The remaining three minutes of regulation time, then, consisted of half the Barbados players defending the Grenada goal to stop Grenada scoring an own goal, and the other half defending their own goal to prevent Grenada sneaking up and scoring at the right end.
The defending champions lived up to their reputation as a formidably functional side in the first half, defending robustly and kicking for goal at every opportunity - Frans Steyn nearly knocked over one penalty attempt from inside his own 10m line.
"They gave it to us and we used a lot of energy up in the first half defending.
Northampton's recovery after a poor start to the season was down to their staples of set pieces and gainline mastery, but here they spent most of the first half defending grimly as Tameifuna, Ben Arous, Dimitri Szarzewski and Chris Masoe kept pounding away, like huge waves reaching the coastline in a storm.
China spent most of the first half defending deep inside their own territory but pressed forward after falling behind and came close to scoring with Zhang Linpeng unleashing a rocket from long-range that forced Mat Ryan to make a diving save.
Wenger's faith in his current squad looked questionable after some poor first-half defending allowed Lorenzo Insigne and Goran Pandev to put the Italians in command.
The Rams, wearing black arm bands in memory of club legend Dave Mackay, who died on Monday aged 80, created plenty of chances, but were punished for poor second-half defending.
The fighting continued for another four and a half hours, Linois defending his ship against mounting odds as the rest of Warren's squadron came into range.
She held the championship for approximately two and a half months, successfully defending it against Skye on 10 September, before losing it to Saraya at a World Association of Wrestling (WAW) show in Great Yarmouth, England on 23 September.
The 2011 winner looked to be struggling at one stage, but Walsh allowed him to recover and claim a stunning two-and-a-half-length win over defending champion Rock On Ruby.
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