Sentence examples for defensive concentration from inspiring English sources

Defensive concentration was missing and you cannot give goals away like that".

However a small lapse in defensive concentration saw Central Coast fall behind.

Midway through the first half they went further behind through a lapse in defensive concentration.

But fast ball movement and a high tempo will make it difficult for the opposition to maintain defensive concentration and Australia must take their chances when they arise.

Whatever the reasons, and whatever the merits of looking at the significance of what's largely a run of friendlies in a new cycle, the USA's tendency to run out of ideas in the second half, shortly before running out of defensive concentration or resolve, is not a habit Klinsmann can afford to let get too entrenched.

Manuel Pellegrini is unlikely to name the same centre-back pairing – Kompany and Dedryck Boyata – for the Chelsea game but, with Eliaquim Mangala and Martín Demichelis both fit and available and the City manager admitting defensive concentration needs to be improved, it will be interesting to see which two players he does pick.

In their defensive lapses of concentration they're looking a lot like the soft-centered side of the middle of the Hans Backe era, yet their attacking movement in the second half of the DC game suggested the goals will be flowing again before long.

They struggled to break Villa down for long periods, with their opener coming from a defensive lapse in concentration from a corner, as Coloccini was left unmarked.

O'Neal's defensive effort and concentration on free throws were considerably better in the second half of the season.

Mammalian nitric oxide synthase (NOS), a flavo-hemoprotein, tightly regulates nitric oxide (NO) synthesis and thereby its dual biological activities as a key signaling molecule for vasodilatation and neurotransmission at low concentrations, and also as a defensive cytotoxin at higher concentrations.

Scott had these quick explanations for the defensive breakdowns: "Lack of concentration, lack of focus, maybe even lack of discipline," he said.