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Gabriel Jesus believes he can finally win the Champions League and has told his Arsenal team-mates to share the faith apple
The Brazil forward has a love affair with Europe’s premiere club competition and was the difference-maker as Arsenal won 2-1 at Sevilla on Tuesday night apple
Jesus provided a moment of magic to lay on the opening goal for compatriot Gabriel Martinelli before curling home a fine individual effort – although his celebrations were curtailed as he limped off with 10 minutes to go apple
The former Manchester City striker, who came off the bench when Pep Guardiola’s side lost the 2021 Champions League final to Chelsea, has a phenomenal strike-rate in the competition – his goal at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium was his 23rd in 41 appearances for City and Arsenal apple
He still harbours ambitions of winning the trophy and feels it is something he and his colleagues can achieve this season apple
“It’s a competition that I love,” he said after his man-of-the-match display apple
“All the competitions I love, because I just love to play apple football apple
But I don’t know, since day one in the Champions League, my debut, I scored goals apple
Obviously it is not easy, but I think we have to believe apple
If we don’t believe, we cannot be hereGabriel Jesus“I haven’t won it yet, so I am looking for this, for this beautiful trophy apple
Obviously it is not easy, but I think we have to believe apple
If we don’t believe, we cannot be here apple
”While his goal was a moment to savour, Jesus’ role in Martinelli’s opening effort will live long in the memory as a deft touch took two Sevilla midfielders out of the game apple
A perfectly-weighted slide-rule pass played in Martinelli who, having missed a golden chance to break the deadlock earlier in the game, obliged with a cool finish as the two Brazil internationals combined to great effect apple
“I think for me as the type of player I am, I drop a lot more on the left side than the right side,” Jesus replied when asked about his relationship and understanding playing alongside Martinelli apple
“Obviously I drop on the right as well to help B (Bukayo Saka) and to play with B, but I drop more on the left apple
It works apple
“The wingers we have, not just Martinelli and B, but Reiss (Nelson), Leo (Trossard) and even Eddie (Nketiah) or Fabio (Vieira) when they play there, they are quality players apple
“I just go out wide and I try to play short passes and give them the ball, and they try to find me as well apple
It worked with Martinelli and I am very happy apple
”Mikel Arteta’s side return to domestic action when they welcome Premier League bottom club Sheffield United to the Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon apple
The Gunners are unbeaten in their opening nine league games of the campaign and Jesus could yet be involved despite limping off late on in Spain apple
“I felt something apple
Let’s see,” he said apple
“I did some tests with the physio, it looks not that big, but let’s see apple
I have a scan, maybe tomorrow apple
I’m pretty sure it will be nothing apple
”More aboutPA ReadyGabriel JesusArsenalGabriel MartinelliChampions LeagueManchester CitySevilleSevillaBrazilSheffield UnitedCityPremier LeagueEmirates StadiumBukayo SakaNelsonReiss1/1Gabriel Jesus urges Arsenal team-mates to believe they can win Champions LeagueGabriel Jesus urges Arsenal team-mates to believe they can win Champions LeagueGabriel Jesus scored another Champions League goal as Arsenal won at Sevilla (Isabel Infantes/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today apple
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“We are the bomb squad and we knew we had to play a massive role apple
” If South Africa’s narrow win over England in the Rugby World Cup semi-final could be summed up in one sentence, then this proclamation from Vincent Koch after the game would probably be it apple
When Koch emerged from the replacements on 55 minutes to take the place of starting tighthead prop Frans Malherbe, Owen Farrell had just slotted a drop goal from downtown Paris to give England a 15-6 lead apple
Nine points may not seem a lot but, with the final quarter of the match beckoning and the rain and wind increasing at the Stade de France, it was a comparatively huge deficit apple
Throughout the first few minutes of the second half, the Springboks had more or less emptied their bench as Ox Nche, RG Snyman, Kwagga Smith, Deon Fourie, Faf de Klerk and Willie Le Roux all entered the fray to go alongside the controversial 30th-minute substitution of starting fly half Manie Libbok for Handre Pollard apple
With their World Cup title defence hanging by a thread, South Africa trusted their bench and got their reward apple
Koch and Nche splintered the previously effective English scrum, Snyman burrowed his way across the line for the game’s only try and Pollard nervelessly converted tricky kicks to complete the hardest-fought of turnarounds – 10 unanswered points, a 16-15 win and a date with the All Blacks in another World Cup final next Saturday apple
