Legspinner reveals he has been working on altering his run-up to ensure he can get the ball to skid while also trying to put his height to good use

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After Ish Sodhi ripped out the Bangladesh batters in his first spell by claiming four wickets, captain Lockie Ferguson took him out of the attack after the 19th over. Once Sodhi returned for his second spell in the 30th over, he completed his maiden ODI five-wicket haul with a peach of a googly to dismiss Mahedi Hasan.It broke Bangladesh’s last recognisable batting pair to leave Mahmudullah to wage a lone battle as the hosts eventually fell short of the target by 86 runs in the second ODI. Sodhi later said that Hasan’s wicket was particularly “satisfying” as it embodied a type of delivery he had been imagining since he had reworked his run-up to bowl more at the stumps.”The most satisfying wicket actually was the fifth wicket,” Sodhi said. “Not necessarily because it was five wickets but I worked really hard on my run-up to bowl a fraction quicker compared to a year or two ago. That was the type of delivery that I was working hard towards. It was really pleasing to see that it got me a wicket.”Related

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Sodhi revealed that he has been working on altering his run-up to ensure he could get the ball to skid while also trying to put his height to good use.”A lot of the really successful new-age legspinners are a lot shorter than what I am. They get the ball to skid to keep the stumps in play all the time. I thought that the bounce could play against me sometimes. One, they don’t actually hit the stumps.”Sometimes on slow wickets, I can sit in the wickets a little bit more. I was trying to add the skiddy sort of nature to my game by changing my run-up a year ago. Certainly not trying to neglect my height as well. I am trying to use it as much as I can,” he said.Given the lack of spinning tracks in New Zealand, Sodhi had to find ways to prepare and be successful and the changed run-up was one such way. Though he said it took him a bit of time to understand pitches in Bangladesh, he looked at home in Mirpur on Saturday.”In New Zealand, you might get a pitch that spins once every two years. You have to find different ways to be successful. If you can’t find those ways, it is easy to go for a lot of runs. Sit on the bench for a really long time.”So it is important to find other ways to be successful. I naturally find it difficult here. The type of balls that spin (here) don’t necessarily spin in New Zealand. Finding out what the stock ball looks like is really important,” he said.By picking up a match-winning 6 for 39 against Bangladesh, Sodhi joined the likes of Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Shane Bond and Scott Styris among New Zealand bowlers to take six-wicket hauls in ODIs. He was also the first bowler to do so in Bangladesh.”I love legspin bowling. I love the fact that a lot of young legspinners are coming through in New Zealand. I think it is a product of all the legspinners in T20 cricket around the world. When I was growing up, I wanted to be like Shane Warne. Guys are exposed to so many different types of media now, you can see a lot of guys. They find something they really enjoy. Rashid Khan is playing a big role.”It is great to be in the company [of bowlers taking six-fors in ODIs]. I can hopefully produce some match-winning performances for New Zealand in the coming years,” he said.Sodhi felt New Zealand made the right decision to bat first to get to 254 – which proved enough at the end – even though they had initially thought of setting up a slightly bigger total.”The wicket definitely got tougher to bat later in the day,” he said. “It was the whole reason we decided to bat first. It definitely deteriorated over time and it turned out we took the right decision.”The batters coming in said that 270-280 might be a good score on this wicket. We lost a couple of wickets in the middle order so we felt 250 was a target. We fortunately got there in the end but you never feel it’s enough with someone like Tamim Iqbal, who can take the game away. Getting him out was an important part of the game.”

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Seja por meio de uniformes, doações de alimentos ou projetos de inclusão em comunidades carentes, os clubes de futebol tem se posicionado de maneira cada vez mais ativa na sociedade. Nesta temporada, além do crescimento da média de público e ações voltadas para o dia dos jogos, as equipes vem se destacando também na promoção de projetos de inclusão como é o caso dos adversários deste sábado (8) no embate pelo Brasileirão entre Cuiabá e Flamengo.

