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أكد حمزة المثلوثي ظهير أيمن نادي الزمالك، أنه لا بديل عن الفوز أمام النصر السعودي في مباراة الجولة الثالثة من أجل التأهل لدور ربع النهائي من البطولة العربية.

وكان الزمالك خسر من الشباب السعودي بهدف دون رد، في المباراة التي أقيمت أمس الإثنين بالجولة الثانية من دور المجموعات.

ومن المقرر أن يلتقي الزمالك مع النصر، يوم الخميس المقبل 3 أغسطس الجاري.

وقال المثلوثي خلال تصريحات عبر قناة الرياضية السعودية: “أهدرنا فرصة التأهل أمام الشباب السعودي”.

طالع | أوسوريو: حكم مباراة الشباب منحنا إنذارات وهمية.. وركلة الجزاء خاطئة

وأضاف: “في مباراة النصر لا يوجد لدينا ما نخسره، وسوف نلعب من أجل المكسب فقط”.

وأكمل: “طبيعي أن يكون هناك شد عصبي في المباراة وسببه الحكم والذي كان يعطي بطاقات صفراء مجانية وأصاب اللاعبين بـ”التشنج”، واللوم الأول والأخير على الحكم، ولكن بعد اللقاء اللاعبون كانوا أصدقاء”.

ويحتل الزمالك المركز الثالث في ترتيب المجموعة الثالثة بـ البطولة العربية برصيد 3 نقاط، ويتصدر الترتيب النصر بـ 4 نقاط، ويتواجد الشباب ثانياً بنفس الرصيد.

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Na noite da última quarta-feira, o Santa Cruz foi até o Maracanã e saiu derrotado por 2 a 0. Agora, o Tricolor precisa devolver o placar ou vencer por três gols de diferença para avançar na Copa do Brasil.

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O atacante Pipico, principal nome do Santinha na temporada, vê dificuldade para eliminar o gigante carioca, mas aposta na força da torcida dentro do Arruda na próxima semana.

‘É difícil reverter, porque a gente sabe que a equipe do Fluminense tem muito jogador de qualidade, mas eu espero que lá no Arruda a torcida possa comparecer, porque futebol tudo pode acontecer. Como eles fizeram 2 a 0 aqui, nós também podemos fazer 2 a 0 lá. Espero que todos possam aprender com o jogo que a gente fez, melhorar, trabalhar forte essa semana e chegar na quinta-feira e jogar melhor. Eu tenho certeza que a gente tem como reverter esse placar com o apoio da nossa torcida’, declarou.

‘Infelizmente a gente jogou muito pouco no primeiro tempo. No segundo tempo a gente voltou com uma postura diferente, melhoramos no toque de bola, melhoramos a concentração. Tomamos dois gols no primeiro tempo porque a gente entrou desligado e acabamos sofrendo a derrota’, frisou.

Santa Cruz e Fluminense voltam a se encontrar na quinta-feira, dia 25 de abril, a partir das 21h30 (Horário de Brasília), no Gigante do Arruda.

حسم الظهير الأيمن للفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي مانشستر سيتي، جواو كانسيلو، موقفه من الانتقال إلى برشلونة في الميركاتو الصيفي الحالي.

وارتبط اسم كانسيلو في الساعات القليلة الماضية بإمكانية الانتقال إلى برشلونة الذي يحتاج إلى ظهير أيمن كما أكد المدرب، تشافي هيرنانديز.

ويسعى برشلونة استغلال المبلغ الذي سيحصل عليه نظير رحيل عثمان ديمبلي إلى باريس سان جيرمان وقيمته 50 مليون يورو لتمويل صفقات أخرى.

وعلى رأس تلك الصفقات وفقًا لطلبات تشافي مركز الظهير الأيمن والأعين توجهت في الفترة الأخيرة إلى كانسيلو.

اقرأ أيضًا.. روبيرتو يكشف رد فعل لاعبي برشلونة تجاه رحيل ديمبلي

Joao Cancelo has agreed personal terms with Barça, he wants the move… and Xavi wants him since January as priority target. Talks now ongoing with Manchester City over deal structure 🔵🔴🇵🇹

Barça plan revealed on Sunday: use part of Dembélé budget to try again for Cancelo. pic.twitter.com/3L2q2T6nuF — Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 3, 2023

مستقبل كانسيلو غير مضمون في مانشستر سيتي حيث لا يعول بيب جوارديولا على اللاعب البرتغالي في خطط الموسم المقبل بعد خروجه معارًا في الموسم الماضي إلى بايرن ميونخ.

