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WEEKENDQUIZ
Who missed a
penalty for
Manchester United in
his side’s 3-1 loss away
to Arsenal on
Saturday?Manchester City
thrashed Watford
on Saturday with
which player scoring
four goals?Who scored a
last-minute try to
help Bristol Bears beat
Gloucester 29-28 last
weekend?In which round
did Tyson Fury,
right, stop Dillian
Whyte in their WBC
heavyweight fight at
Wembley?Name this English
football club
using the following
emojis.Who won the
Formula One
sprint race at the
Emilia-Romagna
Grand Prix last
weekend?Which American
pair of golfers
won the Zurich Classic
on Sunday?Iga Swiatek won
her fourth title in
a row by claiming
victory at the Stuttgart
Open on Sunday.
Whom did she beat in
the final?Ronnie O’Sullivan,
John Higgins and
Mark Williams have all
reached the World
SnookerChampionship semi-
finals for the first time
since what year?How many times
has O’Sullivan
won the Crucible
tournament?Name this
multiple
women’s
grand-slam
winning
tennis player
using the
following
anagram.
Hiring StaminaWho is the
tennis coach
that Emma
Raducanu split
with this week?How
many IPL
centuries has
Jos Buttler,
below,1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910111213FOR THE WEEKEND
FILMCADDYSHACK
(Prime Video)
Anarchic, filled with
great lines and
remarkably about golf,
Caddyshack never
disappoints (Elgan
Alderman writes). Ted
Knight as Judge Elihu
Smails is a personal
favourite from a
crowded field.BOOKBARÇA (by Simon
Kuper)
Barcelona have
endured a turbulent
decade since Pep
Guardiola left in 2012
(Tomás Hill López-
Menchero writes). The
appointment of Xavi
as head coach last
year seemed to signal
a change in fortunes,but
Simon Kuper’s book
reminds us that things
are rarely simple at
Barcelona.
Kuper charts the
rise and fall of the club
in the 21st century,
with the most
revealing aspect of
Barça being the
influence exerted
by Lionel Messi off
the pitch.uper’’sbbbookookkkBielsa did. He flourished with the
aid of Bielsa’s belief. “It was an
honour to play for him and I learnt a
lot over the 3½ years about how to
play as a winger, different movements
off the ball. That’s why a lot of
managers admire him because of the
amount of detail that Marcelo puts
into every little thing.
“It was tough to see him go but at
the same time it’s been great for Jesse
to come in. He’s been great. Jesse
plays more narrow and it’s about
being able to play in more central
areas and tighter areas.”
There’s another change from Bielsa.
“No more Murderball. We do
different possession drills where we
achieve the same numbers as we did
but it’s not quite Murderball. That was
the toughest training that I’ve ever
done. We were trying to imitate a 90-
minute game crunched into 20 to 30
minutes and achieving the same
intensity. Sometimes there would be
bad tackles but there are no fouls in
Murderball. If the ball went out it was
straight back in. If you’re attacking
you had to go fast and if you’re
defending you had to be aggressive. It
was non-stop really but at times the
quality of the actual sessions wasn’t
the best because everyone is just
going 100 mph and there’s no
calmness. But that’s what he wanted
to create.”
Marsch is more measured. The
defence is tighter and the team are
unbeaten in five. Harrison’s former
team Manchester City visit today,
when Elland Road will be shaking
with noise. “Against Man United at
home this year, Paul Pogba looked at
me, and was looking around, going,
‘Wow, this is incredible! Is it like this
for every game?’ I said, ‘No, it’s a
special occasion, just for you.’ Every
week they are amazing. They’re super
loud at home and travelling as well,
we always have so many fans.
“Most of the time it is positive. If
we’ve conceded a goal, it’s, ‘Come on,
Jack, keep going, keep your head up.’
When things are going great they’re
so supportive and passionate. When
things are going bad they’ll let you
know about it as well because of how
passionate they are. That bond with
the fans is unbreakable.”
This game will be especially
poignant for Harrison as in the crowd
will be the family of Harrison Teed, a
young Leeds fan who sadly passed
away from cancer last year. As Teed
was struggling bravely with his
condition, Jack and Debbie saw his
story online, sent him some kit, and
invited the family, who were based in
the Netherlands, to Leeds’s pre-
season game with Ajax last August.
“It was destiny that we were at
Ajax, so I could meet him,” Jack adds.
“Jay [James Mooney, Leeds’s head of
communications] was a massive help,
and organised for them to come to
the game. It was brilliant to see his
face. Patrick [Bamford] came over
after the game and he was just
buzzing to see Patrick. He fought hard
and the most admirable thing about
him is that if you spoke to him you
could never tell what he was going
through. He made the most of his life
that he had and it was tough towards
the end but he still managed to stay
happy. He inspired others, including
me.”
Determined to do something when
Harrison passed, Jack raffled his
match-worn shirt from January’s hat-
trick game against West Ham United
and it helped to raise £30,874 for
Yorkshire Cancer Research. “I was
really pleased we were able to raise so
much to ultimately help conditions
like Harrison was in,” he says
For 90 minutes, Jack Harrison will
be focused intently on City. “We
spoke in training about continuing to
play as aggressive as we can but at the
right time,” he says. “We have to be
ruthless.”United and go to the first team. It’s a
great mentality to have. But my mum
helped me to open my mind.”
Harrison excelled, becoming a
squash and mountain biking
champion, as well as starring at
“soccer” at Berkshire as a No 10, then
as a winger for a year at Wake Forest
University in North Carolina, before
being drafted by Patrick Vieira’s
NYCFC in 2015. “When I first went to
New York I had a stress fracture, so I
was just able to watch training how
David [Villa] created space for
himself.
“Frank’s work ethic on and off the
pitch was incredible and his finishing
was unbelievable. He always looked
after me. I was staying with my friend
in the Hamptons, and he was there
with his wife [Christine] and he invited
me over. We watched the Iceland
game. I asked him about playing with
England and he told me he was never
called into the younger age groups
with England [until the under-21s], so
he said, ‘It doesn’t matter what
happens, you can still make it.’ It was
really inspiring talking to him.”
Andrea Pirlo also passed on advice.
Harrison made his NYCFC debut
coming off the bench after 57 minutes
against Marsch’s New York Red Bulls
on May 21, 2016. NYC lost 7-0. “I
mentioned to him, ‘Thanks a lot for
that, Jesse.’ My professional debut and
he ruined it. I came in at 5-0, and
Patrick said, ‘Just go and have fun.’ ”
As Harrison began impressing, and
was called up by England Under-21,
Manchester City stepped in and
brought him back to England. He
trained under Pep Guardiola and
played four games on loan under
Tony Pulis with Middlesbrough. “It
was a little bit different and probably
didn’t match me 100 per cent.”SIMON DAVIES/PROSPORTS/SHUTTERSTOCKANSWERS- Bruno
Fernandes- Gabriel
Jesus- Toby Fricker
- Six
- Luton Town
- Max
Verstappen- Xander
Schauffele andPatrick Cantlay- Aryna Sabalenka
- 1999
- Six (2001, 2004,
2008, 2012, 2013,2020)- Martina Hingis
- Torben Beltz
- Three
- Mohamed Salah
- Sam Kerr.
Guess the star:Katie Archibaldscored this season?Who won the
Football Writers’
Association Men’s
Footballer of the Year
award yesterday?And who won the
women’s award?1415Harrison and Teed, who died of cancer