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Pelo segundo ano consecutivo na primeira divisão, o Cuiabá é o caçula entre os clubes da elite do futebol brasileiro. Fora do eixo, a equipe mato-grossense conta com um projeto em uma escola estadual da cidade para treinar jovens no futsal. Além dos ensinamentos técnicos, os trinta atletas selecionados também recebem uniformes, chuteiras, material escolar, auxílio-lanche e podem acompanhar palestras ministradas por profissionais da instituição.

– O projeto transcende o aprendizado esportivo, formando cidadãos. Neste sentido, o Cuiabá nunca mediu esforços para oferecer suporte educacional e segurança social para os jovens – ressalta Cristiano Dresch, Vice-Presidente do Dourado.

Em outra ação periódica, o mascote do clube também visita diversas praças escolares da região, promovendo interações e apresentando um pouco mais da história do Dourado para os moradores locais.

Recentemente, em duelo contra o Athletico pelo Campeonato Brasileiro, o Flamengo, em parceria com a Defensoria Pública do Rio de Janeiro, levou 22 torcedores em situação de rua para acompanhar a partida no Maracanã. Além de assistirem ao jogo, foram presenteados com camisetas oficiais do clube carioca.

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Já no Estádio Alfredo Jaconi, no primeiro jogo da história da equipe de futebol feminino no local, o Juventude arrecadou mais de 600 kg em alimentos e diversas peças de roupas na partida contra o Brasil de Pelotas. Os mantimentos foram destinados ao Banco de Alimentos e as roupas foram destinadas ao Centro Espírita Jardelino Ramos.

No Recife, o Sport realizou ação parecida nos primeiros jogos do ano. Com promoção de ingressos e patch especial na camisa, o Leão também arrecadou mantimentos e realizou uma força-tarefa durante as chuvas intensas na região.

– Durante a temporada, nós promovemos o ‘Ingresso Solidário’. Com a ação social, nós arrecadamos mais de 10 toneladas de alimentos e doamos para ONG’s e comunidades carentes do Estado. Inclusive, nas fortes chuvas que atingiram Pernambuco, nós intensificamos a arrecadação, através da campanha #JuntosPorPernambuco, em parceria com o Governo, para ajudar a população atingida. Entendemos a responsabilidade social que nós temos como Clube e como uma marca que atinge milhões. Vamos seguir exercendo esse papel – conta Fernando Soares, Vice-Presidente Social do Sport.

Aston Villa feel no pressure to part company with young star Morgan Rogers, with the club telling suitors the player is not for sale.

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• Villa would expect offers in excess of £100m
• Rogers has exceeded Grealish's output for the club
• PSR pressures could facilitate other sales

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  A report by Mail Sport suggests the club would demand an offer in excess of £100m before they even consider an approach. That was the figure they commanded from Manchester City for Jack Grealish in the summer of 2021.

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  Rogers has played in Europe, logged double figures for goals and assists last term, and at just 22-years-old, is four years younger than Grealish was when he left Villa Park. The youngster is under contract until 2030, he is currently earning £75,000 per week.

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  Villa may still have to contend with the Premier League's spending rules. They are in a much stronger position than 12 months ago, when they were forced into selling Douglas Luiz to Juventus to avoid a 10-point deduction for a possible PSR breach. However, Champions League prize money and the £70m sale of Jhon Duran to Al-Nassr likely leaves them in a stronger position this time round.

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  Rogers has received plenty of praise for his stellar performances in the 2024/25 season. A nominee for the PFA Young Player of the Season, he will find out if he wins the prestigious gong in August.

Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh also played key roles in a much-needed victory while Sri Lanka were left bemoaning a horror collapse

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Did Australia tick every box against Sri Lanka?

