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Manor Solomon was an integral part of Leeds United’s unbelievable promotion heroics last season in the Championship.

By the close of the season, the tricky 26-year-old winger would be held in very high esteem by Whites supporters everywhere, with a blistering ten goals and 12 assists tallied up by the number 14 across 39 league games helping to clinch the title for Daniel Farke’s champions.

Unfortunately, Solomon is yet to return to Elland Road after the loan move expired, as the promotion hero attempts to settle back into Premier League life at Tottenham Hotspur under new boss Thomas Frank.

That isn’t to say Leeds haven’t tried to land an explosive winger in the same vein as the skilful Spurs attacker, as another target down the flanks now appears on Farke’s shopping list this summer.

Leeds keeping tabs on £4m star

There are still a couple of weeks before the transfer window slams shut, meaning not all hope will be completely extinguished just yet regarding Solomon triumphantly moving back to West Yorkshire for good.

However, a summer move for Igor Paixao is certainly dead in the water, as the former Feyenoord man opted to join Roberto De Zerbi’s Marseille right at the start of the month, despite Leeds’ insistent advances.

The Brazilian would have cost the Whites a significant £30m to land, with a far cheaper target now reportedly in their sights to boost their options on the left wing.

As per Italian outlet Tutto Mercato Web, Farke and Co. are keeping tabs on Fiorentina attacker Riccardo Sottil as an alternative name to add strength down the left channel, but will face competition from Italian outfits Torino and Sassuolo for his signature.

Only valued at around the £4m mark, according to Football Transfers, this could well be a golden, cost-effective move to make on Leeds’ end, especially if Farke can rework his Solomon magic on Sottil.

Why Sottil can become Farke's next Solomon

After all, the reserve Spurs attacker was in dire need of his spirits being lifted when he arrived in West Yorkshire last summer.

Solomon was just fresh off a campaign that was derailed by serious injury, but the former Fulham forward had shown off enough flashes of quality at Spurs – with two assists from six clashes in North London – to be considered a worthwhile risk to go after.

Leeds will deem a move for the £4m-rated Italian to also be a gamble worth exploring, even as he potentially enters into the English game off a similarly disruptive loan stint at AC Milan, which saw Sottil offer up zero goals or assists from eight appearances at the San Siro.

Still, the Turin-born attacker has shown off his class before for Fiorentina, which is what Leeds will be hanging onto, knowing that Solomon came good under Farke’s tutelage down Sottil’s exact same left flank.

Sottil’s numbers for Fiorentina by season

Season

Games played

Goals scored

Assists

24/25

25

5

4

23/24

35

5

5

22/23

26

1

2

21/22

29

4

2

19/20

23

0

1

Sourced by Transfermarkt

Sottil’s electric start to the 2024/25 season is what must have caught the Rossoneri’s eye, as the 26-year-old powered home five goals and four assists from just 25 appearances in Florence. In total, away from that standout campaign, Sottil also stands on a hefty 15 goals and 15 assists playing for his boyhood club.

If the former 12-time Italy U21 international can just brush his bruising experience in Milan to one side, he could be transformed into Leeds’ second coming of Solomon, with Sottil also a capable performer down the right channel, on top of further bolstering Farke’s depleted number ten ranks if needed.

It will just require some patience at Elland Road as Sottil gets up to speed with what is expected of him.

But, that patience could be justly rewarded by the Fiorentina number seven playing an eventual important role in Leeds beating the drop, having been dubbed a future talent with “room to grow” by ex-Serie A great Zlatan Ibrahimovic last season.

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Posts 1 ByKelan Sarson May 6, 2025

كُشفت اليوم الجمعة هوية الدولة التي ستستضيف مباراة كأس السوبر الفرنسي بين فريقي باريس سان جيرمان وأولمبيك مارسيليا، في بداية العام الجديد المرتقب، 2026.

ويخوض باريس سان جيرمان تلك المباراة بصفته بطل الدوري الفرنسي، في حين أن مارسيليا هو الوصيف كون الأول فاز بالكأس كذلك عن الموسم المضي.

ولم يكن موعد ومكان إقامة مباراة كأس السوبر الفرنسي بين باريس سان جيرمان ومارسيليا معروفًا، ولكن تم الكشف عن كل شيء من قِبل رابطة كرة القدم الفرنسية.