وبحسب شبكة “سكاي سبورتس” ومتخصص سوق الانتقالات، فابرزيو رومانو، أن كانسيلو قد وافق على شروطه الشخصية للانتقال إلى برشلونة.

يريد اللاعب الانتقال إلى برشلونة في الأيام المقبل، حيث كان تشافي يريد كانسيلو منذ يناير الماضي وهناك مفاوضات مع مانشستر سيتي في الوقت الحالي.

سيستخدم برشلونة جزءًا من قيمة صفقة رحيل ديمبلي إلى باريس سان جيرمان لحسم صفقة كانسيلو مع مانشستر سيتي.

Sri Lanka head coach Graham Ford has said the upcoming series against Pakistan in the UAE will be a tough challenge for his team

Sa'adi Thawfeeq01-Dec-2013

Sri Lanka head coach Graham Ford has said the upcoming series against Pakistan in the UAE will be a tough challenge for his team. Ford added that Pakistan have been on the move of late despite the fact that their home venue is the UAE whereas Sri Lanka have been relatively dormant recently.”The advantage Pakistan’s got is that they have played a lot of international cricket in the last six-eight months whereas unfortunately we haven’t played nearly as much because of weather and various other things,” Ford said. “We’ve done as much as we can to make sure we are sharp and ready but nothing’s quite the same as being match-tight and match-sharp. They have got an advantage from that point of view and they have got some fantastically talented cricketers.”In the past eight months, Pakistan have played four Tests, 23 ODIs and eight T20s compared to Sri Lanka who have played no Tests, 17 ODIs and five T20s. The first Test against Pakistan, which starts on December 31 in Dubai, will be Sri Lanka’s first in nearly ten months and Ford said the players were keenly looking forward to the tour.”They have been out of cricket for a while and their energy and their effort in the training sessions has been exceptional. It is a great group to work with and motivation is never really anything of a problem,” Ford said. “I am not sure whether people realize just how proud these guys are to represent their country and they have often shown their characters when the chips are down. The time out of real top-class international cricket and tours being cancelled has made them hungry.”On their last tour to the UAE in 2011, Sri Lanka lost the three-Test series 1-0, the five-match ODI series 4-1 and also went down in the only T20. This time around they will again be involved in three Tests in addition to five ODIs and two T20s. The team is scheduled to leave for the UAE on December 6.”When Sri Lanka went their last it didn’t go all too well,” Ford said. “Hopefully we can show that we have made some progress. They are a very tough team to beat in the UAE and they are playing good cricket no matter where they play. They have done well against South Africa just recently. It really will be a tough challenge for us.”Some of the players have been talking about some of the things they need to expect are going to happen there. Everybody is that much wiser on the conditions and what to expect.”We had the advantage of a pretty good home series against Pakistan and we know quite a bit about their team and some of our boys have performed well against them so psychologically that’s also a boost for us. But at the end of the day it’s about getting down there and playing really well session for session.”Ever since Pakistan made the UAE their home base in 2010 they have not lost a single Test series there but Ford felt they were not invincible. “They cleaned up England 3-0 and from a psychological point of view they are aware that’s their fortress, that’s where they play well. But for us it’s an exciting challenge. That’s the way to make history, that’s the way the boys can make heroes of themselves. It’s tough but it’s not something that’s impossible.”One of the key points for Sri Lanka if they are to emerge victorious against Pakistan is how well their batsmen tackle the world-class spin of Saeed Ajmal. Ajmal was the leading wicket-taker for Pakistan in the 2011 series against Sri Lanka in the UAE with 18 Test wickets and 11 ODI wickets.”I’ve been involved only in one series with him and we played him quite well in that,” Ford said. “Certainly one or two of our players play him pretty well. Most batsmen in the world do have problems with him. It’s not like you are going to dominate him or he is an easy option. He is a factor in any series that he plays but we did cope with him last time around.”Obviously more players are comfortable than others against him. He is more successful in the UAE and the challenge is there. Any bowler that turns the ball in both directions and is difficult to read is a very effective man to have in your side. Added to the fact that he’s got the disguise and the ability to turn the ball both ways (is that) he’s got fantastic control. Those ingredients make him a tough bowler. Pakistan will be looking to him as a match-winner and we’ll be looking to try and neutralize him as possible.”Apart from Ajmal, Pakistan have got a few newcomers such as the seven-foot tall left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Irfan and left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar, whom most of the Sri Lanka batsmen have not faced.”We got video footage and the analyst prepares information for all the players and they’ll get their copy of the footage of players in the next day or two to study them,” Ford said. “There’s always a sharing of information. News gets around and some of these guys will have played against some of these chaps and seen them. You get some info about them from one or two people who played against them and get some sort of an idea of what type of cricketers they are.”Fortunately these days there is so much TV coverage that players can’t hide away. You are going to find out a lot about them. It’s one thing knowing about them and it’s another thing going out and playing against them.”Ford said Sri Lanka will miss Mahela Jayawardene’s experience during the limited-overs leg of the tour. The former captain has opted out for personal reasons. “You can’t say enough about Mahela’s contribution,” Ford said. “He is such an important person in the group. He is brilliant as a player, he sets the tone and he is a great example for the youngsters. His knowledge of the game is just unbelievable. I’ve learnt a huge amount from him.”Not having him around is a bit of a challenge but we’ve gone through periods without him before when he’s had injury problems and we managed pretty well. It’s something that the team is learning to adjust to and that’s something that they will have to in the future be able to do – go and play and win without him.”Ford dismissed the notion that Jayawardene’s absence would bring added pressure on the other two senior batsmen Kumar Sangakkara and Tillakaratne Dilshan. “Those two guys have thrived on pressure throughout their careers. They are both strong mentally and pressure might even be a good thing for them. I don’t think that is something to be concerned about. They know their game so well.”

