Actual Madrid y Bayern Múnich plagaron casi todas las posiciones, PSG aporta dos elementos y Borussia Dortmund tiene solo un representante.

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La Champions League, el torneo más importante a nivel de clubes, se encuentra en la antesala de la last con la celebración de las semifinales entre Bayern Múnich, Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund y Actual Madrid.

El costo de plantillas podría ser la diferencia entre avanzar al juego por el título o quedarse en la orilla y derrumbar los sueños de conseguir la ‘orejona’. Ante esto, en ESPN te presentamos un 11 conformado con los elementos más caros de los cuatro equipos en semifinales.

El Actual Madrid y Bayern Múnich plagaron casi todas las posiciones, mientras que el PSG aporta dos elementos y Borussia Dortmund tiene solo un representante.

Portero: Gregor Kobel (40 millones de euros)

El portero suizo ha sido clave para que el Borussia se encuentre nuevamente en una semifinal y es, dentro de su plantel, el futbolista con mayor valor de acuerdo con el portal especializado Transfermarkt. Su nivel y actuaciones han provocado que se vaya sin goles en cuatro de los nueve partidos que ha disputado.

El seleccionado marroquí es el mejor lateral derecho y el mejor cotizado entre los candidatos. Bajo las órdenes de Luis Enrique ha explotado más su juego por la banda al lograr 202 pases progresivos, siendo su mejor campaña en este rubro con la camiseta del equipo parisino. Además, suma ocho goles producidos con tres goles y cinco asistencias. Ha generado 85 acciones en ataque y se ha olvidado un poco del tema defensivo al contar con menos acciones que en los últimos dos años.

Es una realidad que el defensa canadiense no vive su mejor temporada y su flojo nivel ha generado cuestionamientos de la propia cúpula, ya que el director deportivo del Bayern, Max Erberl, declaró que “su nivel precise no debería influir en su futuro”, el cual apunta al Actual Madrid al last de la presente temporada. Es una realidad que hay mejores laterales izquierdos actualmente, pero el canadiense es el mejor cotizado, no importa que haya perdido la titularidad con su membership.

Sabemos que el francés se desempeña como centrocampista o pivote, pero en el Actual Madrid ha llegado a ser utilizado como defensa central para solventar los últimos encuentros que han tenido y que llevaron Carlo Ancelotti a colocarlo en dicha posición ante el regreso de Éder Militão después de su rotura de ligamento cruzado. El galo es una pieza importante en el sistema de su equipo y podría estar nuevamente por delante del brasileño para la serie de semifinales.

El defensa neerlandés ha ido de menos a más después de la rotura de ligamento que sufrió a finales del año pasado. En 2024 ha sido titular tanto en los octavos como en los cuartos de last de la Champions League. Aunque ahora está en duda para iniciar después de salir por un golpe en la cabeza.

Es uno de los futbolistas más importantes del Actual Madrid en la temporada y su aporte defensivo y ofensivo ha sido clave para que el conjunto blanco a lo largo de la temporada.

La joya alemana es considerada el heredero de Thomas Müller, no solo en el membership, sino también a nivel de selección. Con 21 años es una de las promesas a futuro y su valor de 110 millones de euro lo demuestran. El futbolista se encuentra en duda para la serie contra el Actual Madrid debido a una lesión en el tobillo, por lo que ha estado entre algodones para la próxima serie.

Su temporada puede ser considerada como excepcional y cada fin de semana confirma su gran nivel, situación que lo ha colocado como uno de los candidatos para ganar el siguiente Balón de Oro.

Extremo derecho: Rodrygo (100 mde)

El brasileño ha vivido de todo en la temporada. Desde ser señalado por la afición y medios, ser salvavidas en la disaster de lesiones del equipo blanco, hasta ser very important en los últimos encuentros y ser una de las figuras en las semifinales contra el Manchester Metropolis. Con 23 años es una de las piezas más peligrosas del equipo de cara a la serie de las semifinales.

El brasileño ha sido el líder del equipo en la ofensiva. Ha vuelto locas a las defensas rivales, mientras que los aficionados contrarios no se cansan de abuchearlo y criticarlo por su estilo de juego.

La ‘Tortuga’ es el mejor delantero del mundo y esta temporada no ha dejado de brillar. Su nombre llena planas completas de periódicos y su posible futuro con el b lo ha llenado más de reflectores.

