Sentences with phrase «good at halftime»

It was looking good at halftime after Aduriz had scored to make the aggregate scores level, but second half goals from Raul Garcia and Diego Costa set up a repeat of last years final.

Tottenham created enough chances to be more than 2 to the good at halftime, and Liverpool had opportunities to be level at 2 - 2 by the half.

Not exact matches

We could be losing the game at halftime, but if we held steady on the course and heeded Coach Dave's words, we were confident we had a damn good chance of winning.

Eli Manning has by far his best halftime yardage total of the season, with 274 yards at the break.

Sterling has been playing well below his best for some time now and so I was surprised to see his name in the starting line up and even more surprised that the boss did not sub him at the earliest opportunity, perhaps halftime.

We had just played a really good game against Iowa St and started well vs Syracuse, so no, I don't think when we went into the locker room at halftime we all of a sudden became dog tired from a season of grinding.

LSU came in 7 - 0 when leading at halftime, but protecting a five - point halftime lead against a team like Kentucky was going to require a better performance down the stretch.

Ozil put our best chance of the first half just wide before halftime and was replaced at the break by Akpom.

Given that (A) SB Nation is a company at which people work, and (B) it is the Monday after the Super Bowl, many of our colleagues have spent some time Monday discussing the best and worst Super Bowl halftime shows ever.

Whether it was down to work rate, loss of confidence or whatever, the only good thing you could say at halftime was that we were only one goal behind.

Playing an exciting, pass - oriented brand of football called Bandit Ball and well managed in everything from souvenir marketing to halftime shows, the Bandits have drawn an average of 40,319 at home.

Theo does not say exactly when the boss gave his speech but I have a feeling it might well have been at halftime in the EPL clash with Bournemouth.

In hindsight, it was a good decision that the Celtics took the unusual step of retiring Paul Pierce's jersey in a post-game ceremony rather than at halftime of Sunday's showcase game against the Cavaliers.

«Having the opportunity to perform at halftime of what will surely be the best game of the year between two deserving universities is truly an honor,» Lamar said in ESPN's release upon being named the performer.

«Well, we got ta block somebody, and we got ta move the ball more than an inch, or we don't have a chance,» an angry Grants Pass head coach Tom Blanchard spit at the reporter on his way to the halftime locker room.

Well, Trump left his Super Bowl party at halftime.

The little Spaniard was replaced at halftime against the spuds and he might as well not have started because the boss revealed after the game that Cazorla was suffering from some mystery illness that was clearly affecting his game and the Frenchman suggested that his central midfielder was only operating at around 30 percent.

FSU entered the week 0 -7-2 ATS on the closing line and was up 56 - 6 at halftime over Delaware St, looking good to cover -52.

He's how the Crimson Tide came back from a 10 - point deficit at halftime to beat the SEC's best team by 18 points on Friday, and how they won at the buzzer the day before.

I was so depressed at halftime We need to seriously play better against City or we will be in big trouble.

But all those good tidings came to a screeching halt at halftime.

Secondly, Wenger needs to become far more flexible when it comes to his formation selections... remember this is the same individual that hadn't used a 3 - back system for 20 years and only conceded to the experiment when the proverbial shit hit the fan... you know it killed him to adopt «Conte's» system, which is probably why he resisted so long; in fact his stubbornness to adjust even earlier might have cost us the 4 hole... much like most sports that have tactical formations, every team should have a «base» offensive and defensive scheme, but they likewise need to have some inherent flexibility depending on the opposing teams tactics and / or when specific substitutions are made... how many times have you watched a Wenger - run team make a late substitution but not change their shape on the pitch... furthermore, how many times have you seen our team fail to make the necessary adjustments at halftime due to Wenger's tactical stubbronness, which often led to giving up goals in the early minutes of the second - half... the best teams in the world know how to make halftime adjustments whereas we always seem to be surprised when the opposing team throws a wrinkle into the mix following halftime... this my friend is soccer 101

The Governors trailed by a point at halftime and didn't take the lead for good until Porter - Bunton nailed a 3 for an 83 - 80 advantage with 59 seconds left.

