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American Mitch Guthrie led Ford to victory in the third stage of the 2026 Dakar Rally and took the lead in the general classification ahead of Dacia driver Nasser Al-Attiyah.

After an unsuccessful start to the week in which none of the Ford teams managed to finish in the top 10, the team fully recovered during the 421-kilometer special stage around Al-Ula. Throughout the day, Ford Raptor drivers set the pace of the stage.

Two-time DTM champion Matthias Ekstrom led the peloton at the start. Guthrie started the stage coolly and dropped out of the top 10 at the start, losing almost two minutes to the leaders. However, at the 303rd kilometer, he overtook Ekstrjom and took the lead. By the end of the stage, the Swede had lost more than seven minutes, while Guthrie confidently brought it to the finish line to claim his first career stage victory in the Ultimate category by 2 minutes and 27 seconds.

A surprising second-place finisher was MD Sport’s Martin Prokop, who doubled for Ford in the customer Raptor, moving up from fifth place.

This time Toyota had a much weaker performance than the previous day, when the team took all five first places. The only exception was Guy Botterill, who rose to third place at the end of the stage, 5 minutes and 53 seconds behind the leader. Two-time Dakar winner Carlos Sainz Sr. He finished seventh.

In the overall standings, Guthrie rose from 14th to first place, 26 seconds ahead of Prokop. Then come Ekstrom, Sainz and Roma; The entire top 5 is currently occupied by Ford drivers on the eve of the marathon stage.

Among the non-Fords, Moraes is the best (ranked 6th), followed by Gutierrez and Serradori. Saud Variawa and Al-Attiyah completed the top 10.

The third stage of the motorcycle competition was held entirely under the control of Monster Energy Honda. The victory was won by Spanish Tosha Shareina, with a time of 4 hours, 26 minutes and 39 seconds, 2 minutes and 17 seconds ahead of her teammate, American Ricky Brebeck. The top three were completed by Red Bull KTM Factory Racing representative Daniel Sanders – the Australian rider was unable to intervene in the Honda pilots’ fight for victory in the stage, losing 3 minutes and 28 seconds to the winner.

Edgar Canet, the leader of the prologue and the first stage, could only come 8th.

The Eurol Rallysport team, consisting of Mitchell van den Brink, Bart van Geuwen and Jarno van de Pol, won the truck category by covering the distance in 4 hours 52 minutes 59 seconds. Instatrade Loprais Team De Rooy FPT representatives Ales Loprais, David Kripal and Jiri Strauss came in second, losing 1 minute and 2 seconds to the leaders. The top three were completed by the Dutch Firefighters Rally Team, consisting of Richard de Groot, Martijn van Rooij and Jan Goolsebosh, with a delay of 3 minutes and 35 seconds.

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‘Three’ VAR interventions for Leganes vs Valladolid

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what happened there yesterday Leganes-Valladolid The second-division match ended in a 3-0 victory on home soil, but required intervention three times. VAR. Two of them also included Jose Antonio López Toca in the VOR room, called by Manuel Jesús Orellana Cid for two consecutive penalties immediately after the start of the game.

The first incident occurred five minutes into the match, following a handball by Iván Alejo in the area that was not initially seen by the referee. That’s when he received a notification from VAR. “Manuel, would you recommend a review so that we can assess the possibility of a penalty for handball?” When he got to the monitor, he said, “Okay, it looked perfect. Make it dynamic, Jose, I already saw him shake hands.” From the VOR, they provided him with another camera “also from behind the goal.” Once there was no doubt in the vision, he said, “OK, perfect, we’re going to restart with a penalty, OK, Jose.”

The penalty was taken by Juan Cruz, but it was cleared by Valladolid goalkeeper Guilherme. However, as the Leganés striker attempted to grab the rebound, he was tackled from behind by Jaouab and was brought down, receiving another warning from the VOR. “Manuel recommends a review so we can assess the possibility of a penalty. Please let us know when you get to the screen.”

