Sentences with phrase «european team did»

European teams don't have guys that aren't up to par.
If there are more players like him, especially in the defensive line, Arsenal can build the attack from the back and play more fluid passing game, like the other top European teams do.
The PL teams have more and more money and only a few European teams do have serious money.
bradely is such a joy to watch wonder y big european teams do nt buy him.
He was great in the first led against Roma, and I think it's down to the fact that European teams don't press in the way Premiership teams do.

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Peter Dent, a partner at Deloitte in Toronto, recalls investigating a European company doing business in Indonesia during his four - year stint as head of the World Bank's fraud and corruption team.
That it could fall to the second half of the European tag team engaging Trump this week to close the deal doesn't necessarily bode well.
but this season he has no excuses, he's kinda victim of his own success, he made us into this european team who expected titles.when we constantly never do it or compete in europe ppl call for his head so this window if he buys no one, of course i will support but i will see it as a tremendous failure, and essentially he will have to pull off a season long tactical masterclass.
We don't seem to hear these stories at R. M. Barca and other big European teams.
You don't think psg's owners who pay ludicrous amounts of money for mbappe and neymar haven't seen Wenger and his teams loose year after year both domestically and the European front?
Do nt we need to finish at least 6th for Europa league entry, with 5 games left, 3 away from home and we haven't picked up a single point this year on our travels, add to that, that Burnley are 1 of the teams we play at home, if we don't win the Europa this year, we could miss out on any European football next seasoDo nt we need to finish at least 6th for Europa league entry, with 5 games left, 3 away from home and we haven't picked up a single point this year on our travels, add to that, that Burnley are 1 of the teams we play at home, if we don't win the Europa this year, we could miss out on any European football next season.
Might I suggest you were Hot Property back in the day because you were Manager of a team that every season were up there fighting for Premiere League and European Trophies.Of course you were in demand.I do not recall hearing too much about how all these top clubs were approaching you (which of course is illegal as you were under contract so you should not have been talking to them anyway) or how you had never broken a contract in your life when we were considered one of the top teams sat home and in Europe.
A treble in his first season at Barcelona and another Champions League in just his first three seasons in management was a remarkable achievement, no question, and if anything his struggles at Bayern show that one can not simply inherit a good set of players and let them do the rest, but while he revolutionised the game in 2009, he is now being found out and it is something of a surprise that he has no other European Cup to his name since 2011 given the quality of teams he's had at his disposal since then.
I know some are saying we shouldn't worry but to be honest I'm worried, we are playing a Mourinho team next after the international break and we all know Wenger doesn't even have a single league victory against him, the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea have no european football so can fully focus on the league all this has me worried!
Although Arsenal fans are 99 % certain that the Gunners can not qualify for the Champions League by finishing in the Top Four of the Premier League and our only remaining hope is to win the Europa League and sneak in the back door, like Man United did next season, it would appear that the Boss thinks his team need to win against some «big teams» before we can consider winning the minor European trophy.
we have at most 4 real quality outfielders i.e. players that other top european teams would take... ozil sanchez santi and kos... in my books you need 6... we are two short but worse the quality of others is lower than needed... only bellerin coq and wilshere have that potential... and there are problems with each still... we should have put in bids in june for griezman kondogbia and the Burussia striker as all could have been prized away with right bid plus players thrown in IMO... now its too late and wenger is in some weird gallic world of existential hope and denial and fans are just praying we do nt lose opening 2 matches for first time in over two decades... but no one is really confident against a team which is sure to finish around mid table...
So next summer we will be looking to improve the team and replace those two players with a budget between 50/80 million less if we do nt qualify for any European competition.
In fact it would be hard to find winning teams in any big national league or in European competitions that don't use this formula, or at least use the whole team to defend.
Additionally, a group of fresh - faced Europeans who didn't make the Ryder Cup team also improved.
Barcelona didn't just win their fifth Champions League title, they also won the eighth European treble in history after winning both La Liga and the Copa del Rey, and became the first - ever team to win two trebles.
I expect you will get your wish and he will leave in the summer, too good to sit on the bench, lets hope we do not come up against him in a european competion, we should not sell him to another PL team.
Then there is the small matter of Matthieu Debuchy, who has done nothing but moan since he arrived at the club, and who even forced Wenger to send him out on loan in January (and left the Gunners without a proper backup for Hector Belleirn) because he was whining that he needed to play to get into the France team at the European Championships this summer.
But what i will do is stop wishing that we do nt win the European Cup and support the team fully going forward.
No top European team other than Arsenal did that
drew 3 - 3 at home with a fourth tier European team (Anderlecht) and haven't reached quarter finals in 6 years we are third tier team now and this third tier who beat us today was missing HALF there team sorry but do nt care about fourth place anymore
I mean who wouldn't be insulted if you scored 20 goals in a top European league and you tell me the best I can do is a mid-table team or relegation candidates.
