Sentences with phrase «talented generation of players»

Part of the frustration at Italy's World Cup failure comes from the fact that a talented generation of players is emerging.

This, arguably, was the main reason for the farrago of the golden generation: England were blessed with a remarkably talented generation of players; the problem was that Michael Owen and David Beckham needed a 4 -4-2, while Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard needed an additional holding player.

Not exact matches

From Russia With Smarts More than just a pretty face, Anna Kournikova has inspired a talented generation of female tennis players to work hard and market themselves to the max

One of those who has become a bit of a nostalgia player, Roberto Baggio was one of the most talented players of his generation but still went missing in the big games, particularly for Italy.

Whereas Portugal's golden generation - Luis Figo, Rui Costa, Sergio Conceicao, and so on - were at least a coherent international side that had gelled in victory at consecutive FIFA Youth Championships, this was simply a confluence of talented players from disparate clubs and of mismatched styles.

Not only is his latest directing gig actually worse than «Let's Go to Prison» (which also co-starred Will Arnett), but it confirms my suspicions that — with the exception of Andy Samberg — the current generation of «Saturday Night Live» players is the least talented group of comedians in the history of the show.