pivotal

And Friday's opening session is likely to be pivotal in deciding the eventual winner.

Just days before Sunday's pivotal parliamentary elections, Moldovan police said they had confiscated weapons and explosives in raids across the country.

Yet it proved a pivotal turning point, as many from that group went on to become world champions in 2003.

Sometimes, it takes a player of Bonmati's calibre to make the difference in the pivotal moments - and that is what she did, getting the all-important goal in a knockout stage which was otherwise somewhat muted.

A couple of former University of Oregon quarterbacks square off Sunday in a pivotal AFC West matchup.