Sentences with phrase «winning international side»

Like I said, a super intelligent player, and the star of his winning International side.

Not exact matches

«Since the Glorious Revolution of 1688 established parliamentary and Protestant rule in Britain, the Anglo - Americans have been on the winning side in every major international conflict.»

-- Dorie Greenspan, James Beard Award — winning author «After winning us over with his savory offerings, Yotam Ottolenghi, with Helen Goh, comes to the sweet side with an international array of gorgeous cookies, cakes, candies, custards... I want to make everything in this luscious book!»

Rooney's side take on Conference side Cambridge United in their FA Cup fourth round replay on Tuesday night, a match the Premier League side would expect to win at a canter, and the England international hopes that he can then lead Man United to Wembley in May.

They put on a show for the fans and make you hate some and love others and in the end players from both sides win or lose are friends and play with each other in international competitions and laugh

The forward endured the most successful season of his career last year, as the Brazil international scored eight goals and assisted twice in 34 league appearances, as he helped his side win their fifth Premier League title.

Portuguese source Fichajes claim that Chelsea are plotting a move for Fiorentina attacker Steven Jovetic after Blues scouts were sufficiently impressed with the Montenegrin international's efforts in the Serie A side's emphatic win over Catania.

Laurent Koscielny played a key role alongside Samuel Umtiti in defence, earning his side a shot at winning their first international title since their last Euros win in the year 2000.

Though he has yet to be untested at the highest level, he has helped Basel win three league titles as well as collecting a hatful of international cpas with the Egyptian national side.

The Three Lions seemed to badly lack some flair in their side again over this international break, winning 1 - 0 in scrappy encounters against Slovenia and Lithuania.

The England international scored twice for Mauricio Pochettino's side as they claimed a 3 - 1 win away to Chelsea — the first time they'd done so in the 21st century and their first for a whopping 28 years in total.

The 29 - year - old is also experienced, having played for a number of years in Serie A, winning titles with Juventus and playing with Lazio, and he is also a full Switzerland international, with 56 caps for the national side.

The Spanish international has won a long list of honours for club and country, forming part of the highly dominant Barcelona side that won the Champions League in 2011, when he scored the opening goal in the final against Manchester United.

With such fierce competition for places in Thomas Tuchel's side this season, the USA international could be forced to bide his time and wait for opportunities, but he showed by scoring in the 6 - 0 win over Darmstadt at the weekend that he is more than capable of making a positive impact.

Similarly, when he was on international duty with Senegal earlier in the year, ahead of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, Willy Sagnol's side failed to win in three, suffering consecutive defeats against Nice and (again) PSG.

Koke played a pivotal role in Diego Simeone's La Liga title winning side last term but having seen Atletico Madrid fail to adequately defend that title it is possible the Spanish international would be open to a high - profile move.

After the boring week of pointless internationals, we're a few days away from the Premier league action again, where Arsenal pick up off a great run ot 5 straight wins against a Swansea side that has just changed managers!

Rahman will have to wrestle the starting spot from Spanish international Azpilicueta or face time warming the bench and the youngster's decision to move to Stamford Bridge may hinge on how confident he feels about being able to force his way into Mourinho's Premier League winning side.

Before the international break, Jurgen Klopp's side lost their first game 2 - 1 at the hands of Crystal Palace — their first defeat since the German coach replaced Brendan Rodgers in October — and will have been desperate to return to winning ways against City.

Here are a few tweets from Arsenal fans joking about their side not needing the Chilean international following their win earlier.

Spurs had Dele Alli to thank this evening, as the England international scored twice in his side's 3 - 1 win against Chelsea to deal a massive blow to the Blues» hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League.

So Arsenal are still the side that he would prefer to win this tight race for the EPL trophy and although the England international midfielder is set to spend the whole season with the Cherries, at least, he will soon get the chance to help the Gunners in our attempt to catch and overhaul the teams above us in the table.

Although the Chilean international showed his class in the Manchester derby to help spark his side's stunning 3 - 2 comeback win, it hasn't been enough for him to avoid receiving criticism over his poor form in general.

Zinedine Zidane's side have lost four consecutive games with the youngster in the team, but have won the last two without him, one of which also saw Odegaard missing a game due to his latest international call - up.

The Italian international has been quoted as saying he would like to bow out at Juve with a win in the Champions League final, with his side edging Real Madrid 2 - 1 in the first leg of their semi-final against the Spanish giants.

