Sentences with phrase «national team was playing»

The entire Portuguese national team was playing for Porto that time..

The wildcard Murillo 7m A 22 year old Colombian who has been very impressive for Granada he has even got himself a call up to the national team were he plays alongside ospina.

Not exact matches

Argentines and Germans are obviously pleased as punch that their national teams will be playing in the World Cup final this Sunday.

After he was issued a North Korean passport, Chong Tese was cleared to play for their national team under FIFA rules.

Both Lyndon and Madeleine applied, but only Madeleine, who had played for both the U.S. and South African national teams and had won many national competitions, was granted a visa.

On a clear blue night in May the Saints are playing an exhibition game against the Russian National Federation team.

On the national playing field, WA is «B» team; certainly in the minds of most «eastern - staters».

South Florida high school baseball standouts that play for USA national teams, which all won international titles this year, will be honored before first pitch to the Miami Marlins game on Saturday at Marlins Park.

Thankfully, he will not play on the national level - Obama's team is just drooling over the thought of Perry being his opponent.

From Patch Reader Jacqueline Hunter: Holly Hunter, a freshman at Great Oak High School has had an exciting soccer year from being calling into the US Girls National Camp, to playing for the US Deaf Women's National Team.

Chambers is getting his first call up to the national team and has been voted man of the match several times for the few games he has played so far.

He is definitely giving Giroud chances due to the French national team which is a major tournament for him due to the ban of Benzema and lets face it Giroud is good when plays with France who is a completely different player for them than Arsenal.

The two «big clubs» that the 29 - year - old has played for are the Gunners and Bayern Munich according to the World Cup winning national team captain, and he has failed to live up to expectations at both of them.

Sanchez is currently away with the Chilean national team, but they fear that he is too fatigued to play against Uruguay on Tuesday.

He surely wants to play a part in the national team, too, and the competition in his position is fierce.»

Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette admits he's a big fan of Anthony Martial and enjoys playing alongside him and Kylian Mbappe in the France national team.

Joel has been told by his national team coach that he needs to play more if he is to be counted on for Natl team.

Campbell plays as a striker for his national team and that is his natural position, howver he is versatile as can also play in the flanks.

In this periodical, we're keeping track of which college football teams actually still have a chance at playing for the national title.

The Method: The current bowls are maintained with their automatic bids and allocations (sans the BCS national championship game), and after all bowls are played, the top two teams (according to, presumably, the BCS rankings) would play in the title game.

«The defence I play with is full of experienced players who have played many games in strong national teams.

'' With the European Championships in 2016 and the national team in mind, there is no time for me to sit on the bench and not to play.»

No matter what, Random No. 3 team clearly should have an opportunity to play for the national title, and Random No. 2 clearly is no better.

I was moved recalling the many sports figures remembered in Farewell in your year - end issue, but I'm afraid you forgot Ferenc Puskas, who in the 1950s was one of the best soccer players in the world and the captain of a Hungarian national team that set new standards for play.

The Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic played on national television just a couple of weeks ago, prior to the NBA trade deadline, with the big story being that the best player from one of the team's likely wouldn't be in the lineup when they met this time around.

«Dabo, your team is about to play for the national title.

In my opinion, Ozil would be successful in Spain national team (if he were a Spanish) or Barcelona, because their players are so used to play with highly creative system

Im all for backing our players but Giroud better than Higuain is buffoonery don't be fooled because he plays for Napoli he's maintained a goal every 2 games ratio his whole career and he's a special finisher with our midfield he would be unstoppable Aguero didn't used to get benched for the national team for him for no reason

I am sure many national team coaches think the players THEY coach should be given more chances to play for big clubs?

After testing the NBA Draft this offseason, Mo Wagner, who also played with the German National Team this summer, has clearly been putting in work in the weight room:

If Henderson is playing for the national team, then Wilshere being there is a matter of course.

The best thing to happen over the next week from an Arsenal fan's point of view would be for the manager of the Chile national team to err on the side of caution and not play our striker Alexis Sanchez in their World Cup qualifier and for the former Barcelona star to arrive back in London with a clean bill of health.

It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer

To me, it seems as if Jack is using AFC as his training / medical center in order to stay fit enough to play for the English National team.

His Kentucky team played in a conference championship and won a national title in the city, but he rarely ventured out and Bourbon Street isn't his style.

That has got the England national team scrambling to stop him committing his international future to his birth country of Nigeria, which would happen if we were to play just one more game for them.

St. Louis is still enjoying the win against the Nationals, but when it comes time to play ball again, they will ride the momentum of a four - run ninth inning on Friday night that saw the team's offense produce nine runs.

We will have to wait and see whether the Arsenal and England defender Kieran Gibbs is selected by his national manager Roy Hodgson for the friendly game against France at Wembley tonight, which is bound to be an odd and emotionally charged encounter after the terrible terrorist attacks in Paris, but with England wracked by injury problems and having to play a very young team, as well as the limp performance put in by Ryan Bertrand at left back against Spain, I will be surprised if Gibbs does not start.

When I played for the national team against Netherlands, I ran 12 kilometres and according to the tests at Arsenal I'm in the top five in terms of speed.

Speaking to The Times of India, Koevermans said: «I hope the players get attached with a club as soon as possible and play throughout the season to be considered for the national team.

The general manager who most admired Divac's play as a young member of the Yugoslav national team was the Lakers» Jerry West, ahead of the curve as usual on NBA matters.

Without understanding WHY Gnabry hasn't played for 2 years, he just incorrectly assumes that Wenger must not appreciate his talents and convinces him he should return to Germany, which is pretty unethical behavior from a national team coach.

«He was always changing and adapting,» says Jackie Sherrill, who played on two of Bryant's national championship teams in the early»60s and now coaches at Mississippi State.

Shaqiri could be tempted by the chance at a fresh start in England as in 15 Serie A appearances from January onwards, he managed just one goal and registered two assists and will need to be playing regularly in order to keep his place in the national team ahead of next summer's European Championships.

Also played for the England national team and then back to the England u21's so it's been a big season for him this season.

Arsenal played with such timidity on the attack that one would think that Wenger's side were playing against the Italian national team with Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Nesta in their prime.

Many members of the England national team are extremely familiar with Wales superstar Gareth Bale, having played alongside him between Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur prior to his record - breaking transfer to Real Madrid several years ago.

Xhaka — paid $ 3 million more for him than Kante was sold for... another of the many ridiculous Wenger sanctioned moves... like some of his skills, especially his long - ball potential but he's looked a shadow of his Swiss National team self and that really worries me... too slow and can't seem to master the timing needed to tackle in the open field... this might have something to do with the lack of leadership and coaching on this team, made more obvious by the fact that when he plays with Coquelin he plays in a deeper role (WTF???)

Even the English players who are performing well for their teams crumble under the immense pressure of playing for the national squad.

For the first time since 2011, Stitt's Orediggers played on national television; CBS Sports Network cameras were on hand in Durango as Mines played Fort Lewis, John L. Smith's team.