Sentences with phrase «goal for one's country»

Well this time we have remained injury - free so far for a change, and everybody has been scoring goals for their countries.

Chris Smalling scored his first goal for his country last night in England's 1 - 0 win over Portugal.

He has won 19 caps and scored his first goal for his country in a 3 - 0 victory against hosts Brazil in the World Cup third - place play - off in the summer.

Arsenal are hoping to add another striker to their squad in January, and are keeping tabs on Sassuolo's Italian international striker Simone Zaza, who scored his first goal for his country last week.

The last word must go to Alexis Sanchez, who yet again scored the winning goal for his country with just 8 minutes to go as Chile beat Paraguay 3 - 2.

Bale has endured a difficult season with Real Madrid this term, but he put his club woes behind him to dazzle the Chinese defence — scoring his 29th goal for his country with his third goal of the night which saw him break Ian Rush's record haul.

Meanwhile, the Portugal captain — who holds the record for most international goals for his country — scored in 13 consecutive matches for Real earlier in the year, finding the back of the net 21 times between August 25th and November 1st.

Alex Iwobi has thanked the Nigerian fans who witnessed his winning goal for his country on Saturday night.

Whether will get of course is another issue though I'm confident he can fit in well (the guy is proven in Europe now and bangs goals for his country too).

That flick really was something special, you can see the clip of it on this page if you missed it, and at such a young age Iwobi is already doing well, with a debut goal for his country, but with just two goals from 35 senior Arsenal appearances it seems obvious on the face of it where the lad needs to improve.

«He scored a tremendous goal for his country not too long ago so it's nice that he's got an attacking mind in his locker, but obviously he's coming in for his defensive abilities which will bring a lot to the group.

Olivier Guriod must get himself out of his Premier League goals scoring dip at Watford, as I believe he has now must have regained his goals scoring confidence back after scoring 2 away goals for his country last night.

The Man United forward dusted himself down before firing home a clincial spot kick, his 42nd goal for his country.

Embolo is also a forward for the Switzerland national football team and recorded his first goal for the country against San Marino in the Euro 2016 qualifiers.

However, Deschamps has shown faith in Giroud for Les Bleus, with the 31 - year - old scoring his 27th goal for his country last night as they beat Belarus.

Vidal has also been in blistering form till now and he added a well taken goal for his country during the break to the tally of two he scored against Lazio in previous round of Serie A.

This was the 22 - year - olds 6th senior cap for Italy and he has scored 3 goals for his country already.

Louis van Gaal has since revealed that if «you miss, you are last» among the penalty takers, a pretty brutal tactic and hardly one that will inspire confidence in a player such as Rooney, who has — despite his much publicised goals for his country this season — failed to make a positive impression on the club front.

When comparing the two men in terms of their best season in order to separate the two players, who are so even in ability, Messi has scored 79 goals for Barca that season, with 12 goals for his country as well.

Gyan recently joined a league of extraordinary footballers to have clocked half a century goals for their country.

Estonian biotechnologist Andres Metspalu of the University of Tartu identifies two main goals for his country's project.

The Paris Agreement sets ambitious goals for countries around the world and creates a policy framework for their implementation and further development.

«It's clear that the end goal for these countries is to make sure that the OHCHR and all UN independent experts are unable to do their work, including exposing human rights violations committed within their own borders,» said Openshaw.

Gaitan was the star of the show for Benfica last season as they won the domestic treble in Portugal, and last week he emulated Lionel Messi by scoring two goals for his country in a 7 - 0 rout of Hong Kong.

Rooney, with 43 international goals for his country, is also chasing Sir Bobby Charlton's record of 49 goals.

However, he was involved from the start in the next international friendly and scored his first goal for his country on Wednesday 15 August in the 2 - 1 win over Italy in Switzerland.

In continuing to be in the good blessings of new Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli, Lanzini capped off a solid display in his first start for La Albiceleste with a terrific first goal for his country, as they defeated Italy 2 - 0 at the Etihad Stadium Friday night in Manchester.

However, after he only netted twice in those 26 games last time round, it is debatable whether it would be a wise move from the Gunners to bring in the Italian international, who has six caps and one goal for his country.

Paulinho was the first major piece of business by Tottenham this summer, joining for # 17m on the back of a highly impressive tournament with Brazil at the Confederations Cup, where he scored two goals for his country.

For a player that has scored over 140 goals in his club career, won a La Liga title along with UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup trophies and not to mention back - to - back Copa America titles with Chile while scoring 34 goals for his country, it's difficult to leave out Sanchez.

Sacrificing his body for a goal for his country!

Kane is not in action for England tonight due to injury, so they'll be relieved to see Red Devils ace Lingard step up and finally score his first goal for his country.

At the same time neither has scored a goal for their country.

He has been capped six times for Mexico and has four goals for his country, but he was not named to the roster for the upcoming Copa America Centenario tournament.

He also has 14 international caps and has scored 6 goals for his country.

Now Aguero is back with City and, for a player with 80 caps and 33 goals for his country, perhaps smarting a little from his treatment back home.

All went on to play at the highest level and represented England, collectively winning 388 caps and scoring 63 goals for their country.

Wayne Rooney last night surpassed Manchester United and England legend Bobby Charlton to become England's leading all - time goal - scorer, with 50 goals for his country.

The playmaker has scored six goals for his country in the summer's World Cup and won the tournament's Golden Boot award with his impressive performance.

The Londoner is nearing his half century of England caps and has scored eight goals for his country.

Once touted as Brazil's next rising star, Pato has 27 caps and 10 goals for his country but he has not made a Brazil squad since 2013.

The US Department of Energy set a goal for the country to generate 20 per cent of its electricity from wind by 2030.

The campaign, which seeks to focus on homeless students at every stage of academic development, set three goals for the country: young children experiencing homelessness will participate in quality early childhood programs at the same rate as their housed peers by 2026, high school students will reach a graduation rate of 90 percent by 2030, and post-secondary students will reach an attainment rate of 60 percent by 2034.