors de la remise  du  trophée du meilleur buteur du Calcio en 1983. Ci-dessous, le rappeur Hatik. La popularité durable de Michel Platini est perceptible auprès des musiciens, qui sont nombreux à avoir chanté ses mérites au travers de plusieurs générations.  À l’occasion des 70 ans du footballeur aujourd’hui, Julien Clerc, Mathias Malzieu et Hatik se confient sur leurs liens avec la légende des Bleus. 21 Jun 2025 - L'Équipe PIERRE-ÉTIENNE MINONZIO Michel Platini peut s’enorgueillir d’être, avec Zinédine Zidane, le footballeur français qui a inspiré le plus de chansons. Dès 1982, dans un 45 tours lunaire, Il n’y aura pas de match retour, un certain Rémy Tarrier chantait avec élégance : « T’es belle comme un coup franc de Platini qui va dans la lucarne» . Depuis, le triple Ballon d’Or n’a cessé d’être célébré par des musiciens, parfois même hors de France, comme en a témoigné, ces dernières années, un réjouissant air d’acco...

Reaction and analysis of Game 6 and a look ahead to Game 7 on 21 giu 2025 The Oklahoman Joe Mussatto Columnist The Oklahoman USA TODAY NETWORK INDIANAPOLIS – Mark Daigneault waited as long as he reasonably could have before calling his first timeout Thursday night. It was as if he didn’t want to intervene in the action, instead waiting for his team to show some spunk. To hush the Indiana crowd and halt the Pacers’ run on its own. That wait would be an indefinite one. Game 6 was all Indiana: 108-91 Pacers. “The way I see it is, we sucked tonight,” said Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, his analysis unimpeachable. The Pacers played with desperation. The Thunder played like it had a fallback option — a Game 7 wild card tucked away in the recesses of the visitor’s locker room. Which is true of course, but boy oh boy, that’s a dangerous game to play. Anything and everything is on the table in a Game 7. Not closing things out in Game 6 leaves the Thunder susceptible to the whims of the ball bouncing ...

Michel Platini fête ses 70 ans aujourd’hui. Retour sur une vie de foot, d’une décennie à l’autre. 21 Jun 2025 - L'Équipe VINCENT DULUC 70 ANS DE FOOT  Son anniversaire, qui a toujours annoncé l’été, a longtemps été fêté au coeur des beaux jours du football français: né le 21 juin 1955, Michel Platini a soufflé ses bougies à Valladolid pendant la Coupe du monde 1982, au Moulin de Vernègues à Mallemort pendant l’Euro 1984, à Guadalajara pendant la Coupe du monde 1986. Quand les Bleus faisaient les choses bien, ils n’oubliaient pas Jean Tigana (le 23juin) ni Maxime Bossis (le 29juin). L’anniversaire de ses 70 ans, ce samedi matin, est l’occasion de célébrer le triple Ballon d’Or (1983, 1984, 1985), le plus grand joueur français de l’histoire pour tous ceux qui pensent que ce n’est pas Zinédine Zidane, ainsi qu’un destin particulier qui s’est étendu très au-delà de sa carrière de joueur. Voyage dans la vie de Platini, d’une décennie à l’autre. *** 10 ANS Un enfant de Joeuf Le jeune Mic...

CHRISTINE TANNOUS/INDYSTAR The party rages on Georgia Street 21 Jun 2025 - The Oklahoman  Indianapolis Star USA TODAY NETWORK Gregg Doyel INDIANAPOLIS – And now, anything can happen. Wait, hang on. Anything has happened. The Indiana Pacers, given no chance against the mighty Oklahoma City Thunder when the 2025 NBA Finals began, have forced a Game 7 with a 108-91 blowout — it wasn’t that close — Thursday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Game 6.The Indiana Pacers bench celebrates a 3-pointer on June 19 during Game 6 of the NBA Finals at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.  Game 7 will be Sunday night at the Paycom Center in downtown OKC. “One game,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said afterward. “This is what it’s all about. This is what you dream about growing up.” Can this impossible dream come true? Think about it: The 2025 Indiana Pacers, two years removed from being a lottery team, are 48 minutes from winning the first NBA title in franchise history. This wasn’t on anyone’s...

MADDIE MEYER/GETTY IMAGES Oklahoma City Thunder players look on from the bench during the fourth quarter against the Indiana Pacers in Game 6 of the NBA Finals at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on June 19 in Indianapolis. Dream season has reached one game to define legacies 21 Jun 2025  Thunder Insider Joel Lorenzi  The Oklahoman USA TODAY NETWORK INDIANAPOLIS – Half-drank Gatorades and hardly-sipped protein shakes were sprawled across the carpet where the champagne stains would’ve been setting in. Glazed eyes and long stares could not be hidden by protective, celebratory goggles. Their hands fiddled, occasionally running through braids or massaging the disappointment from their chins; they’re another few nights away from their final chance to hot potato the Larry O’Brien. The Oklahoma City Thunder, having entered Thursday’s Game 6 of the NBA Finals with a 3-2 lead, ended the night framing the opportunity that Sunday is. Thursday’s shot was long gone. KYLE TERADA/ IMAGN IMAGES -  ...

MADDIE MEYER/GETTY IMAGES Shai Gilgeous-Alexander reacts June 19 during the third quarter of Game 6 of the NBA Finals  at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Indiana Pacers won 108-91 to force a Game 7. Thunder needs SGA to play like MVP again to win it all 21 giu 2025 Jenni Carlson Columnist The Oklahoman USA TODAY NETWORK INDIANAPOLIS — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sat on the bench almost unmoving. Occasionally, he’d lean forward and put his elbows on his knees, but after a few seconds, he’d return to neutral. That was the extent of the Thunder superstar’s action in the fourth quarter. In a potential close-out playoff game. In the NBA Finals. And as you well know, it wasn’t because Oklahoma City was blowing out Indiana. Pacers 108, Thunder 91. A night that started with so much promise ended in disaster. The Thunder's chance to win an NBA championship was on life support at halftime and was not only merely dead but also really most sincerely dead halfway through the third quarte...

CHRISTINE TANNOUS/INDYSTAR Nate Atkins 21 Jun 2025 - The Indianapolis Star USA TODAY NETWORK INDIANAPOLIS – The Pacers were down early in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to the Thunder with their superstar hobbled. Their shots weren’t falling, and a duo in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams that just hit historic levels was ready to drive one final knife into the collective hearts at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Then Andrew Nembhard had something to say. The starting shooting guard caught a fireball pass from Tyrese Haliburton in the high corner and drilled a 3. On the next possession, he grabbed a quick pass from Aaron Nesmith and drilled another 3 from the top of the key. Then he scored again on the very next trip down the court. In a flash, Nembhard poured in more points in three possessions than he managed all of Game 5, back when he fell apart in the second half with four backbreaking turnovers, a night emblematic of how the fort around Haliburton collapsed under the weight of his newl...