“You can be sure that Neymar will play in the World Cup. I am absolutely convinced of that. He will play.

As for Neymar, I want to make one important point. He stayed on the field despite an injury, when he felt pain in his ankle, and helped us score two goals. He stayed because the team needed him. And in the case of the first goal, Neymar had a decisive part in the attack.” – Tite told Globo.

• In the 62nd minute it was Neymar who gave it to Vinicius Júnior, who struck on goal, Milinkovic-Savic parried it, but Risharlison was on the rebound. Later, Ricciarlison sealed his double with a spectacular strike.

• And Neymar was replaced by Anthony on 79 minutes.

• The Brazilian national team doctor said that the medical staff plans to wait a day or two, after which it will become clear how serious Neymar’s ankle injury is.

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Cristiano needed a refreshment without leaving the pitch. At this point, the cameraman kept the Portuguese star in the frame. Being in the Ghanaian penalty area, Ronaldo, who was not actively involved in the episode at that moment, because the goalkeeper fixed the ball, was looking for something in his underpants for a few seconds, and then chewed on the run and continued to play.

Recall, November 24, Portugal defeated the national team of Ghana 3-2. Ronaldo converted a penalty in the 65th minute and became the first player in history to score in five World Cups.

Cristiano Ronaldo (full name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro) – the greatest player of modern soccer, played for clubs Sporting (Portugal), Manchester United (England), Real Madrid (Spain), Juventus (Italy), for the national team of Portugal, who set a dozen records.

His record is full of the most beautiful goals, awards and titles. Among them – the victory in the European Championship, the UEFA Nations League, a record five victories in the Champions League, as well as five awards for the best footballer of the year in Europe “Golden Ball” and four awards for the best striker of the European Championships “Golden Boot”.

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Slopestyle: women

The women in slopestyle were the first on the most difficult track of Laksa. The conditions were perfect, the sun was shining – nothing prevented each athlete to give her best today.
Every year it becomes more and more exciting to watch women snowboarding, especially when the industry is driven by such monster-talented riders as Anna Gasser. In addition to her rides, the audience waited for a performance by rising star from Australia, Tess Coady.
As events unfolded, Coady dominated every stage. Scoring her best time on her first attempt, the 21-year-old came to the victory lap confidently, beautifully, and with a clear desire to hold on to her lead. Beginning with a textbook Cab 180 to Backside 360 on the bottom rail, she finished with a magnificent Double Cork 1080 on the second ramp. Cody improved on her first attempt with a score of 86.18, her highest score of the day.

Slopestyle: men

The men’s slopestyle final delighted with a series of the brightest performances in the career of up-and-coming American riders. Sean Fitzsimmons, 21, took first place, landing the Back-to-Back Triple 1440 with a score of 80.91. That result was enough to edge out Stole Sandbeck with 80.43 points and Leon Fokensperger, who scored 71.05 in the final seconds of his performance.
Sharing the podium with Fitzsimmons and Sandbeck was their compatriot Jake Kanter with a score of 74.76. Kanter overcame the terrible excitement of his fall on his first attempt and had his most spectacular performance of the day. American Brock Crouch, with a score of 73.88, finished fourth.

Halfpipe: women

The giant halfpipe on Mount Crap Zone Gion in Laxa is known for the fact that riders here demonstrate a prohibitive level of tricks, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in this sport. And this year was no exception.
Reigning Laax Open champion Chloe Kim rushed into action. She advanced to the women’s halfpipe finals with an impressive combination of Method Air, Switch 900 and Back-to-Back 1080. The American halfpipe star scored a 90.25 and won her sixth straight contest victory since returning to action last year.

Halfpipe: men

The men’s final was full of surprises: many top riders made landing mistakes, making way for veterans Jan Scherrer and Sean White. But despite White’s unexpected return to the top echelon of snowboarding, the winner in Laxa was the hopeful Japanese athlete Ayumu Hirano.
Laxa is home to the world’s largest halfpipe.

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This Tour is remembered as one of the most bizarre. On many occasions, fate spared the four-time winner Lance Armstrong. One of the most spectacular moments occurred in the last kilometers of the stage to Gap, when Spaniard Joseba Beloki spectacularly fell right in front of Armstrong at the entrance of the turn. To avoid the fall, Armstrong steered the bike across the field. He had fractions of a second to react, and he rode through the dirt and back onto the highway into the lead group on the other side of the turn. This moment will go down in history as one of the most memorable instances of bicycle maneuvering.

Tour de France 1983: Pascal Simon is eliminated in Yellow

The Tour de France is nothing without faith and heroism. In 1983, Frenchman Pascal Simon demonstrated both. Competing for the strong Peugeot team, Simon captured the yellow jersey in the Pyrenees, and his lead was more than four and a half minutes. But when he fell on the stage to Fleurance and broke his scapula, his chances of winning were lost. But nevertheless, with a yellow jersey on his shoulders, he refused to get off the race, struggling to continue the distance no matter what. For the next five days, the race looked more like a funeral procession, as the challengers refused to attack the injured leader and Simon struggled just to stay in the peloton. Finally, on the climb up to Chapelle Blanche in the Alps, Simon gave up and got off. But before that, he had won in the hearts of his fans.

Tour de France 1990: Claudio Chiappucci almost stole the victory

The event has been described as the robbery of the Tour de France: four riders achieved a 10-minute advantage on the first stage of the 1990 Tour de France. But the least known of the riders in that breakaway, Claudio Chiappucci, nearly stole the entire race. With the yellow jersey on his shoulders, he held a seven-minute lead over Greg Le Monde at the exit of the Alps. And he kept the yellow jersey until the last split at Lac de Vassiviere, when Le Monde finally beat the upstart who surprised everyone and won the Tour de France. But during his time in the leader’s jersey, Chiappucci became one of the most popular riders of his generation.

Tour de France 1919: first yellow jersey

What would the Tour de France be without the yellow jersey? Until 1919, there was no yellow jersey given to the winner. Only in the middle of the 1919 race did the organizers give in to the pressure of the press, which demanded that the leader of the race be singled out and made more visible. Yellow was chosen as the appropriate color, which was a bow to the newspaper L’Auto.” The first yellow jersey went to Eugène Christophe, one of the leading riders of his generation.

Christophe almost won the 1913 Tour de France, but lost everything when his front fork broke in the Pyrenees. In 1919, after a six-year hiatus associated with the First World War, he was finally ready for his long-awaited victory. But fate decided otherwise. On the penultimate stage on the cobblestone roads of Northern France, a broken fork cost him his Tour de France victory once again. He dragged his bike to a bike store in Valenciennes, where he spent more than two hours getting it fixed. He ended up falling back to 11th place and never won the Tour de France.

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