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Pace, swerve, angle – the art of the ‘olimpico’, football’s (usually) rare phenomenon
Oscar Wilde once famously wrote that “to concede one goal direct from a corner is a misfortune, to concede two in eight days looks like carelessness.”
The thoughts of Oscar, noted corner-kick scholar, may have been rushing through the heads of anyone associated with Manchester United recently after they allowed not one but two ‘olimpicos’ — which, if you’re not familiar with the term, means scoring directly from a corner — in just over a week, in two different competitions.
The first came from Son Heung-min in that madcap Carabao Cup quarter-final against Tottenham, his corner sailing over second-choice keeper Altay Bayindir and into the net. The second saw Matheus Cunha flummox Andre Onana, with the help of some judiciously positioned Wolves defenders, in the Premier League on Boxing Day.
The olimpico is a relatively rare phenomenon. You tend not to get more than one a season, if that, so United managing to let two in over such a short period of time is fairly extraordinary. Although given their problems with defending set pieces and their general existential crisis, if you were going to predict which team this would happen to, it would probably be them.
The instinct is to write these goals off as flukes, misdirected crosses that rely on goalkeeping errors to go in, not genuine attempts to score by the corner taker. How can the attacker possibly mean it when they can’t see the goal?
That’s certainly true of some. However, many of them exist in a sort of grey area, where there’s intent from the corner taker and the attacking team, and the aim is ultimately reached, if perhaps not through entirely conventional means.
Former Blackburn Rovers winger Morten Gamst Pedersen, still playing aged 43 back in his native Norway, has made scoring olimpicos something of a signature move in the latter days of his career. He scored three of them in one season a few years ago, and claims he once scored five in one game, in his youth.
Pedersen celebrates a Premier League goal for Blackburn in 2005 (Paul Mcfegan/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images)
His contention is that even if the taker isn’t always ‘shooting’ per se, a goal is the ultimate conclusion of a well-struck corner anyway.
“If the ball can go straight in, it’s like a perfect free kick,” he tells The Athletic. “You’re aiming for the far corner, and loads of things can happen, the goalkeeper can get distracted. If it would go in anyway with nobody there, it’s a good corner.
“You see with what Arsenal have been doing this season: loads of the corners they’ve been scoring from, if nobody touched it, the ball would have gone straight in anyway.
“It’s about creating those situations as close to the goal line as possible. Anything can happen.”
This is a sentiment echoed by another olimpico specialist, the former Wycombe Wanderers full-back Joe Jacobson. He scored two in one game (as part of a hat-trick of set pieces) against Lincoln in 2019, and a number of others over his career.
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“I don’t think I ever set out thinking, ‘I’m gonna hit it in the top corner’,” Jacobson says, “but there’d be plenty of times when the coach would tell me, ‘Get it on target, as if it’s a shot’, so that if someone gets a nick or anything it can go in.
“I think inswinging corners went out of fashion for a while — there were a lot of studies showing that if you do outswingers, then defensive headers don’t go as far. Now all of a sudden Arsenal have kind of made inswingers popular again.”
On some occasions though, the taker is definitely trying to shoot.
Megan Rapinoe famously scored directly from a corner at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, having done so nine years earlier in London. The first instance might not have been entirely intentional, but the second was. According to her, at least.
“I meant this one,” she told the media after that game against Australia in Tokyo. “I actually said it to Vlatko (Andonovski) and our assistant coach Laura Harvey yesterday. They were saying ‘Put it here, this is where we want to go, this is kind of the game plan,’ and I was like ‘Well, I might just shoot it.’”
Pedersen’s became so frequent and clear that his colleagues adjusted their movements accordingly.
“At one stage one my team-mate, who played centre-half, asked me before I took the corner, ‘Morten, are you going to shoot?’ I said yes, so he just stayed back on the halfway line.”
Pedersen would practise corners as if he was trying to score, even if most of the time someone would intervene before it got to the net. “When I played for Tromso at the beginning of my career, I would put a basketball hoop and board in front of the goal, and aim for that,” he says.