A knockout competitors can produce delightfully complicated outcomes. Kentucky can lose to Saint Peter’s and Oakland. The New York Giants can beat the New England Patriots (twice). Morocco can beat Spain and Portugal back-to-back, whereas the Premier League — by far the richest league in soccer — can flame out of UEFA competitions.

The quarterfinal spherical of Champions League and Europa League matches erased a great deal of English hopes and storylines. Manchester Metropolis’s prospects of a “Double Treble” disappeared with Antonio Rüdiger’s deciding spot kick and a second knockout loss to Actual Madrid in three years. Liverpool’s hopes of sending Jurgen Klopp into retirement with their very own distinctive treble — League Cup, Europa League, Premier League — got here to an finish when a comeback try at Atalanta rapidly fizzled.

Arsenal’s ongoing rebirth continues general, however hopes of a primary Champions League semifinal in 15 years fell aside in the identical place lots of its twenty first century Champions League hopes have died: Munich. With West Ham additionally falling to Bayer Leverkusen, solely Aston Villa’s comeback win over Lille within the Europa Convention League, aided by a cool objective late in regulation, saved England in any competitors.

In the meantime, Barcelona misplaced each their lead and composure in opposition to PSG, Germany’s two greatest golf equipment are within the Champions League semifinals for the primary time in 11 years, and Bayer Leverkusen, which took eight factors in 4 matches from these two heavyweights this season, stay incapable of shedding within the Europa League.

Regardless of the randomness of those competitions, we all the time rush to the narrative machine instantly within the aftermath of attention-grabbing outcomes. The Premier League is drastically overrated! The Bundesliga is underrated! PSG’s plan was on target all alongside! With just a few days to replicate on what we noticed, let’s discuss what we did, and did not, truly be taught from these unbelievable quarterfinal rounds.

Soccer | April 27, 2024

LOS ANGELES – USC large receiver Brenden Rice was chosen by the Los Angeles Chargers because the fifth choose of the seventh spherical (225th general) of the 2024 NFL Draft. 
 
Rice is USC’s 528 all-time NFL draftee. USC is second behind Notre Dame’s 532 for many NFL Draft picks all-time.
 
Rice is the 20^th Trojan large receiver drafted since 2000.

He’s the primary Trojan picked by the Los Angeles Chargers since DL Tuli Tuipulotu was chosen within the second spherical with the No. 54 general choose in 2023.
 
As a senior in 2023, Rice had a breakout season recording 45 receptions for 791 yards (17.6 avg.) with a team-leading 12 TDs whereas taking part in in 12 video games with 11 begins. He earned placement on the All-Pac-12 Second Crew and completed the common season ranked No. 7 within the nation in receiving TDs. 
 
In his first season with the Trojans as a junior in 2022, he competed in all 14 video games with 12 begins. He recorded 39 catches (fourth on the crew) for 611 yards (15.7 avg) with in 4 TDs. Rice additionally recorded 3 kick returns for 49 yards (16.3 avg) with a protracted of 18 yards. 
 
He was one of many Pac-12’s prime wideouts and kick returners as a sophomore in 2021 at Colorado.  General whereas beginning all 11 video games that he performed in 2021, he had 21 receptions for 299 yards (14.2 avg), each second on the crew, with 3 TDs, together with 17 kickoff returns for 469 yards (27.6 avg), each crew highs, and 6 carries for 54 yards (9.0 avg).  He ranked 14^th nationally in kickoff returns (27.6 avg, third in Pac-12).  
 
As a first-year freshman in 2020 whereas showing in all 6 video games with 1 begin, he had 6 receptions for 120 yards (20.0 avg) with 2 TDs, 2 kickoff returns for 37 yards (18.5 avg) and an 81-yard punt return for a TD.  He gained Colorado’s Lee Willard Award on offense because the crew’s prime freshman. He additionally made the 2020 Nationwide Soccer Basis Educational All-Colorado first crew.  
 
On Thursday (April 25), USC Heisman Trophy successful quarterback Caleb Williams was chosen No. 1 general by the Chicago Bears within the first spherical. With Williams’ No. 1 general choice, USC now holds the document for many gamers (6) chosen as the highest choose of the NFL Draft.  

On Friday (April 27), USC First Crew All-American security Calen Bullock was chosen by the Houston Texans because the 14^th choose of the third spherical (78^th general) and operating again MarShawn Lloyd was chosen by the Inexperienced Bay Packers because the 25^thchoose of the third spherical (88^th general). 
 
Earlier immediately, offensive lineman Jarrett Kingston was chosen by the San Francisco 49ers because the 39^thchoose of the sixth spherical (215^th general).
 

