Sentences with phrase «champions cup victory»

After the 1982 World Cup Platini was sold to Juventus with whom he was three times the Italian league's top scorer and converted the penalty kick which brought Juve their long - awaited European Champions Cup victory in 1985 (albeit overshadowed in the midst of the Heysel tragedy).

Riyad Mahrez's goal v Celtic was a pretty decent one from the Leicester forward in his side's Champions Cup victory over Celtic last evening

Not exact matches

The German cup was attained with victory in the final over Stuttgart before Arjen Robben's late goal clinched the Champions League against Dortmund and completed the clean sweep of trophies.

He eventually made his debut for Barca in their 4 - 1 cup victory over neighbours Espanyol on January 6, and has gone on to make 16 La Liga outings for the reigning European champions, as well as a further three outings in the Championchampions, as well as a further three outings in the ChampionsChampions League.

Mourinho's Chelsea have also beaten Manchester United in an FA Cup final, as well of course as his two Champions League final victories with Porto and Inter Milan — both equally convincing and comfortable 3 - 0 and 2 - 0 wins, respectively.

The 30 - year - old scored twice against reigning champions Spain in a shock 5 - 1 victory in their opening group game, and his equaliser in the 44th minute was the strike that made history, as he became the first Dutch player to score at three consecutive World Cup tournaments.

The home team finally buckled for the first time in this series, and the Penguins emerged as back - to - back Stanley Cup champions after a 2 - 0 victory.

Another world class player from Bayern, club captain Philipp Lahm seems the sensible choice at right - back after his superb performances for club and country in recent times, with Champions League and World Cup victories to boast in the last two years.

And, in this thinking I felt justified when he hammered in a UEFA Champions League hat trick against Galatasaray in a 4 - 1 victory and when he scored the winning goal to knock out Manchester United in the quarter - finals of the FA Cup at Old Trafford.

He was the 2004 Cup champion and has 24 career victories.

A win today, followed up by another three points in midweek against Leicester will see the Blues win their first league title since 2010 and follow up the Capital One Cup victory to cap off a relatively successful season for Chelsea — despite their last - 16 Champions League exit at the hands of Paris Saint - Germain.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are Stanley Cup champions once again following their 2 - 0 victory over the Nashville Predators in Game 6 on Sunday night.

Our very own Jack Wilshere has proved he is an Arsenal fan through and through many times, and was famously derided for cpomparing our North London rivals to s ** t at an FA Cup victory parade, but last season, for the first time since Jack arrived at the club, Spurs actually finished above Arsenal in the League and took our usual Champions League position.

Ayestaran spent three years at Anfield as Rafael Benitez's right - hand man, helping to mastermind an unforgettable Champions League victory in 2005 and a thrilling FA Cup success a year later.

Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo managed to steer his beloved club to a maiden Champions League victory against all odds in Munich last May whilst concurrently Diego Simeone guided Atletico Madrid to an emphatic Europa League final win in Bucharest and both will be vying to win the European Super Cup on August 24th.

He showed his worth as the man for the big occasion with impressive displays against Europe's elite in the Champions League, scored the second goal against West Ham in the victory that clinched the title and lifted the Capital One Cup in 2014 and 2016.

Mourinho, who later Sunday tackles Arsenal in a pivotal match in the race to finish in the Premier League top four and earn Champions League qualification, spoke to the newspaper as part of the 20th anniversary of Robson coaching Barcelona to a Cup Winners Cup victory over holders Paris Saint - Germain.

Juventus open up the International Champions Cup against Melbourne Victory on Saturday.

When asked to name his most memorable moments working with Wenger, it felt telling that Ivan Gazidis mentioned the FA Cup triumphs — three of them, in 2014, 2015, and 2017 — and hesitated before adding a Champions League victory over Barcelona.

Inter Milan opened their International Champions Cup campaign with a 1 - 0 victory over Lyon and then on Thursday rolled out a 2 - 0 victory over Bayern Munich thanks to a brace from Eder in the first half.

The 43 - year - old led Bayern to victory in the European Supercup, the Club World Cup and then the Bundesliga / German Cup double, although he failed to emulate his predecessor, Jupp Heynckes, by failing to win the Champions League.

Sydney FC were led to victory by Samer Elbadar who had to play matches on both consoles this week due to the fact that his team mate, Mark Brijeski, is currently competing at the FUT Champions Cup in Manchester, England.

Pauline Bremer proved testament to that very statement, bagging an 86th minute winner all of her own making as City notched their first win of pre-season with a truly incredible 3 - 2 victory over European champions Lyon in the Toulouse International Ladies Cup.

Welsh side Scarlets marched into the last four of the Champions Cup with a 29 - 17 victory over La Rochelle of France in Llanelli on Friday.

