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Fadhil Yunus
The National Football Association of Brunei
Darussalam (NFABD) stepped up its ef-
forts to educate local coaches with knowl-
edge on the changes in football laws dur-
ing the Summary of IFAB (International
Football Association Board) Laws of the
Game 2020/2021 Changes at the NFABD
House recently.
Coaching representatives from several
Brunei Super League (BSL) clubs attended the
seminar on several changes to the IFAB laws,
which have been recently introduced.
The seminar, presented by Yusof Zaki,
explained the amendments in the IFAB
laws including being allowed to make
ive substitutions.
Indera SC Assistant Head Coach Muham-
mad Edie Fakhri Ajun bin Abdullah welcomed
the efforts of NFABD, who strives to expand
knowledge on the laws.
He s a i d t he s emi na r wa s u s e f u l
as it clearly explained the latest laws to
be implemented.
MUNICH (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic
has changed almost everything about the
Champions League. Empty stadiums, games
in August and a tournament in Portugal.
But Bayern Munich keep winning, and
Robert Lewandowski keeps scoring.
The Poland striker scored twice and set
up two more goals as Bayern beat Chelsea
41 on Saturday for a 71 win on aggregate
in Munich to book a ticket to Lisbon.
Bayern have won 18 straight competitive
games going back to February and has not
lost since December. Next up is a quarterinal
against Barcelona, which beat Napoli 31.
“We wanted to win the game and show
we were picking up where we left off,”
Bayern coach Hansi Flick told
Sky
, adding
of Barcelona, “As with any opponent, we
have the requisite respect and we’re going
to prepare well.”
Lewandowski has 13 goals in seven Cham-
pions League games this season — putting
Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of 17 within reach
— and 53 in 44 across all competitions.
Bayern started with a 30 lead from the
irst leg in February and took the lead on the
night after 10 minutes when Lewandowski
scored from the penalty spot after he’d been
tripped by goalkeeper Willy Caballero when
through on goal.
It was a familiar story for Chelsea after a
season peppered by goalkeeping blunders.
Caballerowas starting after Kepa Arrizabalaga
was dropped to the bench following a string
of errors.
Lewandowski was the key man again for
Bayern’s second goal, holding up the ball in
the 24
th
and turning to play in Ivan Perisic,
who ran onto the pass from the right and hit
the ball past Caballero.
PARIS (AFP) - Manchester United, Inter
Milan and Sevilla headline a quintet of
former champions travelling to Ger-
many for a remodelled eight-team
straight knockout tournament that will
crown the winner of a Europa League
campaign heavily disrupted by the
coronavirus pandemic.
All games from the quarter-inals
onwards in this season’s competition will
be played behind closed doors as one-
off ties across four venues - Cologne,
Duisburg, Dusseldorf and Gelsenkirchen
- following a ive-month interruption.
While a Champions League berth still
awaits the victor of the inal in Cologne
on August 21, much has changed since the
COVID19 outbreak that brought European
football to a standstill in March.
“There are rules and regulations on
the bubble that’s going to travel. We’ve
got to stick together, stay together in and
around the hotel and the training ground,”
United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
said of the strict health protocols clubs
must respect.
Players and staff will undergo virus
testing before departing for Germany and
again on the eve of a match once arriving,
a process repeated for each subsequent
game in the inal tournament.
UEFA has advised teams to travel on
charter lights and minimise contact with
the general public, strongly recommending
the use of exclusive hotels - to which
players will largely be conined - in order
to avoid potential cross-contamination.
Maskswill not be required for substitutes
and coaching staff but they must maintain
social distancingwhen seated, with players
instructed to limit contact as much as
possible when warming up.
Match balls will be disinfected before
kick-off and at half-time.
United, the 2017 winners, face FC
Copenhagen in Tuesday’quarter-inal
in Cologne while Serie A runners-up
Inter take on Bayer Leverkusen in a
clash of former UEFA Cup champions at
Dusseldorf Arena.
England forward Jesse Lingard, who
played in United’s 20 win over Ajax in the
inal three years ago, is conident the team
can capture the title for a second time.
“We can’t wait to get there and play this
game now. 100 per cent I want to win it
again,” Lingard told
MUTV
.
“Lifting a trophy is a special feeling
you can’t really explain and winning it
before you take that conidence forward.
We have got a mixture of youth and
experience in the squad and for the
young lads to win their irst trophy, it will
be perfect for them.”
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Football coaches learn new rules
The participants during the seminar. PHOTO: FADHIL YUNUS
Bayern cruise past Chelsea into
Champions League quarters
Chelsea were left needing ive goals to win
and nearly started an improbable comeback
soon after when Callum Hudson-Odoi put the
ball in the net, only to see his goal ruled out for
offside by Tammy Abraham in the buildup.
Abraham did get a goal for Chelsea just
before halftime when Bayern keeper Manuel
Neuer gifted him the ball when clearing
a cross.
Corentin Tolisso added another for Bayern
in the 76
th
when he was left unmarked to meet
a cross fromLewandowski. Then Lewandowski
headed in the fourth off an assist from Alvaro
Odriozola eight minutes later.
Flick said Bayern’s players can have
breakfast with their families before lying
to Portugal and entering the UEFA bubble
for the quarterinals onward. Bayern and
Barcelona play each other on Saturday in a
single-game format.
Bayern Munich’s German forward Thomas Mueller celebrates after Robert Lewandowski scored
his team’s fourth goal during the UEFA Champions League, second-leg round of 16, football
match against FC Chelsea in Munich. PHOTO: AFP
Man Utd, Inter
favourites for
Europa League
in unique
German finale