Markets Champions League Upset Costs Juventus $453 Million BLOMBERG By Joe Easton AFC Ajax NV’s wonder-kids stunned investors as much as they did soccer fans. Shares of Juventus Football Club S.p.A. plummeted as much as 24 percent Wednesday, the most since the stock started trading in December 2001, after the Italian team was knocked out of Europe’s elite club competition by the Dutch outsiders. The Amsterdam-based club’s stock soared. Juventus, whose stock lost about 400 million euros ($453 million) in market value at its low, went ahead in the 28th minute, courtesy of 34-year-old, five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo. But Ajax’s youth prevailed, with goals from two academy players -- 21-year-old Donny van de Beek and 19-year-old Matthijs de Ligt -- to send the club into its first Champions League semi-final since 1997. Ajax now has the chance to boost its annual revenue by more than a third. Reaching the semis has earned it an added 12 million euros in prize money, with another 19 million euros potentially up for grabs if the team progresses further. That’s before ticketing and merchandising revenue, and greater leverage with commercial sponsors for a club that’s earned a place back on global soccer’s biggest stage. Ajax had adjusted revenue of about 92 million euros in 2018, less than a fifth of that earned by Juventus, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Having a “shoe-string” budget in comparison to Europe’s big guns has left the club dependent on spotting young talent. Fortunately, Ajax is well-experienced in that field, having developed some of the stars of yesterday, like the late Johan Cruijff, and honed the skills of some of the modern game’s best, like Luis Suarez, who could potentially face his old club in the final after FC Barcelona toppled England’s Manchester United last night. The club’s reliance on youth is expected to continue in the coming years, according to Deloitte, who omitted the club from its list of soccer’s 20 wealthiest teams this year. But the bigger clubs are already circling Ajax’s starlets. 21-year-old midfielder Frenkie de Jong, who played all 90 minutes on Tuesday, has already been sold to Barcelona for 75 million euros, and British papers have linked forward David Neres, 22, with a move to the Premier League. Big Name “In terms of budget, we are at the bottom of the list in this phase of the Champions League,” Chief Executive Edwin van der Sar, who played as a goalkeeper for both Ajax and Juventus, told AFP earlier this year. “But Ajax is a big name in football,” he said of the side that’s won the tournament four times, but not since 1995. The three other wins came in the seventies when it was known as the European Cup. Van der Sar is not the only former fan-favorite player reminding Ajax’s youngsters of the club’s former glory. The towering Dutchman celebrated in the stands with director of football, Marc Overmars, who played in the final when Ajax won it 24 years ago. Outperformer For Juventus, it’s a setback for the team backed by the billionaire Agnelli family, whose purchase of Ronaldo last year was seen in part as driven by a desire to win Europe’s top club competition. It’s the first time the Champions League semi-final won’t feature the Portuguese superstar for nine years, according to the statistics website Opta. Juve’s stock had rallied since the quarter-final draw last month as bookmakers made the Turin team known as “La Vecchia Signora,” or “The Old Lady" a firm favorite to progress. The stock soared 17 percent on March 13 after a Ronaldo hat trick turned around a two-goal deficit against Spain’s Atletico Madrid to secure a quarter-final place. Juventus shares still up about 60 percent since his arrival Longer-term investors like the Agnellis won’t be licking their wounds just yet. Juventus shares remain up about 60 percent since the Ronaldo signing was announced in July. The Portuguese player’s presence could help triple shirt sales by 2022, while spurring a 60 percent increase in annual sponsorship revenue, analysts at Banca IMI estimated in December. Ajax was 8.5 percent higher at 18.60 euros by 4 p.m. in Amsterdam, valuing the company at 341 million euros. Juventus was down 16 percent at 1.42 euros for a market value of 1.4 billion euros. Juventus’s 175 million euros of bonds maturing in 2024 also fell, declining as much as 2.1 euro cents to 96.56 cents, data compiled by Bloomberg show. — With assistance by Tasos Vossos https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-17/juventus-plunges-as-champions-league-upset-sends-ajax-soaring

