Sentence examples for team were overawed from inspiring English sources

I just think that the young team were overawed.

Julian Nagelsmann, Hoffenheim's bright young thing of a coach, proclaimed he was not in awe of Anfield but his team were overawed, overrun and overwhelmed by the attacking prowess of Liverpool.

"I think we were overawed," said Lafferty.

Perhaps, thought Jonah, they were overawed.

Unless they were overawed by a strong central authority, men would quickly be at one another's throats.

Millwall's joint caretaker manager Colin West admitted some members of his team had been overawed by the trip north.

I read - in the New Zealand Herald online - that previous Scotland teams have been overawed by the All Blacks; paralysed by fear and respect but I get a sense from interviews and articles that the younger players aren't infected by the misfortunes of past encounters.

Their Portuguese manager Carvalhal, in his first season at the club, says his team will not be overawed at Wembley.

Swansea City defender Steven Caulker has warned his team-mates not be overawed by Manchester City in Monday's Premier League opener.

Sherwood's team were not overawed by the occasion and the same approach will be required on Saturday afternoon when Tottenham take on Arsenal in the third round of the FA Cup.

Centre Eric Boateng accepted that GB were flat at the start of the game but said the team were not overawed: "I think mentally we never accepted that we couldn't compete.