Sentences with phrase «opening world cup match»

WHEN England and the US face each other for their opening World Cup match on 12 June, expect to hear English commentators refer yet again to Diego Maradona's infamous «hand of God» goal, which contributed to England's defeat by Argentina in 1986.

However, the striker is expected to be a key figure for Argentina, who play their opening World Cup match against Iceland on June 16.

Tough blow for the United States during the 21st minute of their opening World Cup match against Ghana as striker Jozy...

After the United States topped Ghana 2 - 1 in their Group G opening World Cup match, Delta Airlines tweeted out the above...

After the United States topped Ghana 2 - 1 in their Group G opening World Cup match, Delta Airlines tweeted out the above image of the Statue of Liberty representing the U.S. with the number 2, and a giraffe representing Ghana with the number 1.

Despite Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben scoring the goals, it was arguably Ajax wing back Daley Blind who was the star of Holland's stunning 5 - 1 victory over Spain in their opening World Cup match.

Not exact matches

These ten players have played more key passes in the opening two matches of the World Cup than any other so far...

John Brooks Jr., a sub at the start of the second quarter, might just have lifted the United States over Ghana during the Group G opening match of the World Cup with this header off a corner in the 86th minute.

The France midfielder had been one of the stars of the Gunners» solid start to the season, and backed that up with a match - winning performance in his country's opening World Cup qualifier against Finland.

Italy striker Mario Balotelli has been strongly linked with Arsenal this summer, but his performances at the World Cup for the Azzuri were disappointing after the opening match against England.

During the week of the match in Valderrama, 26 - year - old Gabriel Hjertstedt became the first Swede to win a PGA Tour event, the B.C. Open in Endicott, N.Y.. Also, Ireland's Padraig Harrington (age 26) teamed with Paul McGinley (31) to win the World Cup in Kiawah Island, S.C., in November.

Roy Hodgson has included youngsters Jack Butland, Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain and Daniel Sturridge in his 24 - man England squad for the opening FIFA World Cup Qualifying matches.

Benteke opened the scoring inside seven seconds in what was the fastest ever goal for Belgium and set a new record for earliest goal scored in a World Cup qualification match.

The Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey may have only played a couple of half games for the Gunners since returning from his hamstring injury sustained in our opening match against Liverpool, but he is certain to start tonight for Wales against Serbia in the crucial World Cup Qualifying game.

Brazil will expect nothing less than a comfortable win against Croatia in the opening match of the 2014 World Cup, which they should be capable of getting.

They had similar highly talented players like Mbappe, Dembele and Pogba in the World Cup 2002, but they struggled against Senegal in the opening match, because of the way they play.

The first goalkeeper to be sent - off was Gianluca Pagliuca of Italy in a match against Norway during the opening round of the 1994 World Cup.

The Disciplinary Committee had opened proceedings following a complaint lodged by The FA after a Spanish player had allegedly used discriminatory language towards an English player during the final match of the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017.

The first player to be replaced in a World Cup finals due to injury was French goalkeeper Alex Thepot, who sustained a jaw injury after being kicked in the face by one of his Mexican opponents in the opening match of the 1930 World Cup.

The striker suffered a hamstring injury in the United States opening match against Ghana in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, ruining his competition.

MLS will observe a nine - day break during the World Cup, from the opening match on June 14 running through June 22.

Messi's Spanish friend's could be jealous at his luck after Argentina was paired with Nigeria, Bosnia and Iran in Group F. Meanwhile Spain were handed a really tough test having to face Netherlands in a rematch of 2010 World Cup final in their opening match.

Speaking during the pre-match press conference ahead of their match on Saturday against Watford, Arsene Wenger hailed the World Cup winner for opening his goal scoring account of the season and tipped him to score more goals, according to the Official Club website.

The fourth day of the World Cup sees one of the contenders for the coveted trophy, the Netherlands, take on Denmark in the Group E opening encounter, with Cameroon and Japan scheduled to play the next match.

Rakitic, who is preparing to face Brazil in the World Cup opening match this Thursday, has agreed personal terms with Barca and is just awaiting the clubs to agree the final figure and conditions of the transfer.

World Cup hosts Germany kickoff the tournament in the opening match.

However, while host Russia's curtain - raiser with Saudi Arabia will go down as one of the World Cup's most underwhelming opening matches, we won't have to wait long for a real treat.

Even when Guus Hiddink committed the ultimate sin, according to football people in the know, by not selecting Cahill in the starting eleven for the opening match against Japan in the 2006 World Cup, he still accepted the decision.

Ahead of United's FA Cup third round versus Derby County, Mourinho confirmed that Romero would start the match whilst hinting that he could do the same when Argentina host Nigeria in their opening World Cup game in June.

In terms of comparison with the previous World Cup in South Africa, the 2014 edition has already seen 41 goals scoring just the 12 opening matches.

Probably the most controversial moment of the World Cup opening match between Brazil and Croatia.

Now, tens of thousands of international visitors are making their way to the country's Emerald Coast to attend the opening match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in São Paulo, a city that was in the tight grip of a drought - induced water crisis barely one month ago.

Kiarostami, who's written the scripts for Panahi's The White Balloon and Crimson Gold, opens his recent making - of documentary Around Five with TV footage of the same qualifying World Cup match — an event that has absolutely nothing to do with his own experimental Five but clearly alludes to Offside, implicitly acknowledging its importance.

Runaway Bay Golf Club has hosted many events including the Ryder Cup match between the United Kingdom and West Indies, The Jamaica Open, The Brinks (JA) Classic, The Heineken World Cup Qualifier, CNBC Nations Cup and numerous JGA Qualifiers.

Melbourne hosts the Australian Open tennis, the Melbourne Cup - the most prestigious handicap horse race in the world; the hugely popular «Boxing Day» cricket test match held each year at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (a massive arena that can hold up to 100,000 spectators); the Australian Grand Prix Formula One championship.

In a blog post before the opening of World Cup 2014, the company explained that its prediction engine evaluates the strength of each team through a variety of factors such as previous win / loss / tie record in qualification matches and other international competitions and margin of victory in these contests, adjusted for location since home field advantage is a known bias.