LIGA CHAMPIONSHIPS • MANCHESTER CITY - TOTTENHAM 4-3 (IN TUR 0-1) All details MANCHESTER CITY - TOTTENHAM 4-3 // Thriller on Etihad! City beats Spurs, 4-3 after a roller coaster match, but it's out of the League! Goal canceled with VAR in overtime Article by - Theodor Half Tottenham qualified after a match as a rustic coach. The purest British football! It will be a show with Ajax in the semifinal. Guardiola, the genius defeated. Sterling scored for 5-3 in the 90 + 3 minutes, but referee Cuneyt Cakir canceled the success after a controversial decision with VAR. Who is facing Ajax? That was the question last night. After the explosion of talent, passion, color and the elimination of Real and Juventus, Europe's new sensation was looking forward to the name of the adversary in the fight for life and dying for a place in the grand finale. City or Tottenham? THIS IS THE PEP STYLE City is the image of his manager. Guardiola is exalted and his team is the same. Fiery. Playing everything or nothing. Up, down, like in a crazy rustic hill. Super-soccer, then kid's babes in defense, then super-soccer again. Pep almost enters the field at every stage, sticks to the line, as if he's the ****. And he gesticulates, and shakes, and roars, and makes pirouette, and shows his fist. His status is transmitted to the players who enter the trance when the match starts. Tottenham is calmer, more calculated, acts as a hitman, just like Pochettino. With Son always a marker in the important moments. FOUR GOALS IN 11 MINUTES Sterling opens the score, artistically lying and finding the perfect effect for the long corner next to the bar. 1-0 and it's just 4 minutes. Almost immediately, a defensive defeat gives Tottenham a chance to fight. Laporte mistakes again, passes on to the most rival form. For Son, there is no word missing. 1-1 (7). The same Laporte is bluffing once, another lightning attack of the guests and all the Son finishes. 1-2 (10). Incredible! And the incredible continues. City equals in a minute. Bernardo Silva, surnamed Picasso: 2-2 (11). For Sterling to play decisively in De Bruyne's midfield. 3-2 (21). The most crazy half-time in the Champions League. CORNER KICK "I feel we will be in the League's semifinals," Guardiola announced before the return. "Citizens" assail Lloris' gate. They have nearly one hundred goals home this season in all competitions. Cascades of phases. Sterling, De Bruyne, David Silva ... Is the liberating goal coming? Agüero takes the soul of Lloris with his bomb after another De Bruyne race. 4-2 (59). It's only half an hour. Spurs go into offensive. And Llorente scores with a hip behind a corner. 4-3 (73), confirmed by VAR. Now, Tottenham is in the semifinals. Does anything change? Is the city more? Not! Sterling's prolonged goal is canceled by VAR. Guardiola can not resist. It's over. He is the great defeated in the purest British football. For life and for dying. clipboard01 * Kun Aguero was offside when Silva deflected the ball back from Eriksen Six consecutive editions has Guardiola in the Champions League without a final match: three with Bayern, three with City 98 goals scored City home this season in 26 matches played in all competitions FINAL »Manchester City - Tottenham 4-3 (Sterling 4, 21, Bernardo 11, Aguero 59 / Son 7, 10, Llorente 73) START TEAMS: Manchester City: Ederson - Walker, Kompany, Laporte, Mendy - Gundogan, Silva, De Bruyne - Bernardo, Sterling, Aguero Reserve: Murici, Stones, Sane, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Otamendi, Jesus Coach: Pep Guardiola Tottenham: Lloris - Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose - Wanyama, Sissoko - Alli, Eriksen, Son, Moura Reserve: Gazzaniga, Sanchez, Lamela, Llorente, Foyth, Davies, Skipp Coach: Maurizio Pochettino UEFA Champions League, Eliminator Stage | Quarter finals Man City Tottenham Pau 3: 2 4:3 Final UEFA Champions League, Eliminator Stage | Quarter finals Distance between teams: 255 km Team play: Manchester - London April 17th - 22:00 Final 4 : 3 Cele două echipe de start tocmai au fost anunțate oficial. Tottenham are o serie de 3 victorii consecutive. Rezultatul primei manse: Tottenham - Man City 1-0. Man City a castigat 11 meciuri consecutive jucate acasa. See here the "Champions League" quarterfinals 125 years old turned Manchester City, a club founded on April 16, 1894 https://www.gsp.ro/international/liga-campionilor/manchester-city-tottenham-4-3-thriller-pe-etihad-city-o-bate-pe-spurs-4-3-dupa-un-meci-roller-coaster-dar-e-out-din-liga-gol-anulat-cu-var-in-prelungiri-564900.html

Manchester City 4-3 Tottenham (4-4 agg.): Champions League Recap ft. Highlights, Goals, Best Moments 766 924 vues B/R Football Tottenham held on to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League after losing 4-3 to Manchester City in a game that will go down in the folklore of the competition. Raheem Sterling scored twice, as did Son Min-Heung in a crazy opening 21 minutes that saw five goals. Sergio Aguero gave City the lead in the tie in the second half, before Fernando Llorente turned a ball in via his hip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiuiVtg0Dq8

BEST VIDEO OF SALAH WORLD 2019 TIME 100 MOHAMED SALAH: 'WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WAY WE TREAT WOMEN IN OUR CULTURE' Mohamed Salah: 'We Need to Change the Way We Treat Women in Our Culture' BY DAN STEWART Egyptian soccer superstar Mohamed Salah has called on men in his country and across the Muslim world to treat women with more respect. In an interview with TIME, the Liverpool striker spoke frankly for the first time about the importance of women’s equality. “I think we need to change the way we treat women in our culture,” Salah said. “It’s not optional.” He said seeing how women were treated “in my culture and in the Middle East” had changed the way he thought about gender relations. “I support the woman more than I did before, because I feel like she deserves more than what they give her now, at the moment.” After leading his country to the FIFA World Cup in 2018 for the first time in 28 years, Salah has become an icon in Egypt and across the region. In the interview, he said soccer fans in the Middle East “feel like I’m their son.” Salah, 26, admitted there was a “little bit of pressure” that came with being a role model, but also that it made him “proud” and pushed him to be a better soccer player. “To be the first Egyptian in [this] situation and no one has done this before … it’s something different,” he said. His favorite way to unwind after a game, he said, is spending time with his 5-year-old daughter, and being one of the top players in world football hasn’t changed his lifestyle. “I just live my life normal,” he said. “Most of the time I stay at home, I don’t like to go out.” Salah was named in the 2019 TIME 100 list of the world’s most influential people, and appears on one of the issue’s six covers. Inside, Liverpool fan and HBO star John Oliver pays tribute to the soccer player as an “iconic figure for Egyptians, Scousers and Muslims the world over.” http://time.com/5568633/mohamed-salah-women-middle-east/

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