Sentence examples for could keep possession of from inspiring English sources

5 23pm: The good news about the last five minutes has been that it was all really uptempo, but the bad part was it had to be because neither side could keep possession of the ball.

Christian Pulisic, Darlington Nagbe, and Dempsey, the drivers of the team's offense, couldn't keep possession of the ball; for long stretches of the game, it was as if they weren't on the field at all.

The teams struggled to keep possession of the ball and combined for 47 turnovers.

Afterward, Norio Sasaki, Japan's coach, said he put in substitutes and told them to keep possession of the ball.

It would be unwise for him, the callers said, to keep possession of the art.

"We had a plan to keep possession of the ball and I thought we did that quite well," he said.

After saving the ball, the goalkeeper has the responsibility to keep possession of the ball in order to stop opposing players regaining possession.

Liverpool had the best of the opening minutes of the match, with Cardiff unable to keep possession of the ball.

Shrewsbury struggled to keep possession of the ball and had few attempts on goal before the half-time break.

Are they trying to keep possession of the ball rather than go forward?

Argentina keeps possession of a loose ball.