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O jogo ao vivo entre Betis x Getafe acontece no estádio Benito Villamarín, em Sevilha, Espanha. A partida está prevista para ocorrer a partir das 17h (horário de Brasília).

A elite do futebol espanhol conhecida como LaLiga conta com 20 participantes. São 38 rodadas, onde os quatro primeiros ganham uma vaga na próxima edição da Champions League. Já os 5º e 6º colocados, garantem uma vaga na Liga Europa.

Quem fica nos três últimos lugares é rebaixado para a Segunda Divisão do espanhol.

Real Bétis

O Bétis vem de uma boa recuperação no Campeonato Espanhol, desde que o técnico chileno Manuel Pellegrini, assumiu a equipe. Até então o clube estava se mantendo no meio da tabela e lutando para não cair para a zona do rebaixamento.

No último domingo, 14 de fevereiro, acabou vencendo o Villarreal, por um placar de 2 a 1, na casa do adversário, o La Ceramica.

Com esse resultado chegou aos 33 pontos e avança na LaLiga como 7º colocado na tabela. Foram dez vitórias, três empates e dez derrotas até o momento.

O clube briga para garantir ao menos uma vaga na competição internacional, a Liga Europa.

Para a partida de hoje contra o Getafe, o clube terá três jogadores se recuperando de lesão: Camarasa, Bartra e Martin. Pode ser que Lainez volte a atuar na equipe ao menos no segundo tempo.

Como mandante o Bétis ganhou 17 dos 33 pontos disputados no Campeonato Espanhol 2020/2021.

Provável escalação do Bétis

Getafe

Já o Getafe não vem vivendo um bom momento nas últimas atuações. No início do campeonato o clube chegou a estar entre os 10+, porém agora luta contra o rebaixamento na LaLiga 2020/2021.

No último domingo amargou uma derrota para o Real Sociedad por 1 a 0. Este é o quinto jogo onde não há uma vitória e para piorar foram quatro derrotas e um único empate.

No campeonato está com 24 pontos e ocupando a décima quarta posição. Só tem três pontos a mais do que o Valladolid, o primeiro clube dos candidatos a rebaixamento deste ano.

Como visitante o Getafe é o terceiro pior do campeonato. Dos 33 pontos disputados nas casas de seus adversários, só levou 9. Foram apenas duas vitórias, três empates e seis derrotas.

Hoje contra o Bétis precisa de um resultado positivo para ficar menos preocupado com o fantasma do rebaixamento.

Provável escalação do Getafe

Fora: Não foram informados os nomes que estão no departamento médico.

Real Bétis e Getafe jogo ao vivo

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Tottenham transfer target Ezri Konsa ‘sparks tug-of-war between England and Portugal’ after impressing for Aston Villa

ENGLAND could be set for a ‘tug-of-war’ with Portugal for Ezri Konsa.

The 23-year-old defender has shone for in-form Aston Villa to help them up to eighth in the Premier League.

The East London-born star’s performances have now begun to catch the eye of top-flight rivals.

Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham have emerged as a potential club ready to test the waters by launching a summer move for him.

However, his displays have not only been noticed by fellow Prem bosses.

He is now being talked about for international recognition after helping Villa to record nine clean sheets in his 20 league appearances.

His defensive partner Tyrone Mings has already become an England international under Gareth Southgate.

He is well-known to the FA already having been part of the Three Lions’ 2017 Under-20 World Cup-winning squad and he has also been capped at U21 level.

He is also eligible for a number of other nations, including DR Congo and Angola.

But The Athletic claims they have ‘learned he would also be eligible to turn out for Portugal’ and that they ‘are following him closely’ ahead of this summer’s European Championship.

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With both nations involved in international action next month, Konsa could have a decision to make over his international future sooner rather than later.

He moved to Villa from Brentford in a £12m deal back in 2019 and is under contract until 2023.

Liverpool are one of the clubs believed to be monitoring his progress as they look to bolster their backline.

But it is Tottenham who are said to be leading any potential chase for his services according to the latest reports.

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This article covers Porto vs Juventus betting tips and predictions.

Also included is a thorough Porto vs Juventus betting preview.

Note: All odds mentioned in this article are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change.