From a layman’s perspective, it seems that the secret to a dangerous inswinging corner is to get as much swerve on the ball as possible, so the taker must adjust the way they strike the ball accordingly. But Jacobson suggests that, while swerve is a factor, pace and delivery angle is much more important.
“You see loads of times where it’s a nice curly ball into the box and the keeper just plucks it out of the air. But when there’s pace on the ball and it doesn’t get too high, it doesn’t go too far above his eyeline, then I think it’s really difficult for the keeper to come and claim anything.”
Jacobson instead relied on the angle of his run-up to create just the right amount of curl, thus allowing him to concentrate on striking the ball as cleanly and as powerfully as possible.
“As with free kicks, I’d always stand at a right angle to where I wanted to hit the ball and where I wanted it to end up. I tried to hit over the top of the ball, a bit like topspin in tennis, and so it wouldn’t curl miles out and then curl back in.
“I’d over hit a lot and I’d under hit a lot, but when I got them right, the angle meant that I wouldn’t worry about where the ball would end up directionally. I knew that if I ran up at that right angle, the ball would end up in an area where I’d want it to end up.”
From a goalkeeper’s perspective, it’s pretty embarrassing for one of these to go in. But sometimes, when the penalty area is crowded and the taker gets the kick just right, there isn’t a huge amount you can do.
“They’re tricky because you have a lot of guys around you,” says Matt Pyzdrowski, the former goalkeeper and The Athletic’s resident expert. “The tendency for goalkeepers is to first go forward — your instinct tells you that you want to go forward to attack the ball, and get it at its highest point, so you get it before any of the attackers.
Bayindir initially moves forward… (Sky Sports)
… before trying to retreat and getting caught under the ball (Sky Sports)
“As a goalkeeper you want to resist that tendency to be a little bit more patient and I think the goal that Tottenham scored (against United), it’s very clear that the keeper bites very early. There’s a player who runs in front of him and he’s almost more concerned about the player in front of him. He takes a couple of steps forward and then realises the ball’s going over his head.
“Any time the ball goes over your head as a goalkeeper, it’s quite tough to retreat. I think it takes his attention away from the ball enough that he just misses it entirely.”
In Onana’s case, for the goal Cunha scored, the United keeper had attackers in front and behind him, making it extremely difficult for him to move anywhere. In that case, the finger of blame arguably points more at his defenders.
“Each goalkeeper is different,” says Pzydrowski, “but when I played I wanted the defender to be on the outside of the attacker so they can push the player into the goal, so it takes away that space. In this case, the defender (Manuel Ugarte) just doesn’t do a good enough job and he basically pushes the attacker into Onana.”
Onana, surrounded by Wolves players, is also beaten from a corner (Jack Thomas – WWFC/Wolves via Getty Images)
Teams train for these scenarios, but like anything, it’s difficult to recreate the unpredictability and intensity. Might these goals partly be the result of when teams practise corners? Pyzdrowski thinks it could be a factor.
“It was always the day before a game (that we would practise corners) where the intensity is lower. And any time that the intensity is lower in training, there’s just a natural tendency for the player to relax a little bit too much.”
When you watch any olimpico, the instinct is to assume that the ones that go in at the far post are intentional, and the ones that sneak in at the near post are lucky. But the truth might be exactly the opposite.
A perfect example is the game when Jacobson scored directly from two corners. The first snuck in at the near post, the second curled higher into the far.
“The second one obviously looks a lot nicer, but it was probably a bit too high for the near post, and it flew in,” he says.
“Wycombe’s assistant manager Richard Dobson, who was in charge of set pieces, always said try and whip it in the near post head high, because an attacker will get there, and if he doesn’t he’ll cause some chaos behind. It’s really difficult for a keeper to read it if there are players running across the ball.”
Pyzdrowski confirms that. “Where I always felt insecure was when I knew teams were trying to whip the ball in towards the near post,” he says. “Because you want to go forward and attack it, other players might get in the way and that’s where you’re a little bit more vulnerable.”
