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The landmark win over Pakistan in the Cricket World Cup will cause a ripple effect in Afghan cricket and inspire future players, Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott said soccer
Afghan batters chased down the 283 target methodically, with a focus on singles and doubles to keep off the pressure, winning the match by eight wickets with six balls to spare soccer
It was their second win in five games, and Afghanistan’s third-ever World Cup victory soccer
It was also their first victory over neighbours Pakistan in eight One Day International (ODI) matches and the first World Cup win while chasing against a Test-playing nation soccer
“This will have a great ripple effect,” Trott told reporters soccer
“I want to make sure that (the players) soccer
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pass it on and remember that game in Chennai when we chased on 283 against Pakistan soccer
”The Englishman called the 130-run opening partnership put on by Rehmanullah Gurbaz (65) and Ibrahim Zadran (87) the “turning point” and praised Rahmat Shah, who played through several cramps to help steady the game when the openers fell soccer
“You could easily soccer
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get a bit nervous or panicky soccer
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but shot that he played there to hit a straight six sort of broke the back of the game,” Trott said of Shah, who scored an unbeaten 77, 45 of which came from ones and twos soccer
This win along with the Oct soccer
15 triumph over defending champions England propelled Afghanistan from the bottom of the table to sixth place before facing ninth-place Sri Lanka next Monday soccer
“I will say to the players make sure you enjoy these victories but as soon as we (arrive in) Pune soccer
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take the confidence from the game and start looking forward to Sri Lanka,” Trott said soccer
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The Champions League has seen Newcastle at its finest, complete with the surreal vision of Sean Longstaff upstaging Kylian Mbappe soccer
There is a temptation to imagine Dan Burn is still somewhere in the Tyneside sky, soaring above Milan Skriniar to head in against Paris Saint-Germain soccer
There is a similar temptation to say that Newcastle were brought down to earth by Borussia Dortmund soccer
It may be more accurate to say Eddie Howe never left it soccer
He met one of his most celebrated predecessors, Kevin Keegan, on Monday soccer
The former Magpies boss was a dreamer soccer
“You have to be,” said Howe, with Keegan’s example leading him to entertain the prospect of winning the Champions League soccer
But Howe isn’t a dreamer, not really, anyway soccer
A day, a defeat and a downpour later, he reflected: “We have to be at our best to win and if you dip below that it is tough to get results at this level soccer
” And in this pool, the most competitive of all, Newcastle have to be at their best to claim victory in a match, let alone the entire competition soccer
They were against Paris Saint-Germain; they were not against Dortmund soccer
At a stroke – the right boot of Felix Nmecha, replacing Jude Bellingham this season, or of bad luck, as Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon both struck the woodwork – they may have been rebranded: potential winners, the team who tore PSG apart, could instead exit early soccer
They now have successive away games, with the evidence that Dortmund are well equipped to play against them ahead of a trip to Germany next soccer
“We're up against elite teams,” Howe said soccer
“You make half a mistake and get punished soccer
” If there is a truth to that – and Nmecha’s winner was scarcely the consequence of a glaring error – the greater issue was that Newcastle did not reach their heights soccer
“We probably weren’t at our best and in this competition we have to be soccer
” Howe said soccer
They have days when they overwhelm opponents: 4-1 against PSG, 6-1 against Tottenham soccer
But their quality is most evident when allied with a blur of energy soccer
And when there isn’t that synergy of physical and technical that makes them appear unstoppable, they are a fundamentally workmanlike side who soccer betray their origins soccer
Which, as they spent much of a 1-0 loss to Dortmund with six players on the pitch who Howe inherited, is a group who have overachieved: look beyond the £400m spend, the concept of Saudi Arabian soccer sportswashing and the grandiose ambitions, and some of them were in a relegation battle two years ago soccer
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But if there were symbolic substitutions of the locals Longstaff and Burn, stripped of the superhuman powers they somehow possessed against PSG, perhaps the reality is that they could have been beaten twice in three games soccer
Nick Pope’s heroics brought a point in Milan; he was similarly good against Dortmund but in vain soccer
They have drawn a blank twice in three matches soccer
They had a lone, late shot on target in San Siro soccer
While they hit the woodwork twice, they only actually had three on target against Dortmund, and just one in the last 80 minutes soccer
Alexander Isak leaves the pitch following an injury (AFP via Getty Images)“In the second half the ball just wouldn’t go in for us,” Howe said soccer
It was a legitimate lament, yet there are days when a shortage of natural creativity, of game-changing flair, of a natural No 10 can threaten to be their undoing soccer
Edin Terzic arrowed in on Newcastle’s strengths soccer
“A team that was pressing high with a very intense approach,” the Dortmund manager noted soccer
It is a strategy that can serve Newcastle well but running alone did not unlock the Bundesliga’s runners-up soccer
Moving Kieran Trippier into midfield in the second half was an attempt to get United’s best creator into a more advanced role soccer
He may be required there more often soccer
Sandro Tonali was not hired as a fantasista but he was designed to bring an injection of class soccer
But his season seems over: not officially yet, but a ban beckons soccer
Elliot Anderson has joined the injury list soccer
In the forward line, Newcastle, already without Harvey Barnes for months, seem to be losing Jacob Murphy for a similar time with a dislocated shoulder soccer
For Alexander Isak, a recurrence of a groin strain means he will play again soonest, but be out for a while soccer
They are starting to look short of players soccer
“There are some tired bodies,” Howe said soccer
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe looks on during a miserable night for Newcastle (EPA)And Newcastle can require a physical edge, especially in meetings of evenly-matched teams soccer
“A lesson in how fine the margins are going to be,” Howe rued soccer
Particularly in Group F: this pool, of pedigree and money, of former winners and clubs who aspire to join them in that select group, may be the most intriguing soccer
It is a product of circumstances soccer
Newcastle’s lack of a recent record in Europe meant they were fourth seeds soccer
Now they are plunged into peril soccer
“The table looks very, very tight,” Howe said; his side kicked off in first, finished the night in third and could be out of the competition before they host AC Milan in it soccer
They will always have Paris, but now the danger is their Champions League campaign in effect ends in the French capital soccer
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