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44 THE DAILY HERALD, Thursday, March 16, 2017

MONACO- - Monaco icit but French prodigy Kyl- week. We were not there.”
swept into the Champi- ian Mbappe, Fabinho and Leonardo Jardim’s team,
ons League quarter-finals Tiemoue Bakayoko scored who were without the in-
and left Manchester City on a memorable European jured Radamel Falcao,
to pick up the pieces of night for the principality started brightly and pressed
another failed European club, who underlined their high as Mbappe’s pace
campaign after a 3-1 victory growing status as one of the forced City to sit deep.
on Wednesday sent them continent’s most exciting The 18-year-old then
Monaco’s Tiemoue Bakayoko scores their third goal against Manchester City during their through on away goals. sides. opened the scoring, turning
Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg match at Stade Louis II, Monaco. Monaco won Monaco needed to over- City, who won the first leg in Silva’s low cross from the
3-1. turn a two-goal first leg def- 5-3 in Manchester, were left from close range after
completely overwhelmed eight minutes.
in the first half and fell two City barely set foot in Mo-
goals behind, but reacted naco’s half and in the 29th
after the break and Leroy minute, Fabinho fired home
Sane reduced the arrears as from Benjamin Mendy’s
Monaco seemed to run out inch-perfect centre.
of steam. City were looking to hit
JAPAN- - Japan and the rule. Profar led the hit parade with to Japan in the first World Bakayoko, however, head- Monaco on the break, but
Netherlands crushed their Japan, champions in 2006 three apiece, while Kalian Baseball Classic in 2006 but ed home in the 77th minute the hosts managed to keep
opponents in second round and 2009, and the Nether- Sams and Yurendell Decaster exited after going 0-3 in the to ensure the Ligue 1 club wingers Sane and Raheem
play at the World Baseball lands will now wait to see also homered. second round this time. were celebrating at fulltime Sterling in their own half.
Classic on Wednesday, earn- which two teams emerge as The Netherlands have blast- After the Netherlands’ vic- after the tie finished 6-6 The visitors, who failed
ing a trip to Los Angeles for semi-finalists from Pool F, ed their way into the final tory, Israel knew they needed over two enthralling en- to have a shot in the first
the semi-finals. which comprises defending four, scoring 11 runs in three a win against Japan to force counters. half, gained some control
Japan exploded for five runs champions the Dominican games in the opening round a tie-breaker and got off to “We deserve this. There early in the second as they
in the sixth inning to break Republic, the United States, and 32 in the second. a solid start with Josh Zeid is a lot of pride,” said played higher up the pitch
open a scoreless contest with Puerto Rico and Venezuela. “All I asked was they not take holding the hosts scoreless Bakayoko, whose goal en- and pegged their oppo-
Israel at the Tokyo Dome. The Netherlands, who were anything for granted and that through four innings. sured Monaco are the only nents back.
They then coasted to an 8-3 knocked out in the semis in they just play hard, the way But Israel’s tournament French side left in the com- Andrea Raggi made a cru-
victory to finish at the top of the last WBC tournament in we did against Israel,” Neth- dreams came to a crashing petition after Paris St Ger- cial interception to deny
Pool E and complete an un- 2013, benefited from another erlands manager Hensley end in the sixth inning when main were knocked out by Sergio Aguero, who had
beaten run (6-0) through the fine pitching performance Meulens said. “We’ve played Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh pound-
Barcelona. been teed up by Sterling,
first two rounds. from left-hander Diegomar great all tournament. ed a home run to deep center
Earlier, Wladimir Balentien Markwell. He surrendered “We feel great about our field to key a five-run burst. It was the first time City and keeper Danijel Subasic
homered twice as the Nether- just one run in six innings of chances.” Japan would pad their lead boss Pep Guardiola had then produced a superb
lands dismissed Cuba 14-1 in work but again the Dutch It was a disappointing tour- with three runs in the eighth been eliminated in the save to deny the Argentine
a rout, which was ended after bats did most of the damage, nament for Cuba. before Israel responded with competition’s last 16, while striker in a one-on-one.
seven innings because of the pounding out 13 hits. Once considered a baseball three in the top of the ninth. City became the first team Monaco were suffering
tournament’s termination Balentien and Jurickson power, Cuba was runner-up to exit the Champions before City reduced the
League after scoring five arrears in the 71st minute
goals in the first leg. when Sterling’s shot was
City, who have consis- parried by Subasic into the
tently been one of Europe’s path of Sane, who fired into
biggest spending clubs, the roof of the net.
have now failed to get past That put City in front on
the last 16 in four of the last aggregate, but Monaco,
five years. who eliminated Manches-
RANCHI, India- - Aus- new test venue in Ranchi. “The second half we had ter United in the quarter-
tralia will once again have Smith had a quick look
the chances and we didn’t finals in 1998 and Chelsea
to make do with lack of at the 22-yard strip at the
take them and that is why in the semis in 2004, turned
bounce at Ranchi but the Jharkhand State Crick- we are out. And set-pieces the tie back in their favour
tourists have the where- et Association Stadium are so important at this lev- when Bakayoko headed
withal to overcome that on Wednesday and the
challenge in the third test 27-year-old was immedi- el,” said Guardiola. home from a Thomas Le-
“Barcelona and Real Ma- mar free kick.
against India, skipper Steve ately convinced his team drid scored from them last
Smith said on Wednesday. would need to adapt to the
In the series opener at low bounce of the track.
Pune, the tourists tri- “When we came over to
umphed by 333 runs inside India, we were under no il-
three days on a pitch which lusions that we were going
offered low bounce and to potentially get some dif-
sharp turn and was sub- ficult wickets to play on,” FLORIDA-- Muirfield golf The Northern Irishman,
sequently rated ‘poor’ by Smith told reporters. club may have scrapped its speaking a day after Muir-
match referee Chris Broad. “And the first two test all-male policy and been field voted to admit women
In the second match at matches were pretty tough welcomed back into the members, remained critical
Bengaluru, the bounce was wickets. I think we’ve ad- British Open rotation but of the years women were
uneven and India pulled opted some good plans world number three Rory denied membership and
off a thrilling 75-run win to and played some very good Australia’s captain Steve Smith bowls in the nets as his team McIlroy said on Wednes- did not sound like he would
level the series ahead of the cricket so far in this series. prepares to face India at Jharkhand State Cricket Associa- day he is not ready to toast be changing his opinion
third match in the brand Continued on page 40 tion Stadium, Ranchi, India. a new era. Continued on page 41