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A | KAMPALA, Uganda -- Jostling for space, people jam the crowded footpaths crisscrossing a massive open market in Uganda's capital. They are mostly looking for secondhand clothing, sifting through underwear for pairs that seem new or trying on shoes despite getting pushed around in the crush.Downtown Kampala’s Owino Market has long been a go-to enclave for rich and poor people alike looking for affordable but quality-made used clothes, underscoring perceptions that Western fashion is superior to what is made at home. Discarded by Europeans and Americans, these clothes are often purchased from wholesalers and then shipped to African countries by middlemen. It's a multimillion-dollar business, with some two-thirds of people in seven countries in East Africa having “purchased at least a portion of their clothes from the secondhand clothing market,” according to a 2017 U.S. Agency for International Development study, the most recent with such details.Despite the popularity, secondhand clothes are facing increasing pushback. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, a semi-authoritarian leader who has held power since 1986, declared in August that he was banning imports of used clothing, saying the items are coming “from dead people.” “When a white person dies, they gather their clothes and send them to Africa,” Museveni said.Trade authorities have not yet enforced the president’s order, which needs to be backed by a legal measure such as an executive order. Other African governments also are trying to stop the shipments, saying the business amounts to dumping and undermines the growth of local textile industries. The East African Community trade bloc — consisting of Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda — has recommended banning imports of used apparel since 2016. However, member states have not enforced it at the same pace amid pressure from Washington. In Uganda, the president's order has spread panic among traders, for whom such a ban, if implemented, spells disaster. They hawk used clothes in scores of large open-air markets across the country of 45 million people, at roadside stands and even in shops in malls where it’s possible to buy secondhand clothes marketed as new.The clothes are cheap and drop further in price as traders make room for new shipments: a pair of denim jeans can go for 20 cents, a cashmere scarf for even less.At one of Uganda’s Green Shops, a chain specializing in used clothes, apparel reseller Glen Kalungi shopped for items his customers might want: vintage pants for men and cottony tops for women.“I am a thrift shopper,” he said. “I usually come to these Green Shops to check out clothes because they have the best prices around town.”Kalungi likes to visit on clearance days when he can buy clothes for a fraction of a dollar. Then he sells them at a profit.The chain, whose owners include Europeans, unveils new clothes every two weeks at its three stores. Some of the items are sourced from suppliers in countries including China and Germany, retail manager Allan Zavuga said.“How they collect the clothes, we are not aware of that,” Zavuga said of their suppliers. “But (the clothes) go through all the verification, the fumigation, all that, before they are shipped to Uganda. And we get all documents for that.”The Green Shops are environmentally friendly because they recycle used clothes in bulk, he said.The association of traders in Kampala, known by the acronym KACITA, opposes a firm ban on used apparel, recommending a phased embargo that allows local clothing producers to build capacity to meet demand.Some Ugandan apparel makers, like Winfred Arinaitwe, acknowledge that the quality of locally made fabric is often poor. Not surprisingly, many people would rather buy used clothing, she said. "Because it lasts longer,” she said. “It can easily be seen.”In Owino Market, a ban on used clothes is inconceivable to many, including some who say they don't think the president’s threat was serious.Abdulrashid Ssuuna, who tries to persuade customers in the market to stop by his brother’s used clothing business, said a ban would deny him a livelihood.“It’s like they want to chase us out of the country,” he said of the president’s order. “From these old clothes, we get what to eat. If you say we leave this business, you are saying we go into new clothes. But we can’t afford to go there.”Ssuuna approaches people in Owino Market to urge them to visit the stall where his brother sells used jeans. The market is aggressively competitive, with merchants sitting behind heaps of clothes and shouting words of welcome to possible customers.If he helps his brother sell clothing, “I get something,” said Ssuuna, who started this work after dropping out of high school in 2020.The market is always full of shoppers, but business is unpredictable: Traders must try to anticipate what customers are looking for before they are lured by other sellers. Some days are better than others, said Tadeo Walusimbi, who has been a used-clothes trader for six years. A government ban is simply untenable, he warned. It “will not work for me and for so many people,” Walusimbi said.。

直播吧4月21日讯近日，《马卡报》撰文谈到了阿劳霍的现状，他们表示球员可能正在面临他在巴萨最糟糕的赛季。

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巴萨主帅弗里克似乎是一个习惯性的人，在对阵莱加内斯的比赛中，这位德国教练再次使用了之前大胜多特蒙德的首发阵容。教练团队仅对首发阵容进行了两处调整，其中阿劳霍获得了首发机会。但乌拉圭中后卫的喜悦是短暂的，他在上半场佩戴队长袖标出战后，中场休息时被德容替换下场。

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阿劳霍在对阵莱加内斯的比赛中再次退步，这让他付出了代价，因为在对阵贝蒂斯的比赛中的失误导致了对方扳平比分，所有人的目光都集中在了他身上。错误接踵而至，表现时有时无，这是阿劳霍的现状。尽管他也有值得称赞的时刻，比如在对阵多特蒙德时两次关键封堵，如果这些封堵未能成功，可能会让欧冠淘汰赛的结果悬而未决。

即便如此，这些高光时刻屈指可数，现实是乌拉圭中后卫尚未恢复到曾经作为球队最可靠防守者之一的状态。自伤愈复出以来，他的表现更多地引发了疑问而非肯定。自从弗里克到来后，阿劳霍不再是哈维执教时期的绝对主力。尤其是在高强度比赛中，他的重要性有所下降。

总计，阿劳霍在17场比赛中出场1051分钟，贡献了2个进球和2次助攻，还有两张黄牌。

D | 这些数据尚可接受，但远未达到一个防守领袖应有的水平。此外，内部竞争也比以往任何时候都要激烈，在他参加的8场西甲比赛中，有一半的时间被换下。在所有比赛中，他已经5次在17场比赛中被直接换下，即30%的情况下被换下。这与他上赛季的表现形成了鲜明对比，在2023/24赛季，他参加了37场比赛，只有1次被换下。

以下是阿劳霍在各赛季未打满全场的次数：

2024/25赛季：17场比赛 / 5次被换下

2023/24赛季：37场比赛 / 1次被换下

2022/23赛季：31场比赛 / 7次被换下

2021/22赛季：43场比赛 / 6次被换下

2020/21赛季：33场比赛 / 7次被换下

也就是说，阿劳霍距离追平他在2022/23赛季的最差记录仅差两次被换下。然而，更糟糕的是，追平这一记录他还需要再参加14场比赛。因此，可以说到目前为止，这是他在巴萨最糟糕的一个赛季。

自他进入一线队以来，他的市场价值一直在迅速上升。从2020年底的1500万欧元升至2023年3月的最高点7000万欧元。然而，在2024年6月，他的身价仍然保持在7000万欧元，但在2024/25赛季开始后急剧下降。仅仅六个月时间，他的身价就从7000万欧元跌至5500万欧元，现在进一步降至5000万欧元，比赛季初减少了28.57%。