With more and more teams following Arsenal’s lead and whipping those vicious inswinging corners into the six-yard box, it may not be the last time this season that we see an olimpico.
And while they might look like flukes, there is often a little more to them than that.
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The latest winter transfer window is here, which means some of the world’s best footballers are now just six months away from the expiration of their current contracts.
Thanks to the 1995 Bosman ruling, clubs in other countries can now officially begin discussions with those soon-to-be-free-agents with a view to a pre-contract agreement. This allows the player to join the interested club when their present deal runs out without sign-off from his existing employers.
With so many elite players at leading clubs around Europe yet to agree their next contract, The Athletic has identified 12 of the most prominent players currently set to be available for free in the summer window.
In case you haven’t heard, Trent Alexander-Arnold’s contract expires in the summer.
Liverpool’s vice-captain has had an excellent first half of the season under new coach Arne Slot, with the Anfield club primed to compete for trophies domestically and in Europe. So far, the 26-year-old has made five assists, including two in the 3-3 draw against Newcastle United in early December, and recorded his first goal of the season in the 5-0 win at West Ham last weekend.
Alexander-Arnold has interest from Real Madrid (Julian Finney/Getty Images)
As one of the team’s most important players — an experienced head in the club’s leadership team and a boyhood fan who came through the club’s academy having been born locally — Liverpool are keen to sign Alexander-Arnold to a new deal but face stiff competition from reigning Spanish and European champions Real Madrid, who have made the right-back their priority target ahead of next season.
Liverpool may have to act quickly, as Madrid can begin formal discussions with Alexander-Arnold’s representatives from today (January 1) to arrange a pre-contract agreement to join the 15-time European Cup/Champions League winners.
If there were any doubters before the season began in August about Mohamed Salah’s ability to continue to rack up goals and assists into his thirties, his performances in the months since have emphatically silenced them.
Indeed, there is a fair argument that Salah is the best player in the world at the moment. The 32-year-old (he’ll be 33 just before his contract expires in June) has 20 goals and contributed 17 assists in all competitions, powering Liverpool to the top of the Premier League and Champions League tables to begin 2025.
Liverpool have made Salah an opening contract offer, but he has not yet committed his future to Anfield. In 2023, Liverpool rejected a bid of up to £150million from Saudi Arabian club Al Ittihad, and it is unlikely interest in the Egyptian from the Gulf state will have declined.
Whether Salah, the most famous Arab athlete in the world, would be tempted by a move to the Saudi Pro League at this stage of his career, however, is another question.
Rounding out the high-profile potential free-agent trio at Liverpool is their club captain, Virgil van Dijk.
Like Salah, Van Dijk is proving to any doubters that he is still capable of operating at elite level into his thirties. The Dutchman has arguably been the best centre-back in the Premier League this season, marshalling a defence that has conceded at a rate of fewer than one per game.
At 33 (he turns 34 in early July), this could be the last long-term contract Van Dijk signs for a top European club. Although his future is uncertain, he has received a contract proposal from Liverpool and there is a growing belief around Anfield that he will stay.
Kevin De Bruyne is arguably the greatest player ever to pull on a Manchester City shirt, but this year has been far from his best since joining them from Germany’s Wolfsburg in 2015.
After starting the season impressively, including scoring a goal in a 4-1 win against Ipswich Town, De Bruyne has found himself in and out of Pep Guardiola’s starting XI due to a combination of injury issues and a lack of form. He appeared to re-discover his devastating final-third quality in a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest in December, but has struggled to maintain that level consistently.
De Bruyne will be 34 in June, just before his current deal expires, and, as reported in the 2025 Transfer Radar, he has interest from the PIF-backed clubs in Saudi Arabia, and there have been discussions with MLS and a number of the North American league’s sides, but there is also the opportunity to stay at City if he desires.
Alphonso Davies’ electric pace and attacking quality have long made him one of the most coveted defenders in European football, and there’s no wonder many of the continent’s biggest clubs are interested in getting his signature on a contract.
