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The name Luis Zubeldía caught the attention of many teams after he became champion in Ecuador and won the Copa Sudamericana with LDU de Quito, a team in which he coached the Peruvian Paolo Guerrero. After his departure from the northern team was confirmed, the strategist was appointed to several clubs and even to the Chilean team; But in the last few hours his representative broke his silence and spoke about the future of the young coach.

Which team does Zubeldía lead?

Amid the rumors, the coach's representative said: Gustavo Lescovich, He spoke out and emphasized that Zubeldía was not thinking of taking over the leadership of any institution at this point. “He doesn’t want to work for the time being,” was the agent’s short answer to the Redgol media.

Statements from the representative of Luis Zubeldía. Photo: Twitter.

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How old is Zubeldia?

Luis Zubeldía is one of the continent's most outstanding coaches. At just 42 years old He managed to manage clubs such as Barcelona SC, LDU from Quito, Lanús, Racing Club and Cerro Porteño from Paraguay.

Where will Paolo Guerrero play?

After ending his contract with LDU Quito, Paolo Guerrero returned to Lima to spend the end-of-year holidays. Amid this panorama, it was announced that Alianza Lima is interested in signing the historic goalscorer of the Peruvian team.

According to Líbero journalist Sandro Bazán, the Blue and Whites would sound out the 40-year-old striker to find out his financial needs and the sporting project he is looking for.

Paolo Guerrero trained in the lower divisions of Alianza Lima. Photo: Composition by Gerson Cardoso/LR

Michigan beats Alabama in the CFP semifinals and advances to the national championship

Michigan ousted Alabama and is on its way to the national championship. That's why we enlisted the help of college football star Matt Leinart to find out what makes the Wolverines so special.

In a sport that has become accustomed to recycling its national champion from the same small pool of programs, the final game of this college football season will offer something that hasn't been seen in more than three decades and, unfortunately, never will be again will be seen.

Big Ten vs. Pac-12.

Midwest vs. West Coast.

And perhaps most surprising given the sport's modern history: Michigan vs. Washington.

Since the beginning of the BCS era in 1998 and through the last year of the four-team College Football Playoff, Ohio State was the only Big Ten program to win a national title, while Southern Cal was the only program from the Pacific Time zone to actually finish the job.

That will change on Monday thanks to this matchup. And then, for better or worse, conference chest-thumping will be just a relic of the sport's past.

There will be a lot of talk in the next few days about how Washington and Michigan will play a conference game in the Big Ten next season – a shining moment for new commissioner Tony Petitti and a reminder of the historic embarrassment that George Kliavkoff considered his The Pac-12 collapsed this fall.

Even if Washington wins, it won't be a last hurrah, but rather a reflection of wasted promises that have left generations of Pac-12 administrators withering in their arrogance and ineptitude. And the fact that there will no longer be a major conference on the West Coast is a humiliation that deserves more than shrugs and empty platitudes about how change is inevitable.

The fact is, conference pride — including those obnoxious “SEC!” chants — is a big part of what has made college football interesting for decades. But it wasn't just about what logo your team was currently wearing, it was a symbol of shared traditions and idiosyncrasies that everyone within a conference understood. It was like being part of a dysfunctional family that could argue with each other all year long, but still came to the table and had a nice Thanksgiving.

But which leagues will we get next season?

This is not a conference as we know it. When Texas and Oklahoma arrive to bring the SEC to 16 members, some of the great backyard brawls that made the league what it is will be turned into expendable games that alternate on-schedule and off-schedule. And when the Big Ten joins Oregon, USC and UCLA in adding Washington to an 18-team monstrosity, the only thing that will unite them culturally will be the relentless pursuit of dollars.

Let's not forget the ACC, which really undermined the whole Atlantic Coast thing by adding two teams from California (Cal and Stanford) and one from Texas (SMU). Or the Big 12, which was the most regionally cohesive of all leagues until everything exploded and it had to take over schools in Cincinnati, Orlando and the Phoenix metropolitan area to ensure its survival.

