Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Focus On : Rogero Cerni 100 Goals
Rogério Ceni scored his 100th goal for São Paulo , the winner in a 2-1 league victory against Corinthians. Ceni is 37 years old and has played more than 950 matches in his 21-year career, which adds up to a strike-rate of a goal every nine games or so – roughly equivalent to Emile Heskey's record with England. Heskey, of course, did a lot of good work in his own half. But then, so does Ceni, who is by trade a goalkeeper in Brazil's top division, performing his main role well enough to have loitered for some time on the international fringes. It is a stunning achievement: 100 career goals in a one-club career that has seen him also win two World Club Championships and pick up 17 caps for Brazil. The goalscoring keeper may not be an entirely new concept: Jorge Campos and René Higuita achieved novelty-oddity status through similar, albeit reduced feats. Campos scored 38 career goals, a portion of those while playing as a striker. Higuita, another set-piece specialist, scored eight times in 68 matches for Colombia. Ceni's closest rival José Luis Chilavert scored 67 career goals, and was also the first goalkeeper to shoot at goal from a direct free-kick at a World Cup finals, almost scoring against Bulgaria in 1998.
Coupe Intercontinentale 1987 1988 Psv Eindhovel Nacional Monterey
11 décembre 1988
Stade national Tokyo
WC 1982 France Pologne Match 3e Place
On aurait sans doute tort de considérer que Michel Hidalgo a pris ce match de classement à la légère. Il a tout simplement démontré une fois de plus ses dons de psychologue. Les Polonais sans Boniek ont été battus sans rémission par les Italiens en demi-finale. Ils n’ont donc rien à regretter, d’autant que leur accession à ce stade de la compétition est, de leur propre aveu, parfaitement inespérée. En conséquence ils sont prêts à se battre bec et ongles pour une place de troisième, et avec leurs meilleurs éléments.
