Sentences with phrase «first international break of»

The first international break of the campaign is upon us, with a number of our players heading off to represent their respective nations in competitive and friendly fixtures.

Now we have endured the mildly boring first international break of the season, Spurs return to action on Sunday against Sunderland at the Stadium Of Light.

The first international break of the season out of the way, Arsenal travelled to Norwich, where they were outplayed and outfought by a hard working Norwich side, eventually losing 1 - 0 to a Grant Holt goal.

Manchester United will now be out of action for a fortnight because of the first international break of the season.

After the first international break of the season, a new look Tottenham side host Norwich City, as a new era at White Hart Lane starts without Gareth Bale.

I know this is a completely selfish thing for me to say but I'm going to say it anyway: the first international break of the season could not have come at a better time.

The first International Break of the 2017 - 2018 season has come, and this will be Italy's biggest Qualifying match in a few...

The first international break of the season is upon us and, as ever, the Blues are well represented across all levels.

Seeing as it's the first international break of the calendar year and there's nothing really going on right now, I wouldn't be surprised if there a couple more Dybala - to - Juventus items before the game gets underway.

Arsenal may have gone into this first international break of the new season on a bit of a high, with a good attacking display earning the Gunners our first victory away to Watford and Arsene Wenger completing the two transfers that most us felt were needed but thought may not happen, but we are still playing catch up.

The good news for Arsenal from the first international break of the season is that no more of our players will be heading back to north London with any new injury problems.

It is not just the Arsenal right back Hector Bellerin who will be left at home scratching his head for the next two weeks, as his fellow Spaniard and Arsenal team mate Santi Cazorla has also been left out of the Spain national squad for the first international break of the new season.

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As manager of Perth band The John Butler Trio, Phil Stevens knows first - hand just how hard it is to break into the international music market.

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The big question is, though, can Arsenal take advantage of their problems and get a first win on the board before the international break?

Haha the first international break always sucks... A taste of the league just to go a fortnight without any action?

If we can regroup after the international break with Mustafi, Welbeck and Ospina back in contention for first team places and our winning streak at the Emirates we'll close the gap between top to what it was before this farce of a match ever happened.

The good news for Arsenal, and there is plenty of it right now after Pep Guardiola lost his first game in charge of Man City and with Manchester United continuing to struggle under Jose Mourinho, is how the Premier League table looks going into the second international break of the season.

Both of these newly crocked Gunners are due back after the first international break, reports The Mirror, so are only said to be missing for the two games against Leicester City and Watford.

It must have been a huge relief for Arsene Wenger as well as for the Arsenal and England international star Theo Walcott when he broke his pre-season duck against the Norwegian side Viking FK on Friday, as the manager is going to be without his main centre forward Olivier Giroud for at least the first game of the season.

But despite the playmaker's lack of contact with the rest of the Arsenal first - team squad, head coach Arsene Wenger is still ready to drop Ozil in at the deep end in the north - east this afternoon, especially given the fact that the Frenchman saw yet more of his players suffer injuries during the recent international break.

Before the international break, Jurgen Klopp's side lost their first game 2 - 1 at the hands of Crystal Palace — their first defeat since the German coach replaced Brendan Rodgers in October — and will have been desperate to return to winning ways against City.

After the Spurs match there is another international break and Arsenal's first two games after it could be absolutely massive for our hopes in the Premier League this season as well as our chances of ending the six year cycle of qualifying but not finishing on top of the Champions League group.

One of the most regular visitors to the Arsenal rumour mill in recent years has been the young German international Julian Draxler, who seems to have been linked with a move to north London in every transfer window since he first broke onto the scene in the Bundesliga as a teenager for Schalke.

It will be up to the England international to win them over, but given he has yet to make a single appearance so far this season, he'll have to get back to full fitness first, break into the side and then prove that he's worthy of the show of faith from the club.

Look Arsenal fans, I am hoping that the transfer capture of Petr Cech from Chelsea, which will hopefully be announced on the Arsenal website this week, will not only make the Gunners into real Premier League title contenders straight away, but will help our Poland international Wojciech Szczesny to finally realise the awesome potential that he showed when first breaking into the Arsenal team a few years ago.

Premier League leaders Chelsea have today confirmed that young Czech Republic international defender Tomas Kalas has joined high flying Championship outfit on loan, after he returned from a disappointing spell at Cologne in the first half of the season that saw Kalas struggle to break into the Bundesliga side's first team picture.