Porto vs Juventus: Match details

FC Porto fans cheer on their team during the UEFA Champions League match between FC Porto and Leicester City FC at Estadio do Dragao on December 7, 2016 in Porto, Porto. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Betting prediction: Porto 1-2 Juventus

Two sides with similar domestic stories come to grips with one another in Portugal, with both Juventus and Porto having the unfortunate luck of trying to catch two red-hot domestic rivals. Both have strong European pedigree, with attacking cores that are both quite capable on their day. Juventus have the ace in the hole that is Cristiano Ronaldo however, and his track record of performing in the competition should help a good Juventus pip a strong opponent.

Porto vs Juventus: Recommended bets

At the moment, there are really only two main goal threats for Juventus; Cristiano Ronaldo, and Alvaro Morata. Though the Spanish international is the club leading goal-scorer in Champions League this term (six goals in six appearances) and joint-top scorer, Ronaldo is arguably the competition’s greatest player as well as the all-time leading scorer. His penchant for banging in the goals in Europe puts him in with a good chance at a brace should Juve be firing on all cylinders on Wednesday.

It isn’t often that a central midfielder is your most potent goal threat on multiple competition fronts, but Porto’s Sérgio Oliveira is just that for Porto. The Portuguese international is the clubs’ joint-top scorer in Liga NOS, while also having the best goal return in Champions League this term. With the threat that the likes of Mehdi Taremi and Moussa Marega bring to the table, a sneaky Oliveira goal could be on.

Porto vs Juventus: Match preview

Many in the northwest of Portugal will be hopeful if not disappointed this term regarding giants Porto. Sitting ten points adrift from undefeated domestic rivals Sporting CP in Liga NOS, any other season on the homefront would likely see Dragões topping the table. Suffering defeat just twice in the league while averaging over two goals per match, Porto remains a competent and considerable opponent to negotiate in Europe.

In Champions League this term, Porto’s performances at home mirrored their exploits against continental opposition. Other than their 3-1 loss to Manchester City on matchday one, Porto’s backline did not surrender a single goal to their opposition and went on to post four wins and one draw for the remainder of play in Group C. But their current domestic form could signal a side that may struggle against a club like Juventus, whose options available to Andrea Pirlo remain incredibly potent.

Four draws in their last six Liga NOS outings could be a cause for concern, while goals were harder to come by against Farense (1-0 win) and Rio Ave (2-0 win) in the two wins they did post during the same period. Competition leading goal-scorer Sérgio Oliveira remains one of the bigger attacking threats that manager Sérgio Conceição, though center-forward pair Moussa Marega and Mehdi Taremi may be able to replicate some of their domestic form of Porto are on it Wednesday.

PORTO, PORTUGAL – MARCH 07: Jesus Corona of FC Porto in action during the Liga Nos match between FC Porto and Rio Ave FC at Estadio do Dragao on March 07, 2020 in Porto, Portugal. (Photo by Jose Manuel Alvarez/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)

Cristiano Ronaldo remains the unquestionable key for Juventus in Europe

It is not every day that Italian giants Juventus sit fourth in Serie A, eight points adrift of table-topping Inter Milan. The same can be said for a Juve-side that are well off the pace for goals scored in the league (6th), while also having to constantly look over their shoulder just below them at SSC Napoli, Atalanta Bergamo, and SS Lazio, all of whom are just two points off La Vecchia Signora.

With their direct domestic rivals all keeping pace – or outpacing – Andrea Pirlo’s men, a successful Champions League campaign could alleviate the pressure surrounding a domestic campaign that at current will certainly be viewed as not good enough. Recent losses against both Inter and Napoli in the league only serve as a further testament that many in Piedmont could end up disappointed on all fronts for the first time in ten seasons. Perhaps there is no better time for the Bianconeri to reach their first Champions League final since Real Madrid’s 4-1 demolition of them in Cardiff back in 2016-17. The goal-scoring hero on that day? None other than Cristiano Ronaldo, the same player who the Juventus faithful will hope has further heroic performances left in him.

Like any side that reaches this stage of the competition, Juventus have more than enough quality to make a serious run to the final, but Ronaldo is synonymous with Champions League nights. The competition’s all-time leading goal scorer and owner of five Champions League winners medals, the Portuguese icon is capable of putting his side on his shoulders arguably better than anyone, especially in this arena. If Juventus is to make a push on the continent, then Ronaldo is the unquestioned key to their chances of reaching the final.

TURIN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 24: (BILD ZEITUNG OUT) Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus FC celebrates after scoring his team’s first goal during the UEFA Champions League Group G stage match between Juventus and Ferencvaros Budapest at Juventus Stadium on November 24, 2020 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Sportinfoto/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

Porto team news vs Juventus

Porto will be without the pair of Zaidu Sanusi and Otavio when they welcome Juventus to Portugal on Wednesday, with manager Sérgio Conceição forced to jiggle with his matchday XI to compensate. Sanusi and Otavio are the only absentees, however.