–Fixtures | Squads | Points table | Tournament IndexTop Story: Australia put World Cup campaign back on trackAustralia chased down Sri Lanka’s sub-par 209 with some ease, cantering to a five-wicket win in Lucknow to revive their flagging World Cup campaign. The result leaves Sri Lanka second-last on the table with three losses from three, and essentially needing only wins from hereon to stand a chance of making it to the semi-finals.For Australia, it was a victory set up by a tenacious bowling effort, and then capped off by a chase exemplified by its clarity of thought. Adam Zampa was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4 for 47, while Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc grabbed two apiece. Though special mention should go to David Warner for two outstanding catches in the deep to dismiss Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis, wickets which in many ways catalysed Sri Lanka’s downfall. It was also a fielding effort that was a welcome change for Australia, after their opening defeats to India and South Africa had been marked by some uncharacteristically poor catching.Click here for the full reportMatch analysis: Zampa hangs in there to help turn Australia’s fortunesAdam Zampa rejoices after getting the umpire’s nod for Sadeera Samarawickrama lbw•Getty Images

Adam Zampa had come into this game with figures of 1 for 123 from the 18 overs he had bowled across the defeats to India and South Africa. He had already been struggling with hip, neck and shoulder niggles, and in the lead-up to this game had suffered a back spasm as well.That deadly cocktail of form and fitness may have led other teams to bench Zampa and pick another spinner, but Australia had no other spinner to turn to. Here he was, therefore, feeling – as he put it at his post-match press conference – “like adrenaline was going to get me through and a bit of Panadeine Forte.”Read the full analysis from Karthik Krishnaswamy in LucknowMust Watch: Tom Moody on Adam Zampa1:19

Moody: Zampa far from his best physically

News headlines Bangladesh are hopeful that Shakib Al Hasan will be fit to face India after he suffered a quad strain against New Zealand
England legspinner Adil Rashid insists their belief has not been dented by the shock defeat against Afghanistan which has left their title defence in the balance.
The ICC will review the criticism of Pakistan’s team director Mickey Arthur after he said the World Cup did not feel like a global tournament.Match previewNetherlands vs South Africa, Lucknow (2pm IST; 8.30am GMT; 7.30pm AEST)6:39

Moody: South Africa just need to think about one day at a time

South Africa were stunned by Netherlands at last year’s Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia. So when the two sides meet in Dharamsala on Tuesday, they will not be looking at Netherlands as a weaker opponent. At the same time, they should not be under any pressure. This time it’s a longer format, which reduces the chances of an upset. When these sides played two ODIs earlier this year, South Africa thrashed Netherlands by eight wickets and 146 runs.A bigger reason, perhaps, is South Africa’s recent form – they are on a five-match winning streak. In each of those games, they batted first, smashed more than 300, crossed 400 twice, and won by 100-plus runs. Arguably, they have the strongest batting unit at this World Cup.Full previewTeam newsSouth Africa (probable): 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Temba Bavuma (capt), 3 Rassie van der Dussen, 4 Aiden Markram, 5 David Miller, 6 Heinrich Klaasen, 7 Marco Jansen, 8 Kagiso Rabada, 9 Keshav Maharaj, 10 Lungi Ngidi, 11 Tabraiz Shamsi/Gerald CoetzeeNetherlands (probable): 1 Vikramjit Singh, 2 Max O’Dowd, 3 Colin Ackermann, 4 Bas de Leede, 5 Teja Nidamanuru, 6 Scott Edwards (capt & wk), 7 Sybrand Engelbrecht, 8 Roelof van der Merwe, 9 Logan van Beek/Ryan Klein, 10 Aryan Dutt, 11 Paul van Meekeren

