Despite their frequent failure to impose themselves, Rangers contrived and, inexplicably, squandered opportunities to extend their advantage by a convincing margin.
Mario Mandzukic pulled a goal back in the 29th minute, following up a Tiago effort to head home, before Atlético squandered a chance for a second on the stroke of halftime.
Lumb eventually went for 36, when he was stumped by India's captain, MS Dhoni, and, despite the late blows from Buttler and Moeen, the start that the openers had provided was again squandered because of England's inability to score against the spinners.
The opportunity for Mumbai's redemption was obscenely squandered.
Smith once squandered £4m on Sebastián Rozental but gave an unknown Rino Gattuso his first big chance.
Unlike their first match this season in which Juventus squandered a two-goal lead against Fiorentina to lose 4-2 – their only league defeat this campaign – the Bianconeri held on to record their 14th home league victory.
The benefits of these policies are mainly accrued by the family members and cronies of [party] leaders – billions are squandered every year".
They awoke to the grinding realisation that they had squandered any last faint hope they had of doing so, however, a 1 1 draw serving only to keep them 10 points behind the leaders with six games remaining.
This upside-down view of deficits as the cause rather than the consequence of economic weakness leaves all European attention squandered on shaving fractions of percentage points off the Italian and the French deficits.
When he responded to Scotland's vote to remain in the UK by launching a fresh drive for English powers, the prime minister squandered an opportunity to bring the nations of Britain closer together by taking an action which is now driving them further apart.
Millwall, also on seven points and in third place, looked to have squandered their chance when Shaun Williams missed an 85th-minute penalty after Chris Maguire put the Owls ahead with a free-kick early in the second half.