Juventus team news vs Porto

Both Juan Cuadrado and Arthur will be unavailable for selection through injury, robbing manager Andrea Pirlo of additional valuable options for Juventus’ trip to Porto.

Paulo Dybala and Aaron Ramsey are close to a return, but it is not certain if either will be available for selection in midweek.

It is unclear if Juve will be deployed in a three-at-the-back formation, or if Pirlo will set them up to be more attack-oriented and look to take control of the tie in the first leg. Both options have merit.

Eurovision fans get ready for the biggest Super Saturday of the season so far! Six shows await this evening, including three finals – in Norway, Finland and Spain. It really is all to play for tonight – so get your snacks and screens ready for this Super Saturday’s offering of shows…

🇪🇪 Estonia – Eesti Laul 2021

Show: Eesti Laul – Semi-Final 2
When: 18:30 – 20:00, then 20:30 – 21:15 CET
Where to watch: ETV or the livestream

After the first six finalists were selected in the first semi-final on Thursday, 12 more acts are fighting for a place in the final which will be held on Saturday 6th March. Six more acts will qualify this evening – four acts will be selected by a 50% jury/televote split with two more selected via 100% televoting.

1. Sissi – Time
2. Gram-of-Fun – Lost in a Dance
3. Kadri Voorand – Energy
4. Helen – Nii kõrgele
5. Redel – Tartu
6. Rahel – Sunday Night
7. Uku Haasma – Kaos
8. Heleza – 6
9. Uku Suviste – The Lucky One
10. Alabama Watchdog – Alabama Watchdog
11. Jüri Pootsmann – Magus melanhoolia
12. Suured Tüdrukud – Heaven’s Not That Far Tonight

🇳🇴 Norway – Melodi Grand Prix 2021

Show: Melodi Grand Prix – Final
When: 19:55 – 22:15 CET
Where to watch: NRK or the livestream

After five weeks of semi-finals and a last chance round on Monday, it’s now time for Norway to select their act for Eurovision 2021. 12 acts will take part in the first round, and after that four acts will progress to the second round. The top two acts from the second round will then progress to the ‘Gold Duel’ and the winner will then be decided. The winner tonight will be selected by online voting.

1. Atle Pettersen – World on Fire
2. Raylee – Hero
3. Stavangerkameratene – Who I Am
4. KiiM – My Lonely Voice
5. Blåsemafian feat. Hazel – Let Loose
6. Emmy – Witch Woods
7. TIX – Fallen Angel
8. Kaja Rode – Feel Again
9. Rein Alexander – Eyes Wide Open
10. IMERIKA – I Can’t Escape
11. KEiiNO – Monument
12. Jorn – Faith Bloody Faith

🇸🇪 Sweden – Melodifestivalen 2021

Show: Melodifestivalen – Semi-Final 3
When: 20:00 – 21:30 CET
Where to watch: SVT or the livestream

Jason Diakité will join Christer Björkman to host the third semi-final in Sweden’s Melodifestivalen, held in Stockholm. As always, viewers will be able to vote for their favourites, with the top two acts qualifying directly to the grand final. Two further acts will then progress to the Andra Chansen round.

1. Charlotte Perrelli – Still Young
2. Emil Assergård – Om allting skiter sig
3. Klara Hammarström – Beat of Broken Hearts
4. Mustasch – Contagious
5. Elisa – Den du är
6. Alvaro Estrella – Baila Baila
7. Tusse – Voices

🇫🇮 Finland – Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021

Show: Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu – Final
When: 20:00 – 22:00 CET
Where to watch: Yle or the livestream

Seven songs are set to compete, but only one will win and represent Finland at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. Among the participants is last year’s UMK winner Aksel, who didn’t get the chance to represent Finland at Eurovision after the contest was cancelled. The stage is set, the performers are ready, but who will win? The result will be decided by 75% televoting and 25% international jury.

1. Teflon Brothers x Pandora – I Love You
2. Aksel – Hurt
3. Laura – Play
4. Danny – Sinä päivänä kun kaikki rakastaa mua
5. Oskr – Lie
6. Blind Channel – Dark Side
7. Ilta – Kelle mä soitan

🇵🇹 Portugal – Festival da Canção 2021

Show: Festival da Canção – Semi-Final 1
When: 22:00 – 01:00 CET
Where to watch: RTP or the livestream

Everyone’s favourite post-midnight finisher starts tonight in Portugal! Ten acts will take to the RTP Studios stage, but only five places are available in the final. Which acts will succeed and make it to the finals in two weeks’ time? Jorge Gabriel, Sónia Araújo and Inês Lopes Gonçalves will guide us through proceedings, with qualifiers decided by a 50/50 jury-televote split.