In the background, a voice can be heard shouting “Out, Mr. Out” as the referee reaches the monitor. And he stood in front of it and he said, “Okay, Jose, it’s on the screen. One second, one second. Okay, I want to see the number of the guy who’s doing that…Okay, yes, it’s very clear.” And he claimed, “I want to know this player’s number, because it’s yellow, so who’s going to penalize it?” From VAR they confirm, “Yes, we understand, number 23.” To which the referee replied: “Okay, number 23, perfect. We’ll restart with a penalty and a yellow card, understand Jose?”

VOR is wrong about Guilherme

And the final intervention occurred in the 89th minute of the match as a result of Valladolid goalkeeper Guilherme leaving the area in an attempt to put Naim ahead. The referee directly punished him with a red card, but because they understood that it was not a sending off, again from the VOR: “Manu, we recommend that you reconsider so that we can assess the cancellation of the red card, okay?” Arriving in front of the monitor, López Toca requests to be shown the moment from VAR, López Toca explains from VAR. “Okay, look, I thought the reason I called you was because the goalie touched the ball. Okay, first of all, the impact is the lower back. You evaluate that and make the decision that you think is appropriate.”

The referee replied, “Okay, let’s see. I know how he touches the ball. I’d like to see how he moves.” They don’t let go of the ball, so the referee asks, “I want to see the touch of the ball, see how it moves when it touches the ball, etc.”

They then provided him with the images, but he requested that the camera be brought closer to him. “Let’s look a little further back, Jose, a little more back.” And then he understood: “All right, he touched the ball. All right, again, all right. All right, Jose, what I saw was that he obviously touched the ball. It’s true that the contact came later. I’ve never played rough. It’s not even a foul for me. All right, I’ll pick up where I dropped the ball. All right, because to me it’s not even a foul. All right, Jose.”

Source: Mundo Deportivo

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Iker Lozada is enjoying his best moments in the First Division

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Levante midfielder Iker Lozada He has scored twice in his last two games against Sevilla and Espanyol, the same number of goals he has scored in his previous 29 games in just seven days. first division. Losada scored spanish He won 1-1 in Sunday’s final, giving his team one point, and had already beaten the score 0-1 the day before. seville Levante’s 0-3 win in Pizjuan.

These two games were the first games for the coach. Luis Castro It was also Lozada’s first start of the season on the Levante bench. The 24-year-old attacking midfielder is Levant given by him real betis He appeared in August last year, but along with Julián Calero he only featured in five games in the first half of the league season, up until the Christmas break.

it’s the first time Losada He had only scored two goals in the first division so far, so it was the second day in a row that he scored. The first is the top category Premier, Celts of Vigo A light blue youth player, Lozada made a total of 31 appearances in the first division during spells at Celta, Real Betis and Levante.

He left Betic’s team in the summer of 2024 for around €2 million after winning the league in the 2023-24 season. ferol racinghad 9 goals and 7 assists. Number 2. He is currently enjoying his best moment in the highest category of Spanish football.

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Jagoba Arrasate crisis: There are already two candidates to replace him

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There was a lot of damage mallorca Defeat at the ground this Sunday Rayo Vallecano (2-1), vs. the previous day girona (1-2) and draw valencia In the previous (1-1).

3 games in a row without a win leaguein addition to the previous abolition of Copera, sports (1-0) places the Vermilion team in 17th place in the standings, just one point behind the first relegated team. valencia.

All this leads to the fact that the firing of coaches is practically taken for granted on the island. Jagoba Arasate.

As always happens in cases like this, two candidates are already on the table, even though he hasn’t been fired yet. it is about Francisco Javier Garcia PimientaHe had not been with the team since his departure. sevilleand the Plaza Luis Garcia.

the latter has already been trained mallorca From 2020 to 2022, he was the driving force behind the team’s promotion from Division 2 to Division 1.

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