Sentence examples for overcome a team from inspiring English sources
And not since 1949 has a nonleague team managed to overcome a team from the top flight beyond the third round.
Their joy last night will no doubt have been enhanced by the fact they defied the odds to overcome a team managed by a former Arsenal player in Remi Garde.
For Bangladesh did not fluke their win, they did not have the rub of the green, but quite simply played good, controlled, disciplined cricket, led superbly by Mashrafe Mortaza, to overcome a team that looked scared of their own shadows.
A man clearly much happier at the prospect of watching the world's best footballers from a Rio beachside studio for a month than he was when chained to the Daybreak sofa, Chiles joked that his punditry line-up would easily overcome a team headed by Gary Lineker.
We've done well to overcome a team of that calibre.
The AI, developed by London-based DeepMind, which was acquired by Google for around $500 million in 2014, also overcome a team of five top players during a week of matches.
Overcoming a team like Guangdong, which has the best domestic roster signed for what essentially amounts to lifetime contracts, becomes extremely difficult.
Nigeria won't exactly fear the Warriors, having demolished them 5-1 and 3-0 in the qualifiers, and the stars of Senegal and Ghana will also feel confident of overcoming a team with chronic defensive weaknesses - though veteran striker Peter Ndlovu, now of the Mamelodi Sundowns, and new Portsmouth signing Benjamin Mwaruwari, will have to be watched closely.
The life lessons also include the power of a small team's faith to overcome a big team's dominance, and as in Jeremy Lin's case, the joy we feel when the unsung among us blossoms into greatness.
The players were full of belief and it was tough to overcome a good team on a flat pitch but we've won something many teams have failed to do.
The Rangers rank first in the Eastern Conference with 23 points, but they could not overcome a Capitals team without center Sergei Fedorov, defenseman Shaone Morrisonn and the captain Chris Clark.
