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Argentina melts down, South Africa reclaims throne
South Africa Rugby Championship 2024 champion
In just under two hours, South Africa put behind it the surprising defeat seven days ago in Santiago del Estero and, demolishing Argentina with a clear 48-7 in Mbombela, won the Rugby Championship for the fifth time in its history, returning to success in the Southern Hemisphere's premier tournament for the first time since 2019 and reaffirming its global superiority in rugby following its success in the 2023 World Cup.
The match è without history from the start: Aphelele Fassi goes in goal after 8′, Pieter-Steph du Toit crosses the line at 14′ (Jaden Hendrikse transforms in both cases) for 14-0. Argentina deludes itself into thinking it can come back by going in goal with Tomas Albornoz on 19′ (the same Benetton Rugby opener transforms), but unlike at home to the Pumas, South Africa does not flinch and scores virtually every time it crosses the halfway line.
Hendrikse makes it 17-7 with a free kick on 22′, then come two more goals before halftime, with Fassi on 33′ and Cheslin Kolbe on 38′, who take advantage of the ten minutes in which Mateo Carreras è was forced to the bench because of a yellow card to allow South Africa to close the first half on 27-7.
That of Mateo Carreras è the first card in the entire tournament for Argentina but it won't be the only one, becauseé Pablo Matera gets himself sent off with yellow turned red after the review at the ‘bunker’ in minute 55 and Santiago Carreras gets another yellow in 68′ exactly one minute before Malcolm Marx's goal for 34-7 (after Handré Pollard's transformation).
Even final è all in favor of the Springboks: du Toit scores again at 73′ Jesse Kriel marks in turn at 77′. Pollard converted on both occasions and put his signature from the penalty spot on the 48-7 final.South Africa closes the tournament with 24 points, finishing ahead of New Zealand (16 points after a 31-13 success over Australia in the Italian morning), Argentina itself (14 points) and the Australian Wallabies, last with just 5 points collected in the six matches played.
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Renewal with the Giallorossi is triggered only under certain conditions
Black moment in the Giallorossi’s house. In addition to the new coach issue, the club has to deal with Dybala’s stomach ache, struggling with an unhappy moment. Not summoned for the match with Bologna, è remained on the bench against St Gilloise and played just over 20′ against Hellas Verona.
To date he has played only nine league games (several as a substitute) with two goals on the score sheet. Little, very little for the one who should be the team’s ace. The excitement over his no to Al-Qadsiah’s rich offer has è already dissolved. Indeed, there are those who think he should have accepted the 75 million put on the plate by the rich Arab club (three-year contract).
As if that were not enough, in order to trigger the automatic renewal with the Giallorossi club, Dybala must play a certain number of games. Whether this is a viable route to take, in light of the many injuries that are affecting his performance, remains to be seen. If he is not è at top form, the Joya will not è be able to make the difference on the field as he would like.
At this point, we can not è rule out the possibility that he may decide to change air in January. Clearly, much will depend on the new Roma coach. A face-to-face between the two could be a game changer. At the moment, Dybala is not è happy with Roma and vice versa.
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Bad news from Colombia for the HCL central
The injury to Bremer, Juventus’ defensive leader, has caused several problems for Thiago Motta, who now also has to deal with Cabal’s stop. As announced by the Colombian national team, the Juventus defender suffered the same ligament injury as the Brazilian. In short, a long stop is also looming for Cabal.
At this point, Thiago Motta finds himself with a defensive department at its lowest. Few resources and there’è always to consider the decidedly negative moment Danilo is going through. The Brazilian looked like he might even pack his bags in January (at this point everything could change, given the injury suffered by Cabal).
What is è certain è that Giuntoli, in January, will be forced to intervene heavily in the market. If before one central might have been enough, now the feeling è that two are needed, so as to give Thiago Motta more solutions at the defensive level. Many names are in play, all quite interesting but not easy to dress in bianconero.
There are two names circulating insistently. The first è that of Skriniar who, at PSG, is struggling to find space. The former Inter central seems perfect but also has a rather high salary. There is also the name of Hancko of Feyenoord, another element of great quality. Not easy to snatch him from Feyenoord (è an immovable starter at the Dutch club).
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Chilling video tribute for former Warriors star
Before the match, former Thompson è was greeted by his former audience with a chilling video tribute. Then, space for the game with Golden State è winning over Dallas 120-117. Thompson signed a 22-point night but even better did Curry, decisive in his Warriors’ victory with an impressive 37 final points (5/12 from three).
At the end of an overtime, Detroit è managed to get the better of Miami (123-121). Serious mistake of the Heat’s bench that, in overtime, called timeout but without having any (resulting in a technical foul to the bench). Good performance by Fontecchio. Started from the bench, the Azure played 23’solid, scoring 10 points.
Fall, surprisingly, the Celtics, beaten by the Hawks (without Young). Down by 15 points, Atlanta managed to get back into the score and, thanks to a tap-in by Okongwu, they took home the victory (117-116). Not enough, in the Boston household, was the excellent performance of White, who finished with an impressive 31 points. Pure Brown shines (37 points) but the victory goes to Atlanta.
Despite Embiid’s season debut (13 points), Philadelphia falls again, this time beaten by New York (111-99). Also of note were Milwaukee’s win over Toronto (99-85) and Orlando’s success against Charlotte (114-89). Portland beats Minnesota (122-108) while Utah falls in the presence of Phoenix (120-112).
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