Not exact matches
This week Fortune caught up with Jarred Kennedy, the co-head of esports at Riot Games, to discuss the world championship (the
finals will take
place Nov. 4 at the Bird's Nest National Stadium in Beijing) as well as the overall growth of the esports industry and Riot's plans, much like rival Activision Blizzard, to remodel its own esports
league after major professional sports
leagues like the NFL and NBA.
In my honest opinion I don't think any team will touch Chelsea and City this year, so 3rd
place was as good as it gets with a quarter
final champions
league, and semi
final FA cup.
The Cottagers currently lie in third
place in the
league, while Millwall currently occupy one of the
final playoff
places, so there's everything to play for this season.
A seventh -
placed finish in Serie A coupled with defeat in the Coppa Italia
final against Juventus on May 21 would see the Italian giants miss out on a
place in the Europa
League next season.
With Man United's win over Norwich ensuring that Arsenal still need points from our
final two games to secure a Champions
League place for next season, the manager must get his team selection and tactics right and with more options than usual he has a tough job on his hands, but one of those choices for me has to be Santi Cazorla in the box to box role.
So Arsene Wenger's name is being cheered again, Arsenal look good for a UCL quarter -
final place and we seem to be on the up in the Premier
League as well, heading for an away game with a Liverpool side about as far removed from the confident, dangerous and in form outfit that took us apart at Anfield last season.
Their extra goal difference means that we really have to win both of our remaining games and hope they lose their one, but their
final game is against Southampton who are still fighting for a Europa
League place and who just put six past an in form Aston Villa, so it is by no means a lost cause.
They have 2 Men's
League Championships as well as a 2nd
Place and another
Final Four appearance.
The Women's Blues had one of its most successful years yet, claiming first
place in the Premier South
League and only narrowly missing out on a
place in the Championship
final to Durham, finishing third overall.
In 2015 Arsenal only just pinched second
place in the
League by the skin of their teeth when Tottenham collapsed in the
final games of the campaign, but Spurs got their revenge in style last season when they made sure of their second -
place finish and ended 11 points ahead of a very disappointing Gunners side, that failed to even make the Champions
League.
The North London outfit are in excellent form ahead of the meeting at the weekend having won their last eight in a row in the
league and nine in all competitions after booking a
place in the FA Cup
final with victory against Reading last Saturday.
He guided Dnipro to second
place in the Ukrainian Premier
League in his
final season with the club.
Szczesny found himself dropped from the Arsenal team for much of last season, with Colombian shot - stopper David Ospina playing in his
place in the Premier
League, though he did still manage to start in goal in the FA Cup
final win over Aston Villa.
Victory for Louis van Gaal's side would lift them to within one point of the Citizens, who have only won one of their last five
league games, in the race for the fourth and final Champions League
league games, in the race for the fourth and
final Champions
League League place.
Malaga's former Portugal international Duda is confident his side can overcome a 1 - 0 deficit at home to Porto in their Champions
League Last 16 second leg clash on Wednesday to claim a
place in the quarter -
finals.
Southampton currently sit in second
place in the Premier
League with Schneiderlin not only providing his usual strong displays in central midfield but also popping up with three goals to prove his edge in the
final third.
The Club of the Principality sit on 50 points, one ahead of fifth -
place Saint - Etienne and four behind Olympique Marseille, who currently occupy the
final Champions
League spot.
In - fact, the Dutchman has implied that Shaw has a
place in his Europa
League final XI, if United reach the May 18 showcase, and the left - back is fit.
United and Arsenal are
placed third and fourth in the
league, so it's almost like a
final, I think.
Despite enduring his fair share of criticism over his new side's playing style, Louis van Gaal had inspired United to third
place in the Premier
League and the quarter -
finals of the FA Cup, with a Capital One Cup humbling at MK Dons the only major blot on his copy book.
FIFA's snub is an embarrassment when you consider that Suarez has scored 28 goals in 33 La Liga games this calendar year, as well as netting in the
final of the Champions
League, the UEFA Super Cup and now — albeit after the vote had taken
place — the FIFA Club World Cup
final.
Spurs narrowly missed out on the Champions
League places last year, finishing just one point behind north London rivals Arsenal in a race that went down to the
final day of the season.
Currently sat in fourth
place nine points adrift of leaders Barcelona, they look as though they will surrender their title this term, and also have an upcoming Champions
League quarter
final with last season's winners, and cross city rivals, Real to contend with.
All of the players involved are bound to be buzzing and with the senior sides meeting on Sunday and Arsenal needing at least a point to secure an automatic Champions
League place and a win to have any chance of finishing above Tottenham again, I think that Wenger will consider using some of the winners of the
final.
Despite a tough campaign, in which his club have endured heavy criticism and calls for the manager to leave, before earning a second -
placed finish in the
league on the
final day of the season, Ozil has been a strong positive point amongst fans, whereas a number of his team - mates have come under fire.
Arsenal booked their
place in the
League Cup
final after a 2 - 1 win over Chelsea at the Emirates on Wednesday night with an own goal from Antonio Rudiger and Granit Xhaka getting on the scoresheet.
The 28 - year - old has performed superbly in Serie A again this season, establishing himself as one of the best in the world in his position and helping his club to a fourth consecutive title win and a
place in the Champions
League final.
