Sentences with phrase «in a competitive game since»

They faced a French side they had not beaten in a competitive game since October 1949 in Stockholm and a team that was looking to finish the group stages at the top of the group and avoid a game against Spain in the quarter finals.

However, his decision to set up his team to play a back three for only the second time in a competitive game since taking over at Tottenham Hotspur in May 2014 ultimately ensured the visitors escaped the Emirates with a point, and evidence that their latest back - up plan works.

3 — England mustered just 3 shots on target v Slovenia; their lowest in a competitive game since v Costa Rica at World Cup 2014 (1).

Robertson arrived from Hull in July but the Scotland left - back has yet to feature in a competitive game since his # 10 million ($ 12 million) transfer.

Not exact matches

Danilo helped keep Arsenal at bay in the first - leg in what was his first competitive game for Udinese since his summer move from Palmeiras.

The 20 - year - old, who made just one appearance as a substitute for Germany during the Euro U21 tournament earlier in the summer, missed the entire 2014 - 15 campaign as he recovered from a serious knee injury sustained in the previous season and it's been well over a year since his last competitive game for the club.

So Chelsea away next weekend is nailed on for Coquelin but with two games before that in the same week, Arteta must be in line for a first competitive start since last November.

The young Brazilian winger, who can also play just behind the main striker, has not yet played a competitive game for the Gunners» first - team since joining from Fluminense all the way back in 2011 as an exciting prospect for the future.

Though they haven't played a competitive game since beating Spain in the Confederations Cup final last June — such are the burdens of hosting — they've won the last five friendly instalments of their rolling global tour, most recently a 5 - 0 thumping of Honduras followed by a narrow 2 - 1 win over Chile.

Despite not playing a competitive game since suffering a 5 - 1 hammering at Celtic with Rangers in September, 34 - year - old Barton looked in good nick, helping a young Burnley XI beat Fleetwod Town 1 - 0.

I suppose it would be very easy for anyone to pinpoint Alexis Sanchez as Arsenal's most dangerous player this season, but Man United's Angel Di Maria probably knows him better than anyone else after facing him in nine competitive games since 2011 in Spain and internationals between Argentina and Chile.

Thomas was piling up points (21 points per game since landing in Boston) and the Celtics had become competitive, winning five of their nine games with him in the lineup.

I am sure that the viewing figures for Euro 2016 today will be significantly boosted by those of us of the Arsenal persuasion, especially for the first of the three games on offer, as the Switzerland v Albania gives us the first chance to see our new transfer acquisition in competitive action since Arsene Wenger moved swiftly to complete the signing of Granit Xhaka from the Bundesliga club Borussia Monchengladbach.

They have won six competitive games in all competitions since the turn of the new year, five of those were in the FA Cup.

Since going down 1 - 0 at home to Belarus in Laurent Blanc's first competitive game in charge in September 2010, France have qualified for Euro 2012 — without recourse to the play - offs — and enjoyed friendly wins over England, Brazil and the United States (as well as some forgettable draws against Croatia, Chile and Belgium).

Everton have not won at Stamford Bridge in any of their competitive meetings since 26th November 1994, twenty seven games ago!

Wales have not played a competitive game since their 1 - 0 defeat to Ireland in the final stages of the World Cup qualifying campaign but did not show any sign of rustiness as Bale ran through and scored after just two minutes, before doubling his and Wales» tally 19 minutes later.

The 46 - year - old has performed the role of interim manager, remaining unbeaten in two competitive games and two friendlies in the four matches since Allardyce's abrupt departure.

Abdelhamid Sabiri plays for the first time since the first game against the Blues, whilst Sean Scannell is on the squad list for Town for the first time in a competitive game this season following his return from loan at Burton Albion; he's a substitute tonight.

1) He is behind Cech and Ospina or Cech and Martinez for the moment, 2) Poland are in the WC and it is essential that their first team keeper gets a full season of competitive games before summer 2018, 3) His value has increased significantly since 2015 and he is a valuable commodity for the Arsenal, 4) He may feel betrayed or undervalued by some of the fan base but he is too smart a person to let that decide his fate....

