When a runner goes out fast, it forces the rest of the field to match his pace for fear of falling behind, or else trust that he will blow up down the road and be easily catchable.
Yet off-the-field Messi cannot match the more glamorous duo of Beckham and Ronaldo when it comes to earnings.
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Some soccer teams wet the field before a match to make the ball roll faster, while baseball teams grow out grass to slow ground balls.
The crowd paid their respects as Walker's parents and team-mates gathered on the field before the match while a television interview with his family was shown on the big screen.
The sanctions come less than a week after AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng left the field mid-match when he was the victim of racial abuse during a friendly with lower league side Pro Patria in Italy.
Ferguson marched on to the field immediately after the match to remonstrate with the official.
But off the field, these teams match up very closely when it comes to measuring their finances.
Home field advantage within CONCACAF is worth about 0.8 goals per match, while home field advantage within UEFA is worth 0.4 goals.
But the England fly-half blotted his copybook moments later when his kick from hand rolled through the in-goal area, handing Blues their best field position of the match back from where the kick was taken.
Few teams have ever taken the field in a crunch match at a major international soccer tournament faced with as many obstacles as England will encounter in this industrial outpost in the eastern corner of this country.
"Bath are really rattled by Ulster's approach - the fierce aggression, the intense tackling, " summed up BBC Radio Ulster match analyst Maurice Field at the interval.
League rules state teams can only sign eight loan player and field five in any one match and although Yates already has five loanees in the squad, he refused to rule out more signings in an attempt to improve results.
On 20 August 2006 the match was abandoned on day four when Pakistan declined to take the field after tea after earlier being penalised for doctoring the match ball.
If the Marlins match them on the field, a southeast Atlanta-Miami rivalry could fuel the division, drawing a healthy dose of visiting fans to their 18 head-to-head games.
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"Mark is a true Scarlet and obviously I have known him for quite a while, " said Jones, who was on the field for the entire three-match Test series against the Springboks.
England's Test bowlers have been practising at the nearby Allan Border field having been rested for the match against Australia A in Tasmania - and they will get their first look at the Gabba on Sunday.
The teams are an even match off-the-field when it comes to their finances as well.
India will field 12 players in the three-day match against Pakistan A, although it is unclear whether that group will take part.
Shaun Wright-Phillips, lively in the opening stages of the match, was forced from the field with a hamstring injury and from that point onwards matters quickly deteriorated for the home side.
But field-tested men and women want ambience to match better food and higher prices.
The lead eventually grew to 14 points as the Bucs could not match Liberty's success from the field.
During breaks in the match, Mr Maheshwari goes around the field, telling the spectators why they must vote.
Smith went on to score a century while, off the field, England demanded an official explanation from the match referee.
After losing their opening match to Sri Lanka they chose to field and bowled out the Kiwis for 214 in the 48th over.
He is competitive and will at least be on more of a level playing field when he captains a polo team during a match in Connecticut on Wednesday.
It was stressed that the physical development of the game, with players covering more ground during the course of the match, has made space on the field much harder to come by.
There are members of the coaching staff who sit in a booth on the stadium press level with binoculars writing down signals and trying to match them against what happens on the field.
Then, when she was serving to save the second set, a helicopter landed just 50 yards away in a nearby field, distracting her, and McQuillan promptly levelled the match but all ended well for the British girl as Woodroffe snatched a vital break at 4-3 in the decider and served out for victory.
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