Sentence examples for fought matches from inspiring English sources

Aberdeen fell just short in two very closely fought matches.

These closely fought matches present a natural experiment because players are assigned to treatment conditions – winning or losing a set – despite similar ability and performance.

The third meeting between the two was one of the most evenly fought matches in Ali's career.

Thistle continued to dominate as Hearts looked weary after two hard fought matches against Hibernian and Aberdeen in the previous seven days.

Additionally, a possible scenario: we pick a team that qualifies from the group without Rooney, foster a team spirit and cohesion through three hard fought matches, then reward one of those players who have stepped up to the mark by dropping them for Rooney straight away.

Despite the likely absence of Kane it should be a tense and closely fought match.

In a tightly fought match full of frustration, fouls and 16 yellow cards, Germany beat Cameroon, 2-0.

In those minutes, he produced two incisive passes that were beyond the imagination of the younger Manchester players in a hard fought match.

The storybook tale would mean a close hard fought match with Zakuani coming off the bench late to score a winning goal.

This may be an evenly fought match for these two, but a necessary win for Sporting KC to keep its place at the top of the table.

Thanks to God, he said, that so soon after the atrocities in Mumbai there was a victory for the nation in a well fought match.