Sentences with phrase «than the first game against»

They didn't come away with the Win but it was a much different Game against Team Holstein than their first Game against Defending Champs Team Holzman..

«We played our way and did it much better than the first game against them.

Not exact matches

During Penn State's first game in 2012 (against Ohio University), the announcers said that Penn State has more tight ends on their roster than other football teams

And so, after a long afternoon's journey into night, butting our heads against first one goalpost, then the other, we had to admit that the opponent wanted the game more than we did, that in fact they had more guts, and as the sensible team we were, we began to take ourselves out of the chaotic field «with honor.»

By rushing for 218 yards on 28 carries, with TD runs of 44 and 28 yards, in the Bulldogs» 30 - 22 win over Virginia, Tate became the first Georgia back to rush for more than 200 yards in a game since Herschel Walker gained 219 against Florida in 1982.

The tiny Presbyterian school, highly rated academically for more than 125 years, was unbeaten in 12 league games and was the obvious choice to represent the conference against Providence in Philadelphia on March 8, the first step toward a possible NCAA championship.

With Arsenal now fully underway with pre-season training and the first pre-season game against Lens being less than a week away, Gooners are excited to see the players back in action.

So it looks like we could be heading for another tight game against the Hammers, and it will be interesting to see if our reserves can deal with them better than our first team did last week.

«It is a nightmare how we played the first two games but we have to face the truth and that is that we have to score more than one goal against Olympiacos.

Either way, to stay alive they'll need to win their first game at 7 pm and than another one at 8 pm against the other Winner of the other 7 pm ELIMINATION Ggame at 7 pm and than another one at 8 pm against the other Winner of the other 7 pm ELIMINATION GameGame.

It was Lin's first game against the team that gave him stardom and a real shot at NBA glory, but it wasn't a day of reckoning for the player that was the center of Linsanity less than a year ago.

Intercollegiate rules kept first - year students from playing varsity, so Trice worked out with the freshmen team, which played no games other than scrimmages against the varsity.

In less than two weeks, the Gunners will run out for the first game of pre-season against a Singapore select XI in their national stadium, so I expect that the players that have not been given extended summer breaks will be back in training next week.

Chelsea suffered a heavier defeat to us than we did to them because we did not concede in the first game and they did not keep a clean sheet against us in he second game.

Chelsea suffered a heavier defeat to us than we did to them because we did not concede in the first game and they did not keep a clean sheet against us in the second game.

Mertesacker knows that the Gunners need to be a lot more on the ball than we were in the first home game against West Ham, when all the positive energy built up over six months went out of the stadium like a deflating balloon.

best formation is 4 -5-1, high pressure and fast counter attack, something like Klopp did with BvB seasons ago, Ozil vision, Walcott speed and Sanchez class can defeat anyone, passing is good but when opponent like Watford just sit and wait its hard to pass and score, start game with high pressure and fast counters than in second half start playing pass game, so with right balance it could be done, something we did against Liverpool last year on Emirates, first half high pressure and counter while in second half passing and controling game.

On May 23 in the second game of a doubleheader he played leftfield against the Phillies, his first major league start at a position other than catcher, as part of manager Lloyd McClendon's plan to ease the physical burden on three - time All - Star Kendall and to gain more offensive production from him.

They will need to dictate the tempo of the game far better than we did against Hull and to ensure that the first counter attack isn't a goal.

Wenger decided not to play Xhaka in the first game against Liv, I could see his reasoning, but Xhaka was here allot longer than one or two weeks and yet he does it the other way round.

His top - seeded Spartans were in a tougher than expected game against tiny Long Island University, and Green had struggled in the first half.

We saw Dame drop 25 a game in his first ever playoff series against a much better defender than Jrue Holiday (who's fantastic, don't get me wrong).

Now that Mourning and guard Dan Majerle have returned to the lineup, Miami is healthy for the first time in more than three months and eager to avenge the three - game sweep it suffered against Chicago in a»96 first - round playoff series.

I hope I'm wrong but this could be the most damaging win when it comes to transfers... winning 1 game, after about 20 minutes of really good play, is of little consequence in the grand scheme of things... only those with the most selfish of intentions would suggest otherwise... the only reason we're even in this predicament, where were celebrating our first victory of 2018 against a bottom half squad who is managed by possibly the only individual more antiquated than our manager, is because of Wenger's ridiculous mishandling of his contract last year combined with his mishandling of the contracts of our top players this year; a fact that he himself admitted to... so before you get too excited about the possibilities of our current roster don't forget what has happened over the last several years and pray to the gods of football that real quality reinforcements like Auba are on the way, which could have happened years ago for less money and we might have been holding a trophy of some significance, or this brief respite will be followed by the usual mediocrity and stagnation

Other than Maitland - Niles, who looks like he is already being integrated into the Gunners first team, Wenger also gave some game - time against West Ham on Tuesday to Joe Willock (who started in central midfield), with Reiss Nelson, Ben Sheaf and Josh Dasilva who came off the bench.