By 4 video games, Denver’s first-round collection is following the identical script as final season.

Listed here are three keys for the Nuggets to complete off the Lakers in 5 video games, simply as they did to the Timberwolves a 12 months in the past:

Take again the glass

Within the first three wins, Denver completed with seven or extra rebounds than the Lakers. That flipped in Recreation 4, as Los Angeles grabbed 46 rebounds to Denver’s 40. The Nuggets’ 9 offensive rebounds was really yet one more than the Lakers’ complete, however Los Angeles turned its into 14 second-chance factors. Denver managed simply 5. Anthony Davis led the Lakers with 23 rebounds, virtually equaling Denver’s high two rebounders – Nikola Jokic (14) and Michael Porter Jr. (11) – on his personal. If Denver can do a greater job of limiting the Lakers to 1 shot per possession, they’ll save themselves a return journey to Los Angeles.

Bench bounces again

Position gamers sometimes play higher at residence, and that’s been the case by 4 video games. The Nuggets had extra bench factors than the Lakers in Video games 1 and a couple of. When the collection shifted to Los Angeles, so did the bench manufacturing. After proudly owning a 19-12 benefit in bench factors Thursday, the Lakers had a 13-5 edge Saturday. Justin Vacation was Denver’s solely reserve to hit a discipline aim in Recreation 4, whereas Peyton Watson capped the bench scoring with a few free throws. Lakers ahead Taurean Prince has been the best bench participant within the collection, scoring six or extra factors in each sport. No member of Denver’ second unit can say the identical. A lift from Christian Braun, Watson, Reggie Jackson or Vacation could be greater than welcome on Monday.

Cut back Russell or Reaves

The Nuggets have held both D’Angelo Russell or Austin Reaves below 15 factors in every of the primary three video games of the collection. Saturday, they each scored 21 factors with relative effectivity. Davis and LeBron James have mixed for 55 or extra factors in all the first 4 video games with every participant scoring a minimum of 25 in each sport. As good as it could be to sluggish them down, Denver could be higher served ensuring there’s not a 3rd or fourth scorer to fret about. Davis and James are all-time skills, they usually’re taking part in prefer it this collection. Retaining both Russell or Reaves in examine forces the Lakers’ stars to hold much more of a load.

LOS ANGELES – The Lakers earned a visit again to Denver.

Listed below are three takeaways from Denver’s 119-108 loss on Saturday at Crypto.com Area:

1. Denver’s paint protection continued to be an issue Saturday. After the Lakers scored 70 factors within the paint in Sport 3, Anthony Davis and firm surpassed that quantity Saturday. The Lakers scored 24 of their 28 first-quarter factors within the paint and had a 42-24 benefit within the class at halftime. Los Angeles completed with 72 factors within the paint to Denver’s 52. If the Nuggets don’t wish to return to Los Angeles for a sixth sport, they’ll have to defend the inside higher. Davis completed with 25 factors and 23 rebounds.

2. The Nuggets have nobody in charge however themselves. Regardless of the Lakers’ dominance inside and home-court benefit, the Nuggets had a 25-16 benefit in free throws earlier than they began fouling deliberately within the remaining 40 seconds. The Crypto.com crowd chanted “Refs, you suck,” after Nikola Jokic earned Denver’s twentieth and twenty first free throws late within the third quarter. The Lakers had simply eight free throws on the time. Lakers followers repeated the mantra minutes later when Jokic bought again to the road for his eighth and ninth free throws of the sport.

3. Michael Porter Jr. was, as soon as once more, Denver’s second-best participant. Porter recorded a double-double within the third quarter and began the fourth quarter with 25 factors and 10 rebounds. He completed the sport with 27 factors, 11 rebounds, one help and one steal in 40 minutes of enjoying time. He went 4 of 11 from 3, the one Nugget to make greater than two triples.

LAKERS 119, NUGGETS 108

What occurred: The Lakers led wire to wire to keep away from the sweep.

The Lakers led by 5 to begin the second quarter and Denver fell behind by 11 within the second. Los Angeles led 61-48 at halftime. The Nuggets shaved a few factors off the Lakers’ result in begin the fourth however did not ever take the lead.

What went proper: Nikola Jokic recorded his nineteenth playoff triple-double together with his first of help of the fourth quarter. He completed with 33 factors, 14 rebounds and 14 assists. For pretty much as good as he was offensively, Jokic was a part of Denver’s woes defending the paint and rebounding.