There are one or two more u21s that are going to have to see first action this season, the likes of moore, bielik, pleguezuelo, oconnor, kamara, Bennacer, iwobi and reine - adelaide look sure to join Macey and iliev in competing to make up the numbers, especially after our usually injury ravaged squad returns from international break, but hey don't worry, after a bruising from Stoke, we only have 4 away games against Zagreb, spurs, Chelsea and Leicester to deal with, 3 defeats there could see our season resting on the fa cup again and we won't even be in October!!!!

It was not as comfortable for the Arsenal players and us fans as it looked like being at halftime, but the Gunners did manage to get a vital first victory of the season in the Premier League and that is what really counts as we now head into the international break with some confidence restored.

Wilshere is also coming off a great international break, with two wins, two Man of the Match awards and his first England assist under his belt.

Chelsea were accused of breaking myriad international transfer rules and regulations in their relentless pursuit of the teenaged Frenchman but he is still yet to be involved regularly with the first - team.

Scotland, of course, is a proud football nation, one half of the first ever international fixture, and birthplace of the radical, game - breaking idea that sometimes it might be a good idea to pass the ball from one player to another.

And the first game back after the upcoming international break is the derby, which I feel we simply have to win at the Emirates if we are to stop this shift of power in north London becoming more than a one season wonder.

The Nigerian international appears to be Wenger's latest pet, having broken into the first - team squad with a number of impressive displays, but so far this season he has failed to find the same vein of form.

We only won one of our first six League games but now we have won six on the bounce going into the international break and are set to face Liverpool at home afterwards.

We all know English talent is overpriced, so if Jack wilshere who is a England International were to leave, the only logical replacement would be another or someone capable of breaking into the English team, since that wont happen on the cheap, we would be forced to delve into the sub par just to feel the quota, I'd rather have Jack Wilshere (who loves the club, and actually shows potential) as a squad player / potential first team player, than Someone like friggin Jonjo Shelvey (I'm not saying is going to happen) so we can just meet the quota!!!!!!!!!!!

The man of the moment who will get his first chance to shine for the Three Lions during this international break.

At the same time Arsene Wenger is having to cope without Per Mertesacker, Gabriel, Danny Welbeck and Carl Jenkinson and the report does not even mention our Welsh international Aaron Ramsey who picked up an injury in our first game of the season and was supposed to be coming back after the international break but had his return to action put back as we reported here at Just Arsenal.

Away from the Premier League, Kane has also scored five goals in his first two Champions League games for Spurs this season, whilst also netting the winner in each of England's 1 - 0 victories over the last international break.

But we could certainly do with Liverpool finding something like their top form in the first game back after the current break for the latest round of international matches, because their next opponents are Manchester United.

So the Arsenal boss gave another of his many positive injury predictions before the current international break, and I seem to recall the Frenchman saying that at least two of the first team players currently on the Arsenal injury list would be back in action after the break and I am pretty sure the word definitely was used.

Wenger has options as well, with Giroud having featured in both of the games for France during this international break, so with Mourinho missing two first choice centre backs in Chris Smalling and Eric Bailly as well as their main striker, should Man United fans be very worried about what the Arsenal attack will do to them on Saturday?

Now he has this chance and with another international break just around the corner, I reckon he will be super motivated to do well and remind the England boss Gareth Southgate what he can do, because if he is the first choice for Arsenal as we are doing so well, should he not also be ahead of the other England options like Rose and Bertrand?

In the first half, he conceded a dangerous free kick by tugging and then tripping Morata on the edge of the penalty area before being caught upfield when the Spain international broke clear early in the second half.

The Argentine defender played the first half of United's Premier League International Cup clash with Athletic Bilbao in Leigh before being replaced at the break by Tyrell Warren.

The highlight of the international break was seeing Iceland qualify for the World Cup finals for the first time.

Recently appointed Sunderland manager Gus Poyet admits that the buildup to his first match in charge of the club has been a «nightmare» due to the recent international break that has meant the Uruguayan has barely met any of his new players, the Daily Mail reports.

The England Under - 21 international has been in and out of the team this season but scored his first goal for us in the 4 - 2 win at BATE Borisov before the international break.

United have lost their first major derby this season, losing 2 - 1 to Manchester City after the last international break, this derby needs to end in a victory with Mourinho getting one over Klopp, which does not seem to be something he has done that often, winning one, drawing one and losing three of five appearances head to head with the German manager.

It's an International break this week which means there are no First Team games in the Barclays Premier League, so me and my mates have spent our time playing out in the park and playing on our computers, we've had great fun, but I've scored some of my best goals on the new FIFA 16, boss game.