These are no longer cohesive leagues built on academic and cultural commonality, but rather chain restaurants trying to plant their flag in any suburban mall with foot traffic and easy parking. You might as well cheer for Chipotle and Starbucks.

The point here is that if Washington wins the national championship, that should mean something for the institution of West Coast football. Even for Washington's rivals, it should be a sign of pride that a team could actually make it in the Pac-12, despite all the obstacles those teams faced. It should be an inspiration to every high school coach from Seattle to San Diego who has seen so many of their top players end up at schools like Alabama and Georgia because they feel football is taken more seriously there than in their own backyard.

If Michigan wins its first straight national title since Harry Truman's presidency, it will massively change perceptions in the Midwest. Among all these regional powers, the recent national championships won by Penn State, Nebraska and even Notre Dame are slowly moving out of the rearview mirror and into the scrapbook. Only Ohio State seemed capable of acquiring enough talent to compete on the biggest stage of college football's modern era.

But what does that really mean when college football is no longer a sport where regionalism matters? What's the fun in comparing one conference to another when we now know that it's really about which conference makes the most money from its television contracts?

Sure, they'll keep scoring, but the most important game – SEC vs. Big Ten – will go on until they've used up every bit of the rest of college sports they want. A few years ago, fans of both leagues could attend any SEC-Big Ten matchup because it was a clash of styles and ideologies.

Now it's a battle for TV windows and what's left of other leagues that could fold in the near future (I'm looking at you, ACC). That's not nearly as charming.

But on Monday, before college football goes fully in-house, we will get a national champion who truly represents a conference and a region of the country. Unfortunately, this is the last time this will mean anything.

The national defender, along with two Argentine footballers, would be one of the Brazilian team's options to strengthen the defense.

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The Peruvian football transfer market does not stop moving. On this occasion, Rafael LütigerDefender of Sporting Cristal, would be followed by Goiás of Brazil, a team that finished in box 18 of the Brasileirao and completed its relegation to the second division.

Goiás in the footsteps of Rafael Lutiger

Sporting Cristal have just announced the additions of Cauteruccio and Cazonatti for the start of the season. Now, Rime's cast may suffer a loss due to interest from Goiás for Rafael Lutiger, a defender who took part in several games in 2023.

Lutiger could end up in Goiás. Photo: X

According to journalist André Rodrigues, Lutiger is one of the options to join the Brazilian team. However, this would not be the only alternative as Gastón Suso and Adrián Martínez are also in the pipeline.

Rafael Lutiger trains with the Peru U23 national team

The Peruvian U23 team, led by José Guillermo del Solar, is preparing well for the pre-Olympic championships in Venezuela. After a few friendly games, the Bicolor are already thinking about the first game against Chile.

Among those called up is, in particular, Rafael Lutiger, who will have the opportunity to prove himself in this competition and thus attract the interest of some clubs abroad.

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The Bills Mafia brings their crowd noise to South Beach.

Bills fans flocked to the secondary ticket market this week to purchase tickets to Sunday night's Bills-Dolphins game in Miami after last week's results guaranteed the game would determine the AFC East champions. So many Bills fans have purchased tickets to the Dolphins' home game that ticket reseller VividSeats.com told WKBW in Buffalo that it estimates 52 percent of the Miami crowd will be Bills fans.

Nick Giammusso, who runs Buffalo ticket agency VIPTIX, told the Buffalo News that he saw a huge increase this week in what Bills fans were willing to pay to attend the game.

“It’s a hot ticket,” Giammusso said. “There is a lot at stake. It was moved to the prime time game on Sunday night, so obviously the NFL feels that way too.”

Russell Salvatore, a restaurant owner who hosts an event for Bills fans every year before the team's game in Miami, said he had far more requests this year than he had available space.

“If I had known about the huge response, I would have rented the Miami Convention Center,” Salvatore wrote on Facebook. “It kills me to have to say no to other people.”

The Dolphins offense may need to practice silent scoring this week. Bills fans will be loud.

Barranquilla will remain without a host Pan American Games 2027. This Wednesday, Panama Sports declared the choice of the Colombian city as the new venue for the competition invalid because of “numerous breaches of contract” by the coffee-growing country’s authorities. The organization made its decision public through a statement posted on its social media accounts.