اقرأ أيضًا.. إنريكي: إذا كررنا أخطاء مباراة مارسيليا أمام برشلونة سنكون في عداد المفقودين

وحسبما أعلنت، فإن مباراة السوبر الفرنسي ستُقام يوم 8 يناير المقبل في الكويت، وتحديدًا على ملعب “جابر الأحمد الدولي” والذي يسع لـ85.000 متفرجًا.

وستُعد تلك هي المرة الأولى التي ستستضيف فيها الكويت مباراة كأس السوبر الفرنسي، ولم يُحدد بعد توقيت اللقاء حيث سيتم الإعلان عن كافة التفاصيل في وقت لاحق.

واستضافت قطر مباراة السوبر الفرنسي، النسخة الماضية، بين باريس سان جيرمان وموناكو حيث فازت كتيبة لويس إنريكي بهدف دون رد.

ويستعد باريس سان جيرمان لخوض مباراة في الدوري الفرنسي ضد أوكسير، غدًا، قبل صدامه بـ برشلونة في الجولة الثانية من مرحلة الدوري من دوري أبطال أوروبا يوم الأربعاء المقبل.

“The body has taken a lot of load at the same time. So we have to manage here and there and see to it that I strategise in terms of how I play”

Vishal Dikshit19-Oct-2024

The year 2024 has been like a box of chocolates for Shreyas Iyer. He wouldn’t have known 10 months ago what all he was going to get.He started the year playing Test cricket but was soon dropped from the side during the home England series. When he skipped Ranji Trophy briefly, he lost his BCCI central contract worth INR 3 crore.But he returned to win the Ranji Trophy for Mumbai with a knock of 95 in the final before ending KKR’s ten-year drought by leading them to the title as captain.Related

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With back issues bothering him at the start of the year, Iyer’s big challenge in this domestic season was to be patient, play long innings and stay fit by playing one red-ball game after another. And in five first-class matches that started with the Duleep Trophy in early September, Iyer began a stretch of four scores of 50 or more in 11 innings that culminated with a Ranji Trophy century against Maharashtra on Saturday – 142 off 190 balls studded with 12 fours and four sixes, including a couple off short balls. It was Iyer’s first century in first-class cricket in nearly three years, since his hundred on Test debut against New Zealand in Kanpur. Iyer says he is “absolutely keen for a comeback” with runs behind him and his back 100% fine.Calling the century “special,” Iyer said: “Coming back after a very long time, obviously I was feeling a bit down with my injuries, but now getting a century after a very long time, it’s a great feeling.”I am absolutely keen for a [Test] comeback but yeah, as we say, control the controllables and my job is to keep performing and keep participating as much as possible and also see with that my body is in best shape. So I’ll take the best decision possible according to that.”Iyer revealed that after his back surgery last year, he went through a phase where he had doubts that the injury might recur. He came back from an injury layoff in the Asia Cup last year that was followed by the ODI World Cup at home before he played the two Tests in South Africa at the turn of the year and then two more against England at home. Iyer had said at the end of IPL 2024 that he was “definitely struggling” with his back in the longer format but “no one was agreeing” when he raised the concern. Does he still feel such doubts about his back creep in sometimes?”Not anymore,” he said. “But there was this phase where I was feeling that it might occur again. But yeah, I trained a lot to see to it that I have optimum fitness and obviously it comes here and there, but now my capacity has improved a lot.”Shreyas Iyer: ‘I am absolutely keen for a [Test] comeback but yeah, as we say, control the controllables’•PTI