علق المدرب البرتغالي لاتحاد جدة، نونو سانتو، على استبعاد المهاجم المغربي المخضرم عبد الرزاق حمد الله، من مواجهة الهلال، اليوم السبت.

وكان حمد الله غاب عن قائمة الاتحاد السعودي لمواجهة الهلال، على الرغم من مشاركته في تدريبات العميد مساء الجمعة، وجاهزيته من الناحية الفنية والبدنية.

وصرح نونو سانتو عقب خسارة الاتحاد أمام الهلال بثلاثة أهداف لهدف في دور ربع النهائي من البطولة العربية: “موضوع حمدالله هو شأن داخلي سنعمل على حله مع النادي والأشخاص الأمناء”.

اقرأ أيضا..فيديو | مالكوم يسجل هدف الهلال الثالث أمام اتحاد جدة في البطولة العربية

وتابع نونو سانتو حديثه عن مصير حمد الله: “سيبقى في الاتحاد من يريد البقاء”.

وكان نونو سانتو أعلن في وقت سابق أنه سيحدد اللاعب الأجنبي الذي سيرحل عن صفوف الاتحاد من أجل قيد الوافد الجديد البرازيلي فابينيو.

وينتظر أن يفاضل نونو سانتو بين المصري طارق حامد والمغربي عبد الرزاق حمد الله لرحيل أي منهما من أجل قيد فابينيو مع إمكانية رحيل الثنائي معًا في حال تعاقد إدارة الاتحاد مع محترف جديد في مركز قلب الدفاع، مع إمكانية حدوث مفاجأت بشأن قرارات المدرب في الأيام القليلة المقبلة.

Cheteshwar Pujara said South Africa had more reason to be disappointed after Wanderers

