Sentence examples for defences in the first from inspiring English sources
After completing a major refit in early 1942, the ship made multiple trips delivering fighter aircraft to Malta to boost its air defences in the first half of 1942.
Brigadier Stanley Savige's 17th Infantry Brigade would then exploit the breach in the fortress defences in the second phase.
The major area of concern for Spurs' defence in the first half was how Assou-Ekotto's afro would react to the freezing temperatures.
The younger brother of Lomana was a constant threat to the right-hand side of Wrexham's defence in the first half.
Mason Holgate's challenge on Marcal was undoubtedly rash and ill-timed but what had stretched the home defence in the first place was a burst of speed from Memphis Depay, a player Koeman tried to sign for Everton last season.
Securing their seat at the table for two, the perennially superb Manning and his record-breaking offence made light work of a patchwork Patriot defence in the first of Sunday's games as they comfortably negotiated their way into the Broncos first Super Bowl appearance in 15 years.
Craig Cathcart's second international goal, which remarkably was only the second Northern Ireland have scored in 18 friendlies away from home, came during the visitors' best spell and after O'Neill had switched from a three-man central defence in the first half to a more conventional 4-3-3 formathen followintervalinterval.
Kris Radlinski scored a brilliant hat-trick, with all three of his tries laid on by Wigan's outstanding hooker Terry Newton, but in reality this win was earned by magnificent defence in the first 10 minutes of the second half, a fact recognised by a standing ovation from the 14,886 crowd.
He tried three of his characteristic slaloms through the defence in the first half, each halted by Inter's defenders with varying degrees of brusqueness, and experienced similar frustration as his team mounted an all-out assault in the closing stages.
