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Topic Started: Apr 26 2018, 08:34 AM (17 Views)
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MADRID Aroldis Chapman Jersey , May 5 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona striker Leo Messi gave his first press conference in almost two years as his side prepare to face Bayern Munich in the Champions League semifinal on Wednesday evening.


The game has been given extra interest because it is the first time former Barca coach Pep Guardiola will face his former club after his departure in the summer of 2013.


Guardiola's time in charge saw Barca and Messi play perhaps their best ever football and claim 14 different trophies, but Messi assured the press that their relation had ended the day Guardiola left the club.


"Since Pep went, we haven't spoken," said Messi. "I think we crossed paths in a FIFA gala, but apart from that we haven't had any relationship. We got on well when he was coach, but we haven't been in contact since then," continued the striker, who has scored over 50 goals this season.


Messi said Guardiola, "knows us all well, he was with us for a long time and we went through a lot together and won a lot of titles. He knows all of the players who were here with him and those who weren't."


And he had a warning for Barca on Wednesday: "Guardiola studies everything and leaves nothing to chance," said Messi.


Messi didn't want to compare Guardiola with current coach, Luis Enrique. "I don't do that because each of them has their own idea and their own way of preparing for games. One of them will ask for one thing and the other something different. You see differences and similarities, but they both try to be close to the players and maintain them happy," he said.


The striker was reluctant to say whether the attacking trio he forms alongside Neymar and Luis Suarez is the best in the world, and added that at this stage of the Champions League with such powerful team, it was impossible to say who was a clear favorite for the title.


Luis Enrique also spoke and the Barca coach said he was feeling confident but that knowing Guardiola he would not be surprised if the now Bayern coach made some unexpected changes in his starting 11.

A tourist tries to take pictures of the blurred skyline of Lujiazui financial zone across the Bund yesterday. The air quality index in Shanghai reached 264 by midnight, the second-highest level in a six-level ranking system. Its main pollutants were the PM2.5 airborne particles that are smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter. It was the first heavily polluted day this autumn. The weather bureau blamed a lack of wind and rain for the deadly smog, but expect the air to be clearer today. — Xinhua

Shanghai experienced this autumn’s first heavily polluted day yesterday with the PM2.5 density nearly four times the national limit.


Serious air pollution saw most areas of the city enveloped in a haze early yesterday. The PM2.5 density rose to 240 in the morning, dropped to 160 by late afternoon but soared again in the evening.


By 8pm last night, it had peaked to a hazardous level of about 270 micrograms per cubic meter — nearly four times the national limit of 75.


PM2.5 refers to airborne particles which are smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter. They are the main cause of urban smog and are harmful to human health. Pedestrians put on masks to avoid the particles that can cause lung or cardiopulmonary health problems.


The average air quality index (AQI) was 221 by 6am and did not retreat throughout the day. It had climbed to 264 by midnight. Pudong’s Chuansha area recorded the highest AQI at 293.


The Shanghai Meteorological Bureau said the weather conditions — poor wind and lack of rain — made it difficult to disperse the air pollutants. But the conditions are expected to improve today because of heavy gusts of wind, the bureau said.


The Shanghai Education Commission asked schools to cancel outdoor activities yesterday.


Schools from kindergartens to high schools stopped morning exercise, sports sessions and other outdoor activities.


Fu Fang, principal of Weihai Road Kindergarten in Jing’an, said the kindergarten moved all outdoor activities indoors.


The Gao’an Road No.1 Primary School, whose first-grade students went autumn outing, changed their venue from Yuepu Park to Shanghai Science and Technology Museum.


Although the city has a two-level warning system for air pollution, neither was issued despite the heavy smog, prompting residents to doubt about the newly issued emergency measures.


According to the system, a warning for “heavy pollution” is issued when AQI reaches 200 for 12 hours, the momentary density for PM2.5 reaches 150 micrograms per cubic meter, and the situation shows no sign of improving in the following 24 hours.


The higher-level warning for “severe pollution” is raised when AQI reaches 300 for six hours, the momentary density for PM2.5 reaches 250 micrograms per cubic meter, and the situation remains unchanged or gets worse in the next 24 hours.


The local environment authorities explained that although the AQI topped 200, the momentary density for PM2.5 was only 144 at 3pm. There were also signs that the air quality would be better in the next 24 hours — a condition that did not fit the “heavy pollution” warning system.


But parents insisted that the warning system has loopholes, which led to the delay in schools being notified about the poor air quality. It gave parents no time to take protective measures against the pollution.


“This is unreasonable. By the time the three conditions are met, people will already be sick,” a young woman told Shanghai TV.


“The period should not be as long as 12 hours,” another pedestrian said. “If the warnings can be released sooner, authorities can take more efforts to reduce the emissions and protect the children.”


A woman said she hoped she could learn about the pollution earlier — before she send her child to the kindergarten.


When the warning for the “heavy pollution level” is issued.

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