Sentences with phrase «game for the club captain»

This is a big game for the club captain Mikel Arteta who needs to show that he can be a viable alternative to the brilliant Francis Coquelin, while both full backs will also want to impress the boss in order to challenge for their places in the first team.

Not exact matches

To showcase once again how Heineken ® is pairing their decades of passion for soccer with the momentum the beautiful game has seen in the U.S., Heineken ® has launched the «Soccer is Here» campaign, which debuts a hat trick of renowned players as spokespeople, including International Spanish star and New York City Football Club (NYCFC) captain, David Villa, U.S. Women's National team captain and summer games hero, Carli Lloyd and American soccer legend Landon Donovan.

My initial thoughts were that the armband would go to Petr Cech, Laurent Koscielny, Aaron Ramsey or Alexis Sanchez but for some reason I forgot about Santi Cazorla, but the Spaniard was given the honour of captaining the side that beat the Mexican club Chivas De Guadalajara in the second and final game of the mini tour of America.

Out went club captain Michael Dawson, midfield dominator Sandro and Iceland star Gylfi Sigurdsson, who has since scored three goals and provided seven assists in 15 games for Swansea.

I also have to commend Arteta for his attitude towards his lack of game time and in that he has acted like a true captain, putting the needs of the club and the team before his own.

The good news for the Arsenal club captain Per Mertesacker is that the recovery from the knee injury that the World Cup winning centre back picked up in the pre-season game against Lens is still going well.

out of last summers transfers the ONLY one who is real game changer is Mustafi, He hasnt been in the side long enough for it to be obvious yet but I feel he could well be the next club captain and leader at the back.

After being dropped for Manchester City's game against Leicester City in midweek, club captain Vincent Kompany is the latest big name to find himself benched for poor form, following two awful performances against Barcelona and Liverpool.

The pressure was high for such a new and raw talent, but he responded in the right manner, keeping his feet on the ground and shaping his game in a similar fashion to his newly - appointed club captain, Cesc Fabregas.

So with the former German international set for a long injury lay - off it seemed an odd choice for me and as we reported here at Just Arsenal earlier in the week it has now been almost two years since we started a game with the club captain in the side.

Arsene Wenger has made a couple of changes to the Arsenal team that managed to fight back twice against Man City on Sunday to earn a draw, but the idea that our club captain Per Mertesacker may be in for a first game of the season due to the Koscielny achilles injury is on hold, even though his height and aerial ability would have been a factor in stopping Andy Carroll.

The 21 - year - old, who handed in a transfer request on Tuesday afternoon, starts against his former club as he will partner captain Phil Jagielka at the heart of the Toffees defence for the game against the Tykes.

Competing for the University of Birmingham Hockey Club in their final premier division game of 2015, our sport scholar and captain, Rebecca Condie, scored the only goal of the game to see the team end this year unbeaten and at the top of the England Hockey Prem!

The Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta has only made 11 appearances for the club so far this season, and with only a few games remaining until the end of the season, he is still a week or two away from being ready to play.

But hopefully the club captain will be available again for the Gunners» next game against Man United and he is well aware of how important it is for the players to get the fans back on side again.

They will also be without club captain Marcel Schmelzer who has been ruled out for up to six weeks after suffering a knock in the same game with another defender in Neven Subtoic missing through illness.

The Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta was up on the podium at Wembley collecting the FA Cup on Saturday, despite not playing in the game, but Arsene Wenger has since revealed that he fully expects the Spaniard to sign a new contract extension with the club to stay at the Emirates for another year.

1991 was the season of the «Nearly Invincibles» losing just 1 league game, but was marred with a points deduction following the Manchester United brawl and our club captain getting a prison sentence for drink - driving.

Theo scored his first and second premier league goals in a 2 - 2 draw with Birmingham, unfortunately for him the game will only be remembered for a horrific injury to Eduardo and a bizarre full - time sulk from club captain William Gallas.

Arsenal Ladies captain Alex Scott and club legend Kelly Smith have been honoured this week for their contribution to the women's game.

Tony Popovic played 123 games for Crystal Palace, was an integral part of the Palace defence and became club captain.

Frank Lampard, who is set to leave the club this summer, has been named vice captain for the tournament and should have a key roll in helping to protect a lead and close games out late on... assuming England get themselves into such a favourable position.

MILAN: AC Milan captain Leonardo Bonucci has been given a two - game ban for elbowing and will miss their clash against his former club Juventus, the Lega Serie A confirmed on Monday.

The Real Madrid club captain and keeper, Iker Casillas, is set to start his first competitive game for the club since he broke his finger in a La Liga game against Valencia on 23rd January.

However, Chelsea captain Gary Cahill is one of those to pay for a lack of game time at club level as he is left out.

Coming to Arsenal at a young age and now captain what more can you say.Look at 2006/07 season he played in every single game for the club.

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.

The Mirror also revealed that former England captain has hired the pitch for a final farewell game at the club on Monday, which will come after their last game against Leicester.

While only officially the club captain for two seasons, Arteta was effectively the captain for two seasons more, and, along with Per Mertesacker and Robin van Persie, helped stabilize an Arsenal team that, having lost 8 - 2 to Manchester United, accrued one point from its first three games, and had lost Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri, was in real danger of floundering.

Gurpegi played over 300 league games for the Basque club, which he has also captained in recent years.