Sidharth Monga in Durban24-Dec-2013

India and South Africa know it will be important to put the last draw behind them and start afresh for Durban – which might be difficult with only three days’ gap in between – but India continued to try to claim psychological advantage after they pushed the No. 1 side to the brink in their backyard. Cheteshwar Pujara, who scored 153 in the second innings in Johannesburg and was part of the highest partnership of the match, said South Africa had more reason to be disappointed after Wanderers.”If we look at the last game, we have more positives than them because when we batted first the ball was doing a bit,” Pujara said. “We batted well and when they batted in the first innings there wasn’t much help for the bowlers so the kind of comeback we made in [their] first innings. On the last day we were expecting more movement from the cracks but it didn’t happen. So I think they had the opportunity to bat well when the wicket was better and when we batted – even in the second innings – the ball was doing a bit. When they batted, at times there was a little bit of movement but they were lucky enough to survive.”In pushing South Africa to the edge, India also had to bowl their bowlers for longer than they would have liked considering the next Test starts in three days’ time. Two days after the match, Zaheer Khan – he bowled more than he has ever done in a Test – and Ishant Sharma gave the optional training session a miss. Pujara reassured that recovery should not be a problem.”Such close matches you expect in Test format,” Pujara said. “It was a very exciting Test. Don’t think there is any problem with the recovery. We are training a lot so we are fit enough to prepare for the next game, and there were a lot of positives for us to go ahead with a positive frame of mind in this match.”Emotional and mental recovery, though, might be a different issue. “It was difficult because we felt that we had a very good chance to win the match but just one partnership in one particular session didn’t go our way,” Pujara said. “So emotionally and mentally coming out [of it] and playing this match will be important. We have to forget what happened and focus on our plans after looking at the wicket tomorrow and work accordingly.”From what he has seen of South Africa’s batting, Pujara believes India can bowl them out twice. “The kind of batting line-up they have we have got a very good chance to bowl them out,” Pujara said. “Just AB [de Villiers] and Faf [du Plessis] were able to score big runs. Apart from them no one got big runs. So it’s a positive sign for us. We also believe that we can get them out. Also if you look at the last session, they were cautious about not going for the target so they are worried about their tail-enders not batting through. So it’s a positive sign for us.”India will take heart from the fact that Dale Steyn returned his worst figures in a Test, but will also be wary that Steyn, Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis are all unlikely to fail in back-to-back Tests. Pujara was not getting drawn into any complacence regarding Steyn. “It’s a good thing for us that he didn’t get any wickets,” Pujara said, “but he is a good bowler so we don’t want to underestimate him. And we have to be careful against him even in this match so as a team we can’t take him lightly. It’s just that we had very good success, and we will try and continue the same thing in this match.”South Africa’s spinner, though, is a different story. “Think [Imran] Tahir didn’t bowl well,” Pujara said. “Kind of expectations South Africa had of him, he didn’t bowl well enough and they also knew that they would have to bowl [JP] Duminy and him because Morne Morkel was injured in the second innings so we took the advantage and wanted to capitalise when they were on and we were successful. On that wicket there wasn’t much help for the spinners so I don’t want to rate anybody but I think we batted well and Indians are known to bat well against spinners.”South Africa look more positive about Morkel’s fitness than they did during the last Test. Pujara was not praying for his recovery, though. “It will make a huge difference for them because the kind of bounce he gets from the wicket it’s difficult to score runs against,” Pujara said. “They will have to bring in a new fast bowler, so whoever comes in hasn’t been playing for them. Even when they played in Abu Dhabi I don’t think he played that match. It’s a new guy coming in and now they have to think about their bowling line-up. Steyn and Morkel are used to bowling in partnership so it will make a huge difference.”

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Alexandre Pato e Cuca têm se entendido muito bem em seus primeiros dias de convivência no São Paulo. O técnico tem se preocupado em conversar com o atacante sobre seu posicionamento, e a receptividade tem sido boa.

Pato gosta de jogar aberto pelo lado esquerdo, onde se deu muito bem sob o comando de Juan Carlos Osório em sua primeira passagem pelo Tricolor, mas Cuca ainda não o utilizou nessa função. Na vitória por 2 a 0 sobre o Botafogo, no sábado, o escalou como homem de referência. No triunfo por 2 a 1 sobre o Goiás, na quarta, o recuou para jogar como um armador e o viu marcar um gol e ser o melhor em campo.

– O Pato ficou quatro, cinco meses sem jogar. Hoje, não consigo vê-lo jogando pelo lado do campo, até ele ter uma condição física ideal. A intensidade é muito grande. Você não precisa ser um marcador, mas você tem que passar a linha da bola algumas vezes pelo menos. Eu já conversei com ele sobre isso. O melhor caminho para ele é trabalhar a bola por dentro, sendo segundo atacante, como ele foi no jogo de hoje (quarta). Muitas das vezes o primeiro (atacante), como no lance do gol – analisou Cuca.

