French head coach Didier Deschamps welcomes 22 - year - old attacking midfielder Antoine Griezmann to his side, handing the Real Sociedad star
his first senior side call - up.
Not exact matches
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senior editor Ellen Hoffman experienced the adaptability personally: «The
first night I slept on my Casper pillow I started out on my left
side, then moved onto my back some hours later, and ultimately woke up on my right
side staring into the face of my very hungry cat.
The talented 19 - year - old has not yet become a full
first - team regular for the Magpies, though he did make six appearances for the
senior side last season, scoring two goals to attract some interest from bigger clubs.
Another player who has made his bow for the
senior side, with four caps, and hasmade his way into the Everton
first team this year, with 13 appearances.
Cristante has already registered nine goals in all competitions from midfield this season and has also recently earned his
first senior cap for the Italian national
side.
Butland is the current
first choice goalkeeper for the England under - 21 national
side, and even made his
senior debut in a friendly against Italy last year.
Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane earned his
first England call - up with the
senior side on Thursday afternoon, and the hit - man has spoken of his dream to be be named in the squad.
Our young French striker Yaya Sanogo may have been hoping for a run in the
side after bagging his
first senior Arsenal goal, but he was forced off with a hamstring issue which is unlikely to be resolved quickly.
There is no talk of an imminent move into the
first - team squad for Bramall, while Sessegnon is already showing his worth for Fulham's
senior side, and looks certain to reach the highest level in the coming years.
Chelsea are desperate for the 20 - year - old to become the
first player to come through their academy and make an impact on the
senior side since captain John Terry in the late 1990s.
hw can u go into a match like dis without any of ur
senior first team player on the bench to help out should incase a game is going
side ways.
The full - back has risen to prominence since making the step - up to the Gunners
first - team back in 2014, and has even earned a call - up to the Spanish
senior side, a rare occurrence for players situated outside of La Liga.
Grujic featured for Liverpool Under 23s on Monday night in a 2 - 0 win over Chelsea, but in order to really prepare him for a more prominent role in Klopp's
side moving forward, perhaps regular
first - team football at
senior level elsewhere will stand him in better stead for the future.
With Ojo and Teixeira scoring their
first goals for the
senior side, the German tactician will undoubtedly have been left delighted with what he saw from his players.
The former Marseille man scored nine goals in 27 appearances for the
senior side this past year, a relatively decent return given he had limited minutes and it was his
first year in England and so to loan him out seems like a strange decision.
I'm not sure how well a move to the Dutch second - tier will help Nwakali make it into the
senior Super Eagles
side, but with regular
first - team action, I'm sure he will get the opportunity to gain tougher experience next year, while we await his work permit.
The 21 - year old is coming off the back of three international goals in two games for the France under 21
side and it would be a shame not to try to use that to our advantage, especially as he is desperate to get that
first senior goal for Arsenal in the bag.
If the Arsenal and England star Jack Wilshere had not played 90 minutes for the under 21s on Monday, scoring a great goal which was not enough to help the young Gunners get the win they needed to win automatic promotion to the top division, I reckon that he would be in line for a
first start of the season for the
senior side on Thursday night.
Two of these three are in the centre back position — and Laurent Koscienly is not available for the
first match at least — means Arsenal have to find a way to operate with none of its
senior centre backs against a team of Liverpool stature that on their day will blow out any
side and they just showed that appetite with Barca very recently... scary.
After a spell of successive corners for the home
side, Leighton Baines whipped in for 20 - year - old defender John Stones to rocket home with a bullet header for his
first ever
senior goal for the club.
Wilshere is believed to be closing on a return to the
first - team and today's match was expected to be his last for the Under - 21
side before being recalled to the
senior playing squad for the weekend.
Shkodran Mustafi was a practically unknown defender for Sampdoria when he was inexpicably picked by Joachim Low to play his
first game for the German
senior national
side in May 2014, so it was even more shocking when he was picked for the provisional World Cup squad just a couple of months later.
He also added two Copa Libertadores medals to his collection in 1962 and 1963 and lifted the Intercontinental Cup against Benfica and Milan in the same seasons in a
side led up front by Pele, who incidentally scored his
first senior goal against Gilmar.
Goretzka has also represented Germany through the age ranks, and has scored six goals in his
first 12 appearances for Joachim Low's
senior side.
