Sentences with phrase «good halftime lead»

Hopefully the Gunners will get a good halftime lead and then Wenger can rest Alexis and Santi.

Not exact matches

By halftime Alabama had pushed Mississippi around for 250 yards, but the best it could manage in point terms was an 11 - yard scoring pass, Davis to Split End Dave Bailey, and another field goal by Bill Davis for a 13 - 6 lead.

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.

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.

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

Against a Georgia Tech better than its record (before Saturday, anyway), Clemson outgained the Yellow Jackets by a 537 - 230 margin, destroying the Tech option attack, jumping out to a 33 - 10 halftime lead, and cruising to 40 - 10 before a fumble recovery touchdown and garbage time drive.

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.

Well, Team Trauernicht came out firing and built up a nice lead going into halftime.

He just scored his best win yet, when his Warhawks lost a halftime lead to Sun Belt heavyweight Appalachian State, got it back, lost it again, then won anyway.

Serbia 86, Venezuela 62: Serbia got its Olympics started well, turning a 14 - 14 tie into a 40 - 23 halftime lead before cruising to victory.

Coming back from the separated shoulder, he played as good a half as any quarterback ever has played, leading the Oilers to a 20 - 3 halftime lead in the AFC wild - card game in Buffalo.

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.

The Rockets continued to turn on the juice and dominated the Memphis B - team, taking a 65 - 41 lead into halftime, and extending it to 85 - 49 in the third quarter before the majority of the starters sat down for good, taking a well - deserved rest of the night off.

That one - goal lead was short - lived as well, as Szczepanek got a goal of his own a little bit before halftime to send Marquette to the locker room up 3 - 1.

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