“On October 19, after receiving an official letter from the Colombian authorities dated October 25, Barranquilla requested an extension of the deadlines to be able to fulfill the contract. The proposal was accepted by Panam Sports, with a new date of December 30, 2023 and January 30, 2024,” said the statement from the body responsible for the event.

Barranquilla wanted to host the Pan American Games for the first time in its history. Photo: Panama Sports

The contract in question provided for the payment of four million dollars for the “right to organize” the Pan American Games and another four million dollars for the “grant of media rights”. Since these obligations could not be met, it was decided to relocate the headquarters.

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“In view of the lack of response after the new deadline, the Executive Committee of Panam Sports made the unwavering decision on January 3, 2024 to withdraw the right to be the host city of the continental event in 2027,” he added. The document.

“Panam Sports deeply regrets this situation, but the decision was made with the future of the largest multi-sport event in the Americas and the continent’s athletes in mind,” the release concluded.

Where will the 2027 Pan American Games take place?

After confirming the withdrawal of Barranquilla as organizer, the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) still has to define the city that will succeed Santiago (2023). One possibility is to give the seat to the unelected candidate, Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), although this option is not currently being discussed.

With information from EFE.

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LOS ANGELES – Finally back at Crypto.com Arena after a brutal December that saw them seemingly constantly on the move and slipping in the standings, the Los Angeles Lakers looked impressive in their 110-96 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night their own home like strangers. Strong heat.

The schedule was supposed to be favorable for the Lakers early in the new year, having played 11 of their first games on January 12 in LA, but the Heat – with their star Jimmy Butler – forced out for the second time due to right foot irritation episode was canceled – was the team that seemed to feel comfortable.

“It's a little bit of everything right now,” Lakers coach Darvin Ham said afterward, explaining how his team has fallen to 2-8 in its last 10 games, falling to 10th place in the Western Conference. “We are not efficient. This team played harder than us tonight, performed better than us tonight and is more physical than us tonight. We were overloaded tonight so it’s a little bit of everything right now.”

“If we continue on this train, it won’t be good for us.”

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Things were particularly bad at the beginning against the Heat. Miami led by as many as 11 in the first quarter, with LA committing 10 turnovers in the first frame and shooting 6 of 18 from the field (0 of 7 on 3-pointers), which looked lost against the Heat's zone defense.

“They threw a zone in, and they just dared us to make shots and we didn't,” said Anthony Davis, who led LA with 29 points, 17 rebounds and five blocks but also had a team-high five turnovers . “It kind of rattled us, but 10 turnovers in the first quarter was a recipe for disaster.”

Playing for the first time with a starting lineup of Davis, LeBron James, Cam Reddish, Taurean Prince and Austin Reaves, LA looked disjointed on offense and disjointed on defense, particularly in the fourth quarter when Miami scored 38 points on 58.3 shooting % scored while going from 3 to 6 against 11.

The Lakers, meanwhile, shot 4 of 30 (13.3%) from distance for the game. Ham said a revolving door of injuries has hampered his group. Reddish returned from a groin injury, while Rui Hachimura missed his first game with a Grade 1 left calf strain and D'Angelo Russell missed a second straight game with a tailbone bruise.

“We can’t find consistency until we get healthy. It’s that simple. We have to get healthy,” Ham said. “When you're dealing with so many different players coming out of the lineup, it's almost impossible to find a rhythm. This is just real.”

LA's dramatic drop in the standings since winning the league's first tournament of the season has made it difficult to determine what this team is capable of. But it's clear that frustration is growing.

James left the arena without speaking to reporters after scoring a low of 12 points on 6 of 18 shooting, a rarity for the 21-year veteran.

Reaves said the mood on the team was “s—ty.”

“We’re losing,” Reaves said after his 24 points and eight assists went for nothing. “Every time you lose, the mood should go away, you know? When I go in [the locker room] And the mood wasn't bad after the tough stretch we had, then I would be worried. That's it really. You know, I don't expect us to be happy with our performance. So until we figure that out, the mood should be off. We have to win games.

