Sentences with phrase «first world cup match»

My first World Cup match report for AFP on a captivating encounter at the Amazonia Arena can be read here.

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Luis Suarez, playing in his first World Cup match because of injury, netted the first goal of this afternoon's England - Uruguay match.

Bayern Munich striker Mario Mandžukić will be suspended for the first World Cup match against hosts Brazil, but could still be given the friendly nod.

However, without doubt his finest hour was the lifting of the Asian Cup which was the perfect present for the members of the 1965 Australian team who played the first World Cup matches against North Korea.

Not exact matches

England will play their first match since the 2014 World Cup when they take on Norway in this international friendly at Wembley Stadium.

He deserved a good run after his World Cup performance and his brilliant showing in the Emirates Cup first match in 2014, then he was thrown on the heap, had his ears flicked in training tossed out on loan.

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During the week of the match in Valderrama, 26 - year - old Gabriel Hjertstedt became the first Swede to win a PGA Tour event, the B.C. Open in Endicott, N.Y.. Also, Ireland's Padraig Harrington (age 26) teamed with Paul McGinley (31) to win the World Cup in Kiawah Island, S.C., in November.

Fans of English soccer were crushed when their team lost 1 - 0 to Italy in a Feb. 12 World Cup qualifying match in London — England's first defeat in a home qualifier in 40 years — but they weren't the only ones left high and dry.

Algeria make history as the first African side to score four goals in a World Cup match as they beat South Korea in a superbly entertaining encounter.

It means that he will definitely miss Saturday's match against Leicester City but also then the game against Watford as well as Wales's first World Cup qualifier against Moldova on Sept 5.

His goal in this match was his first at international level since the World Cup in South Africa five years ago, and it is slightly alarming that he's Dunga's preferred backup to Neymar.

He had an ok world cup, first game helped, the rest of the matches he ploughed through working hard but with not much end product.

Good idea, Wenger should keep him, play him a little bit and sub him the first, leaving him on the bench in some important matches, with his eyes on the World Cup next year he will regret being naughty while still under the same employers

On the eve of the World Cup final, and after a 100 % record of predicting all the knock out matches thus far, Adam was first handed the usual two food containers with the flags of Uruguay and Germany placed on them with sellotape ahead of the third placed play - off.

time the eff out, the germans play their first match since the world cup final on the road at pissed off everton, pissed we finished 4th above them, we go down by 2, one offsides, and have the grit to score two in the final 10 ″, we took a point at goodison when we did not play well, to me, thats the sign of a winner, when you get outplayed and still find a way to take a point... giroud always plays better when he is punished not starting, he ai nt no messi, but he ai nt no bentner either...

A team must enter the Europa League second qualifying round only 11 days after the World Cup has finished — with the first match scheduled for July 26.

Argentina topped Bosnia 2 - 1 in its first match of the World Cup on Sunday.

Wayne Rooney finally tallied his first World Cup goal for England on Thursday against Uruguay, tying the match up at 1 - 1...

Los Canaleros are on the World Cup stage for the first time, thanks to Roman Torres's heroic goal in the final match of the CONCACAF Hexagonal.

Goals from Douglas Costa and Renato Augusto gave the Selecao a comfortable lead inside the first half an hour, but Edinson Cavani pulled a goal back just after the half - hour mark and Luis Suarez scored moments after half time to draw the two sides level, marking his first match back after the 2014 World Cup with a fine effort.

Wilmots revealed this week that Manchester City's Vincent Kompany and Jan Vertonghen of Spurs will start in their first competitive match for their country since the World Cup.

Gerrard's first goal for England came in 2001 when he scored the second goal of a 5 - 1 rout over Germany during a 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying match in Munich, helping England secure a spot in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

The first goalkeeper to be sent - off was Gianluca Pagliuca of Italy in a match against Norway during the opening round of the 1994 World Cup.

In the knockout stages, if a match goes into extra time, each team will be allowed to make a fourth substitution, the first time this has been allowed in a World Cup tournament.

Romania's Rǎducanu Necula had the honour of being the first goalkeeper to be used as a sub in a World Cup game, coming on for his compatriot Stere Adamache during a group match against Brazil in 1970.

The first player to be replaced in a World Cup finals due to injury was French goalkeeper Alex Thepot, who sustained a jaw injury after being kicked in the face by one of his Mexican opponents in the opening match of the 1930 World Cup.

Messi was sidelined for first four matches of South America World Cup qualification due to a knee injury.

After this weekend, the Wanderers have another three A-League matches (two at home against Sydney FC and Brisbane Roar, one away against Adelaide) before travelling to Morocco for the Club World Cup where they play their first game on December 13th in Rabat.

Real Madrid are set to play their first game in the FIFA Club World Cup match on Wednesday night, 13th December 2017 at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

• A French women's record crowd of 22,050 watched Lyon beat Paris 7 - 0 in a UEFA Women's Champions League semi-final first leg in April 2016, and the venue will hold the first and last matches of the 2019 Women's World Cup.

Romagnoli was thrust into the team for the first time in October for a crucial World Cup qualifying match against Spain, which is a sign of how highly regarded he is.

The billing for the match pitted superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic against each other for the first time since Portugal eliminated Sweden in their World Cup Qualification playoff in November.

He joined Everton from Sheffield United in August 2016 and had played only 11 matches for the Club before establishing himself in the first - team set up following his headline role in England Under - 20s» World Cup triumph last June.

Injury saw the striker miss the Confederations Cup in Brazil and as if to underline his importance to the Super Eagles, he returned to score four goals in three consecutive matches, against Mali, Burkina Faso, and then a double in Nigeria's come - from - behind 2 - 1 victory against Ethiopia in the first leg of the World Cup playoff.

So, upcoming match in FIFA World Cup 2018 group stage will be their first international battle.

Luckily there is a light at the end of the tunnel for their Captain Montolivo who is in the squad for the first time since last season, when he was injured during a World Cup warm up match.

Italy's 3 - 0 defeat in Spain was their first loss in either FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship qualifying since September 2006, a run of 56 matches.

Add to those games concerts by the Grateful Dead and the Rolling Stones, and the turf simply stood no chance, says NFL turf expert George Toma, who masterminded the stadium's first resodding this year before the World Cup soccer matches.

The President, who described the hard - earned victory as «very sweet, soothing and a 57th Independence Anniversary gift to the nation,» applauded the nation's senior men's football team for the feat of making Nigeria the first African country to qualify for Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament, with a match left to play.

(The World Cup's first - ever water break took place during the June 22 U.S. — Portugal match).

If you haven't started following the 2014 World Cup yet, the time is now: Tonight marks the first match for the U.S. men's national soccer team.