Opponents rearranging rotations to throw southpaws at the Yankees, take note: New York faced six lefthanded starters in its first 10 games and went 3 - 3, and through Sunday the Yankees» lineup was more effective against lefties -LRB-.289) than righties -LRB-.260).

That the Tigers finished the Georgia game on a 13 - 0 run with Franklin out is encouraging (and a reminder that the team is more than just the quarterback), but now Mauk has to steer the ship for 60 minutes, first against Florida and its elite defense this Saturday, then against South Carolina next week.

So even though the Arsenal fans would rather not have seen our team surprisingly lose games like the first one of the season against West Ham and the home game recently against a depleted Swansea City, it has made for a more interesting season than usual.

His all important headed effort gave us the lead in the first leg, while his acrobatic finish in the second proved to be nothing more than a consolation.Regardless, Giroud is still the holder of an impressive record, despite many Arsenal fans feeling he's nowhere near good enough to be playing for the club.Few strikers get the better of Manuel Neuer — a player widely regarded as the best goalkeeeper in the game — and even fewer score against him with regularity condolence to the families affected by the Paris terror attack - the whole world let's pray that no more life goes down

Anything less than a win in last night's game against Bolivia could have seen them eliminated, and the first big chance of the game (on 40 minutes) fell of course to Alexis.

um, had the defense kept a clean sheet against utd, we would have won... the key is not to fall behind, which means you are one moment of magic away from winning the match... whereas if you do nt keep a clean sheet you have to score more than once to win the game... both are important, but i think that first we must focus on getting a solid start in the game and not falling behind, hopefully with kos back we will keep a clean sheet tomoro

But starting in 1967, when merged exhibitions first took place, the Dolphins had larger crowds for preseason games against NFL teams than for regular - season games against AFL opposition.

The Arsenal boss faced the media for the first time on Thursday morning and questions naturally centred around Welbeck rather than their upcoming game against Manchester City.

Following a less than convincing 3 - 2 win in their opener against Minnesota United, the Quakes dropped successive games to first Sporting Kansas City on the road and New York City FC at home.

10 - Barcelona conceded 10 shots against Roma, more than in any other first half of Champions League game.

Santiago Cazorla assisted both Arsenal goals against Borussia Dortmund last week, being the first Gunner to assist more than one goal in a single CL game since Olivier Giroud against Montpellier at the Emirates (2 - 0, Nov 2012).

Coutinho's presence had helped Liverpool to dominate the first half, but their wastefulness in front of goal meant a level scoreline rather than a game that was already settled by the time the player was removed with an eye to the weekend's league game against Leicester and next week's Champions League fixture.

I would argue that we defended much better as a team in the Spurs game (certainly first half) than we did against Everton, but our inability to keep the ball or sustain pressure meant that Spurs had loads of the ball and were able to pin us back in our half.

Kane: Packers» Brett Hundley - Davante Adams connection a late - game dagger to Bears - Chicago Tribune - Brett Hundley became the first Packers starting quarterback other than Aaron Rodgers or Brett Favre to win against the Bears since Don Majkowski in 1989.

Sturaro saw a yellow card for putting up a roadblock on Salah, but Juventus generally looked more comfortable against his pace and trickery than earlier in the game or most of the first leg.

It is hard to think of two better players than Messi and Suarez in a two against one but the former's final pass to the latter was underhit and the first big chance of the game was lost.

Pitt hadn't rushed for more than 200 yards in a game this year and its 24 - 17 win over Duke was the first against a Power - 5 team in 2017.

That was one of 26 games he took part in during the 2013/14 season and he made two more than that in 2014/15, scoring his first Premier League goal against Manchester United in April 2015 towards the end of a season in which he earned a nomination for Europe's «Golden Boy» award — a title that eventually went to his new teammate, Raheem Sterling.

I'm not going to try and convince you that Marquette was supposed to be some kind of offensive powerhouse this season, but I am going to try and convince you that the Golden Eagles showed enough offensive life through the first four games of the season to make you think that they should be able to manage more than two goals against a top 25 team.

Having been drawn into arguably the toughest group in World Cup history, the United States needed nothing less than 3 points in their first game against the team that had previously knocked them out of two World Cups in a row.

Having won the first leg 1 - 0 away, United go into the game heavy favourites to qualify for the final however the defeat against Arsenal means this game becomes even bigger than it already was which means more pressure on the team.

In part, some of the less - than - impressive underlying numbers have been caused by a desire to defend first, either through choice by shutting down games against key rivals, or having secured early leads.

It's our first home game in more than a month next weekend and a rare Saturday evening kick - off for a big test against first - placed Manchester City.

Rather than rushing him in at the deep end playing in the league every week, it wasn't until November that Harry Kane started to earn an extended run in the Premier League, after scoring a free - kick in the dying seconds to win the game at Villa Park, Kane made his first league start of the season in the next game against Stoke.

The Belgian announced himself on the scene with an emphatic hat - trick in the Capital One Cup against Southampton earlier this season, and although he struggled for a goalscoring threat in south London this afternoon, he proved that he has a lot more to his game than what first meets the eye, constantly dropping off and putting himself about a hardy Palace rearguard.