The Blues took a friendly victory over London rivals Arsenal on the weekend and with Bayern Munich having failed to win either of their two games in this International Champions Cup so far the Blues may get a sniff of something positive in this one.

8 Bundesliga titles, 7 German Cup victories, a Champions League medal and a World Cup winner.

European football fans were fortunate that he reserved some of the best for UEFA competition: the stunning strike in the 2001 UEFA Cup final; the 86th - minute «hit» in the 3 - 1 UEFA Champions League victory against Olympiacos FC in 2004; and, of course, Istanbul — exactly ten years ago on Monday.

Milan have only managed one win in the league so far and their midweek Champions League victory was their third overall this season when taking in consideration also the Italian Super Cup final played against Inter.

World Cup winner's thing prestigious Champions League victory seem to be enough for the awards.

After sustaining an injury and being forced off after only 50 minutes of Arsenal's victory over Sunderland on Saturday, there was concern over Jack Wilshere's availability for upcoming crucial games in the FA cup and Champions League.

Realising their error, after four years, they re-signed Matthaus for the tiny price of # 1.5 m and he went on to spend another seven years in Germany, winning seven domestic titles, over both campaigns, overall but surprisingly never winning the Champions League despite a UEFA Cup victory in 1996.

Tottenham Hotspur narrowly missed out on what could have been a memorable victory against the current holders of the UEFA Cup Champions League, Real Madrid.

Mangala was playing regular Champions League football before his 19th birthday and scored in Standard's Belgian Cup final victory over Westerlo in 2011 on what proved to be his farewell appearance for the club before joining Portuguese giants FC Porto.

Real Madrid cruised to a 3 - 0 victory over Inter Milan in Monday's International Champions Cup meeting in Guangzhou, China.

While victories against Blackburn Rovers and Nottingham Forest have taken them in to the Fifth Round of the FA Cup, the Tigers are likely to struggle when they meet the Premier League champions.

I will also mention the FA Cup win in 2010, the Pro League triumph in 2005, the 2006 Singapore Cup semi-final and final and the 3 - 1 rout of Melbourne Victory in the group stages of the AFC Champions League in 2008.

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However the season will only be given a real thumbs up if England can pull off victory in the two test series over World Cup rivals New Zealand in November when the world champion Black Ferns come to town.

Time and time again these past few months, he has been Bayern's saviour, the Man of the Match in Bundesliga wins in Stuttgart and Dortmund, the hero of the penalty shoot - out triumph over RB Leipzig in the German Cup and especially outstanding in the 3 - 1 Champions League victory at home to Paris Saint - Germain.

But with a chance to win their 11th European Cup final against their fierce city foes, Atletico Madrid, on 28th May, a Real victory would send out a strong message to Barca among others, with the Decima winning club currently 7/5 to win the tie — according to the Bet365 Champions League final odds.

Then, ten days later, Real Madrid saw off Atlético Madrid on penalties to win the UEFA Champions League, and will now hope to repeat their 2 - 0 victory against Sevilla in the 2014 UEFA Super Cup in Cardiff.

In the 16 editions of the competition since the UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League winners began to participate, the overall outcome has been 9 - 7 in favour of the UEFA Champions League holders following Barcelona's 2015 victory over Sevilla.

Luis Enrique's Barcelona are the 2015 champions of Spain (the club's 5th title in the last 7 seasons) and still could win the treble with a victory in the King's cup and in the Champion's League final.

Ibrahimovic scored the winning goals at Wembley which saw United head back to Manchester with the FA Community Shield, beating then Premier League champions Leicester City 2 - 1 and the winner in the 3 - 2 victory over Southampton to lift the EFL Cup, which is now the Carabao Cup.

Arsenal come into the game on the back of an impressive 1 - 1 draw away to champions Manchester City and a comfortable 6 - 1 victory over League 1's Coventry City in the Capital One Cup.

Fresh from her win in the World Cup in Austria, Rachel Atherton (pictured) blitzed her way to a comfortable victory by more than 13 seconds from her nearest rival, World champion Manon Carpenter (Madison Saracen Factory Racing), while Tahnee Seagrave (FMD Racing) completed the podium in third, a further two seconds back.

Arsenal responded to their exits from both the Champions League and FA Cup with a comfortable victory over Everton at Goodison Park.

On July 22nd, Manchester United faced off with San Jose Earthquakes at the Memorial Stadium in California and won their International Champions Cup match with a comfortable 3 - 1 victory.

The victory sees the Blues bounce back from their Champions League defeat to Barcelona, with the FA Cup their last remaining hope of silverware this season.

Most victories in a calendar year: 51 in 2015 (30 League, 10 Champions League, 8 Copa del Rey, 2 in Club World Cup and one in the European Super Cup) in 65 games (38 in league, 13 Champions League, 9 Copa del Rey, 2 in Spanish Super Cup, two in the World Club Cup and one in the European Super Cup.