Reaves later clarified his comments, adding: “When I say the vibe isn’t right, it doesn’t mean we don’t like each other. Rather, we lose. …But I don't want this to get twisted for us, don't I.” “I like each other. Everyone in the locker room gets along.”

The point of clarification was important. Finally, last year's team, needing to improve both its on-field performance and off-field chemistry, was completely overhauled in a series of changes at the deadline.

These Lakers are not asking for outside help. At least not yet.

“We need to attack and be more competitive, but we need guys to get stronger and play better,” Ham said. “The reason we signed them is because we know what they can do. And so every night you had to come with that confidence and fight through it. When something doesn't go your way, you can't pull yourself together. If you're standing in the corner crying about it, you have to push yourself and try to figure out the best way to help your team succeed.”

Ham added that he would consider returning to the starting lineup of James, Davis, Reaves, Vanderbilt and Russell that LA used last season and in the first few rounds of the playoffs once Russell is healthy again.

“I think everything that makes sense is on the table,” Ham said. “No stone should be left unturned. We are here to explore everything we can to right the ship.”

Davis said L.A. will try to gain a foothold Friday at home against the Memphis Grizzlies, the team it defeated in the first round last postseason.

“We just have to compete, play hard and come in with a must-win mentality and hopefully that can get us back to .500 on Friday and then put together a series at home,” said he said. “I mean, we've been a really good home team so far and we've had the opportunity to continue to build on that.”

“But if we play like we did tonight, things will turn out really badly for us.”

Marc-André Fleury had an opportunity to tie Patrick Roy for second place for most career wins in the National Hockey League (NHL), but the Calgary Flames had other ideas.

In fact, the Alberta club won 3-1 against the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night. Fleury performed well, making 30 saves in the loss, but it wasn't enough for his 551st win since his NHL debut.

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Additionally, Jonathan Huberdeau ended an 18-game losing streak without moving the ropes. In fact, he scored his fifth goal of the season in the first period, showing patience in front of Fleury before putting the puck in the net. The 30-year-old forward now has 17 points in 37 games.

Andrew Mangiapane and Blake Coleman also scored for the visitors. Pat Maroon answered for the local favorites.

The Quebec goaltender will have the opportunity to record his 551st career win on Thursday against the Tampa Bay Lightning if he is selected by John Hynes as the team's starting goaltender. As for the Flames, they will be back in action the same day against the Predators in Nashville.

Celta de Vigo earned a hard-fought win against Real Betis to secure another LaLiga EA Sports appointment. Renato Tapia showed an outstanding performance and was voted the best on the field by the fans. However, the channel that broadcast the game chose Isco, the midfielder of the Betic team.

Renato Tapia, the figure of the game against Real Betis

Celta beat Real Betis 2-1 in Balaídos. Even though they were behind on the scoreboard at the start, the light blue team managed to turn things around with goals from Aspas and Swedberg. However, the one who really received multiple praise was Peruvian midfielder Renato Tapia.

Celta fans chose Tapia. Photo: Photo taken by X

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During the broadcast of the game, both the reporter and the commentator praised the good work of our compatriot and chose him as the figure of the game. Although the broadcaster chose Isco, fans on social networks chose Tapia.

“Renato renewal”, “Tapia”, “Renato and Carlos”, “Renewal of the Peruvian” and “It would be a crime if Tapia didn't win” were some of the reactions from Celta fans. Eventually the club announced that Tapia was the best player on the field.

Tapia was voted the best in the field. Photo: X/RC Celta

Which clubs did Renato Tapia play for?

Renato Tapia began his career abroad. The current Peruvian national team midfielder began his career in the lower divisions of Twente.

• Young Twente
• FC Twente
• Feyenoord
• Will II
• Celtic from Vigo.

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What titles has Renato Tapia won in his career?

To date, Renato Tapia has won five titles, which he won during his stay at Feyenoord.

• 1-time Dutch champion
• 2-time Dutch Cup winner.
• Two-time Dutch Supercup champion.