Sentence examples for brutal challenges from inspiring English sources

And forget the idea of the jinking runs of Neymar or Messi being continually ended by brutal challenges – Greek striker Georgios Samaras is the joint most fouled player at the tournament, his 17 free-kicks won more than those of Neymar and Messi combined and only matched by Chile's Alexis Sánchez.

We all saw the tackle, and it seemed like a horrifying, brutal challenge".

But they haven't done much since the event provided a brutal challenge there in 2003.

That was a brutal challenge, and Clattenburg takes time out to give Marcelo a "matey" chat.

Doing so against division rival Pittsburgh is a brutal challenge, especially in a playoff game.

But he suggested the brutal challenge may have inflicted some short-term psychological damage.

Coach Steve Hansen says the All Blacks are preparing for a "brutal" challenge against the Michael Cheika coached Wallabies.

Living without heat is an annual game of survival for thousands of New Yorkers across the city's five boroughs, a brutal challenge to stay warm.

With a Copenhagen player streaming  through on goal early on, Vidic slides in with a perfectly timed and brilliantly brutal challenge that's just about on the right side of the law.

Atlético Madrid surrendered third place in La Liga to Valencia when they had Miranda sent off for a brutal challenge in first-half added time and were held to a 0-0 drat at mid-table Espanyol on Saturday.

That reference - oblique enough not to draw scrutiny from Football Association compliance officials - was issued as a warning to look out for the sort of brutal challenge Riley permitted Ruud van Nistelrooy to practise on Ashley Cole last October.