Sentences with phrase «first game against»

BOLTON, England — The EduKick England football academy boys played their first game against Manchester College, and though they played hard, Manchester triumphed, 2 - 1.

Fabregas is yet to start a major competition for Spain as a first - choice player but after the award of the Number 10 shirt it seems he is set to line up in the starting team for their first game against «Golden» Guus Hiddink's Russia on June 10.

In our first game against Fiorentina the build up was something out of Luis Enrique's wet dream.

At the tender age of 17, Ronaldo was thrown in at the deep end with his first game against Moreirense.

«We played our way and did it much better than the first game against them.

It must have been a pleasant surprise for Adam Lallana to find himself as one of the first names on the team sheet in Liverpool's first game against Arsenal this year.

Tennessee has quite a decision to make prior to its first game against West Virginia on Sept. 1, but it appears coach Jeremy Pruitt isn't in any rush to make...

Ex-Arsenal captain Van Persie's first game against his former club dominated the pre-match build - up, and we did not have to wait long for the Dutchman to make his presence felt.

Loaning out Frimpong was mad — he played in the first game against the spuds and put in a good performance.

«I hope I can start the game against AC Milan on Wednesday but my objective is the first game against West Ham so I have to go step by step, I don't want to go out like a crazy man and play 90 minutes but then get injured again.»

Two games against below mid-table teams and we are really struggling.Is Fabs the answer?I don't think so.The first game against WBA would easily have been a draw but we were lucky though not this time round on Saturday.It was difficult and frustrating watching my team fail to create any clear cut chances in 94 minutes of football.There was such a corridor in our midfield that fulham utilized to the maximum.If we start dropping points against the likes of fulham at this stage in the competition then what will become of us in the 6 matches against the top three teams?I can see why I need to lower my expectations early enough to avoid disappointment later on.Very poor performance from Denilson.But why was Theo sub'd instead of bringing in Song for Denilson early enough?!

The 21 - year - old produced a man of the match performance in his first game against Lithuania, a feat that did not surprise his club manager.

Having been drawn into arguably the toughest group in World Cup history, the United States needed nothing less than 3 points in their first game against the team that had previously knocked them out of two World Cups in a row.

Abdelhamid Sabiri plays for the first time since the first game against the Blues, whilst Sean Scannell is on the squad list for Town for the first time in a competitive game this season following his return from loan at Burton Albion; he's a substitute tonight.

- Town draw's its first game against Borussia Mönchengladbach - Hudson's side come from behind to win against Sassuolo in the second game - Saturday saw the first two of the four games

After drawing their first game against Mexico 2 - 2, European Champions Portugal bounced back to earn all three points against hosts Russia in the Confederations Cup.

«Before the first game against PSG people said «Madrid is not good, PSG is going to win, is a top team» and Madrid win 3 - 1 because Madrid has 12 Champions Leagues and it is a lot.

The Blues lost their first game against a stronger, fitter and better drilled New York Red Bulls who are halfway through the MLS season.

Silva's first game against England was in February 2007 when Andres Iniesta's 63rd - minute goal was enough to give Spain a 1 - 0 win at Old Trafford.

Čech's first game against his old squad was a success, and he had at least one save that saved a goal, against an Oscar free kick.

The Reds travel to the Britannia Stadium on Sunday for their first game against Stoke City and we are hoping we can start with a win — Come on you Reds!

Following a confidence building 2 - 1 win in their first game against Australia, Team GB looked in complete control thanks to goals from Giselle Ansley, Nicola White and Alex Danson.

The 21 year old broke into the starting line up for the game against Sporting Braga after distinguishing himself in his first game against League giants Sporting Lisbon, where he was introduced as a substitute in the 31st minute.

As reported by the bbc it is 9 and a half hours of World Cup playoff games since the last goal was scored (by Sweden in the first game against Italy).

McQueen and Stephens will be part of The Young Lions squad which will head to Wiesbaden for the first game against the Germans on Friday 24th March.

He's also the youngest Uruguayan to make his debut at a World Cup — starting his first game against England in the group stage of Brazil 2014 — and has made 37 appearances for the national team since.

The winners St Paul's from Liverpool and 3rd place Green Leas from Wirral won the chance to be the Liverpool Ladies FC mascots for their first game against Sunderland Ladies at the Select Security Stadium the next day - Well done girls.

Our first game against France couldn't be harder but we shouldn't forget how tough Denmark will be with Eriksen in the 2nd match.

The 42 - year - old is set to take charge of his first game against the Gunners since being appointed manager at White Hart Lane in the summer.

Costa's first game against Arsenal was more memorable for a dust - up between the two managers, with Arsene Wenger shoving Jose Mourinho in the chest as tempers flared on the sidelines at Stamford Bridge.

In Virginia Tech's first game against Virginia, they attempted 12 three - pointers.

Josef Martinez's first game against NYCFC didn't go as planned, and in the aftermath of his essentially anonymous performance, there's some dividing opinions on how to view the performance among Atlanta United fans.

This year, after losing Francois for the season in their first game against Alabama, they started 2 — 5 and limped to a 6 — 6 record.

The road to three points was anything but routine for Juventus in their first game against Benevento at the Stadio Ciro Vigorito.

The Troubadours lost the first game against section rival Granite Bay before rebounding to win the next three.

By that logic we shouldn't have beaten Bayern Munich in our first game against them since we had lost to much easier opponents in that group beforehand.

Cech's first game against Chelsea came at the very start of the season in a dull 1 - 0 FA community Shield victory for Arsenal.

Wenger dithered on his summer transfers and as a result rested Kos and played Holding and Chambers in the first game against Liverpool.

It all basically worked out for all parties involved with the Brookside Christian forfeit, but the forfeit that Terra Nova - Pacifica took for its first game against Gunderson - San Jose was more of a mess.

Before Arsenal made the short trip across London to face Premier League rivals Chelsea, most of the talk was about the former captain of the Gunners, Cesc Fabregas, and his first game against the man he credited with turning him into a star, Arsene Wenger.

Cech had his off days as well, first game against west ham and to some extent the away game with manc.

Late in their first game against Slovakia where the US completely dominated, cameras caught Phil Kessel pounding a Powerade on the bench.

If they can pick up a win in their first game against Croatia then you never know.

Lionel Messi netted his first goal of the 2014 World Cup in Argentina's first game against Bosnia on Sunday.

Team Maione won that first Game against Team Lalez and were up with just minutes left to play in the 2nd Game before dropping an OT Heartbreaker..

They were B.A.D. bad in their first game against Team Rhum.

I will be crucified for what I am about to say but OZIL came to ARSENAL as a nervy last minute buy when WENGER was lynched on that first game against VILLA after not doing nothing at all the whole summer he went in a RUSH and bought OZIL at the very end of the SUMMER TRANSFER.....

Frank Maione had a giant day at the plate and especially in the first Game against Team Massel..

They didn't come away with the Win but it was a much different Game against Team Holstein than their first Game against Defending Champs Team Holzman..

It looks like he's trying way too hard to defend his teamate Teague against all the hate generated by being Rubio's replacement, he's going too much out of the way against Rubio (remember Rubio's first game against the Wolves?).