Sentences with phrase «losing the world cup»

There is much more expectation and pressure on them to win, especially after losing the World Cup final last year and not lifting a trophy for over 20 years.

1994 Brazil soccer coach ALBERTO PARREIRA vows, «It will not be for lack of sex that Brazil will lose the World Cup»; saucy South Americans defeat self - restrained Italy on penalty kicks in Rose Bowl final

«To say we lost the World Cup because of the coach is ridiculous,» says Contiguglia, citing the retirement of star Michelle Akers in 2000, the rise of women's soccer in other countries and the challenge of mixing young prospects with aging veterans.

In 1997 FIFA, the governing body of world soccer, sent two investigators to Baghdad to question members of the Iraqi national team who'd allegedly had their feet caned by Uday's henchmen after losing a World Cup qualifying match to Kazakhstan.

World cup leader Sanne Cant had a slow start, struggling with a rib injury, the European champion losing the world cup lead to Lechner who finished third.

Not exact matches

After losing out to Bell for FIFA World Cup rights in October, CBC's executive director of sports, Jeffrey Orridge, whose network had also lost out on rights to the Canadian Football League and Canadian Curling Association, told The Globe and Mail, «It's a challenge for the sports media landscape in general, to sustain these types of levels, what rights are currently commanding.»

Prayer didin't help Baggio (Italy's best player) putting the ball way over the cross-bar in the 1994 World Cup Final, where his team needed to score to not lose.

I'm fairly new to the world of coffee, and as I was starting to incorporate it into my day on a daily basis, I came across Bulletproof Coffee: a morning cup that promises to improve brain function, concentration, boosted metabolism and support in losing weight.

The summer before, Argentina lost to Germany in the FIFA World Cup.

He is the reason Argentina lost the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Copa America.

His goals against Brighton and Aston Villa shows just how eager he is to make up for lost time and you'd expect Walker to have his hands full with the World Cup Winner.

If Poldi does go we will go all out for Reus, he wants to join Arsenal because of his hero Rosicky, Dortmund have slowly weakened their stance on Reus and a transfer, so things are moving along behind the scenes.Reus had in principal agreed to join us before the World Cup, then he got injured so we backed off, he's back now so once we beat Beskitas we will get Reus I have no doubts.OT didn't think Alexis set the world alight yesterday playing CF jury still out on wether he can play there, he worked tirelessly throughout but kept losing the ball and misplaced passes, he will come good just needs time to aWorld Cup, then he got injured so we backed off, he's back now so once we beat Beskitas we will get Reus I have no doubts.OT didn't think Alexis set the world alight yesterday playing CF jury still out on wether he can play there, he worked tirelessly throughout but kept losing the ball and misplaced passes, he will come good just needs time to aworld alight yesterday playing CF jury still out on wether he can play there, he worked tirelessly throughout but kept losing the ball and misplaced passes, he will come good just needs time to adjust

On the international stage, he played a key role for Cesare Prandelli's men at Euro 2012 as they reached the final only to lose to Spain, before suffering bitter disappointment at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil as they failed to make it beyond the group stage.

The 29 - year - old has not had a good start to the World Cup, with injury hindering his only performance so far when the Portuguese lost 4 - 0 to Germany.

Out - of - work Sabella, who led Argentina to the World Cup final last summer only to see his side lose 1 - 0 to opponents Germany in extra-time, is one of several high - profile options for the champions.

It's important to note that all bets are action, so even teams that didn't end up qualifying for the World Cup were losing bets (sorry, Italy or USA bettors).

As for worrying about losing more, the players we shall have to worry most about are Laurent Koscielny, who has been called up despite just returning today, Olivier Giroud, who is a certain starter for France as Benzema has been omitted from the squad, and even more worryingly Alexis Sanchez, who has two more World Cup Qualifiers to play in South America.

After Jiang lost in the singles flights of the Open and again in the World Cup in Wuhan, China, the next week, Xu barred the press from talking to his star player.

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Tottenham Hotspur left back Benoit Assou - Ekotto endured a miserable World Cup with Cameroon, as the Indomitable Lions lost all three games following a dispute with their federation over bonus payments.

With the World Cup coming up we'll probably have to do this again after the tournament as who knows what players will be unearthed, their transfer value tripled by scoring off their arse while losing to Togo, before earning their place on «Worst Buy Ever» lists for years to come.

It was a much - needed lesson for the erratic MetroStars, who had lost eight of 10 games when Milutinovic, the only coach to lead four countries to the second round of the World Cup, replaced Alfonso Mondelo on Sept. 21.

No wonder Gareth Southgate pined for the oratory of the cigar - chomping statesman when the Three Lions were losing to Brazil in the 2002 World Cup.

He goes into a home World Cup qualifier, lines his team up in a formation and lineup that his team didn't practice, loses that game, then loses the second game, gets fired, and when his successor can't dig out of the hole he dug them into, he has the nerve to act like everything was under control!?!?

Undeniably one of the best players at this summer's World Cup, Robben's Dutch side crashed out on penalties at the semi-final stage, losing to Argentina.

Fans of English soccer were crushed when their team lost 1 - 0 to Italy in a Feb. 12 World Cup qualifying match in London — England's first defeat in a home qualifier in 40 years — but they weren't the only ones left high and dry.