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Quando Pato rescindiu com o Tianjin Tianhai (CHN) e ficou com o caminho livre para jogar no Brasil, o técnico não era um grande entusiasta da contratação. Achava que o São Paulo tinha necessidades mais urgentes e temia que um alto investimento para trazê-lo impedisse a chegada de reforços que ele priorizava, como Tchê Tchê. Durante as conversas, porém, Cuca foi se convencendo de que o atacante poderia ser uma referência no elenco tricolor. Quando falou com ele por telefone, a impressão se confirmou. No fim da negociação, disse à diretoria que o clube não podia perder o jogador, ainda mais se fosse para um rival, o Palmeiras. Nessa fase inicial de trabalho, os dois estão bem entrosados.

– Ele (Cuca) me chamou na sala dele, tivemos uma conversa. Ele perguntou para mim se eu poderia jogar no meio. Eu disse que sim, que já fiz isso na Espanha, na China e até no Milan. Aqui é coletivo. Se ele pedir para eu jogar de atacante, de segundo ou aberto, é opção do treinador e eu tenho que respeitar. A conversa vai ajudar bastante. O grupo é maior que qualquer um – disse Pato, à TV Globo, na saída do Serra Dourada, mais uma vez colocando o coletivo acima dos interesses individuais.

– Fico muito feliz de encontrar um treinador assim, que conversa muito. Isso ajuda bastante o jogador. O entrosamento vem aos pouquinhos, a torcida tem que ter um pouco de calma. São muitos jogadores novos, é o meu segundo jogo. Tenho certeza que vão ter coisas boas até o final do ano – completou.

Ainda sofrendo com falta de ritmo, Pato foi substituído nas duas partidas. Ele deve ser titular novamente contra o Flamengo, às 16h de domingo, no Morumbi, pela terceira rodada do Brasileirão.

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Com duas vitórias em dois jogos, o Santos segue animando o torcedor com boas atuações. Por isso, o lateral-direito Victor Ferraz espera colocar o Peixe entre os sete primeiros colocados até a Copa América, que começa em junho.

Ate lá, o Santos terá mais sete confrontos pela frente. Quatro em casa (Vasco, Internacional, Corinthians e Atlético-MG) e três fora (CSA, Palmeiras e Ceará).

– Queremos ficar no pelotão de cima, pelo menos entre os seis, sete primeiros. Se formos líderes, melhor, mas queremos ficar no pelotão da frente para depois dar um sprint e por que não sonhar com o título? Não custa a gente sonhar, trabalhamos para isso. Vamos lutar por isso – afirmou o camisa 4.

Victor Ferraz começou a partida contra o Fluminense no banco de reservas, porém entrou logo após o intervalo e participou do primeiro gol do Santos na vitória por 2 a 1, na Vila.

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Ferraz também relembrou as últimas campanhas do Santos em Campeonatos Brasileiro. O Santos não conseguia engatar duas vitórias consecutivas nos dois primeiros jogos do torneio nacional desde 2005.

– Muito importante começar assim. Estou há seis temporadas, sempre iniciamos mal. Temos feito diferente agora. Segundo turno é mais difícil, todas as equipes encaixadas. Agradecemos a Deus por esses pontos e temos outra dobradinha, CSA e Vasco. Temos que pontuar. Precisamos estar na melhor forma, com quem estiver mais perna. Jogo às 16h, em jogo fofo, com 3h30 de viagem. Sampaoli é fera e colocará os melhores – falou o lateral-direito.

O Santos se reapresenta na tarde desta sexta-feira, no CT Rei Pelé. Terceiro colocado da competição nacional, o Peixe encara o CSA, neste domingo, às 16h, em Alagoas.

أعلن لويس كاسترو المدير الفني لنادي النصر السعودي، تشكيل الفريق الرسمي لمواجهة الهلال، في المباراة النهائية للبطولة العربية للأندية 2023.

ويلتقي الهلال مع النصر، في السادسة من مساء اليوم السبت، في نهائي البطولة العربية “كأس الملك سلمان”، وذلك على ملعب مدينة الملك فهد الرياضية بالطائف.

