Sentences with phrase «superior opponents»

Both clubs are coming off losses last weekend but against superior opponents, and neither got blown out.

Committed to playing «the right way», Arsenal have so often shown tactical naivity against the top sides, continuing to play in the same way as superior opponents picked them apart.

Kill's offense wore out Maryland, Illinois, and Purdue (sort of) but had no shot in hell against superior opponents because they had no passing attack.

Against France, we saw two disciplined, tight, well - drilled banks of four squeeze the life out of the game, pinching a goal from a set piece while restricting technically superior opponents to shots from distance.

By the same token, though, a similarly bad start against a more superior opponent and Birmingham may well have found themselves in a huge hole and starring down the barrel of defeat.

We need to focus on domestic matters first before worrying about Europe... I can't be the only one who would rather us avoid facing embarrassment again from a superior opponent in the knockout stages.

But if you play a superior opponent requiring some real fight and spirit, he is a liability.

However, whatever system the team runs likely won't work against a superior opponent.

Their opponent Indiana is a tough team to figure out and has played close games the entire season against both inferior and superior opponents.