Sentences with phrase «bench after international break»

Not exact matches

Arsene Wenger really is keen to stick to the winning formula that Arsenal have found either side of the recent international break, because despite him being fit enough for the squad last week and this week, the vastly experienced keeper Petr Cech has been left on the bench by the manager who has kept faith with David Ospina after the Colombian international's impressive performances with Cech was on the injury list.

I can understand why Wenger felt the need to leave Alexis Sanchez on the bench after his long and tiring international break with Chile, but I can not see why he left Olivier Giroud out as well.

Douglas Costa and Mattia De Sciglio were both on the bench after being heavily used on the international break, but Giorgio Chiellini recovered from a minor knock in Italy camp to make the starting lineup.

With Messi relegated to bench duty due to a small injury and Sergio Busquets missing another game after a knock picked up before the international break, Ernesto Valverde was forced to make changes to his starting eleven.

He is the Belgium captain and the most important thing is to continue to work and improve and then after the international break, to have the possibility to have him on the bench and to start to think of him as a new player for Chelsea this season.»