What went flawed: Aaron Gordon wasn’t in a position to match his productiveness from Sport 3. After dropping playoff profession highs of 29 factors and 15 rebounds in Sport 3, Gordon completed with seven factors and three rebounds.

Spotlight of the evening: A Nikola Jokic dime helped Denver get off to a greater begin Saturday. Denver’s point-center dribbled the ball on the prime of the important thing together with his shoulders going through the sideline. When Michael Porter Jr. used an off-ball display screen from Jamal Murray and curled to the basket, Jokic wrapped a bounce move behind his again that hit Porter in stride. Porter had sufficient time and house to go up for a dunk that reduce the Lakers result in one in the midst of the primary quarter earlier than Rui Hachimura may problem Porter on the rim.

Up subsequent: The Nuggets cannot begin specializing in a second-round matchup with the Timberwolves. It’s again to Denver for Monday’s Sport 5 at Ball Area.

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MIAMI — — For 2 days, the Boston Celtics lamented getting overwhelmed on their residence flooring. And once they lastly acquired to play once more, they set free all of the frustration.

The outcome: a defensive masterpiece.

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown every scored 22 factors to guide a balanced method, and the Celtics soundly beat the Miami Warmth 104-84 on Saturday evening to a take a 2-1 lead of their Japanese Convention first-round playoff sequence.

“We did not make too many changes,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla mentioned. “We performed a bit of bit tougher, we performed tougher and we dictated the physicality and the tempo of the sport. It is the easy issues that it’s a must to do below a excessive degree of stress, excessive degree of adversity. I believed our guys did a fantastic job of dictating that tonight.”

Recreation 4 is Monday in Miami, the place the Celtics are 9-2 of their final 11 video games and 6-1 of their final seven playoff video games.

Tatum added 10 rebounds and 6 assists for the Celtics, who led Recreation 3 wire-to-wire and reclaimed the home-court edge that they misplaced when Miami gained Recreation 2 in Boston. Kristaps Porzingis had 18 factors and Derrick White scored 16 for the Celtics.

The final time both crew noticed these type of numbers — Boston on protection, Miami on offense — was Recreation 5 of the East finals on Could 25, 2022, a 93-80 Celtics highway win that helped them attain that season’s NBA Finals. The Warmth had scored greater than 84 factors in each sport since and the Celtics had allowed greater than 84 in each sport since.

“That’s the place we’re going to win video games, on the defensive finish,” Tatum mentioned.

Bam Adebayo scored 20 factors for eighth-seeded Miami, which stays with out starters Jimmy Butler and Terry Rozier due to accidents. Nikola Jovic and Tyler Herro every scored 15 for the Warmth, who acquired 12 from Jaime Jaquez Jr.

“They took us out of stuff we wish to get to,” Warmth coach Erik Spoelstra mentioned. “They had been the extra bodily crew. They bodied us, bullied us on screens, acquired by stuff, distorted screens, every little thing. … You must credit score them for that. They had been the extra bodily crew, the crew with extra physicality and power on each ends of the courtroom.”

Bounce-back efforts have been a pattern for Boston this season. The Celtics — the No. 1 total seed within the playoffs — do not lose usually, and once they do, they have a tendency to only come out and win their subsequent one. Boston is now 15-4 within the sport instantly following a loss this season, its common victory margin in these video games 12.2 factors.

“Simply mindset,” Brown mentioned. “We put an emphasis on protection, attempting to make them uncomfortable a bit of bit … and I feel that opened up the sport.”

Boston by no means trailed in Recreation 1, a 114-94 win, and by no means trailed in Recreation 3 both on its option to beating Miami for the fifth time in six conferences this season. The Celtics led 21-12 after one, setting the tone for the way nothing would come simply for the Warmth.

Halfway by the second quarter, it — briefly — appeared like Miami had weathered the storm. The Warmth had been making a little bit of a run, the constructing had some life and Herro had a take a look at a 3-pointer that may have gotten the Warmth inside 10.

It rimmed out. The storm was not weathered. It was, the truth is, simply beginning.

The Celtics outscored Miami 20-8 within the subsequent 4 ½ minutes to go up 61-36 and the sport was actually by no means unsure once more It was 63-39 on the break, Boston dominant in each which manner — a 19-2 edge in factors off turnovers, a 26-12 scoring edge within the paint, 27-15 in rebounds, 13-6 in assists.

The lead reached 29 within the second half, Miami by no means getting nearer than 18 after halftime.

