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Even in his playing days, Zinedine Zidane seemed unknowable. As a manager, the sense of distance has only grown. He won three Champions Leagues with Real Madrid without ever giving a sense of what his idea of football looked like.
Zidane is one of five coaches to have won the Champions League on three or more occasions, ranking alongside Bob Paisley, Pep Guardiola and Luis Enrique and behind only Carlo Ancelotti. He is the only manager to win three successive Champions Leagues and yet few would consider him one of the game’s elite coaches. In that spell he won one La Liga title. cricket-ipl.co.za
Continue reading...Ben Johnson doesn't announce starting QB for Week 4, but rules out Caleb Williams
While signs are pointing toward Tyson Bagent starting at quarterback for the Bears on Friday, head coach Ben Johnson did not confirm that would be the case during his Friday press conference.
The only definitive piece of information Johnson gave on Friday was that Caleb Williams will not play in the Week 4 matchup, declaring the QB out with his hamstring injury.
Williams has not practiced this week.
But for the rest of the QBs this week, Johnson remained tight-lipped. PFT reported earlier on Friday that Bagent has been taking first-team reps this week.
"We’ll find out on Sunday," Johnson said when asked directly who's starting.
Later, Johnson noted that he feels comfortable with either Bagent or Case Keenum — who beat the Eagles on Monday night — behind center.
"Honestly, I feel really good about the whole room," Johnson said. "I don’t know that there’s a bad choice, or a wrong choice. We’re very, very fortunate that we’ve got guys we believe in, and the whole team believes [in]. It’s not just the coaching staff, the whole team believes in everybody in that room. And so, it’s one of those things that, you can’t go wrong. You just want to make sure you’re doing right by all the guys on the team and you’re putting yourself in the best position to win a ballgame. So, I’m looking forward to seeing what it looks like on Sunday."
While Bagent may be set to resume his role as QB2 after clearing concussion protocol, there is reason to consider Keenum after how well he played on Monday night.
"There is such a thing as playing the hot hand — that is real," Johnson said. "And we’re certainly taking that into consideration. And yet, there’s a body of work that goes into it as well. So, there’s a lot of factors at play. We certainly have talked about it as a coaching staff. Honestly, it’s split — you just ask each coach one-on-one what they think, it’s split. Once again, I don’t know that there’s necessarily a right answer or a wrong answer in terms of how we go about this thing.
"I know both of them are well prepared to play and win a game for us here."
Sykdomstrøbbel for Ingebrigtsen – vant likevel i Sandnes
Jakob Ingebrigtsen løp inn til en overlegen seier på 1500 meter gateløp under Runfest i Sandnes fredag, til tross for at han har slitt med sykdom.
Broren, Henrik Ingebrigtsen, forteller til NRK at Jakob fikk korona etter VM i gateløp sent i september.
– Han har slitt litt med sykdom etter VM i København, men jeg tror han er på stigning. Han er i hvert fall veldig positivt innstilt, så det blir spennende å se hva han kan få til. det blir nok ikke de aller, aller beste tidene i dag med litt motvind egentlig hele veien. Vi får se. Han kommer nok til å satse, sa Henrik Ingebrigtsen.
Ingebrigtsen vant foran Andreas Fjeld Halvorsen og Sigurd Tveit.
Ekspert Ådne Andersen er imponert over 26-åringen:
– Jeg er imponert over Jakob, at han stiller opp tross litt sykdom. Han går til for å løpe fort fra start. Det er ikke de aller beste tidene, men han gjør et ærlig forsøk.
VM i gateløp var 19. og 20. september. Ingebrigtsen tok sølv på 5 km.
Jalen Coker is questionable for the Panthers, Xavier Legette ruled out
Panthers wide receiver Jalen Coker was able to play in Week 3 after being listed as questionable and they'll be hoping for the same outcome on Sunday night.
Coker was limited in practice by a quad injury for the second straight day on Friday and the Panthers have slapped another questionable tag on him ahead of their game against the Lions. Coker has also dealt with an ankle injury this season and has 18 catches for 222 yards and two touchdowns on the season.
The Panthers will be without wide receiver Xavier Legette (knee) for the second straight game. They have also ruled out guard Damien Lewis (elbow). Cornerbacks Jaycee Horn and Mike Jackson are not on the injury report, but the starters will be missing after landing on injured reserve earlier this week.
Right tackle Monroe Freeling returned to full practice, but is listed as questionable pending final clearance from concussion protocol. Defensive tackles Lee Hunter (foot) and Cam Jackson (knee) are also listed as questionable.