After finding himself in and out of the starting XI at Bayern Munich last season, Davies has responded with a solid start to this campaign, which has seen new manager Vincent Kompany’s side race to an early lead at the top of the Bundesliga table.
Davies is out of contract at the end of this season (Alexandra Beier/AFP via Getty Images)
Bayern are keen to hold on to the 24-year-old Canada international, but he is attracting interest from Premier League clubs and Real Madrid. With so many top clubs in the market for a left-back, it would come as little surprise to see Davies involved in plenty of transfer discussions with Europe’s biggest clubs until his future is resolved.
While Canadian countryman Davies could well stay at his current club, Jonathan David looks set for a move to a European giant.
The striker has been consistent with French side Lille and his national team for several years but has taken a noticeable leap this season, particularly in the Champions League. David, 24, has scored six times and provided three assists in 10 European matches — an excellent record considering the profile of the club he plays for. He has been no slouch domestically in Ligue 1 either, scoring 11 times in 15 matches, including a hat-trick against Le Havre in September.
Several Premier League clubs admire him, including Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Aston Villa. Juventus and Inter in Italy and Spain’s Atletico Madrid are also monitoring him.
Viewed as the logical successor to Manuel Neuer and Thomas Muller as the German leader at the heart of Bayern’s squad, it seemed inevitable Joshua Kimmich would play out his prime years in Munich. However, in light of stalled contract negotiations between the 29-year-old and Bayern’s board, his future may lie away from the Allianz Arena.
Kimmich has had an indifferent past couple of years at Bayern, switching between defensive midfield and full-back under Kompany and predecessor Thomas Tuchel, neither of whom has been able to get the best out of the Germany captain. He won’t be cheap for interested parties, but he is among Europe’s most talented midfielders and will draw attention from top clubs.
Leroy Sane
Despite undoubted talent and athletic qualities, Leroy Sane has struggled with consistency since joining Bayern from Manchester City in summer 2020.
Sane started 2023-24 in electric form for Bayern, contributing eight goals and 10 assists in the opening 17 matches of the Bundesliga. However, due to injuries and an inability to rediscover that form, he registered just one assist in the second half of the 34-match league season. So far in this campaign, he has been in and out of new boss Kompany’s side.
The Germany international turns 29 this month, so is no longer a young talent from whom inconsistency can be expected. Still, when Sane is at his best, very few wingers can match his world-class ability to glide past defenders and deliver final-third production at the elite level.
Angel Gomes popped back up on the radars of many English fans after England interim manager Lee Carsley handed him his first call-up to the senior national team in September while filling in following the departure of Gareth Southgate.
Gomes then impressed at the base of Carsley’s midfield, showing a willingness to drive the team forward with incisive passing, composure in possession and defensive awareness. After leaving Manchester United in 2020, following five league appearances, Gomes matured in Ligue 1 with Lille and could be set for a return to the Premier League this summer.
When fit and available, Gomes is a mainstay in Lille’s midfield. He is capable of playing as a No 10, a No 8 or in the deeper No 6 position he occupied under Carsley.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin looked set to become one of England’s most in-demand forwards just a few seasons ago but injuries stalled his progression.
Across the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, he scored 29 goals in 69 league matches and forced his way into England’s European Championship squad following the latter ahead of several more experienced options. Now 27, and having scored just 16 times since that 2020-21 campaign, Calvert-Lewin could now be in line for a move to re-ignite his career.
Calvert-Lewin’s career has stalled due to injuries (Darren Staples/AFP via Getty Images)
Still, he remains important to Sean Dyche’s plans at Everton. He has started in 16 of 18 league games this season, and while his goal production has declined, the manager values his hold-up play and defensive work.
Neymar
Neymar remains one of the world’s most famous and gifted players, but his move to Saudi Arabia has not been a success.
The 32-year-old Brazilian was the headline act in the mass superstar exodus to the Saudi Pro League in 2023, joining Al Hilal after a six-year stint at Paris Saint-Germain. After just five games for his new club, Neymar suffered an ACL knee injury with Brazil in October 2023. He finally returned after more than a year out but soon picked up a hamstring problem, which has kept him out of action since.