And how did he get his body there?”Training. Yeah, obviously I improved my long-distance running and that’s what I wanted to. You know, increase my patience as well in terms of the longer format and according to that I was training. [I did] intensive training like I was stressing up my body, like pushing my body 400-800 meters of running and I was trying to push my limits and seeing to it that I was at the best fitness possible.[Earlier], even when I would sit for long, stand for long, the back would get stiff automatically and yeah, basically that’s what I wanted to improve on.”Did the fitness issues and how he thought “nobody was agreeing,” create an inaccurate perception about him for Test cricket?”See, I had addressed my feeling during the longer format and things didn’t go my way,” he said, implying that he was willing to put it behind him. “But I’ve also addressed it in the previous interviews I’ve given and I’m in a good space right now. I’m doing what I’m meant to do, that is training and playing matches consistently and I feel that all the matches I’ve played right now in the past have helped me gain that fitness level as well, along with my training.”Playing his sixth first-class match in a row in the last six weeks, Iyer said, “The body has taken a lot of load at the same time. So we have to manage here and there and see to it that I strategise in terms of how I play. Now I have to be smart in terms of what decisions I take, I need to see to it that my body is in the best shape possible. As I mentioned previously as well, I have to decide according to that, no matter whatever people think outside. I have to listen to my body because I know the amount of threshold carried over the last few years and based on that, I’ll be taking the right decision, and I hope that my team will also back [that].”Iyer further said that coming back from injury for the longer format, he also had to change the way he approached the red-ball format. Iyer faced 190 deliveries during his knock spread across Friday and Saturday, and the last time he consumed as many deliveries in first-class cricket was back in December 2022 in Chattogram, scoring a patient 86 off 192 in the first innings of the first Test. Since then, there were only two occasions when Iyer faced over 100 deliveries in a first-class innings in 28 attempts.”Nowadays when the teams come up, they straightaway put a defensive field right from ball one,” he said. “So I was just trying to take some time, in between trying to play more balls than scoring shots, so that was my plan. Play session by session and try to see how much my body can take. When I said that I played a few matches in the past, that was the reason where I got to know that I can smash every ball, but at the same time I have to bat longer if I want my body to be ready for any situation provided by the opposition. And yeah, we faced many challenges in the past.”Like even in the previous match, Baroda gave us a rank-turner and they performed brilliantly and we were put under the pump. So you know, different occasions, different demands and we have to see to it that we are in the best mindset possible.”After the game against Maharashtra, Iyer will play three more league games Mumbai are slotted to play this year before the Ranji Trophy season will be paused for the 50-over and 20-over white-ball tournaments. It might be a little far-fetched to say that Iyer will be a strong contender for the Australia tour, having not been named in the India A squad for the two red-ball games starting October 31.Does Iyer feel he has had a mixed bag of chocolates this year?”You win three championships in a year, and what else can you ask for? All I see is the positive things over here and that is winning the trophy and that’s what I want.”

حدد الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم، طاقم حكام مباراة بيراميدز ونهضة بركان المغربي، في كأس السوبر الأفريقي 2025.

وكان بيراميدز، قد توج ببطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا، بينما نهضة بركان حصد بطولة كأس الكونفدرالية الإفريقية.

طالع.. بيراميدز يعلن تشخيص إصابة محمود زلاكا أمام الجيش الرواندي

ويبحث بيراميدز عن إضافة بطولة جديدة في خزائنه حيث توج بكأس مصر ودوري أبطال إفريقيا وكأس القارات الثلاثة (إفريقيا، آسيا والمحيط الهادي). موعد مباراة بيراميدز ونهضة بركان في السوبر الإفريقي

وتلقى بيراميدز اخطارًا بموعد مباراته أمام نهضة بركان والتي ستقام في الثامنة من مساء السبت 18 أكتوبر الجاري على استاد الدفاع الجوي بالقاهرة. حكم مباراة بيراميدز ونهضة بركان

واستقر الاتحاد الإفريقي، على إسناد قيادة المباراة للسوداني محمود إسماعيل، ويعاونه مواطنه محمد عبد الله المساعد الأول، والكيني جيلبيرت شيرويه المساعد الثاني، والموريتاني عبد العزيز بوه حكمًا رابعًا.

وأسند كاف تقنية الفيديو للحكم الغاني دانيل لاريا، ويعاونه المساعد الأول توم أبو نجيل من جنوب أفريقيا، والمساعد الثاني ستيفين أونيانجو من كينيا.

ويراقب المباراة الغاني رانسفورد آبي، ومراقب الحكام رينيه دانيل من الكونغو، والمنسق العام عصام شعبان من السودان، والمنسق الأمني للمباراة، أوكي أوبي من نيجيريا، ومساعد المنسق العام المعتز بالله داشراوي من تونس.