Victoria jumped to top of the domestic one-day table after securing a convincing six-wicket win over Tasmania in a low-scoring contest in Launceston.After captain Peter Handscomb won the toss and elected to bowl first, Victoria knocked over the home side for 156 with quick Sam Elliott taking 4 for 26.In just his eighth 50-over game for his state, Elliott, the son of former Test opener Matthew, skittled the lower-order to finish with career-best figures.Elliott also claimed the crucial wicket of Beau Webster, with the dangerman dismissed for an innings-best of 47.In-form opening bowler Fergus O’Neill did the damage early, cleaning up the Tasmania top-order of Matthew Wade, Caleb Jewell and Charlie Wakim.They were left reeling at 42 for 4 following those breakthroughs and the hosts were never able to recover to post a defendable total.Victoria, led by star opener Matthew Short, took their time in the chase but were able to bring up their fourth win of the season with 14 overs to spare.They had briefly wobbled on 105 for 4 when Peter Handscomb and Sam Harper fell in quick succession, the latter bowled by a beauty from left-arm spinner Paddy Dooley who had taken a good catch at fine leg to remove Handscomb.But Short made batting look easy as he brought up the victory with a four down the ground, finishing unbeaten on 81 off 88 balls. In the 28-year-old’s last one-day match, he pounded 134 against Queensland in Mackay.Short will soon join the Australian squad for the five-match T20 series against India after the completion of the ODI World Cup.Victoria leapfrogged defending champions Western Australia into top spot, while Tasmania remain fourth with a 2-3 record.Victoria will be back in action on Thursday when they host Queensland in an important Sheffield Shield match at the MCG.Tasmania will stay put at home to host the resurgent NSW next Saturday in a four-day game.

تعرض أحد الصفقات الجديدة للفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي الزمالك لإصابة عضلية، بعد انضمامه إلى القلعة البيضاء خلال فترة الانتقالات الصيفية الجارية.

ويواصل الزمالك، تحت قيادة البلجيكي يانيك فيريرا، المدير الفني الجديد، استعدادته للموسم الرياضي الجديد والذي سينطلق بعد أيام.

طالع.. محمد أسامة: لاعب الزمالك أدهشني بسبب إصابته.. وتلقيت عرضًا من الأهلي وعلم بطولات، أن أحمد ربيع المنضم حديثًا إلى الزمالك يعاني من إجهاد عضلي شديد، تسبب في استبعاده من التدريبات الجماعية.

ويخضع اللاعب لبرنامج تأهيلي منفرد لتجهيزه للمشاركة في تدريبات الفريق الجماعية بناء على قرار المدير الفني.

يذكر أن الزمالك قد تعاقد مع 8 صفقات حتى الآن، خلال فترة الانتقالات الصيفية الجارية، وهم المهدي سليمان، الأنجولي شيكو بانزا وعمرو ناصر وأحمد شريف والفلسطيني آدم كايد والمغربي عبد الحميد معالي وأحمد ربيع ومحمد إسماعيل.

Newcastle and Aston Villa are both interested in signing Matteo Guendouzi from Lazio this summer, per a new report.

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Guendouzi has reportedly emerged as a target for both Villa and Newcatle this summer as both clubs seek midfield reinforcements. The France international has a €50m release clause in his contract, and Corriere della Serra reports that the Premier League pair are keeping a close eye on developments when it comes to the ex-Arsenal star's future.

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Guendouzi has been with Lazio since 2023, initially joining on a season-long loan before the deal was made permanent. He has a contract until 2028 but the report states that Maurizio Sarri's side are acutely aware of the need to raise funds for their own summer business, meaning Guendouzi could be allowed to leave if an acceptable offer is tabled.

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The defensive midfielder made 37 Serie A appearances last season as Lazio finished seventh. Their finish marked a failure to qualify for Europe, meaning they may have to sacrifice key players this summer. Sarri, for his part, would like the ex-Gunners ace to stay.

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Lazio may well look to demand the entirety of the clause be paid if they are to let Guendouzi leave; it is unclear if either Villa or Newcastle are prepared to meet that asking price, however.

