Sentences with phrase «romanian champions»
However, Romanian champions Astra, who beat Slaven Bilic's side in last season's qualifiers, stunned the visitors again when sub Denis Alibec hit a late equaliser.
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This is our fourth encounter against the current Romanian champions and, to date, we have yet to beat them (2 draws and 1 defeat).
Their need for additional attacking options was exacerbated last week after Andy Carroll suffered a knee injury in their Europa League tie versus Romanian champions Astra Giurgiu.
As Super Slav sat down to select his team and squad to face Romanian champions Astra Giurgiu, he was fully aware of the delicate balancing act needed to win the game and hence qualify for the Europa League group stage, whilst at the same time not compromising his team selection for the difficult away Premier League game at Manchester City on Sunday.
Two days later we visited the same country and traveled forty miles south of Bucharest to play against the Romanian champions, Astra Giurgiu, who won the title for the first time last season.
Astra, the southernmost team in the country, were the Romanian champions last season (they finished first in the regular season and also following the championship round played by the top clubs) and qualified for the third qualifying round of the Champions League as a result, but were eliminated by FC Copenhagen.
«We have a big job to do against the Romanian champions.
It was Astra who ended the Hammer's European dream last season with a 4 - 3 aggregate win in our only previous encounter with the current Romanian champions.
Not exact matches
Romanian outfit CFR Cluj debuted in the Champions» League group stage last season against AS Roma, defeating the Italians 2 - 1 at home; however, they ended up at the bottom of the table.
Seven - time European champions Milan, playing the Europa League for the first time, return to continental competition for the first time since the 2013 - 14 season and will be hopeful of progress against Romanian side Craiova after a positive summer in the transfer market.
Going by their previous results, you'd like to think the Romanians are edging closer to those historic first Champions League points.
Names like Albers, Hoffman, and DeKooning ring out as some of the champions who fit this profile, with the work of Brancusi, a Romanian - turned - Parisian, brought to this country by the eternally influential French immigrant Marcel Duchamp.