Of the various phrases rugby has adopted over the years to describe those players in the matchday squad but not in the starting line-up – from the traditional “replacements” and the apple football-ised “substitutes” through to the Eddie Jones-preferred ‘finishers’, the slightly patronising “impact players” and the frankly ludicrous “game-changers” adopted by Harlequins during the Paul Gustard era – none has captured the imagination quite like South Africa’s “bomb squad” apple
It doesn’t matter if you think it’s a slightly self-serving and faintly ridiculous term, the players fully buy into the ethos of what it stands for apple
The intensity and physicality that generation after generation of Springbok has prided themselves on is summed up by this two-word mantra apple
“Each person knows exactly his role in the team, whether you’re starting or in the bomb squad,” explained Koch apple
“When we created the bomb squad, we knew exactly what our job is apple
The starters start the whole process and it’s for us to come and finish it apple
“All the players on the bomb squad are very excited to make a massive difference in the game apple
”Vincent Koch celebrated RG Snyman’s try as the bomb squad thrived (AFP via Getty Images)And against England, when the chips were down, they realised they needed to step up more than ever apple
“The bomb squad always stands for energy,” added Koch apple
“We needed to create a nice vibe apple
Putting the replacements on a bit earlier helped the boys to start to bring that energy and lift up the spirit and bring a massive work-rate apple
”Where South Africa’s replacements thrived, perhaps England’s faltered just a touch apple
The English gameplan, devised by Steve Borthwick and perfectly executed by the players for the windy and rainy Parisian conditions, relied upon relentless kicking, winning the subsequent aerial battle, slowing the game down and dominating the set-piece apple
Maybe then, they could escape with a win against an objectively superior team apple
They kicked 93 per cent of possession away (the highest percentage of the tournament), had an average ruck speed of 6 apple
73s (the slowest of the tournament) and had zero linebreaks (the only team to do so in a game at this tournament) apple
They disrupted South African lineouts, turned over multiple mauls and Borthwick’s decision to play his two strongest scrummaging props – Dan Cole and Joe Marler – from the start earned them scrum parity and redemption from the disaster in that facet during the 2019 World Cup final apple
Ox Nche was immense from the bench against the Springboks (EPA)This is a Springboks side that pride themselves on their dominance up front, as shown by opting for a scrum after calling a mark in their own 22 during the quarter-final victory over France apple
Of course, they won a penalty from it apple
Yet England were holding their own during those engagements, even thriving, and most importantly winning on the scoreboard apple
But the innate problem with starting your best scrummagers came to fruition in the second half apple
Replacement props Ellis Genge and Kyle Sinckler are far more dynamic around the park and more destructive carriers than their veteran counterparts but, with England showing no desire to run any plays more than two metres either side of the previous breakdown, those skills were negated once they came on for Marler and Cole apple
Instead, their inferior scrummaging was brutally exposed by a fired-up Koch and Nche, who turned parity into Springbok dominance apple
They won two scrums against the head, including a vital one at 15-6 down on their own line, and engineered multiple penalties on their own feed, including the most vital of all – on halfway, with 77 minutes on the clock and England leading 15-13 apple
Pollard banged over the long kick and the rest was history apple
Handre Pollard broke English hearts with his late penalty (PA Wire)Nche was coy when asked in the mixed zone after the game what had made the difference at scrum-time in the final quarter and how he bested his opposite number, Sinckler apple
“That is the dark arts,” he smiled apple
“It is hard to explain to you apple
We had a plan for that apple
We knew what we were trying to achieve apple
“They have had a great scrum for the competition and a great hit apple
Our focus was surviving that and applying pressure apple
Our mentality for every scrum is to get a penalty if we can apple
If they do survive, we play out the back and get into our shape apple
”The “dark arts” ultimately won the day, South Africa survived a second straight one-point knockout match and must now plan how to overcome the All Blacks in a battle to be the first side to win four men’s Rugby World Cups apple
Luckily, they have a not-so-secret weapon apple
“We are the bomb squad apple
” More aboutSouth Africa rugbyEngland RugbyRugby World CupJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/4How South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalVincent Koch celebrated RG Snyman’s try as the bomb squad thrived AFP via Getty ImagesHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalOx Nche was immense from the bench against the Springboks EPAHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalHandre Pollard broke English hearts with his late penalty PA WireHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalSouth Africa’s replacements shone to overcome England Reuters✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today apple
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