Shami five-for and Kohli clinic helps India beat New Zealand despite Mitchell’s century, while Afghanistan and Pakistan prepare for a must-win clash in Chennai

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Pujara: Shami is ‘always mentally ready’ for games

–Fixtures | Squads | Points table | Tournament IndexTop Story: Shami and Kohli put unbeaten India top of the tableThey were without their most irreplaceable player in a top-of-the-table clash against a New Zealand side that’s had the wood over them in recent global-tournament meetings, and this New Zealand side put them under severe pressure on multiple occasions. But in the end, India continued to typify the 2023 World Cup equivalent of Gary Lineker’s famous quote on a superteam from a different sport: “Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and in the end, the Germans always win.”We’re still only halfway through the league stage, and knockouts are knockouts, but India have looked so hard to beat that even this game, their most intense tussle yet in this tournament, ended with Virat Kohli trying to repeat what he did against Bangladesh on Thursday, and refuse singles with India in sight of victory in order to try and reach his hundred.Click here for the full reportMatch analysis: Shami shreds safety-first script to present India with another wayMohammed Shami is pumped after knocking Mitchell Santner over with a yorker•Associated PressMohammed Shami’s numbers at the 50-overs World Cup make for impressive reading: 12 matches, 36 wickets at an average of 15.02 and an economy of 5.09. They’re the kind of big-tournament numbers teams yearn for. Teams go to any lengths to wrap such performers in cotton wool for fear of injury.There’s little doubt that Shami is one of India’s main fast bowlers. But so far at the 2023 World Cup, he hadn’t quite been the one. Until Sunday, of course, in Dharamsala, when he left an indelible mark against New Zealand: immaculate control up front bookended by death-overs mastery. Not even a sublime Virat Kohli innings couldn’t quite shade Shami’s second World Cup five-for under the Himalayan mist.Read the full analysis from Shashank Kishore in DharamsalaMust Watch: Cheteshwar Pujara on the key to Daryl Mitchell’s success1:15

What is key to Daryl Mitchell’s success?

News headlines Travis Head is optimistic he could return to play against Netherlands on Wednesday but Australia may err on the side of caution with his hand injury given he is still yet to have a full batting session against bowlers after only recently arriving in India.
England will try to identify “an X-factor player” as a replacement for Reece Topley, who has been formally ruled out of the rest of the World Cup after scans confirmed a fracture in his left index finger.Match previewAfghanistan vs Pakistan, Chennai (2pm IST; 8.30am GMT; 7.30pm AEDT4:46

Pujara and Bond in favour of Shadab returning for Pakistan against Afghanistan

It’s now roughly halfway through the World Cup, and the table is beginning to take shape. Afghanistan and Pakistan, the two sides that take each other on in Chennai, are nowhere near the head of it, and it’s already beginning to approach must-win territory for each of these sides. Defeat for Afghanistan would almost certainly knock them out, while a Pakistan loss leaves Babar Azam’s side with no further room for error.Afghanistan will feel like there’s been little to separate the two sides on far too many occasions, but they’re yet to celebrate an ODI win against their fiercest regional rivals. They were famously denied in a heartbreaker at the 2019 World Cup after being presented with a golden opportunity to knock Pakistan out, and victory on Monday would have a near-similar effect. There have been enough encouraging signs to suggest this could be an evenly poised game, though Afghanistan have peppered patches of brilliance with extended spells of mediocrity with both bat and ball.Full previewTeam newsAfghanistan (possible): 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz 2 Ibrahim Zadran 3 Rahmat Shah 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt) 5 Azmatullah Omarzai 6 Ikram Alikhil (wk) 7 Mohammad Nabi 8 Rashid Khan 9 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 10 Naveen-ul-Haq 11 Fazalhaq FarooqiPakistan (possible): 1 Abdullah Shafique 2 Imam-ul-Haq 3 Babar Azam (capt) 4 Mohammad Rizwan (wk) 5 Saud Shakeel 6 Mohammad Nawaz/Shadab Khan 7 Iftikhar Ahmed 8 Usama Mir 8 9 Hasan Ali 10 Shaheen Shah Afridi 11 Haris RaufFeature: The price of being Babar Azam2:06