Greg Barclay hopes Jay Shah brings “India into the international fold even more” but without making cricket “under the yoke of India”

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Dec-2024

Greg Barclay, the outgoing chair of the ICC, has acknowledged the game he governed for four years is “a mess” and has warned of more challenging times ahead as he gives way to Jay Shah. In an interview with the , Barclay, who had two two-year terms at the helm from 2020, also cautioned Shah against taking the game “under the yoke of India”.Barclay stepped down on December 1, in the midst of an ongoing crisis over the Champions Trophy venues, and he admitted there was so much cricket being played that he had lost track of who was playing whom. In his tenure, three more major franchise-based T20 leagues cropped up, in the USA, the UAE and South Africa, further cramming an already packed calendar. He blamed the members’ self-interest for the situation.”I reckon, gee, I’m at the apex of the game and I can’t tell you who’s playing around the world. In fact, I didn’t realise that Sri Lanka were in South Africa until I read about Marco Jansen’s seven wickets this morning,” Barclay said. “So we’ve lost perspective. It’s not great for the game at all. It’s a mess. The calendar is incredibly congested and self-interest is such that it’s almost impossible to untangle all of that, because no one’s going to give up their content.”Related

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Barclay said he hoped Shah would be able to leverage India’s stature take the game out of the mess it was in. “I think he’s got a great opportunity to use what he’s got in his background to help India take the game to another level, but without making it sort of under the yoke of India as well,” Barclay said. “We’re really lucky to have India, they’re a massive contributor to the game across all the measures, but one country having that amount of power and influence does distort a whole lot of other outcomes, which is not necessarily helpful in terms of that global growth.”Jay has the ability to bring India into the international fold even more. There are a number of things that India could do to help unite and grow the game, including commercially helping to pool off-shore rights, using their teams to give opportunity to smaller Full Members and emerging countries, using their clout to open new territories and markets, collaborating closely with the ICC to help benefit members, as examples.”Barclay also warned of an impending financial readjustment the game might be forced to make, in the shape of its next media and commercial rights deal. The current rights deal is the most lucrative the ICC has signed, worth over US$3 billion. The bulk of that value has come from the Indian market where Disney-Star* hold the rights to broadcast ICC events until 2027. That has resulted in revenue distributions to Full Members of a size they have never seen before, and it has become particularly important for members such as the PCB, NZC, CWI, SLC and CSA for whom annual ICC revenue makes up a significant chunk of their total earnings.Barclay said the deals were ultimately “way in excess” of the actual value and that there will be, in time, a correction.”At some point, it is going to correct,” he said. “It’s a market. Is it going to be a sharp, severe correction? Or is it going to be a long, slow one? Or maybe there’s going to be an alternative broadcaster that comes to the market? But people have been saying that for 10 years now. New Zealand cricket had a deal with Amazon, but it didn’t work, so I don’t think they’re going to be the white knight that everybody is anticipating. I just think what we’ve got in front of us is what we’ve got.”I know that when we did our current deal it was way in excess of what the valuations we got before we went to market. We got £2.4 billion just out of India. The next biggest one is UK Sky. They did an eight-year deal, which was £237 million, so that’s 10% of the India deal for double the length of time. So if we go back to what the original projection was of £800 million it more than halves ICC revenue. It could even be less than that. There’s no discernible replacement for that at the moment.”One of the prominent issues that marked Barclay’s time was the Afghanistan Cricket Board not being allowed by the country’s Taliban government to field a women’s team. Fielding a women’s team and programme is a central tenet of Full Membership and despite calls to suspend membership, Barclay said the ICC had been right in not sanctioning Afghanistan’s membership status.Greg Barclay cautioned Jay Shah against taking the game “under the yoke of India”•Associated Press

“It is not the Afghanistan board’s fault. They used to have women’s cricket. I think our approach has been right,” he said. “It would be easy to kick Afghanistan out, but their board haven’t done anything wrong. They’re just working under a decree and a series of laws that says this is what you have to do. I don’t think it would make a jot of difference to the ruling party there to kick them out.”Maybe I’m a little naïve, but I think cricket is such a force for good there, and it brings a lot of joy to a lot of people. It is better to leave it there and hope that it can foster a bit of a change.”Instead, Barclay did point to the double standards of boards – such as Cricket Australia – that have cancelled multiple bilateral series with the Afghanistan men’s team as a sanction, but has played them at ICC events. “If you really want to make a political statement, don’t play them in a World Cup. Sure, it might cost you a semi-final place, but principles are principles. It’s not about having half a principle.”*

Russell Martin has had a mixed set of opening results as the new Glasgow Rangers boss. In Europe they have knocked out Panathinaikos and, bar a complete capitulation, look set to do the same to Viktoria Plzeň.