Things only got better as the day went on though, and four - star quarterback Zach Gentry committed to Michigan at halftime of the Michigan basketball game.

One of the best ways to capitalize is by betting on 2nd half lines in college football games that are blowouts at halftime.

With the two teams on a well - deserved break at halftime, we anxiously anticipate what should be an exciting second half of the game.

Considering the relatively quiet first half for their best scorer of all, Tim Haradaway Jr., a lead at halftime bodes well for the Wolverines.

Bryce Petty, meanwhile, was good in Baylor's stomping of Oklahoma... but Stanford's stomping of Oregon made it really, really easy to switch away from the whacking in Waco at halftime, or earlier.

Even better pic of Will Ferrell being led out of the Smoothie King Center by security at halftime of the Pels game.

In the face of elimination, the Celtics are playing some of their best basketball of the playoffs and lead 45 - 39 at halftime of their Game 5 opening round series against the Knicks.

As well as this, where was the motivation at Goodison Park and at the Etihad when we were 1 - 0 up at halftime?

FSU still has the best ROI of any FBS school in the last 10 years on the 2nd half line when trailing at halftime, but failed to cover on Saturday.

At halftime of a sensational 3 - 2 Manchester United win at the Etihad, City seemed well on course for the win that would have sealed the title, a title that would have been won earlier than any other in historAt halftime of a sensational 3 - 2 Manchester United win at the Etihad, City seemed well on course for the win that would have sealed the title, a title that would have been won earlier than any other in historat the Etihad, City seemed well on course for the win that would have sealed the title, a title that would have been won earlier than any other in history.

There is no way that even the most ardent Arsenal fan can say that we were the better team in the first half but we stil should have been ahead at halftime, because while Liverpool had the better play and the better chances, Ramsey DID score a great goal after a peach of a pass from Cazorla.

Ospina made a couple of very good saves before and after that and Arsenal really should have had at least one goal before halftime, but Ozil shot wide, Sanchez headed wide, Elneny took an extra touch when he should have shot and Iwobi did the same, leaving us with three goals to score without reply after the restart.

If it is Chelski v Spuds (Spuds are up 2 - 0 on agg at halftime) it's disappointing but you have to make the best out of a bad situation

After grinding out win after win for the better part of the last month, Juve barely had to kick things into overdrive to build a 4 - 0 lead at halftime and then got a second - half Gonzalo Higuain hat trick to roll to a 7 - 0 win over Sassuolo.

He did very well making interceptions and was very active defensively, but he was removed at halftime due to muscular irritation.

I knew it was a good day when Ledley came out at halftime (side note, my girlfriend has admitted that Ledley is a great name, but she wouldn't buy Pavlyuchenko, or Chimbonda.

At halftime, Harry «I pay my taxes, me» Redknapp bizarrely chose to put Sandro on the right wing rather than Aaron Lennon, as well as putting van deer Vaart on for Saha.

A nightmarish night for Sturaro who gave it his best but failed to provide any consistency or reliability before coming off at halftime due to a minor injury.

With a lead at halftime, things were seemingly going good for the Jaguars.

Croatia were the better side in the first half and should have been up at halftime as El Tri seemed to suffer after Nestor Araujo was stretchered...

Though Liverpool at times were guilty of too many touches and an imbalanced side in the first half, they improved in the second, going from better to dominant and pulling away, and Lallana's reflections on the match speak to some of Jürgen Klopp's halftime adjustments.

Sunderland had couple of good chances before the break and Liverpool were lucky to go into the halftime at level terms.

Second, we lean into our baser selves and obsessions with televisions, whether it's for the mindless sportsball itself, the best 30 - second mindless entertainment our finest ad agencies have thrown at us, the mindless halftime shows or the mindless munching with people we typically actually care to be around.

The company that produces the show for the Wolves also does halftime at the Super Bowl, so you know they're good.

She put on a show, and at least in my books it is one of the best halftime shows.