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DT 28 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016 Sport Lionel Messi gestures during a training session at Sports Centre FC Barcelona Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi, Spain yesterday AP Barca begin Cup defence • AFP, Madrid Barcelona begin their defence of the Copa del Rey against Hercules next month, whilst Real Madrid face a trip north to Leon to take on Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa. Hercules have suffered two relegations in the past six seasons to fall to Spanish football’s third tier, but caused a major shock in beating Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering Barca side 2-0 at the Camp Nou in their last season in the top flight in September 2010. Madrid, meanwhile, are looking to restore their pride in the competition after being thrown out for fielding an ineligible player in their first game of last season’s competition at Cadiz. Russian international Denis Cheryshev scored the opening goal of the game, but was suspended due to an accumulation of yellow cards when on loan at Villarreal the previous season.• Messi returns as Barca, Madrid battle ‘FIFA virus’ • AFP, Madrid Argentina’s pain is Barcelona’s gain as Lionel Messi returns for the Spanish champions when Deportivo la Coruna visit the Camp Nou today after being sidelined for three weeks with a groin injury. Messi missed Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Paraguay as La Albiceleste’s struggles without the five-time World Player of the Year continued, putting at risk their place at the 2018 World Cup. However, international breaks have traditionally caused Barca trouble too with lethargic performances on their return to La Liga action coming to be known as the “FIFA virus.” Barca boss Luis Enrique paid a heavy price for leaving Messi and Luis Suarez on the bench for a shock 2-1 home defeat to Alaves after September’s international break. However, with a blockbuster Champions League clash against former Barca coach Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City to come on Wednesday, Enrique could roll the dice with his selection once more. Messi is expected to be eased back into action as a second-half substitute. Meanwhile, Suarez could make way for Paco Alcacer having played twice for Uruguay in the past week. Neymar will definitely start as he returned to the Catalan capital early due to his suspension for Brazil’s 2-0 win at Venezuela on Tuesday. A 4-3 defeat to Celta Vigo two weeks ago leaves Barca only fourth Friends reunited as Guardiola and Koeman face off • AFP, Manchester FIXTURES Leganes v Sevilla Barcelona v Deportivo Atletico Madrid v Granada Real Betis v Real Madrid Former Barcelona team-mates Pep Guardiola and Ronald Koeman are reunited at Eastlands today as Manchester City and Everton square up for the first time in the Premier League this season. And Everton manager Koeman is relishing the chance to pit his wits against his City counterpart, who was just setting off on his glorious playing career with the Catalan club when Koeman signed for Barca in 1989. “I have all good memories of Pep,” said Koeman. “We have a really strong friendship. Now it’s a bit easier because he’s living in Manchester and I live close to Manchester. “Sometimes we have time for dinner and to talk about football and life. We have spent many hours together talking football. “He was really interested in how we play in Holland. I see a lot of that in teams managed by Pep, about Barca and Dutch football and FIXTURES Arsenal v Swansea Bournemouth v Hull Chelsea v Leicester Crystal Palace v West Ham Man City v Everton Stoke v Sunderland West Brom v Tottenham I like that because it’s the most difficult way to win – play offensive football. “Sometimes it’s a risky way to win titles. Most other managers win titles but not with that football. “The surprising thing with Pep was when he was manager of Barca I saw the best Barca team in every aspect of football. “The standard there was, and is, always high but he made it 200 per cent better in every aspect. “I know the people of Holland really enjoyed watching Barca and then Bayern Munich because it’s a different way of football. “We like to see a team play attractive football, to dominate.” • in the table. However, they trail leaders Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid by just two points and can go temporarily at least to the top of the table with victory before the sides from the capital kick-off later today. Real face the toughest task on paper of the title contenders as they travel to Real Betis aiming to snap a streak of four draws in a row. Zinedine Zidane’s men also having a mounting injury crisis as captain Sergio Ramos is set to be sidelined for up to six weeks by a knee sprain suffered in Spain’s 2-0 win at Albania in midweek. Luka Modric is also out for the rest of the month due to knee surgery, whilst influential holding midfielder Casemiro is missing due to a fractured fibia. Atletico were the form team before the international break with six wins and a draw at the Camp Nou in their last seven games taking Diego Simeone’s men to the top of the table on goal difference. By contrast, winless Granada travel to the capital with just two points so far this season and having already sacked coach Paco Jemez. The Andalusians have turned to Lucas Alcaraz for his third spell in charge of the club to lead them to safety. • New Derby County manager Steve McClaren poses with the club shirt after being unveiled at iPro Stadium yesterday REUTERS
Downtime 29 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016 DT CROSSWORD CODE-CRACKER ACROSS 1 Wander (4) 3 Male deer (4) 7 Greek letter (3) 8 Long-piled fabric (5) 11 Rodents (4) 12 Depart (5) 13 Watchful (5) 15 Climbing (4) 18 Old stringed instrument (4) 19 Tears (5) 20 Approaches (5) 21 Conceal (4) 23 Paris subway (5) 24 United (3) 25 Look after (4) 26 Petty quarrel (4) DOWN 1 Annul (6) 2 Talisman (6) 4 Beverage (3) 5 Wait on (6) 6 Fuel (3) 9 Calm (6) 10 Headwear (3) 11 Venerate (6) 14 Relating to the wolf (6) 16 Part of the foot (6) 17 Protection on a journey (6) 19 Male sheep (3) 21 Pungent (3) 22 Lair (3) How to solve: Each number in our CODE-CRACKER grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. For example, today 1 represents S so fill S every time the figure 1 appears. You have two letters in the control grid to start you off. Enter them in the appropriate squares in the main grid, then use your knowledge of words to work out which letters go in the missing squares. Some letters of the alphabet may not be used. As you get the letters, fill in the other squares with the same number in the main grid, and the control grid. Check off the list of alphabetical letters as you identify them. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ CALVIN AND HOBBES SUDOKU How to solve: Fill in the blank spaces with the numbers 1 – 9. Every row, column and 3 x 3 box must contain all nine digits with no number repeating. PEANUTS SATURDAY’S SOLUTIONS CODE-CRACKER CROSSWORD DILBERT SUDOKU
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