Sentences with phrase «stiff competition the team»

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the following year Alfa had stiff competition from Ferrari - mainly because the car drank petrol like it was going out of fashion - and the team «only» won four of the seven races it entered.

England's top division is so comercially powerful that the «smaller» teams are beginning to give stiff competition to the «elite», as we can see by Leicester City's dramatic rise this season.

Can a team which scores 3 goals in the first half and none in the second half Win the Champions League against stiffer competition and the League title?

They'll leave it chance like hoping the stiff competition knock each other our and hence luck of facing a team like Hull City in a final.

As a result, both Salah and De Bruyne will arguably emerge as the top two candidates to win the award, but they'll certainly face stiff competition from David De Gea, Harry Kane, Leroy Sane and David Silva who have also been crucial to their respective teams this year.

However, Bruce also knows that he faces stiff competition for the pairs» signature from a whole host of other top - flight clubs after Spurs boss Andre Villas - Boas told Huddlestone that he was now surplus to requirements at White Hart Lane going forward, while the Portuguese is also said to be keen for Livermore to be sent out on loan next season to gain valuable first - team experience.

For three - straight years, the team reached the first round, but as the low seed the Raiders faced stiff competition and failed to advance — until this season's magical run.

This year, though, they could have stiff competition for a top - four finish as McLaren have swapped to Renault power, and Renault's works team is also on the up.

Pretty stiff competition for league awards this week, although it's kind of funny that a team that MU beat picked up Player of the Week.

The Premier League teams are likely to face stiff competition from Real Madrid - and PSG will also join the hunt if, as expected, Edinson Cavani leaves in the summer.

Having beaten off stiff competition from Paul Pogba and Mirko Vucinic to receive April's title before the team's title - winning clash with Palermo, the Chilean will again be pitchside to collect an award at Juventus Stadium, this time in recognition of his efforts across an entire campaign.

The 03/04 season was Heskey's last as a Liverpool player and he scored 11 goals in all competitions before facing stiff competition for his place in the first team from Milan Baros.

Madrid beat off stiff competition from around Europe to land the 16 - year - old in January, but his time with the first team has since been limited to training sessions, while he has played with the reserve team Real Madrid Castilla in the third tier of Spanish football.

However, they will both face stiff competition for starting places and shouldn't think that they can just walk back in to the team.

Each team has beaten off stiff competition from 160 schools to make it to the final, which will see them design and manufacture a «re-hydration station» for athletes competing in long distance events.

«While there is little doubt that we will be up against some stiff competition, our team is committed to submitting a sophisticated, robust proposal that shines a positive light on the Greater Buffalo Rochester Metro Corridor, no matter the outcome,» concluded Kucharski and Hurlbutt.

Amidst the stiff competition within his team, two of its stars, Peter Collins and Mike Hawthorn, decided that their friendship was as important as winning the next race.

While not a huge surprise, considering the momentum of «Argo» as of late, the film faced stiff competition, most notably from «Lincoln,» which was adapted by Pulitzer Prize - winning writer Tony Kushner from the acclaimed book «Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln» by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Because the team competition is very stiff, and often the difference between winning and losing is just a few points, each student feels that her contribution can make a difference.

The Discovery Sport SUV provided stiff competition for Finnish middle distance champion, Laura Kääriäinen and her team of six sled dogs.

After progressing through to the final round and facing stiff competition from teams from El Salvador and Mexico, the team from Belize prevailed as the 2017 World Champions of Poktatok.

Hogan Lovells held off stiff competition to win the Employment Law Team of the Year prize for its investigation on behalf of Spar Southrand Distribution Centre into allegations that one of its Johannesburg stores was violating employment laws.

There's been some really stiff competition for Samsung's mobile team at MWC 2018, with the Sony Xperia XZ2 and Nokia 8 Sirocco turning heads and turning up the heat, too.