"The pressure is on Argentina - we've never felt any pressure in these World Cup finals, " he said.
Nikora, with a considerable wind behind him, fired over a brilliant conversion to increase the pressure on the Heineken Cup champions.
Nike should see margin compression begin to ease as price hikes, coupled with continuing strength, take effect, though marketing efforts in the coming Olympics and Euro Cup could pressure margins in the short term.
His opposite number Bruno Labbadia is currently under intense pressure and the 1983 European Cup winners cannot contemplate missing out on the final at their home stadium.
"The pressure of playing in the Ryder Cup is greater or as great as in any event, " said Watson, who will replace Davis Love III.
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"It is our home World Cup, there is pressure on us, " acknowledges Spencer, who scored the game's solitary try in that famous win over New Zealand last November, the first time the girls had been allowed to play at HQ since 2006.
Both had been under pressure over the Springboks' poor World Cup campaign which ended with a quarter-final defeat by New Zealand.
France captain Raphael Ibanez was delighted his side had managed to relieve some of the pressure on them and get their World Cup campaign back on track.
The season before last was barren and McLeish was under pressure but he rallied to clinch the League Cup and the all-important championship in 2004-05.
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For all the pressure Arsenal piled on itself with its FA Cup exit, a depressing defeat against Bayern Munich in the Champions League Round of 16, and that loss to Tottenham, the club has answered positively.
Whil Hadden contemplates a possible second Wooden Spoon, O'Sullivan, who is Ireland's most successful coach, is still under pressure from the usual suspects regarding the World Cup fall-out, and no matter what changes he tries to make, he is still criticised.
With God's help, we broke the pressure and scored two goals to reach the World Cup.
With World Cup captain Phil Vickery coming under huge pressure for his place from Bath's Matt Stevens, Tindall is being talked of as a potential captain for the forthcoming Six Nations.
Now Brazil's Confederation has to start looking forward to 2014, when Brazil will be under even more pressure to win than normal, since the World Cup will be played on home turf.
Flatley was one of Australia's star performers in that dramatic World Cup final in Sydney and his high-pressure kicking kept the Wallabies in touch.
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"It would have been the first time that Brazil would have missed a World Cup, that was when I felt under pressure, " the 64-year-old said when asked about his last spell in charge.
The victory was the perfect result for All Blacks coach Graham Henry, who was under enormous pressure following his side's failure at the World Cup last year while his job again looked precarious after the defeat to Australia at the end of July.
The U.S. team won't win the World Cup this year, but there is plenty of pressure to improve on the showing of 1998.
The U.S. team won't win the World Cup this year, but there is plenty of pressure to improve on the dismal 1998 showing.
That gave Wenger a stay of execution, despite extending Arsenal's trophyless run to seven seasons, but this time the 63-year-old Frenchman has been under even more pressure after embarrassing exits to lower league sides in the domestic cup competitions and mixed EPL results.
Hopefully, it won't be any different at this World Cup and once again we'll thrive on that pressure and relish that home support we'll hopefully have.
Imran Khan, who led Pakistan to victory at the 1992 World Cup, has, meanwhile, warned against the immense pressure put on coaches by fans and the media.
And with Brazil hosting the 2014 World Cup, and the Olympics two years after that, the pressure is on.
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Keown admits that in October 2001 - only a month after Munich - when England played Greece at Old Trafford knowing a win would take them to the World Cup finals, the players struggled psychologically to cope under the pressure.
For the four football associations to agree to amalgamate for 2012, they would need assurances that there would be no pressure to participate at future tournaments outside the Olympics - such as the World Cup and European Championships - as a GB side.
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The pressure was on the home favourite, with LTA chief Roger Draper and GB Fed Cup coach Nigel Sears among the crowd on a packed Court One.
Wilf McGuinness, who followed Sir Matt Busby at Manchester United, and Andy Robinson, who took over as England coach after their Rugby World Cup win, could both tell Nielsen a thing or two about the pressure of following success.
The All Blacks, who had never before failed to reach the last four in a World Cup, came roaring back to regain the lead when a period of pressure ended with No. 8 Rodney So'oialo forcing himself over in the 62nd minute.
The Tigers also lost to Welsh side Ospreys in the EDF Energy Cup final in April and Saturday's defeat will have piled more pressure on Argentine coach Marcelo Loffreda, who took over in November after guiding the Pumas to third at the 2007 World Cup.
Lionel Djebi-Zadi had retained his place despite being sent off in last week's Scottish Cup defeat by Falkirk and it was his Inverness defence that were under pressure from the kick-off as both sides struggled to cope with the wind swirling in from the Moray Firth.
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