Qualification for, and progression in, the Champions League would go along way for the club financially and may allow them to further reinforce the squad in January.

Domestically however, they already find themselves four points adrift of rivals Celtic and have set themselves up for a challenge if they want to push for the Scottish Premiership title.

Martin has already brought in a number of players from England this summer including EFL veteran Joe Rothwell, but he’s now turned his attention to a new target between the sticks.

Rangers learn price tag to sign Pierce Charles

Alan Nixon, via Glasgow World, has confirmed that Martin wants to bring Sheffield Wednesday’s 20-year-old goalkeeper Pierce Charles to Ibrox, but he won’t come cheap.

This would not only make him the most expensive keeper Rangers have ever signed, but their third most expensive player ever. From Wednesday’s perspective, £8 million would make Charles their most expensive ever departure, a testament to how much they value him.

Rangers aren’t the only club interested in signing Charles, and it looked like they would face Premier League opposition from West Ham. However, Graham Potter’s side have announced the signing of Mads Hermansen from Leicester City for £20 million. Based on this, it would be surprising if the Hammers went for another keeper this window.

Charles is superior to Butland

Bringing in Charles as the 3rd most expensive player in the club’s history won’t be a decision that is taken lightly, but there are a few key reasons why it might actually be a sensible move.

2024/25 League Performances

Butland

Charles

Games Played

28

10

Xg Faced

28.79

12.91

Goals Conceded

31

10

Goals Prevented vs Xg Faced

-2.21

+2.91

Total Pass Accuracy

77.4%

76.3%

Long Ball Accuracy

39.4%

52.5%

Data via FotMob

While Butland played more games last season, Charles played his games in a higher level league with a report from May ranking the Championship as the 10th best league in the world, whereas the SPL didn’t crack the top 20. With that in mind, the data can be split into two main categories: shot stopping and ball-playing ability.

In shot-stopping terms, Charles clearly leads Butland. Based on Xg, Butland is conceding more goals than he should be and Charles is doing the exact opposite. This isn’t an outlier for Butland either, as, since 2020 he has conceded more league goals than his Xg suggests he should have in each campaign.

In terms of ball-playing ability, Butland slightly edges Charles in overall passing accuracy, but Charles is 13.1% more accurate with long balls. Martin’s style of play is possession-based, and he often likes to play short passes out from the back and in this department there is a near negligible difference. However, in those scenarios where the keeper has to go long, then Rangers would likely be successful more often with Charles in goal.

However, the biggest factor between the two is age. Butland, at 32, is unlikely to get better, whereas Charles, at 20, will be able to develop. £8 million may seem like a lot for now, but when invested with his future talent in mind it could be a steal.

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Além de recuperar alguns medalhões e reverter a desvantagem contra o Remo na Copa do Brasil, uma das missões de Cuca no Corinthians é fazer a equipe melhorar o aproveitamento como visitante.

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+ Fernando Lázaro tem noite desastrosa e leva a pior nota em derrota do Corinthians

Desde o ano passado o Timão vem tendo grandes dificuldades para conquistar pontos longe da Neo Química Arena, e o padrão se manteve com Fernando Lázaro. Ao todo, o clube alvinegro teve três derrotas, três empates e duas vitórias longe de casa com o ex-técnico, somando apenas 37% de aproveitamento.

+ Todos os jogos do Brasileirão você encontra no Prime Video. Assine já e acompanhe o Timão!

Para isso, Cuca tem pela frente o Goiás, que ainda não foi derrotado em casa na temporada, e o treinador de 59 anos não acumula bons números em estreias. De 2010 até agora, ele comandou dez trabalhos diferentes, com quatro derrotas, três vitórias, e três empates em estreias.

