Matthew Fitzpatrick of England nailed down the ninth and final automatic spot for Europe in the Ryder Cup on Sunday.Fitzpatrick finished fifth in the Czech Masters, giving him enough world points that no one can catch him when European qualifying ends next week in Denmark.Thomas Pieters of Belgium, who finished fourth last week at the Olympics, could have earned a spot by winning the Czech Masters and in Denmark. But he finished one shot behind Paul Peterson, who birdied the last hole Sunday for his first European Tour victory.That gives Darren Clarke one extra week to start contemplating his captains picks.Europe takes four players from a European Tour money list, followed by five from a list of world ranking points.Rory McIlroy, Masters champion Danny Willett, British Open champion Henrik Stenson and Chris Wood earned spots through the money list. Making the team through the world points were Sergio Garcia, Olympic gold medalist Justin Rose, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Andy Sullivan and Fitzpatrick.Europe already has five Ryder Cup rookies -- Willett, Wood, Cabrera Bello, Sullivan and Fitzpatrick. Clarke likely will look for experience in players such as Martin Kaymer and Lee Westwood.Clarke is scheduled to announce his three picks on Aug. 29 after the Denmark event. Among those who Clarke might consider are Pieters and Russell Knox.After his fourth-place finish in Rio, Pieters flew back to Europe and nearly defended his title in the Czech Masters.Knox, who has played exclusively in America since leaving Scotland to attend college in Jacksonville, Florida, did not join the European Tour until after he won a World Golf Championship at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai. Those 66 world points did not count in the standings; otherwise, Knox would be leading the world points list and be on the team. He won his second PGA Tour event earlier this month at the Travelers Championship.He is No. 19 in the world and No. 4 in the FedEx Cup on the PGA Tour. The Barclays next week, one of the strongest fields of the year, does not count toward the European world points list.Also high in the standings for Europe are Soren Kjeldsen of Denmark and Tyrrell Hatton of England. Dodgers Jerseys 2019 . Nine days before the opening ceremony, organizing committee chief Dmitry Chernyshenko said Wednesday that Sochi is "fully ready" and will deliver safe, friendly and well-run games that defy the grim reports that have overshadowed preparations. Kyle Garlick Jersey . He said Tuesday thats a big reason why he is now the new coach of the Tennessee Titans. Whisenhunt said he hit it off quickly with Ruston Webster when interviewing for the job Friday night. https://www.cheapdodgersonline.com/ . 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The Galacticos were beaten at the Bernabeu by Atletico in the Madrid derby on Saturday afternoon, with Antoine Griezmanns second-half strike sealing a win for the visitors.Speaking to the La Liga Weekly podcast, the Sky Sports Spanish football expert was critical of Reals recent performances and praised the way Diego Simeones side executed their game-plan. To be 12 points behind in the league at this stage signifies that we are currently seeing a Real Madrid team that are a real mess at the moment - and thats the opinion throughout the Spanish press. Of course, we know where that starts and it starts from the top, Gibson said.There are a lot of issues to be sorted out for Real Madrid, not just to be competitive because they should be challenging for the Champions League.Were jumping the gun a bit there because they could still win it and while I dont think they are good enough this season, worse teams than Real Madrid have won the Champions League so theyve still got a chance.But there was a game plan from Atletico on Saturday and there wasnt one from Real Madrid. Simeone summed it up afterwards by saying we won by playing like Atletico Madrid. Antoine Griezmann scored the only goal as Atletico Madrid ran out 1-0 winners over their city rivals Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu There where clever bits when they knew to drop off and allow Real Madrid possession, knowing when to press high and they knew they had to stop Luca Modric. They also came up with the idea of playing Griezmann in the line between midfield and attack, with Fernando Torres leading the attack. From Real Madrids perspective, they failed to pick up Griezmann and they didnt get Modric involved in the game. There was a lot of shuffling the ball about from player A to player B at too slow of aa tempo and it played into the hands of their opponents.ddddddddddddAtletico made history with their derby victory - becoming the first side in La Liga to win three consecutive games at the Bernabeu - and Gibson believes the experience of the respective managers had an impact.It was almost the master against the apprentice. A top manager who has 11 years under his belt - and some really successful ones - who knows his trade against a manager whos in his ninth game. That was quite clear to see. Weve said it all season that we arent going to see what Zidane is made of until he can put his stamp on the team and theres going to be a whole load of questions that come with that. Ronaldo hasnt been good enough Guillem Balague gives his thoughts on the weekends La Liga action in his latest column At the moment, its a question of Zidane learning his trade as quickly as he can in difficult circumstances and in the glare of the spotlight. The criticism has been savage on the players and Florentino Perez, but Zidane has mostly escaped that.In the past, it was Rafa Benitez but now the supporters and the press are firmly on the case of players like James Rodriguez, Isco and Toni Kroos.The Sky Sports expert added Zidane has a responsibility to start planning for next season with the players he has - and identify the ones who could be sold.The bulk of the squad is there to start planning for next season and I think it is his responsibility. Im estimating that we might see half a dozen big signings but four or five starting regularly, Gibson said. Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane needs to start preparing his side for next season says, says Gibson If youre working on that basis then we might see three to five new players starting for Real Madrid next year, I think Zidane has got enough to work with this season in the La Liga games that are left to try the style of play and formation he wants.If that means leaving out players who he thinks are going to be moved on, then thats a clear indication to the player that its probably in their best interests to start looking elsewhere. There arent going to be too many of these players who are going to want to leave Real Madrid, so its going to have to be Zidanes decision. La Liga Weekly - 29th February Also See: Atletico clinch historic Real win Madrid derby talking points ' ' '