This Season: A key figure in Inter's Scudetto - winning Primavera
side last season, Carraro is getting his
first taste of
senior football this season under the wily gaze of Zdenek Zeman at Pescara, and after a slow start to the campaign he's found his feet rather nicely.
The 22 - year - old returned to newly promoted Malaysia Super League (MSL)
side Negeri Sembilan after his loan spell at Felcra and is hopeful of earning his
first senior call up under new national boss Tan Cheng Hoe.
Locatelli scored his
first goal for the
senior side with a brilliant strike after coming on thirteen minutes earlier for captain Riccardo Montolivo.
Christiansen, currently in the form of her life with Nick Cushing's
side, will be in contention to make her
first senior appearance for the Three Lionesses.
Many of the teams travel to matches with their respective
senior sides, giving youngsters a chance to rub shoulders with the
first team, ask advice and gain
first - hand experience of what a Champions League away game is all about.
The centre half made his Wales debut last week, during his
first spell with the
senior international
side, and returned to West London days before the match.
FCInterNews.it claims the future of the speedy forward lies away from the Serie B
side due to his rise in the last 12 months with the team, where he made 11
senior appearances in the
first half of the season.
After three years together in the
senior side, where highlights included helping the club reached the semi-finals of the Champions League for the
first time in its history, Pied followed his manager to Nice.
Harry Winks also made his
first assist for the
senior side recently, setting up Dele Alli for Spurs» third goal in the 3 - 2 win over Everton.
Several of the club's young hopefuls are out on loan with Spanish
side Girona in La Liga, but English teenager Phil Foden and Spaniard Brahim Díaz were retained ahead of the 2017/18 season, earmarked for
first - team involvement after impressing with the
seniors on their pre-season tour of the United States.
In - form forward Marcus Rashford may have been retained up front but it the was versatile Dutch defender, Timothy Fosu - Mensah who made his
first senior start for Louis van Gaal's
side, selected ahead of the rest Michael Carrick to play at centre - back alongside his compatriot Daley Blind.
Although he is officially part of the
first - team squad, Aina is still waiting for an opportunity to impress in the
senior side.
McTominay has started seven of the last nine games for Jose Mourinho's
side, making 18 appearances for the
first team this season after earning his
senior debut last May.
The duo of Abraham and Ejaria have represented England at youth level but Nigeria is keen on luring them to play for the
senior national team, owing to their fine form for their respective
sides, with Ejaria now firmly established as a
first team player at Liverpool while Abraham has taken the Championship by storm where he is on loan to Bristol City from Chelsea.
It's a set - up recently abandoned by the
first team but, as is often the case, the youngsters play the system well and often appear to understand its workings better than the
senior side.
Zivkovic spent his youth years at Partizan where he made his
senior debut at 16 and
first captained the
side aged just 17.
Maitland - Niles was a mainstay in
first - team training this season and had multiple appearances for the
senior side, but had yet to be officially promoted.
To cap off his performances he scored his
first senior goal against Aston Villa with a 20 yard
side footed finish.
That was life through the primary school years and the teenage years and it appeared how it would always be, wearing the baggy cap in the local team's premiership, running onto the field with the home colours on for the
first time in the
senior side, moments to savour with pride.
However, Feruz has been training with the Chelsea
first - team since returning to the club and, with Tammy Abraham possibly going out on loan, he could have a chance of making the breakthrough in the
senior side this campaign.
Town's Academy Manager is likely to name an Under - 17s
side consisting largely of
first years against the Bluebirds, as the majority of Town's second year scholars are currently gaining their
first tastes of
senior football through work experience spells at non-league
sides.
Jesse Lingard's goal was his
first for the England
senior side, on what was his ninth appearance since debuting in October 2016 (v Malta).
Meanwhile, on the other
side of the tracks Michael Gove has become the
first senior Conservative to rule out any kind of deal with Ukip in the event of another hung Parliament.
Carlina Rivera, program manager for the
senior program at another local housing advocacy group, Good Old Lower East
Side (GOLES), advised tenants to pay rent
first and seek a refund later.
The sweaters were part of Jacobs's
senior thesis at Parsons and were
first sold at the Upper West
Side's famed Charivari boutique, where he had worked as a teenager.
Moe's many achievements — including serving as the
first Hispanic in two
senior executive roles in the White House — and reputation have garnered him the respect of U.S. government officials and policy makers on both
sides of the political party aisle.