1. The Black Mamba – Love Is On My Side
2. Valéria – Na mais profunda saudade
3. Mema – Claro como água
4. Nadine – Cheguei aqui
5. Miguel Marôco – Girassol
6. Fábia Maia – Dia lindo
7. Irma – Livros
8. Karetus & Romeu Bairos – Saudade
9. Sara Afonso – Contramão
10. IAN – Mundo

🇪🇸 Spain – Destino Eurovisión

Show: Destino Eurovisión – Final
When: 22:00 – 23:25 CET
Where to watch: La 1 or the livestream

After weeks of news streaming in about Blas Cantó’s selection for Eurovision, the day is finally here and we will get to hear Spain’s song for Eurovision 2021. It’s a choice of two tonight but a whole gala evening awaits. With performances throughout the show from the likes of Pastora Soler and Edurne, the show will give fans a Spanish vibe for one night only! Voting is currently open, and will shortly close before the broadcast. The vote will then reopen, online only, after the performances.

• Blas Cantó – Memoria
• Blas Cantó – Voy a quedarme

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E sta foi a posição que os deputados do Hugo Costa (PS) e Jorge Mendes ( PSD ) transmitiram hoje durante uma audiência com representantes do 'Betting and gaming council' ( BGC ), na Comissão de Economia, Inovação, Obras Públicas e Habitação, no â mbito do Orçamento do Estado para 2020 (OE2020).

Na audição, tanto o diretor internacional da BGC , Pierre Tournier , como Martin Redman , da bet365 , sublinharam a ideia de que a tributação das apostas e do jogo 'online' deve basear-se na receita bruta e não no volume de faturação.

Durante a sua intervenção, Pierre Tounier salientou três dos pontos que defende, nomeadamente que o parlamento defina que "todos [os tipos de apostas] devem ter a mesma taxa", que esta "taxa deve ser baseada em receita bruta e não em volume de faturação " e que "o valor da taxa seja razoável", manifestando-se disponível para discutir.

Considerando que o tema do jogo 'online' "deve ser aprofundado", Hugo Costa referiu, contudo, que tendo em conta o prazo limite para a entrega de propostas de alteração ao OE2020 (o final da tarde de hoje), não há tempo para fazer eventuais propostas no â mbito deste OE, remetendo para o próximo.

Também Jorge Mendes, do PSD , salientou o limite do prazo, mas manifestou disponibilidade para abordar esta matéria na discussão do próximo Orçamento do Estado, que começará "dentro de poucos meses".

"O mercado das apostas 'online' é interessante para economia portuguesa. Temos consciência disso", precisou o deputado social-democrata, sublinhando que a regulação desta atividade que cabe ao parlamento fazer, deve ter em conta não apenas o interesse do consumidor, mas também a vertente da tributação.

Atualmente , nas apostas desportivas à cota, por exemplo, a tributação incide sobre o valor das apostas ( faturação ). Já a tributação dos jogos 'online' de fortuna ou azar (em que se incluem os jogos de casino) incide sobre o valor da receita bruta.

No OE2020, o imposto especial de jogo 'online' ( IEJO ), que se aplica nos jogos de fortuna ou azar, vai aumentar de 15% para 25%.

O documento indica ainda que "nos casos em que as comissões cobradas pela entidade exploradora são o único rendimento diretamente resultante da exploração das apostas desportivas à cota em que os apostadores jogam uns contra os outros, o IEJO incide sobre o montante dessas comissões à taxa de 35%", face aos atuais 15%.

Adjuvant Capital, led by Glenn Rockman and Jenny Yip, held the final closing of its first fund in December and expects to make 20 to 25 investments from the pool.

Investors including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have backed a $300 million venture-capital fund seeking to make medical innovations more accessible to people in developing countries.

The Gates Foundation has committed $75 million to the debut fund of New York-based Adjuvant Capital, which said it already has tapped the pool to invest in 14 companies targeting conditions such as rabies, yellow fever, herpes and Covid-19. Adjuvant completed the fundraising in December but hasn’t disclosed it publicly until now, founder.

Investors including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have backed a $300 million venture-capital fund seeking to make medical innovations more accessible to people in developing countries.