I know that no matter what I or anyone says there will be some Arsenal fans who are unable to draw any sort of positive from the fact that we finished second in the Premier
League last season, even though it was our highest
placing since the invincibles won it in 2004 and that is made it three years in a row that Arsenal had improved our
final position in the table.
Ok, much of our disappointment earlier in the season was offset by the joy and hilarity of the Spurs
League position reversal but what about comparing our
final League position of 2nd
place with the position at the start of the season where every book - maker and media pundit expected us to finish — in 3rd
place.
Need keep winning, we need be ready for cska cause we need get back into champions
league as for fans that do want watch the stoke game yer not true arsenal fans I'd never miss arsenal game unless I had go funeral like really some arsenal fans make me sick ya very bad season but I think we have plans in
place or why would ozil sign new contact he sees the plans ahead and likes wat he sees otherwise he would be gone so come on arsenal send stoke championship with shawcross and do job on cska cause we need bring lead bk to Russia and let's get bk into champions
league oh and I'd like say if we get atl Madrid trust me over 2 legs or in
final arsenal can beat them u wait see it's just or confedence was shot
If you are honest and look at the situation the constant over the past 12 plus years is the willingness of the Board to accept 4th
place as the goal and objective each year because it meant CL football (and more money in their pockets for quarter
finals without having to really buy new players) and the ability to constantly offer meaningless public interviews stating that they want to win the
league each year.
Barca went into tonight's clash with PSG trailing 4 - 0 on aggregate, but completed the most dramatic comeback in Champions
League history to book their
place in the quarter -
finals.
While they have already won the EFL Cup, the Red Devils will be desperate to add the Europa
League trophy to their collection too when they face Ajax in the
final in Stockholm on May 24, with a
place in the Champions
League of course up for grabs.
Further, it's added that he will sign a four - year deal and official confirmation of the move is likely to arrive in the coming days as Milan face Cagliari in their
final Serie A game of the season on Sunday having already booked their
place in the Europa
League qualifiers.
The Gunners have fallen to 12 points behind Liverpool in the fourth and
final CL
place with only eight matches remaining, and the likelihood is that even winning their remaining matches would see them miss out, and we now have to put all our eggs into the Europa
League basket in hopes of qualifying for Europe's elite competition.
The Gunners are also one home win over lower
league opposition away from a
place in the EFL cup quarter -
finals, so things are looking good right now.
That in turn resulted in a seventh -
placed finish, thus piling the pressure on them to defeat Juventus in the Coppa Italia
final this weekend in order to earn a
place in the Europa
League next season.
As it is, Louis van Gaal's luck was in as Mata gave United a narrow win and that means that the pressure is still on us and City to keep going and pick up the points needed to make sure that United do not sneak in and claim the
final Champions
League place, but the question now is which of us will handle that pressure better?
Many were hoping that the Ox would come back strong for the
final few games of the Premier
League season in order to attract a
place in England's Euro squad this summer, however overall for Chamberlain it has been yet another highly disappointing season.
So, somewhat inevitably, Arsenal found themselves drawing the Bundesliga champions and will now do battle over two legs for a
place in the Champions
League quarter -
finals.
Arsenal play their
final game of the Premier
League season against West Bromwich Albion this Sunday with third
place more or less wrapped up, so Arsene Wenger seems likely to shuffle his pack ahead of the far more important FA Cup
final clash against Aston Villa the following week...
Maybe
Final 4
Place in the Europa
League, that's his standard of success.
In the old days (like last year lol) if Arsenal (or any team in the Top Four) won the FA Cup, then the runners - up in the Cup
Final would take their
place in the Europa
League, like Hull did last year, but now UEFA have changed the rules so that if Arsenal win the Cup again, then that last Europa
place will go to the next highest -
placed team in the
League table.
Europa
League — Semi
finals place 5.
Second
place last season was the our best finish in the
league in a whopping 11 years (and that was with ALL of our rivals messing up, this year they're much stronger), and I can't even remember the last time I saw Arsenal in a semi-
final in Europe or even a quarter -
final for that matter.
The fact of the matter is that Tottenham are currently in 7th
place in the
League, and if they stay there, which is highly probable, then they NEED Arsenal to beat Aston Villa on Cup
Final Day to ensure that the Spuds get their usual Thursday night dogfight.
According to Sport, the deal is set to be announced after the Champions
League final which takes
place on Saturday and the defender is expected to sign for the La Liga champions despite their ongoing transfer ban.
Sixth
place would be enough to claim a Europa
League spot, as would seventh if both Liverpool and Arsenal reach the FA Cup
final.
This season Butland has recorded 10 clean sheets for Stoke as they have moved to eighth
place on the table and within striking distance of the
final Europa
League qualification spot, currently held by Man United.
After Arsenal survived an early Champions
League blow thanks to some last ditch defending, a few moments of magic from the second choice keeper David Ospina and some profligacy in front of goal from Edinson Cavani and Angel Di Maria, the Paris Saint - Germain fans were left cursing their luck after Alexis Sanchez popped up in the right
place to rifle home the rebound from Alex Iwobi's shot in the
final 12 minutes of our group game.