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FC Porto, in Arouca, and Sporting, at home with Famalicão, do ‘accounts’ before the derby, with both looking for ‘stick by stick’ victories in the fight for the title in the I Football League.
On the side of the great Sporting, coach Rúben Amorim ‘warned’ that the most important thing is to keep, in the 21st match, at least six points to the rival, visit of the day that will have on Friday to Estádio do Dragão , in Porto, and that does not intend to spare players.
For the reception to Famalicão, from 20:30, Porro, Esgaio, Palhinha, Sarabia and Pedro Gonçalves are at risk of missing the next round, if in a yellow card, situation occurs at FC Porto with Uribe, João Mário and Bruno Coast.
The match between Sporting and Famalicão takes place after FC Porto played in Arouca (18:00), with coach Sérgio Conceição maintaining his unbeaten record, wanting to have 18 wins and two draws in the championship.
The ‘dragons’, who have won for 15 consecutive victories, can equal André Villas-Boas’ record in Arouca, with 16 victories, in 2011/12, just a few days before the derby, which can open the title walk or , on the contrary, get closer to Sporting.
In another game today of the 21st round of Gil Vicente of the I Liga, an attempt at home to give the results that the fifth game, after four games and a draw in the last games – among which the victory in place of Luz (2-1) -, against a Santa Clara also in a positive series.
At the same time as the game between Gilistas and Azoreans (15:30), Boavista (14th) welcomes Vizela (22nd), in a more difficult phase for the ‘chessadrezados’, who have been without a win since December 19, with four draws and one defeat in the I Liga.
Today, it is also news:
CULTURE
The exhibition “Caminhos Cruzados — José Pedro Croft”, with sculptures, engravings and drawings by the plastic artist, can be seen from today until June 12 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Elvas (MACE).
The exhibition takes place as part of the commemorations of the 1st anniversary of this museum space in Alentejo, which houses the António Cachola Collection, and will occupy the entire museum, in dialogue with its architecture.
José Pedro Croft represented Portugal at the 57th Venice International Art Exhibition in 2017, with the six sculptures of “Medida Incerta”, curated by the art historian João Pinharanda.
Born in Porto, in 1957, from Escolas Públicas e Privadas, in Frankfurt (Germany), in Frankfurt (Germany), in Madrid (Spain) and at the Rio de Janeiro Art Museum (Brazil) ). In Portugal, it is present in the collections of Caixa Geral de Depósitos, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Berardo Museum, in Lisbon, at the Serralves Foundation, in Porto, among others.
MACE, an institution under municipal supervision, was inaugurated in 2007 and has been part of the Portuguese Museum Network (RPM) since 2015.
SPORT
The Portuguese futsal team can become a two-time European champion and crown a triumphant cycle in the European modality, which also holds the title, having to overcome Russia in the 2022 European final.
For the third time, decisive meeting of the tournament, which will start at 16:30 Lisbon), once it will start at 16:30 Lisbon), in which the meeting will take place at 17:30 Lisbon, Portugal will also win the competition, in which will have the beginning of Ziggo is to win the competition, who does not know what he will face in the distant year of 1999.
The ‘quinas’ team reaches the final after a 100% victory in the five matches played, beating Serbia (4-2), the Netherlands (4-1) and Ukraine (1-0) in Group A and eliminating Finland (3-2), in the quarter-finals, and Spain (3-2), in the semi-finals.
Russia, which has Benfica fans Ivan Chishkala and Robinho, is also unbeaten, with the best attack (22 goals) and best defense (five goals): they beat Slovakia (7-1), Croatia (4-0) and Poland (5-1) in Group C, defeating Georgia (3-1) and Ukraine (3-2) in the ‘quarters’ and ‘halfs’, respectively.
Portugal has already played in the final on two occasions, both against Spain: the first time, in 2010, ‘la roja’ won 4-2, but the team led by coach Jorge Braz ‘took revenge’ in 2018, 3-2 after extra time.
On the other hand, Russia has already lost five finals, against Spain in 1996 (5-3), 2005 (2-1), 2012 (3-1) and 2016 (7-3), and against Italy, in 2014 (3-1), having the Conquistanos also against the Castilians, in 1999 (3-3, 4-2 on penalties).
Egypt, by Carlos Queiroz, and Senegal, compete in the final of the African Football Cup of Nations (CAN2021), with the Portuguese coach looking for a great continental title in seniors.
Queiroz, 68 years old, Colombia, title with Portugal’s under-20 teams, and who has already been a senior coach of South Africa, Portugal, Iran and Colombia, has today the possibility of reaching the first major in seniors in the world.
After taking over the Egyptian team in September, which has the star Mohamed Salah, the Portuguese managed to take the team to the ‘play-off’ of qualification for the 2022 World Cup, which he will contest in March, also against the Senegalese team, and now to the final. from CAN2021.
Egypt’s national team is looking for a ninth title — it holds eight wins in 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008 and 2010 — against Senegal, finalists in 2002 and 2019, at 20:00 local time (19:00 in Lisbon), at the Olembe Stadium, in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Carlos Queiroz, who should be absent from the bench in the final, after being sent off in the semi-final against Burkina Faso, can add his name to Nelo Vingada (Asian Cup in 1996) and Fernando Santos (European in 2016) as Portuguese coaches with continental titles.
INTERNATIONAL
Queen Elizabeth II, 95 years old, marking her 70th today. anniversary on the throne, becoming the first British sovereign in history to achieve the Platinum Jubilee.
The ascension took place in 1952 due to the untimely death of his father, George VI, who in turn came to the British throne because his brother Edward VIII abdicated to marry the American, twice-divorced, Wallis Simpson.
Elizabeth II pleased, over the seven decades, several crises such as the end of the British Empire in the 1980s, the conflict in Northern Ireland, terrorists, or ‘Brexit’ (the process of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union) and the covid-19 pandemic.
Since ascending the throne, the United Kingdom has had 14 prime ministers, the United States 13 presidents and the Vatican seven popes.
Despite the many changes and the various crises, the monarch has been a symbol of stability above, representing the UK’s interests abroad and keeping her from domestic politics.