Not a great weekend for Austrailian rugby players as they lost to the New Zealands in the finals of the Rugby World Cup, and then there best league player Jarryd Hayne got cut by the 49ers.

In 26 tournament matches since that World Cup, they lost just once and seized the»96 European Championship along the way.

I am also of the view that Giroud is considering his France place in the world cup, which will be less guarantee if he plays on the bench at arsenal, it would be unfortunate to lose his skills, teams most be able to mix there attacking threats against different defensive styles of varying oppositions.

Argentina lost to Germany in the final in 2014 and would pay +800 to win the World Cup in 2018.

Our player of the season so far?Certainly the most consistent.JACK AND OZIL CONTRACTS - just get them signed up for F *** S SAKE.Jack doesn't want to go anywhere and Ozil will have his choice of big clubs to choose from if allowed to be able to go on a free.How about giving out a statement of our ambitions (yeah right) and show were prepared to pay whatever it takes (up to the point of being ridiculous) to SIGN the best and KEEP the best» These two are the best we have so get them sorted early to send out a message of how serious we intend to be.AUBAMEYANG - So what if he has a contract.So did Sanchez.Offer the right money to Dortmund and the player and he will be ours.What is there to question over this deal?He is a proven goalscorer.We have just lost one.Get the deal done.GIROUD - Get rid of him to Dortmund if they want him either by selling or if it sweetens the deal just loan him till the end of the season.He was a back up when Sanchez was here and will be on the mix of back ups if Auba signs.He has a World Cup squad to fight for just to be considered so needs to be playing every week.We do not need him if Auba signs and would demand better than him if the deal fails to happen.Just get rid.JONNY EVANS - I'm not sure.Agree Kos needs nursing through games and we do not have consistent performers to come in if he is injured or rested mainly due to both Chambers and Holdimg not progressing through as much as we first thought and hoped for.Gooners have always been patient and supportive of the youngsters as they have come through but question marks to the whole coaching staff as to why these two seem to have stalled as much as they have done.Steve Bould - What do you do?You should be ashamed.

Being played on the left flank this season and during the world cup has not added to his credibility but we can surely agree that he is a player who has very badly lost his mojo.

Mussolini knew it in 1938, and the Argentina military junta knew it in 1978; England went out of the 1970 World Cup, and days later the ruling Labour government surprisingly lost a general election.

And then, the reason why we lost or drew all those games before Christmas is NOT because we had so many injuries or because the Germans came back late from their World Cup trip.

Since losing to the Netherlands in the World Cup round of 16, Herrera has dropped some of his most veteran players and taken the chance to get a look at a lot of young and fringe talents.

He also does not fit FO's description of players who (paraphrasing): «did not want to leave their clubs during the current transfer window in order to make sure they did not lose their spot at the World Cup», considering that Bobby Wood's country isn't going.

He had missed some World Cup games, he had just missed a league game that Santos lost to Campinas and now he was a doubtful starter in other games because of a shoulder injury administered by Milan's Bedin in New York.

Well in a report by The Sun the young Nigeria international Alex Iwobi, who yesterday scored the goal that took his nation to the World Cup, offered a pretty bleak assessment of what the Gunners could be in for if the majority of Arsenal transfer rumours are right and we are going to lose Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil.

• 01 Szczesny — Maybe good enough as a No. 2 • 21 Chambers — Young, a lot to learn, play him in the right position and he might improve • 04 Mertesacker — Too slow, seems to have lost desire since the World Cup • 18 Monreal — Just not good enough • 03 Gibbs — The only defender worth his place • 16 Ramsey — Still trying to re-discover his form • 23 Welbeck — A bit like me trying to be a porn star, tries hard, lots of effort but lacking the skills and equipment to really perform.

Italy haven't lost a game they've been leading at half - time since facing South Korea in the 2002 World Cup under Giovanni Trapattoni.

Going into the game, Colombia were in last place in Group C having surprisingly lost their opening game 1 - 0 against Venezuela — their first loss after seven straight wins — a sequence that went back to their 1 - 0 loss to Brazil in last summer's World Cup.

I lost some respect for him during the fiasco at the World cup in S.A. Today as an ex Gunner, I would expect him to be a little more placating and certainly more supportive of his old club and manager.

A successful ’02 World Cup provided some hope for ’06 but the US lost 2 games and drew 1, failing to advance beyond the group stage.

That is disputable we were just in another cup final its like you apparently do nt like cup finals do nt like trophys a big stadium he brought to us a top class training facility he brought to us im sorry he played a huge part in making the club a global giant and that our club success makes you angry and our new sponsor signing which emirates only endorsed with such big money since his success like if we get a manager who loses consistently for 20 years you will apparently be happy give it one more year we have top four next year maybe even a title its a world cup year any new manager would start outhorribly

Argentina's Lionel Messi was awarded the Golden Ball for being the Tournament's best player after losing in the World Cup Final to Germany.

As happy as Brazil fans must be about their 2 - 1 win over Colombia on Friday, the World Cup home nation lost...

He's lost his place in the French squad because of lack of game time at Manchester United and may miss the world cup if his situation doesn't change.

That though will be the closest Arshavin will ever get to being at a World Cup as he was part of a losing play off to qualify for South Africa 2010 and omitted from the squad that featured in Bazil 2014.

Schurrle's departure from Stamford Bridge will see the Premier League lose a very talented World Cup winner.