The Gates Foundation has committed $75 million to the debut fund of New York-based Adjuvant Capital, which said it already has tapped the pool to invest in 14 companies targeting conditions such as rabies, yellow fever, herpes and Covid-19. Adjuvant completed the fundraising in December but hasn’t disclosed it publicly until now, founder and Managing Partner Glenn Rockman said.

In addition to bankrolling treatments for conditions common in the developing world, Adjuvant requires the companies it backs to sign agreements to make their products available and affordable to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Healthcare venture investment is booming, but few U.S. investors focus on diseases affecting poorer countries. By helping companies bring medical treatments to these nations, Adjuvant is betting it can achieve its social mission and deliver investor profits.

Some investors in the Adjuvant fund said they aim to make financial returns, but that helping alleviate global public-health problems is their larger aim.

“The impact that hopefully we can make through the Adjuvant Capital investment is what motivates us,” said Lutz Hegemann, group head of corporate affairs and global health for drugmaker Novartis AG.

“ ‘The impact that hopefully we can make through the Adjuvant Capital investment is what motivates us.’ ”

— Lutz Hegemann, group head of corporate affairs and global health at Novartis

Before founding the firm in 2018, Mr. Rockman co-managed the Global Health Investment Fund, a fund created by the Gates Foundation and JPMorgan Chase & Co. in 2012 to invest in healthcare technologies for people in low-income countries.

The fund, which raised $108 million, backed companies such as EuBiologics Co. , a South Korean vaccine developer that went public in 2017. Another, Atomo Diagnostics Ltd. , an Australian developer of point-of-care devices for rapid diagnostic testing, went public in 2020.

Ken Gustavsen, chief of staff and strategy officer for social business innovation for drugmaker Merck & Co., an investor in the Global Health Investment Fund, said the fund has been successful in achieving its social-impact goals and that its financial performance is strong and could improve as more portfolio companies go public or are acquired.

The success of the Global Health Investment Fund led Mr. Rockman to start Adjuvant Capital with a goal of raising a larger vehicle to invest across a broader range of healthcare products. He leads the fund along with Managing Partner Jenny Yip, a former partner of the Gates Foundation’s Strategic Investment Fund, which makes investments to support the foundation’s goals in areas such as global health and development.

Adjuvant set out in 2019 to raise the new fund, Adjuvant Global Health Technology Fund LP, and reached the hard cap, or upper limit, it set for the vehicle, Ms. Yip said. In addition to the Gates Foundation and Novartis, the fund’s backers include Merck, the Ford Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation and several other investors.

In October, Adjuvant made a $25 million investment in Evofem Biosciences Inc., which has developed a nonhormonal contraceptive for women. The contraceptive, approved in the U.S. under the name Phexxi, is a vaginal gel applied before sex. Helping women to only get pregnant by choice is a significant lever for eliminating poverty, said Evofem President and Chief Executive Saundra Pelletier.

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Evofem aims to bring the product to three to five new countries a year for the next five years starting in 2022, and is considering which countries to target first, she said. Evofem, which also is conducting clinical studies to test Phexxi’s ability to prevent the sexually transmitted infections chlamydia and gonorrhea, will have tiered pricing so that the product is affordable in less-wealthy countries, she said. The company is considering various ways to lower its costs to enable that goal, including exploring a means of applying the contraceptive without an applicator, Ms. Pelletier said.

Requiring portfolio companies to sign access agreements could be a challenge for Adjuvant as it seeks to get into hotly contested fundraising rounds, said Natalie Revelle, whose roles at the Gates Foundation include leading structured financing investments within the Strategic Investment Fund team.

Still, the Adjuvant team has shown it can make investments in promising companies, Ms. Revelle said.

Adjuvant, which expects to make a total of 20 to 25 investments from the fund, often gets questions about whether its access requirements will harm companies’ ability to raise additional capital later, Mr. Rockman said. But he added that Adjuvant helps portfolio companies reach markets in developing countries, providing guidance on issues such as securing grant funding.

“It’s never prevented us from realizing great outcomes,” Mr. Rockman said.

One company that raised capital from both Global Health Investment Fund and Adjuvant Capital, Austrian vaccines and immunotherapy company Themis Bioscience GmbH, was acquired by Merck in 2020.

When negotiating investments, the firm evaluates whether a company’s vision aligns with Adjuvant’s, said Ms. Yip, adding that Adjuvant hasn’t had trouble with companies failing to live up to their commitments.