Não obstante, Cuca miraquebrar uma sequências de três derrotas nas últimas três estreias de técnicos no Corinthians. O último treinador que conseguiu vencer em sua primeira partida pelo Timão foi Vagner Mancini, contra o Athletico-PR, em 2020.

+ Veja tabela e a situação do Timão no Brasileirão

Depois disso, Sylvinho, Vítor Pereira e Fernando Lázaro, respectivamente, perderam todos pelo mesmo placar (1 a 0) em suas estreias.

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تقدم فريق تشيلسي بهدف ثانٍ في مباراته أمام ليفربول ببطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز لموسم 2025-2026، مساء اليوم السبت.

ويستقبل تشيلسي نظيره ليفربول على ملعب “ستامفورد بريدج” ضمن مباريات الجولة السابعة للدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز “البريميرليج”.

وأحرز إستيفاو ويليان هدف تشيلسي الثاني في توقيت قاتل، بالوقت المحتسب بدلاً من الضائع في الدقيقة الخامسة.

الهدف جاء بعد تمريرة من مارك كوكوريلا وصلت إلى إستيفاو ليسدد تجاه القائم البعيد وتسكن الكرة الشباك.

💙⚽️ تشيلسي يخطف التقدّم من جديد 🔥👏#الدوري_الإنجليزي_الممتاز #PremierLeague pic.twitter.com/f0Kaq1EnXD — beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) October 4, 2025

كان تشيلسي قد تقدم بهدف عن طريق مويسيس كايسيدو في الدقيقة 14، ثم تعادل ليفربول بهدف لكودي جاكبو في الدقيقة 63.

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É notório que a chegada do técnico Thiago Carpini renovou as esperanças e trouxe o Juventude a outro patamar na Série B do Campeonato Brasileiro. A movimentação do executivo de futebol, Júlio Rondinelli, surtiu efeito imediato e trouxe para o Alfredo Jaconi o ótimo momento vivido pela dupla no Água Santa.

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A relação entre Júlio Rondinelli e Thiago Carpini é bem franca e objetiva. Após o início difícil por parte do clube gaúcho, Rondinelli enxergou no treinador a necessidade da equipe para dar a volta por cima e reagir na competição.

– Eu e o Thiago temos uma relação ótima, somos frontais e direto um com o outro. Diante do cenário que tínhamos, tinha certeza que ele seria a solução para os problemas que aqui tínhamos. Foi dito e feito. A resposta foi dada e acredito que temos muito potencial de crescimento – afirmou.

Sob o comando de Thiago Carpini, o Juventude conquistou três vitórias nos três primeiros jogos e chegou a décima primeira colocação no Campeonato Brasileiro da Série B, deixando para trás a briga contra a zona do rebaixamento, onde o clube estava no iníciodacompetição.

The total attendance over five days surpassed the previous record of 350,534 set at the MCG in 1937

Alex Malcolm30-Dec-2024

A new attendance record for a Test match in Australia has been set with more than 373,691 passing through the gates at the MCG across the five days of the fourth Test between Australia and India, surpassing the previous mark of 350,534 set in 1937.Cricket Australia [CA] confirmed early on Monday that 51,371 had already come in for the first session of the fifth day to break the record. That crowd had swelled to a final tally of 74,362 by late in the afternoon.The crowd tally meant that more people have attended the 2024 MCG Boxing Day Test than had seen a Sir Donald Bradman-led Australia play England in January 1937 at the same venue, which was played over six days.The crowds have been absolutely extraordinary for this Test match with daily tallies of 87,242, 85,147, 83,073, 43,867 and 74,362. A day five crowd exceeding day four is unheard of with the Melbourne Cricket Club, who run the MCG, underestimating the number on day five.They opened Yarra Park outside the ground for general public parking on day five, which is a rarity. But they only had one gate open and it caused a significant traffic choke point prior to play with a number of fans late to get into the ground.The record numbers follow the huge crowds India attracted at the MCG at the 2022 T20 World Cup when 90,293 saw India play Pakistan and 82,507 watched India play Zimbabwe.