However, Mourinho will want to add a midfielder to his group too, and he knows all about Matic as the Serbian international was an integral part of his title - winning side two years ago.

It will be up to the England international to win them over, but given he has yet to make a single appearance so far this season, he'll have to get back to full fitness first, break into the side and then prove that he's worthy of the show of faith from the club.

«Winning my first international competition, where I was part of a team that beat Malta, South Africa and a Dutch representative side.»

Despite winning everything at club level with Barcelona Messi will now have to face the fact that, like Ronaldo, international success will never come his way even though he has been surrounded by brilliant individuals in the Argentina side.

Icelandic international Gylfi Sigurdsson enjoyed a fantastic second debut for Swansea City as they stunned Louis van Gaal and Manchester United at Old Trafford, with the former Tottenham midfielder assisting his side's opening goal before settle the match with the winning goal.

The Belgian international was brought in to fix a major problem in Jose Mourinho's side, and that was to ensure that there was an end product to their play and a clinical presence up front with a striker who would take his chances and secure wins.

The Portuguese international played a starring role in the first leg meeting in which the Ligue 1 side pulled off a surprise 3 - 1 win in London, giving the Gunners a huge mountain to climb when the two sides clash in the second leg at the Stade Louis II stadium.

The Czech international has now become the first ever player to win the Premier League Golden Glove, having also won the award for former side Chelsea.

His Wales side got a favourable draw in their bid to win their first ever international competition.

Ahead of their Group C clash against Slovakia in Oviedo tonight, Spain sit second in the table and face a side that has won their last nine internationals in succession.

The Spain international played no part in last weekend's Clasico — a one - sided fixture which Barcelona won 4 - 0 — and is understood to be considering his options for the future, according to the Mirror.

The Chilean international has been one of the club's best players for the last few seasons, helping them to three consecutive Serie A title wins and also catching the eye for his national side at this summer's World Cup.

It certainly helped everyone's mood when we destroyed our old nemesis side Chelsea, and another great win tomorrow and we can all go on smiling all the way through the international break.

It may well have felt like Deja Vu to the Arsenal and Germany international star Mesut Ozil at Euro 2016 yesterday, because despite the attacking midfielder producing an awesome and bewildering display of passing and creative football that had Northern Ireland chasing shadows in France, his national side Germany could only manage to win by the narrowest of margins.

A pacey winger with an eye for goal, the German international was in fine form for his national side as they won the World Cup this summer, setting up Mario Goetze's extra-time winner with a great run and cross down the left - hand side.

Doumbia's fine form in the Champions League will no doubt have caught the eye of several top clubs this season, with the Ivory Coast international recently scoring in his side's surprise away win at Manchester City.

However, Liverpool are also keen on the England U21 international, and so it promises to be quite the transfer battle if he chooses to leave Leicester, with Claudio Ranieri's side struggling to avoid a relegation scrap just a year on from winning the Premier League title.

The French international has been central to his side's push for a surprise Premier League title win, prompting a number of superlatives to be credited to his name.

The new Nigerian signing played a key role in helping his his Under - 17 international side to win the World Cup, and was nominated the most valuable player of the tournament, previously won by Kelechi Nwakali, Toni Kross and former Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas.

This is not Gus» first taste of International honours having represented his country at U16, U17, U18 and debuting at U20 level last year against Scotland and Italy, helping the side to win the title.

Other highlights on the men's side included an exciting sprint finish from Tom Frith to win the 800, a 65.20 m javelin victory for GB Junior International Aiden Reynolds, Alex Howard winning the steeplechase and a 110H win for Ismaila Ngum.

Arsene Wenger really is keen to stick to the winning formula that Arsenal have found either side of the recent international break, because despite him being fit enough for the squad last week and this week, the vastly experienced keeper Petr Cech has been left on the bench by the manager who has kept faith with David Ospina after the Colombian international's impressive performances with Cech was on the injury list.

Gerardo Martino's side destroyed Paraguay 6 - 1 in their semi-final, but it remains to be seen whether the weight of history — the sleeping giants haven't won a major international title since 1993 — will overcome Argentina.

Being likened to Ashley Cole is a huge talking point, with the former England international having been a key cog in the famous Invincibles side of 2004, before going onto win further honours with Chelsea including both European club trophies, and could have been argued to be the best left - back in the world for a number of years.

For Messi — the world's greatest player — the final represents an opportunity to win a maiden senior international honour with the national side.