Sentence examples for competitive victory over from inspiring English sources

Eden Hazard, Marouane Fellaini and Radja Nainggolan started purposefully as they went in search of Belgium's first competitive victory over Italy since 1972.

Neither team qualified for the knockout stages but while English football was blinded by the first competitive victory over their rivals since 1966, the vanquished embarked on wide-ranging reform.

It was Chile's first competitive victory over Spain in 11 matches - and just reward for an attacking masterclass.

This was not the dominant performance that some had expected but it was Brazil's first competitive victory over Mexico in nine years and a third successive win under head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari.

Blažević led Croatia's qualifying campaign for Euro 1996, beginning with the nation's first post-independence competitive victory, a 2 0 win over Estonia on 4 September 1994.

And yet, the gleam of competitive victory can still be a boon to an aspiring newbie.

Liechtenstein achieved their first competitive victory since October 2007 with a 2-0 win in Vaduz.

Scotland's last competitive victory came in a European Championship qualifier against Liechtenstein in October 2011, under then manager Craig Levein.

West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Ben Foster produced an inspired performance to deny Roberto Martinez a first competitive victory as Everton manager.

And Hodgson, with another competitive victory secured, can now perhaps experiment in Tuesday's friendly against Scotland at Celtic Park.

Miroslav Blažević holds the highest number of competitive victories, having led Croatia to their best performances at major international tournaments.