Sentences with phrase «to captain the side»

Despite captaining the side in the 2014 - 15 season, Roberto Mancini has appointed Mauro Icardi to the role and named Ranocchia in his starting line - up only once in Serie A this term.

«It was a special night due to the result and because I had the armband in such an important game playing for a club like Liverpool,» added the player, who captained the side at Anfield.

Irwin again never missed a single game during the league and cup double winning campaign of 1993 - 94, was a corner stone of the side that repeated the double in 1995 - 96 then captained the side for the final home game of 2000 - 01 against Derby County — allowing him to hoist the Premier League trophy for his seventh title in his 10th year of service.

However, despite captaining the side towards a second placed finish, the Welshman only made one first - team appearance under Jurgen Klopp.

Terry, 35, has made 703 appearances since his Chelsea debut in October 1998 and has captained the side on more than 500 occasions.

James Milner, who captains the side in the absence of Jordan Henderson due to illness, moves to central midfield for the meeting with the La Liga side.

The Inter Milan defender captained the side last season but was replaced by Mauro Icardi for the current campaign.

My initial thoughts were that the armband would go to Petr Cech, Laurent Koscielny, Aaron Ramsey or Alexis Sanchez but for some reason I forgot about Santi Cazorla, but the Spaniard was given the honour of captaining the side that beat the Mexican club Chivas De Guadalajara in the second and final game of the mini tour of America.

Finally, Wayne Rooney should once again captain the side from kick off, taking the armband off Chelsea defender Gary Cahill and demoting Jack Wilshere to the sidelines after the Arsenal star flopped last time out.

Blind, captaining the side from central defence under the management of his father, didn't have the best of times with problems re-emerging over his speed.

The Arsenal manager named a youthful side for this opening match of pre-season, with Kieran Gibbs captaining the side at St Mary's.

A natural leader, he was handed the armband in 2011 and has since captained the side to two Premier League titles and two Capital One Cup triumphs.

Branislav Ivanovic captained the side in his absence while Theo Walcott started for the visitors ahead of Olivier Giroud.

After captaining the side at Wembley, Hugo will maintain his record of starting every Premier League game this season.

Vermaelen would continue captaining the side with Jenkinson and Gibbs as fullbacks.

Everton centre - back Ashley Williams will probably captain the side, while Stoke City playmaker Joe Allen will be tasked with passing Serbia to death.

The Uruguayan captained his side to a moments La Liga title win ahead of some stern competition in the shape of Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Cahill captained the side in the absence of John Terry during the Champions League opener against Macabbi Tel - Aviv on Wednesday night as the west London outfit returned to form with a convincing 4 - 0 victory over the Israeli side thanks to goals from Willian, Oscar, Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas.

Surely Jack Wilshere will captain the side featuring mostly academy players.

Chambers was a part of the successful England team this summer to win the Toulon Tournament in France, even captaining the side in the 1 - 0 win over Japan.

Chelsea's back four is likely to be the same as usual, with John Terry captaining the side despite the recent revelation that this season will be his last at Stamford Bridge.

Correction Pablo Zabaleta captains the side tonight, not David Silva as previously listed??

He is also leadership material, and the King of the middle could captain this side informally to enforce Koz's decisions.

Stalwarts Leon Balogun has not been around long but he already captains the side and is the defensive bulwark in a relatively inexperienced back four.

The most monstrously magnificent captain a side could ever hope for.

Southgate is sure that Harry Kane will return from injury in time for the World Cup - a good job given the Spurs striker will be spearheading the attack and perhaps also captaining the side.

A three - time Olympian and former Team GB field hockey captain, Ben first competed for Team GB at Athens 2004 before captaining the side four years later in Beijing.

What's extremely poor is that between him and Liam Cooper they have five red cards, and have ended up missing nineteen matches, these two are the captains of this side and for me they should never captain the side again based on this.

Despite captaining the side today, Kane never really showed any signs of scoring, mainly due to a lack of service from the supporting attack.

Zivkovic spent his youth years at Partizan where he made his senior debut at 16 and first captained the side aged just 17.

The ex-Manchester United player captained his side, playing along with the likes of David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo during early stages of their careers.

The team of 03/04 famously went on to complete 49 games unbeaten, with the influential Frenchman, Patrick Vieira captaining the side.

Dutch goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen made his first appearance of the season, while there were also starts for Barcelona B players Carles Alena and Jose Arnaiz as well as Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen, while Javier Mascherano captained the side.

Wenger's preference to hand Gallas the armband after such an impressive season seemed to be the nail in the coffin and again left the club 2 years after captaining the side regularly.

Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola has indicated Yaya Toure is back in favour after he played captained the side in the 2 - 1 win over West Bromwich Albion in the League Cup.

We'd just gone through a month undefeated with Cook captaining the side and he'd been one of the outstanding players.

Paul Pogba, captaining the side for just the second time, was forced off with a hamstring injury when the sides met in September and was looking to follow - up his man - of - the - match return against Newcastle with another telling contribution.

He became an official leader in the squad too, captaining the side on a number of occasions and establishing a good relationship with his fellow players.

French club insist they have yet to reach an agreement with Serie A side for the transfer of their captain

Gibbs captaining the side is no give away, Holding and Gabriel are no shocks.

Since then speculation has continued to encircle the 25 - year - old, who captained the side and scored a hat - trick in the 7 - 0 demolition of Spartak Moscow which booked their place in the knockout stage of the Champions League, with his Catalan suitors reportedly ready to make another approach.

John Terry sat out again, so Branislav Ivanovic captained the side, with Kenedy surprisingly in at left back.

Spanish champions Real Madrid are represented by goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who will once again captain the side, as well as defenders Sergio Ramos, Alvaro Arbeloa and Raul Albiol and midfielder Xabi Alonso.

Vunipola will captain the side from loosehead...

Captaining the side at Derby yesterday left him three short of his target of 32.»

And to those that believe that trait to be down to youthful exuberance — be reminded that he is the youngest player to Captain a side in Champions League history.

Maldini will captain their side, and has revealed his delight at returning to North - London, as he is anticipating a passionate crowd for the match.

Who would you have chosen to captain the side this season?

The Argentine forward has bagged 16 goals in 15 Serie A outings, captaining his side to top spot in the league as they remain unbeaten after 15 games.

He has stated in the past that his long - term ambition is to become captain for his club and nation, with current national team manager, Roy Hodgson, admitting that he has the qualities to captain the side.