Pujara: Babar succumbed to pressure

The ball wasn’t as short as you might remember it. It wasn’t as much a half-tracker gimme. It was fuller – a good length actually – and very straight, with some zip off the surface. Also, it was Adam Zampa; so a little respect to the deliverer’s intent and skill please.But still. Here was a moment, a capital M moment in the game that was set up for Babar Azam. Pakistan were 175 for 2, 193 to get from just under 24 overs, on a small ground, a true surface, a lightning outfield and an attack with limited spin options. There’s no cakewalking to a chase of 369 in a World Cup game against Australia ever, but it’s fair to say that last Friday at the Chinnaswamy, with this line-up, was probably Pakistan’s best opportunity for it.Read the full feature from Osman Samiuddin

Arsenal have announced their second signing of the transfer window as Liverpool's Taylor Hinds follows Lionesses star Chloe Kelly to the club.

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• Hinds joins Arsenal after Liverpool contract expired
• Jamaica defender returns to club seven years after leaving
• Second summer signing after Lionesses star Kelly

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  Hinds left the Reds when her contract expired just last week, after five seasons at the club. In that time, she helped the Merseysiders win promotion to the Women's Super League, became their third-highest appearance-maker in the WSL era and earned herself the role of vice-captain, regularly wearing the armband as Liverpool established themselves in the top flight again.

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  It has been reported for several weeks that Arsenal were targeting the out-of-contract Jamaica international and that move has now been completed, with Hinds announced as the Gunners' second signing of the window on Monday. Similar to Kelly, it's a switch that sees the 26-year-old return to the club she spent seven years with as a youngster. Hinds joined Arsenal at the age of 11 and made her senior debut in a League Cup fixture in 2017, aged 18. A few months later, though, she would join Everton on a permanent deal as she pursued more game time.

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  Speaking about her return to north London, Hinds said: "I’m so proud to have signed for Arsenal. I want to push, compete and be winning trophies, and this club encompasses all of that. You can see what direction Arsenal is going in and everyone at the club wants to win. This is a full-circle moment for me and I’m grateful to come back to a place I called home when I was younger. I can’t wait to get started and to step out on the pitch at Emirates Stadium in front of all our incredible supporters."

  Head coach Renee Slegers added: "We’re delighted to welcome Taylor back to Arsenal. She’s a versatile player who has great experience from multiple seasons in the WSL with Liverpool, where she took on a leadership role. I’m excited to get started with Taylor on the training pitch and I’m sure our supporters will join me in welcoming Taylor back to the club."

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  Hinds primarily played as a left wing-back for Liverpool last season, but the former England youth international is capable of playing on either the right or the left, as a wing-back or an orthodox full-back. She also has experience in midfield.

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O Grêmio terá a volta de dois jogadores recuperados de lesões para a disputa das últimas duas rodadas daSérie B. O atacante Janderson e o meia-atacante Campaz foram liberados pelo departamento médico do clube e estão à disposição para a partida contra o Náutico, no domingo, pela 36ª rodada.

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Janderson não joga desde o dia 30 de agosto, quando encarou o Criciúma. Enquanto isso, Campaz teve a sua última participação no dia 11 de setembro, diante do Vasco da Gama.

Mesmo com os retornos, a dupla deve iniciar o jogo no banco de reservas por conta da falta de ritmo. Guilherme é o favorito para ficar com a vaga de Biel, lesionado.

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O Grêmio pode carimbar o acesso já neste fim de semana. Para isso, basta vencer o seu jogo e torcer para que Sport (5º), Sampaio Corrêa (6º) e Criciúma (7º) não pontuem. No momento, a equipe tem 58 pontos e aparece na vice-liderança da Série B.