Sentence examples for close affair from inspiring English sources

With elbows flying and a Feyenoord offside goal given, the match was a rather close affair, which wasn't reflected by the score.

As has been the case for most of the season, anything is possible at Stamford Bridge, so I'm going for a close affair and a 2-1 win for Chelsea.

That may be so but it was a desperately close affair, right the way through to a titanic and seemingly interminable final game in which Djokovic was forced to save seven break points.

His 33-point haul was one thing, but he made the 60-metre break for the All Blacks' first try and he was the pivot for the second just before half-time that really broke open what had been until then an enthrallingly close affair.

The game remained a close affair in the second half.

"It was a bit of a close affair," Cheltenham captain Taylor told BBC Sport.

The first two games between the Mavericks and Thunder were emotional, very close affairs.

Sadly, their hosts still won, the final score being... Forfar 5, East Fife 4. "The first division play-off finals nearly always seem to be incredibly close affairs, needing extra-time or penalties to settle proceedings". asks Paul Hayes.

Where the other three Heat wins of the series were close affairs that came down to the game's final minute, this blowout victory was less of a contest and more of King James's coronation.

In the head-to-heads last season, they were pretty close affairs.

"But then we had this huge opportunity against England and games against them had always been close affairs.