Sentence examples for a scuffed effort from from inspiring English sources

Elliot had to field a scuffed effort from Eto'o as time ran down – and the visitors held on.

First, the August deadline day signing tipped a dipping Libor Kozak strike on to the bar, then he successfully blocked a scuffed effort from the Czech frontman wide.

At the other end, Filipe Luis had two chances to score, a scuffed effort and then a powerful volley that went just a few feet wide of the near post.

The keeper's first save, admittedly, was more straightforward than it might have been, the goalkeeper needing only to fall on the ball to snaffle a scuffed effort by Ben Godfrey after West Ham failed to deal with a free-kick by Shaun Whalley.

After the interval, McCluskey slotted past Greg Paterson and completed his treble with a scuffed effort.

Both teams were intent on getting their wide players into the game, Ince in particular catching the eye, while Petrov almost put Bolton back in front with a scuffed effort that Gilks fumbled before gathering at the second attempt.

Lewandowski's persistence wins the ball and he prods it to Murawski, whose scuffed effort from 18 yards out is deflected wide by Kadlec.

Granada squandered their few chances before Rodríguez followed up a scuffed Ronaldo effort to score the fourth four minutes from time as Real eased to an 11th win in a row in all competitions.

Costa showed his goalscoring instincts to pounce on Ramires's scuffed effort, before his replacement Remy swept home a square pass from Oscar.

A delightful one-two between Roberto Soldado and Jonas presented the former with a clear shot on goal, but his scuffed effort was straight at Salvatore Sirigu.

Bale pulled out to the right and crossed for Adebayor, who produced an air-shot with his first attempt but then volleyed in from close range following Scott Parker's scuffed effort.