Neymar has drawn attention from MLS clubs, namely Inter Miami, where he would join ex-Barcelona team-mates Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba, and Sergio Busquets on the pitch, as well as Javier Mascherano, who is now their head coach. It would be complicated for Miami to sign Neymar under the league’s salary cap restrictions, but not impossible. Right now, however, his future appears up in the air.
While considered one of Germany’s brightest prospects in central defence, Jonathan Tah’s reputation for being mistake-prone was traditionally among the primary reasons he had not yet joined a bigger club. If he could iron out those mistakes, Tah, an elite athlete who is composed in possession, seemed set for an upward move.
Under Xabi Alonso at Bayer Leverkusen, the 28-year-old has realised that promise in the past two seasons and is now considered one of the most reliable and solid defenders in the Bundesliga. He played an important role in Leverkusen’s invincible 2023-24 domestic season and established himself at the heart of Germany’s defence under Julian Nagelsmann.
With so many top teams around Europe looking for reinforcements in central defence, that ascension to football’s small circle of elite clubs could soon arrive for Tah.
(Top photos of De Bruyne and Kimmich; Getty Images)
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Notre Dame calls on fans to 'join us in prayer’ following apparent terror attack ahead of Sugar Bowl
The University of Notre Dame is asking fans in New Orleans ahead of the Sugar Bowl to “join us in prayer” after an apparent terror attack killed at least 10 people and injured more than 30 others early Wednesday morning.
The statement shared on social media comes as thousands of college football fans have traveled to the city for the College Football Playoff quarterfinal game between the Fighting Irish and the Georgia Bulldogs.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo is on display on the end zone pylon during the CFP first round game between the Indiana Hoosiers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Dec. 20, 2024 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. (Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“We are aware of the incident this morning in New Orleans and are working with law enforcement and others to determine the full scope and impact of the tragedy,” the statement posted on X read.
“We ask our fans to join us in prayer for those injured and lost in this senseless act of violence.”
The university urged those in New Orleans to avoid the surrounding area. It also encouraged anyone interested to attend a mass the university is holding at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel.
The FBI is investigating a suspected act of terror after a driver plowed through a crowd on Bourbon Street, killing 10 people and injuring at least 35 others. Police said the suspect was killed while exchanging gunfire with law enforcement.
Police investigate a crime scene on Bourbon Str. in New Orleans on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. A driver plowed into crowds of New Year’s revelers and began firing a weapon in the early hours of the morning. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)
SUGAR BOWL OFFICIAL SPEAKS OUT AFTER DEADLY BOURBON STREET ATTACK LEAVES AT LEAST 10 DEAD HOURS BEFORE KICKOFF
The tragedy has raised security concerns ahead of the Sugar Bowl, which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday night at the Caesars Superdome, which sits just a mile away from the crime scene.
“The Sugar Bowl Committee is devastated by the terrible events from early this morning,” Allstate Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. We are in ongoing discussions with authorities on the local, state, and federal levels and will communicate further details as they become available.”
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish run onto the field prior to the Playoff First Round game against the Indiana Hoosiers at Notre Dame Stadium on Dec. 20, 2024 in South Bend, Indiana. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
New Orleans Police Commissioner Anne Kirkpatrick indicated at a press conference on Wednesday that the game will continue as expected.
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It’s time to peer into my crystal ball to see what 2025 has in store for the Southland’s high school athletes (and a few former ones), coaches and fans.
Dominic Cadiz of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame will hit so many home runs that he’ll get a name, image and likeness deal with Wheaties.
Sophomore Julius Truitt of Birmingham will become the second-most famous person named JuJu in Los Angeles when he hits above .400, steals double-digit bases and breaks a school record for triples in his first season as a varsity starter.
Corona will win the Southern Section Division 1 baseball championship, with Seth Hernandez earning praise as the Shohei Ohtani of high school baseball.