“From the bounce, they had been extra aggressive than us,” Jovic mentioned. “That should not be taking place.”

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TUCSON, Ariz. – Tennessee’s outside monitor & subject common season wrapped up Saturday with seven occasion victories on the Desert Warmth Basic, together with a college file and collegiate main mark within the girls’s 4×100-meter relay. The Girl Vol quartet of Jacious Sears, Dennisha Web page, DaJour Miles and Jada Seaman received the baton across the oval in 42.52 seconds, the No. 1 mark within the NCAA this season.
 
UT’s mark within the girls’s 4×100-meter relay rose the college to No. 7 on the collegiate all-time record. This season, it was the second sub-43 clocking by any staff within the nation – additionally the Girl Vols with a mark of 42.98 on March 30 at LSU.
 
Along with aiding the record-setting relay, Web page was exceptional within the particular person sprints with two wins within the girls’s 100-meter and 200-meter. The Camden, New Jersey, native set personal-best marks of 11.11 (+0.5) and 22.61 (+0.9), respectively, with each performances rating top-8 within the NCAA this season. On the Girl Vol all-time charts, Web page rose to No. 5 in each occasions.
 
Tennessee picked up its second win of the night within the males’s 4×100-meter relay, with Javonte’ Harding, Davonte Howell, T’Mars McCallum and Emmanuel Bynum posting a season-best time of 39.10 seconds. The group ranks UT because the Tenth quickest program on the collegiate record this season.
 
Within the males’s excessive bounce, freshman Grant Campbell picked up his third occasion title of the season with a season-best clearance of two.16 meters (7-1). His leap ranks 18th within the nation and fourth amongst NCAA Division I freshmen for the 2024 outside season.
 
Senior sprinter Javonte’ Harding additionally tallied a season-best for the Vols in his 200-meter victory, stopping the clock at 20.48 seconds. His time ranks twenty fifth on the 2024 NCAA Division I leaderboard.
 
The ladies’s 4×400-meter relay squad of Javonya Valcourt, Kyla Robinson-Hubbard, Miles and Brianna White completed off the meet with a facility file mark of three:28.53. The indoor record-setting All-American squad turned within the No. 8 mark within the NCAA this season and vaulted as much as No. 4 in Tennessee historical past within the occasion outside.
 
The Tenth-ranked Girl Vols additionally had a gaggle of pole vaulters compete on Saturday on the Clark Wooden Invitational in Louisville, Kentucky. Junior Sarah Schmitt stole the present with a lifetime-best, school-record clearance of 4.33 meters (14-2.5) to complete as the highest collegian on the meet. The Midlothian, Virginia, native ranks thirteenth on the collegiate record and second within the SEC this season.
 
UT’s distance squad closed out the App State Open Saturday morning with a 1-2-3-4 sweep within the girls’s 5,000-meter. Freshman Jaci Sievers took the win in 17:23.44, adopted by Lauren Rutlin (17:36.14), Summer time Schuster (17:44.00) and Emma Kate Hamby (18:07.16).
 
PR TRACKER: Tennessee monitor & subject athletes mixed for eight outside, wind-legal private bests on Saturday on the Desert Warmth Basic and Clark Wooden Invitational.

UP NEXT: The Huge Orange heads to Gainesville, Florida, for the SEC Outside Monitor & Discipline Championships – scheduled for Thursday by Saturday, Could Sep 11 at James G. Pressly Stadium.

INDIANAPOLIS — With the Bucks already lacking their prime two scorers Sunday night time in opposition to the Pacers, Milwaukee ahead Bobby Portis was ejected early within the 126-113 loss in Recreation 4 after a scuffle with Indiana guard Andrew Nembhard.

Portis obtained a double technical foul for what officers referred to as two hostile acts following a play through which he obtained tangled with Nembhard making an attempt to achieve positioning for a rebound with 5:01 remaining within the first quarter.

After Nembhard pushed Portis’ arm away, Portis shoved him again then made contact with Nembhard’s head.

It was Portis’ first profession ejection in a playoff sport. He performed seven minutes and scored 4 factors on 2-of-4 taking pictures.

The Bucks have been planning to lean extra on Portis with Giannis Antetokounmpo (calf) and Damian Lillard (Achilles damage) each out Sunday.

It marked the thirteenth time a crew has performed a playoff sport with out its prime two scorers from the common season, based on ESPN Stats & Data analysis. The document for these earlier groups is 0-12.

The Pacers lead the best-of-seven collection 3-1. Recreation 5 is Tuesday in Milwaukee.