Mustafi needs to play Vs Southampton to get some game time with his team mates before the European game as does Perez but we also need to make sure they're fit after and so i would play both for 45 mins maybe an hour and then sub them both along with Ozil.
Although I do forget that we have the worst fitness and medical team in the whole of European football.
Hurts to say it but hope we do not get into any European competition next year and will be the nailini the coffin for the Board, Coach, deadwood and over rated players in our team.
And finally, there are many Europeans capable of playing in the USA and starting, but won't make the trip here because they'd rather take a vacation and / or don't want minimal roles because of the international team commitment issues.
the reality is they won because they had a game plan (counter away and sit back at home and they executed it correctly classic European tactic never fails) for away from home and we didn't take them seriously enough at home, and they defended for there lives at home and we couldn't find the decisive goal to finish them off this is very typical c / l trend nowadays how many of the modern teams like athletico madird and the like get through with a game plan and hard graft at the back.
Arsene the economics major prevailed over Arsene the coach of the legendary invincibles, and now we are the only team in the top 5 European leagues who did not sign a senior outfield player.
All top European teams have central defenders that can possess the ball very well on their feet, they don't rely on central defenders that can only use their muscles and heights.
So, what I see AFC attempting to do is become a Top European team.
Wenger obviously didn't think he will cut it (although there are rumours of a buy - back clause)-- you'd imagine if he is at least half as good as you suggest that he will get bought this summer by a big European team or a PL rival.
I receiving read a statistic that said 90 + % of teams that qualify for European football end up doing worse the following season and it is placing clubs that finish in the Europa league under scrutiny than the CL clubs.
Time and Time again we've seen teams get either benefit from a lack of European football or do poorly because of it.
Looking good at group stage, but do this England team have all the attributes the he was mention on Arsenal, to be European Champion?
We are a budget club now and although the board boast that they are a big European team our brand has slumped and we are mid table mediocrity potentials if we don't state some ntent and get sharper and more ambitious in the transfer window summer or otherwise.
Nasri Given that he earnt over 40 caps and played in two European Championship's it's fair to say that Nasri didn't fulfill his potential with his national team.
1 in 2 is ok, but its not like it was years ago.footballs more attacking these days, we need a striker who can do better than that like Aguero or Costa.You say that many elite european teams have sucess without a prolific striker, but you failed to name them.lol.There are exceptions but on the whole most of the top teams have a WC striker a go to man from Barca (european champiions) to real madrid to PSG and even Bayern Munich all have WC centre forwrards up front.To try an argue otherwise is facile
So of course the Gunners got one of the two, although after Arsene Wenger spoke earlier in the season about his belief that the Spanish reigning European champions were the team to beat, at least we did not get them.
The CL is a complete different animal, you play against teams with different styles and when you go against them you need to switch gears and change your dynamics altogether just for that game, and then 3, 4 days later go back and play EPL football, which let's not hide it is physically much more demanding...... these favors teams who don't play European football and the results are there, they have been more consistent.
Pls don't come here with excuses, we all saw you guys rejoice after we won against Bayern so I don't want to hear «its just preseason» excuse, Arsenal equally fixed in a strong squad, we had Sanchez, Koscielny, Bellerin & Mustafi out thus 4 of our starters & Chelsea had no Hazard & Matic thus two of their starters out, to me that's virtually equal team strength... We all can sit & delude ourselves but deep down we all know that one way or the other Arsenal with Arsene in charge will forever be a joke in the eyes of the elite European football
With Southampton coming to town, Arsenal are facing strong opposition, who have no European games to worry about and so their manager Ronald Koeman may want to keep the team that has been doing so well recently, together.
Surprisingly we only won two FA Cups with him in the team, but he did have the honour of getting two European Championship medals with Spain.
Due to the clash between this year's Le Mans and the European Grand Prix, F1 fans, journalists, drivers and team personnel didn't get to watch the conclusion to one of the greatest Le Mans races ever.
This can also be seen on the international stage where English team football does not come close to other european and south american teams.
Wenger proved this summer as he did with last 10 years he is not interested in bringing Arsenal to top level, for him 4th place is trophy, being in ECL even kicked out of it in second round (I doubt if we reach second), and being humiliated by 3rd tier European teams is what the business wants nothing more.
Never mind the fact that in 1992 he won the Formula 3000 championship, beating the likes of Rubens Barrichello, David Coulthard and Olivier Panis, but in the 1990s he drove for Scuderia Italia, Minardi and Forti - hardly the kind of teams known for regular appearances in the points (though he did come heartbreakingly close in the 1999 European GP).
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