Omar Gonzalez, the Mexican-American central defender who will line up against Hernandez, was well aware of the challenge facing him and a makeshift, injury-hit U.S. defence.
He is no stranger to pro-level competition, having made the cut at last year's Georgia Open, but said the challenge facing him this week "is a lofty one".
Ricky Ponting, Australia's veteran ex-captain, has no doubt about the challenge facing him and the rest of the Aussie batting lineup — and not just from Steyn.
They held the belief that Burnett was not about to have another desultory outing, and that he would be equal to the perilous challenge facing him and the team.
The challenge facing him now, Mr. Hyde Pierce said, is to populate the play with actors who speak with a New York patois and would seem to fit naturally into a Runyonesque world.
He talked of how he was of cancelling family holidays and living in a hotel near Tesco's Cheshunt, Hertfordshire headquarters as he got to grips with the seismic challenge facing him.
He did not have to see all 12 Giants' sacks to appreciate the challenge facing him when the N.F.L. battle for New York is waged this Sunday at Giants Stadium.
"I don't like to talk about goals, for me it is points, results that count," the forward said on Monday, but Omar Gonzalez, the Mexican-American central defender who will line up against Hernández, was well aware of the challenge facing him and a makeshift, injury-hit US defence.
This year, the biggest challenge facing him is getting control of the cost of public employee pensions.
