However, as fluent as the visitors were in attack, they were almost as vulnerable at the back early on and Santa Cruz twice could have drawn Rovers level before Adebayor's first goal.
They do not compare to the revered teams from 1974 and 1978, nor even are they as fluent as that which was eliminated from the European Championships at the quarter-final stage in 2008.
As a fluent English speaker in a country where that is decidedly not the norm, I was dreading a boring lesson.
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Virender Sehwag struck a fluent 92 as India raced to 116-0 before they lost three quick wickets, including Sourav Ganguly first ball in his final Test.
Take one colleague who said that as a Welsh learner, or as she puts it, "a fluent eavesdropper" she found the Welsh-related questions "deeply unsatisfactory".
In each household, the interviewers (all Iraqis fluent in English as well as Arabic) asked about births and deaths that had occurred since January 1st 2002 among people who had lived in the house for more than two months.
Johnny Weissmuller, though, was hardly the Tarzan of the books, described as an English lord fluent in six languages.
But South African Malan was equal to the situation, receiving stubborn lower-order support as he compiled a fluent 88 from 114 balls, with 12 fours, despite suffering the hamstring strain which later prevented him from fielding.
As ambassador, her fluent French, hard work and access to the highest officials in Washington and Paris eased the sting of such contentious Franco-American issues as NATO expansion and differences over the Middle East, U.N. leadership and trade.
He was well educated, speaks fluent English and describes himself as a moderate Muslim.
And as a brilliant linguist, fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian and obviously his native Portuguese, he crossed all barriers with United's cosmopolitan set-up.
The company, which employs around 500 people at its base in Duncairn Gardens, is recruiting staff fluent in 15 European languages as well as English.
Why, yes, I am fluent in Elvish runes, as it happens.
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He is a fluent speaker of Italian - as well as German and Spanish - so will have no problems communicating with the team around him.
It paints a picture of moms not in emotional terms, and not as overwhelmed victims, but in the realities of today: More than two-thirds are tech-fluent, and 81% of moms regard themselves as expert in at least one mom subject, such as cooking and nutrition, child education, or crafts.
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Ponting made a fast start as usual, with two typically fluent drives through the off-side early in his innings off Tsotsobe.
Association of Teachers and Lecturers head Dr Mary Bousted says fluent readers can fail the test as they think the test's non-words are misprints.
Williams and Fitzgerald both produced sharp breaks early on, with the Emerging Boks seemingly unnerved by the Lions' aggressive blitz defence as they struggled to play the fluent game promised by their coach Dick Muir.
This will require some 25, 000 troops drawn from neutral nations, as well as perhaps 1, 000 Cambodian translators fluent in English or French.
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More important still, for many voters, is the fact that Mr Bush married a woman he met in Mexico as a teenager and has become a fluent Spanish-speaker, a huge asset in Miami.
As security correspondent, Frank, a fluent Arabic speaker, has used his expertise and unique insights into the complex situations in the Middle East to inform audiences about al-Qaeda and the world and environment in which they operate.
Dressed as an Ottoman merchant and able to speak fluent Turkish, he accomplished the mission and saved the city during the 1683 Battle for Vienna.
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"Although there is a resurgence of te reo Maori, a critical mass of fluent speakers of all ages is needed, as well as the continued support of the wider New Zealand community".
A. in technical engineering, he is fluent in the Afghan languages Dari and Pashto, as well as in Russian.
Adriano shot narrowly over three minutes later as Middlesbrough failed to get to grips with a fluent Sevilla side.
Chasing a revised 209 from 46 overs they reached 100-0 in 20 overs as Robin Uthappa hit a huge six in a fluent 55.
He has since become a fluent favourite on television chat-shows, his ties as embarrassingly jolly as ever.
By the time she left Japan four years later he was fluent in English and was picking up French and German as well.
There are few people to handle difficult cross-regional topics such as water resources or climate change, and few linguists fluent in tongues helpful beyond Asia.
For the next six years, he toiled as a shepherd, developed his spirituality through prayer and became fluent in Irish.
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