Daily Mirror - 30.08.2019

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mirror.co.uk/sport FRIDAY 30.08.2019 DAILY MIRROR^57

ASMIR BEGOVIC is launching his Goalkeeping

Academy next month to help as many

youngsters play football as possible.

Bournemouth keeper Begovic (below) has set up

free sessions for seven to 16-year-olds at the ACS

International School in Cobham, Surrey, along with

Chelsea academy coach Jack Hadley and highly-

regarded keeper coach David Coles.

Begovic originally launched a similar

project in Bosnia and is one of several

Premier League stars who deserve great

credit for trying to give something back.

Similarly, and no matter their own issues,

Mesut Ozil and Paul Pogba regularly

engage and help young fans.

Canaries are no

longer in the pink

NEWLY-PROMOTED

Norwich City have made

a nice start to life back in

the Premier League –

and are clearly not

having to rely on gaining

an extra edge on

opponents.

Last season, the

Canaries got headlines

for painting the away

dressing room at Carrow

Road “deep pink”, a

colour which one sports

psychologist claimed

lowered testosterone

levels and had a calming

effect on opponents.

But the club have now

gone back to a more

traditional colour in the

away dressing room for

the Premier League

season, despite it

working a treat in their

promotion campaign.

The Premier League

does have rules on

dressing rooms. But,

when contacted, Norwich

declined to say whether

the paint job was their

own choice or if it was

down to the Premier

League.

Canaries boss Daniel

Farke and sporting

director Stuart Webber

have gained a reputation

as being switched on –

and pink worked in

the Championship, but

it is not needed in the

top flight.

„ ANDY

WOODWARD’S

autobiography is

a powerful,

harrowing read

about football’s

shocking sex

abuse scandal

and is

expertly and

compassionately

told by Tom

Watt.

It is written

brilliantly and

clearly, it will

surely be turned

into a film and

there is bound

to be interest

from TV

companies.

QUAL PLAY-OFF 2ND LEG:

WOLVES WIN 5-3 ON AGG

RED-HOT RAUL’S

GOLDEN TOUCH

Mexico striker fires Nuno’s side into group stages

RAUL JIMENEZ terrorised

Torino again to fire Wolves

into today’s draw for the

Europa League group stages.

Jimenez notched in Turin and

netted again against the Italians

as Wolves progressed in the

club’s first European adventure

since 1980.

They survived Torino’s bold,

aggressive start before Mexico

striker Jimenez clinically bagged

a 30th-minute opener.

His first-time, angled shot

was his seventh this term.

Torino skipper Andrea Belotti

headed in after the break to give

the Italians hope. But Leander

Dendoncker made it 2-1 just 103

seconds later in the 58th minute

with a side-footed shot.

It immediately deflated the

visitors and left boss Nuno

Espirito Santo (below) to

deservedly lead his team into

the group stages. Now

ambitious Wolves, and their

wealthy Chinese owners Fosun,

will look to make their mark on

the continent once more.

Torino showed a

physical edge from the

start in a bid to unsettle

the Premier League

hosts. Wing-back Ola

Aina had a shot deflected

behind, Daniele Baselli volleyed

wide and Tomas Rincon missed

when he should really have hit

the target.

Adama Traore then nearly

fired Wolves ahead after a

blistering run and right-foot

shot, which Salvatore Sirigu did

well to save. Wanderers took the

lead on the night in the 30th

minute. Traore caused havoc

again down the right and his

low cross to the near post was

steered in first time by Jimenez.

The move was further

evidence of Traore’s exciting

evolution from an erratic winger

into a devastating wing-

back. Torino tried to strike

back in the 37th minute

when Lorenzo De

Silvestri put over a

tantalising cross which

Simone Zaza headed down

for Rui Patricio to save.

After the break, the home

keeper made an even better

one-handed stop to claw out

Baselli’s free-kick.

Baselli’s next dead-ball

routine was more productive as

Belotti rose to power in a header

in the 57th minute. But Wolves

were quickly back in front, 5-3

on aggregate, when Diogo Jota

was denied and Dendoncker

slotted home in the rebound off

the post.

Wolves then professionally

saw the game out with skipper

Conor Coady imperious in

defence. England boss Gareth

Southgate continues to

overlook the Scouser but Nuno

certainly appreciates him.

Coady and Wolves will now

be flying the flag abroad in the

group stage.

WOLVES: Patricio 7, Vallejo 7,

Coady 7, Boly 7, Traore 8,

Dendoncker 7, Saiss 6, Moutinho 7,

Jonny 6, Jota 6 (Cutrone 81),

MOTM Jimenez 8

TORINO: Sirigu 6, Izzo 6, Bremer

6, Bonifazi 6, De Silvestre 7, Baselli

6, Rincon 6 (Meite 72, 6), Lukic 6,

Aina 7 (Berenguer 70, 6), Zaza 5

(Millico 81), Belotti 7

REFEREE: Jesus Gil Manzano

MATCH STATS

42% POSSESSION 58%

(^5) SHOTS ON TARGET 3
(^0) SHOTS OFF TARGET 6
(^4) CORNERS 6
(^2) OFFSIDE 0
(^16) FOULS 17
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And no wonder as it is produced by Eleven Studios –
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SKY pundit Alex Scott,
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Geoff Shreeves to honour
Arsene Wenger.
Former Arsenal boss Wenger

• tipped to make a return to
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ROMERO: REDS WANT A REPEAT

BY DAVID ANDERSON

SERGIO ROMERO claims Manchester

United are determined to repeat their

2017 Europa League success in this

season’s competition.

The Red Devils are in pot one for

today’s draw with Arsenal and the

other top seeds, such as Sevilla, Porto

and Roma, and the keeper says they

will not take the Europa League lightly.

United qualified for the Champions

League by beating Ajax 2-0 in the 2017

final in Stockholm and Romero (left),

who played all nine knockout games

that season, said: “We have a great

team, a great manager and everyone

wants to do well. This club, because of

its history, deserves to win always.

“It will be a challenge to try to repeat

the 2017 victory, but this club always

needs to do well, wherever we play.”

WE ARE FLYING

Jimenez celebrates

opening the scoring last

night and (right) Diogo

Jota congratulates

Dendoncker on his goal

WOLVES 2 TORINO 1

Jimenez 30, Dendoncker 59 Belotti 58