النصر تأهل إلى نهائي البطولة العربية، بعد الفوز على الشرطة العراقي بهدف دون رد، بينما الهلال تخطى الشباب بثلاثة أهداف مقابل هدف.

طالع.. مباشر بالفيديو | مباراة الهلال والنصر في نهائي البطولة العربية.. إعلان التشكيلين تشكيل النصر أمام الهلال:

حراسة المرمى: نواف العقيدي.

خط الدفاع: علي لاجامي – سلطان الغنام – عبد الاله العمري- اليكيس تيليس.

خط الوسط: عبد الله الخيبري – مارسيلو بروزوفيتش – سيكو فوفانا.

خط الهجوم: كريستيانو رونالدو – ساديو ماني – تاليسكا.

📄 | قائمة الفريق الأساسية لمباراة #النصر_الهلال 🤩
في نهائي #كأس_الملك_سلمان_للأندية 🏆 pic.twitter.com/ty3M1VOJPS

— نادي النصر السعودي (@AlNassrFC) August 12, 2023

The Asian Cricket Council, on Thursday, confirmed Pakistan’s participation in this year’s Asia Cup in Bangladesh

Mohammad Isam16-Jan-20140:00

Isam: SL tour will be important for Asia Cup

The Asian Cricket Council, on Thursday, confirmed Pakistan’s participation in this year’s Asia Cup in Bangladesh. However, the regional cricket body has said that the participation of all teams is subject to their individual government’s decision. Pakistan will now join Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in the tournament which will take place between February 25 and March 8.According to the ACC chief executive Ashraful Huq, Pakistan are “provisionally” scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on February 22, train for the next two days, and then play the tournament opener in Fatullah against Sri Lanka on February 25. Their security representative will arrive in Dhaka on Saturday, as part of the ICC’s security meeting on Monday.Schedule

February 25 – Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Fatullah

February 26 – Bangladesh v India, Fatullah

February 27 – Afghanistan v Pakistan, Fatullah

February 28 – India v Sri Lanka, Fatullah

March 1 – Bangladesh v Afghanistan, Fatullah

March 2 – India v Pakistan, Mirpur

March 3 – Afghanistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur

March 4 – Bangladesh v Pakistan, Mirpur

March 5 – Afghanistan v India, Mirpur

March 6 – Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, Mirpur

March 8 – Final, Mirpur

“Obviously every country’s participation is subject to their government’s order, more so in the subcontinent,” Huq said. “Pakistan’s security officer will arrive here on January 18 to take part in the ICC’s security meeting which will, I am sure, give a clean report as there is no problem at the moment. The two officials of Sri Lanka Cricket are very close to me and they, too, I hope will give a clean report. The Pakistan team is provisionally booked to arrive on February 22 as they want to practice on February 23 and 24.”Even in the event of Pakistan pulling out, Huq said the tournament will go ahead as planned. He did however confirm that he had received assurance from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the political party that is opposing the government for not holding elections under a caretaker government.”The Asia Cup will go on even if any team decides not to participate in it,” Huq said. “Earlier in 1986 in Sri Lanka, India didn’t participate while in 1991, Pakistan didn’t participate in India.”I have been informed by BNP’s authorised spokesperson that they will support the event. But I can’t disclose a name. Those who believe that the Asia Cup will be shifted elsewhere are living in a fool’s paradise.”The 2012 Asia Cup in Bangladesh drew big crowds•AFP

Political violence has devastated Bangladesh in the last three months, but it is hoped that there won’t be much trouble during the time of the Asia Cup. On Wednesday, BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia did not announce any blockades or strikes for the month. This bodes well for the tournament as normal life has already resumed in many parts of the country, including Dhaka, in the last five days.The issue with Pakistan’s security concern is however related more to a diplomatic conflict, which is not entirely connected to the political impasse of the last three months. However, the BCB has guaranteed to the PCB that they will provide extra security personnel during Pakistan’s stay in Bangladesh.The other major talking point was the use of two venues – Fatullah and Mirpur – at two ends of Dhaka. The first five matches of the tournament will be held in Fatullah, to the south of Dhaka, and the rest, including the final on March 8, will be held at the Shere Bangla National Stadium.The hitch in the schedule is the lack of reserve days. Though it is a predominantly dry season, things could go haywire if rain interrupts, as there is only one rest day ahead of the final.