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.

It's been seven months since he was forced off in only his fifth game against Crystal Palace and the 23 - year - old was keen to enjoy the experience of being involved in competitive action again.

The Gunners have bounced right back to winning ways and since suffering back - to - back league defeats either side of October, have gone on to win their last four competitive games, scoring 14 in the process.

Since Fernando Santos took over as Portugal coach they are unbeaten in 11 competitive fixtures having but they have made a habit of winning games 1 - 0 as all 8 recent wins came with this scoreline.

For one month every year, five highly competitive friends hit the ground running in a no - holds - barred game of tag they've been playing since the first grade — risking their necks, their jobs and their relationships to take each other down with the battle cry «You're It!»

Innovation is a word not in the minds of Namco developers, since they're too busy keeping the races fast, competitive and fun for gamers of all age.

I've actually decided to group these two together, since they have a bit in common: they're both competitive games from Nintendo featuring new characters, and I think 3D fighter Arms has a pretty strong chance of becoming this generation's Splatoon, sharing in the same sort of success the first Splatoon did back on Wii U.

Daigo Umehara is arguably the best fighting game player of all time, so his relatively poor performance with Street Fighter V since the game's release in February 2016 has surprised the competitive community.

The graphics and presentation is the best Mario Party has ever had, the minigames almost ALL of them are super fun which does nt happen since quite some time in a Mario Party game, which also leads to more incentive to try the minigames only modes which are very interesting and competitive.

One month every year, five highly competitive friends hit the ground running in a no - holds - barred game of tag they've been playing since the first grade — risking their necks, their jobs and their relationships to take each other down with the battle cry «You're It!»

If your focus for the game is on Halo's competitive multiplayer you've been stuck in a matchmaking limbo since the game launched two weeks ago and dealing with constant frustration as you wait for the game to give you a match to play.

According to Stefan, this was indeed by design, since «comfort» is the name of the game in this competitive segment.

And it's a good habit, and it gives you a big advantage in the competitive game of life since other people are so very bad at it.

You know, I've had the game since launch, but if you compared my time in competitive with those of people who've only had the game for a week or two, they'd easily beat me out in terms of game - time.

Since the very first post on this blog, we've stated Fractured wants to cater to the needs of peaceful / cooperative and aggressive / competitive players alike, allowing them to coexist in a single, massive game server.

Watching this interview the second time around, I feel like this interview was what may have influenced Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution the game that it was (which was hardly what anyone wanted since it felt too forced in a competitive sense).

Everyone being able to have fun while playing games has been a past time since the humble board game days, but for some reason, the competitive crowd seemed to be neglected in the eyes of Nintendo for quite some time.

Since it's - well - about 300 yards from my house, I had no excuse not to wander down to NVision 2008 in San Jose today to check out the graphics card maker's first ever «visual computing» festival, encompassing everything from auto manufacturers (yes, Daimler is here) through game tools, competitive consumer gaming galore and, gadzooks, even the demo - scene.

It was fully featured and content complete upon release, much unlike most other AAA games these days - and Nintendo since has continued to add to it, such as with the release of the free Luigi's Balloon Challenge mode to the game in a recent update, which adds a competitive online multiplayer mode to the game.

«The game has all of the depth and rich competitive strategy of traditional MOBA games and provides a great entry point for new MOBA players on consoles, since it is set in the familiar fantasy world of Middle - earth.»

Since the game just released and it is a competitive fighting game on Steam, the population for the game itself is pretty low, coming in at just a couple thousand players at any given time.

Gamers who wear this headset will have an advantage as they'll be able to hear their opponents» location from further away,» said Vincent Jurgens, EMEA Marketing Manager, HyperX, «Since the beginning, this headset was designed to deliver the most detailed and widest sound stage in the market to give gamers the maximum competitive edge.&Gamers who wear this headset will have an advantage as they'll be able to hear their opponents» location from further away,» said Vincent Jurgens, EMEA Marketing Manager, HyperX, «Since the beginning, this headset was designed to deliver the most detailed and widest sound stage in the market to give gamers the maximum competitive edge.&gamers the maximum competitive edge.»