Their team at the World Cup in 2002 was on paper one of their worst ever but mental toughness (and an easy draw) enabled them to reach the final then.
Alex James, despite being Arsenal's captain and having previously played for the Scottish international team, was not chosen for that match, which resulted in a 1 1 draw, enabling Scotland to win the 1936 British Home Championship.
A point is about all France deserve after two underwhelming displays at this World Cup and, though they could finish their group games with a victory over South Africa, the worry will be that Mexico and Uruguay will draw, enabling both to progress.
The strength she thus drew enabled her to smile at the woman whom she regarded as a recent incarnation of the torment-filled 'divine test' she had for such a long time been going through.
Practiced regularly, this can become so familiar it creates a resource on which to draw, enabling you to consciously refocus at will, even without the visual prompt.
While that was no more than anyone had been predicting, with a draw enabling both sides to progress, it was poor fare to set before spectators who had braved floods, inadequate public transport and traffic gridlock in Recife city centre to reach the Arena Pernambuco.
He is already recognised as an international limited-overs cricketer and his gutsy second-innings runs last month helped extricate his state from a difficult situation against Queensland to one in which they dominated the draw that enabled them to win the Sheffield Shield.
The comparative and participatory quality of collaborative drawing enabled students to extend their learning through working with and alongside others and to begin to investigate the issues around drawing as communication.
A run of five league games without defeat (three wins and two draws) enabled Motherwell to climb to eighth place on 2 January, only three points off the top six and four clear of the play-off position.
