"We will be going all out to win this match not just for the sake of our veterans nor to give match time to the eight players who played no part in the quarterfinals and semifinals, " added Laporte.
In that time Berrick Barnes has gained plenty of big-match game time to add to his enormous potential - and fly-half Quade Cooper has grown into quite a player.
He edged inside the time set by Kostelic, then watched as a succession of challengers, including two-time defending champion Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, ski out in trying to match his time.
However, substitute Sigamary Diarra settled the match in time added on to give some cheer to a country embroiled in conflict between Islamist rebel forces, government troops and the French military.
Then a minute into injury time, Connolly rose highest from a corner to rescue the visitors and send the match into extra time.
"It'll be my first time in the main draw of these events and I'll just be taking it one match at a time when I'm out there, " she said.
Vladimir Weiss came on for the final seconds of regulation time and, after the match moved into extra-time, the winger played a big part in the final reckoning.
That lead proved short-lived, however, as Robinson stepped up to land another huge, this time match-winning, penalty.
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Only the winner of each event can qualify, and even then they need to match a certain time.
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Selley claimed his second try of the match in injury time, Bowen converting, while Glasgow had a consolation score from replacement Lawson.
Arguably his major claim to fame is playing in the longest match of all time at Wimbledon in 2010, though he has beaten Federer and Djokovic.
They had begun in lively fashion when Henri Lansbury - the injury-time match-winner against Millwall on Tuesday - blazed over the bar after only a minute.
The Ayrshire side survived a spirited display by Falkirk at Rugby Park, with the visitors' Ryan Flynn missing an excellent chance to win the match in injury time.
But Keane settled the match in injury time, striding onto Cerny's long clearance to drive under Gordon and send the crowd into raptures and keep Sunderland in the bottom three.
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Goals from Fredy Guarin and Rodrigo Palacio put Inter in a commanding position but two goals in four minutes from Alessandro Diamanti and Manolo Gabbiadini pushed the match into extra time.
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It would see clocks move forward by an hour from GMT in the winter and a further hour in the summer, to match Central European Time, meaning lighter nights but darker mornings.
The 19-year-old squandered a match point and was then broken for the first time in the match but made no mistake in his next service game.
Trinity took the lead for the third time in the match when Wes Parker scored mid-way through the first period of extra time, but Larvin netted his second a minute after the break to make it 3-3.
The resourcefulness of man of the match Swann, meanwhile, allowed him to match Broad's three-wicket haul - by removing Shivnarine Chanderpaul cheaply for the second time in the match before bamboozling two tail-enders.
It's a great feeling to be in a final match after so much time without playing.
The home side had the best chance of the match 10 minutes from time.
Kalinic then forced a good save from Hilario but Chelsea survived to take the match into extra-time.
Gerrard should have put the match away in stoppage time, but he shot straight at Isaksson, wasting a three-on-one breakaway.
Without their inspirational starlet, England went into their shells, Portugal took control and the match went into extra time and penalties.
But after half time the match petered out into a dire affair with neither side seeming able to produce anything more.
Schiavone went 0-30 down as she then served for the match for a third time but held her nerve to win with a forehand volley.
If playing out of position in a Test match for the first time was not enough to worry about, Jones' opposite number will be none other than Serge Betsen.
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