"Honestly I did not think in the morning that the pitch would play that badly, " stand-in skipper Mahela Jayawardene said.
When Jack Ma , a Chinese-born Internet entrepreneur, came to Silicon Valley in 1999 to pitch his new venture--an e-commerce play dubbed Alibaba --investing in China was still a dubious proposition.
Though the Galaxy have a ways to climb on the pitch in 2012 to reach their championship level of play from a season ago, their recent deals with Herbalife and Time Warner Cable should financially fortify the franchise for the next decade.
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At 60 for 5 you could have been excused for thinking Australia were batting on a minefield but the truth is the pitch didn't really play a sinister part in any of our dismissals.
"I just hope to God that I can get in there myself, with 11 players on the pitch and to play would be fantastic, " he added.
Moyes arrives with United having sealed a series of lucrative sponsorship deals aimed at maximizing off-pitch revenue in order to be competitive under European football's financial fair play rules.
Beckham's first spell with Milan was marked by success on the pitch, scoring two goals in 18 matches, but his delayed return to play for Galaxy in MLS sparked controversy in the United States.
This pitch offers something for everybody but you have to be disciplined in the way you play.
Both teams had their share of possession in the closing stages, with play flowing up and down the pitch.
Libyan substitute Mohamed Zubya, who did not play in the match, was sent off for running onto the pitch to participate in the uproar.
There, he started at quarterback for two seasons, orchestrating an option-style offense in which he would often pitch the football to a running back then sprint in front of him to act as the play's lead blocker.
Solomon Wilcots, a CBS analyst and former Steelers defensive back, said Pittsburgh had practiced all week to stop Denver's "read option, " a play in which the quarterback decides whether to run the ball himself, pitch it to a trailing back or on rare occasions throw it.
Yet Moratti has dismissed suggestions that Inter play better when Martins is on the pitch and the 30-year-old Vieri in the stands.
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He needs to play in one of these internationals, he's a quiet bloke on and off the pitch and he's certainly doing it on the field.
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