Win Gurney of Mira Costa, an Oregon State commit, will hit a home run so far that the ball will go missing until a Golden Retriever is brought in to find it.
Quarterback Brady Smigiel of Newbury Park will promise his dad all A’s on his report card and to never dump Gatorade on him when it’s cold if he gets a new truck.
A group of El Segundo Little Leaguers from the championship team of 2023 will enroll at Loyola, and white smoke will be seen rising from historic Ruppert Hall.
Kaleena Smith of Ontario Christian will score 50 points in a girls’ basketball game, then get a shoe by Adidas in her honor.
The NFL draft on April 24 will feature two former Servite players, Mason Graham and Tetairoa McMillan, selected in the first round, causing their former coach, Troy Thomas, to sing the school fight song.
Quarterback Koa Malau’ulu of St. John Bosco will treat his group of talented receivers with so much love that he’ll buy them whatever they want from In-N-Out as long as the bill doesn’t exceed $150.
Brothers Jared (left) and Trent Grindlinger of Huntington Beach. Jared is a freshman pitcher. Trent is a junior catcher.
(Eric Sondheimer / Los Angeles Times)
The Grindlinger brothers, Trent and Jared, will hit back-to-back home runs for Huntington Beach, causing mom and dad to scream so loudly that the umpire will stop the game for a moment of calm.
Gary Morse, a 6-foot-8 junior pitcher for Orange Lutheran, will be compared to Tyler Glasnow.
Pitcher Addison Moorman of Granada Hills.
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Eighth-grader Ezrah Brown, the brother of Stanford quarterback Elijah Brown, and seventh-grader Ryu Sanchez, the brother of Columbia quarterback Caleb Sanchez, will continue their rise as youth quarterbacks as they move closer to the day of taking over the offenses at Mater Dei and St. John Bosco, respectively.
Former Sierra Canyon defensive back Kamari Ramsey will be an All-American for USC, then become a first-round draft pick in 2026.
Bell celebrates after defeating Birmingham in the City Section Open Division championship at Dodger Stadium.
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Bell will become the first school outside the San Fernando Valley since Fremont in 1947 to win consecutive City Section upper division baseball championships.
Defensive lineman Khary Wilder of Gardena Serra will be so successful sacking quarterbacks that he will change his uniform number to 99.
Teagan O’Dell of Santa Margarita will end up with so many swimming medals around her neck that there will be a contest to guess how many.
Bishop Alemany freshman Demare Dezeurn displays his medal after winning the boys’ 100 meters in 10.47 seconds at the Mt. SAC Relays on April 20, 2024.
(Steve Galluzzo / For The Times)
Demare Dezeurn of Bishop Alemany will be the fastest 100-meter runner in the Southern Section at age 16 as he blossoms under coach Terrell Stanley.
Nikolas Khamenia of Harvard-Westlake will set a record for triple-doubles in a season.
Lino Mark of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame.
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Birmingham and El Camino Real will meet again to determine the City Section boys’ soccer title and instead of the match ending in a fight, players will agree to shake hands as long as they get invited to the next World Cup.
Jaden Soong competes during the U.S. Open qualifier at Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles on June 5, 2023.
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Freshman golf phenom Jaden Soong of St. Francis will agree to a skins game against Charlie Woods sponsored by the SGA.
Cathedral sophomore quarterback Jaden Jefferson.
(Michael Blackshire/Los Angeles Times)
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Huntington Beach baseball coach Benji Medure will promise to try surfing if his team beats Corona.
Mater Dei left-hander Jackson Campbell will be a surprise pitching star because of his ability to throw strikes.
Softball standout Taelyn Holley of Murrieta Mesa, a Tennessee commit, will hit so many home runs that Erewhon will name a smoothie after her.
USC’s surprise freshman standout in baseball will be Augie Lopez from Loyola High.
Receiver will be the strongest position in Southern California football, led by the St. John Bosco group of Madden Williams, Carson Clark, Daniel Odom, Christian Davis and Darren Tubbs.
Corona Centennial football coach Matt Logan.
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