Sentences with phrase «as eventual champions»

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Umtiti made 35 league appearances for Lyon last season, scoring once and assisting twice as they ran eventual champions Paris Saint - Germain close for the title.

The 22 - year - old enjoyed a breakthrough year in Ligue 1 last season as he scored 13 goals and registered nine assists in 34 league appearances as Lyon ran eventual champions Paris Saint - Germain close for the title.

Monday is commonly referred to as «golf's longest day» with over 800 players going for 56 U.S. Open spots, but the best of the best, and the likely eventual champion, has already earned his way into the field.

The 1991 UNLV Runnin» Rebels, widely regarded as one of the best teams in NCAA history, entered the tournament with a perfect record before being bounced by eventual champion Duke in the Final Four.

With the entire roster returning from last year's squad that went 27 - 7, and lost to eventual champion Mater Dei - Santa Ana in the CIFSS Division I semifinals, the Cougars have been riding high as an unbeaten state and national No. 1 team.

As for the Rockets, they were one of the best teams in the MAC this year, but a three - point loss to eventual West Division champions Northern Illinois kept them from a chance at the conference title.

As well as these star names Anzhi have also built up a strong squad of South Americans (Diego Tardelli, Jucilei da Silva, Joao Carlos) and Eastern Block players (Odil Ahmedov, Aleksei Igonin, Shamil Lakhiyalov) putting themselves in a good position for a convincing league campaign and eventual Champions League qualificatioAs well as these star names Anzhi have also built up a strong squad of South Americans (Diego Tardelli, Jucilei da Silva, Joao Carlos) and Eastern Block players (Odil Ahmedov, Aleksei Igonin, Shamil Lakhiyalov) putting themselves in a good position for a convincing league campaign and eventual Champions League qualificatioas these star names Anzhi have also built up a strong squad of South Americans (Diego Tardelli, Jucilei da Silva, Joao Carlos) and Eastern Block players (Odil Ahmedov, Aleksei Igonin, Shamil Lakhiyalov) putting themselves in a good position for a convincing league campaign and eventual Champions League qualification.

Bulaga was selected in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers, and as a rookie, started 12 regular season games and four postseason games for the eventual Super Bowl Champions.

They finished in first place in the regular season in the Clausura, but lost to eventual champions Santos Laguna in the quarter finals of the playoffs as a gruelling Copa Libertadores travel schedule took its toll.

Is if it is being composed as if the season ended today and the tournament started tomorrow, or are they done with the idea of projecting the eventual regular season and conference tournament champions.

Due to the length of his previous knee injury, many had forgotten just how lethal he can be, but he showed his worth to the Arsenal side as his goal saw his side on their way to a 2 - 1 defeat of eventual champions Leicester City back in February on his return.

Lacazette's 27 Ligue 1 goals in 2014 - 15 meant that Lyon ran eventual champions Paris Saint - Germain extremely close, and their star striker was linked with a host of big clubs that summer as a result.

In a couple of years, we could be looking back on this season as City's first step in asserting its dominance over England and beginning its eventual rise toward the Champions League elite.

The immediate aftermath of the Maine Road meltdown wasn't that bad, with back - to - back victories recorded over Bournemouth and Leicester but as proceedings wore on, the poor results continued to pile up — the club conceded 4 goals on three more occasions — at Swindon, Hull and eventual Champions Millwall, the earlier victory over the Lions one of those oddities that any given season will throw up.

Bayern Munich are in crisis — so long as your definition of «crisis» is «currently sit in third place in the Bundesliga through six games, after winning the league by 15 points last season and also pushing eventual champions Real Madrid to extra time in the quarterfinals of the Champions Leaguchampions Real Madrid to extra time in the quarterfinals of the Champions LeaguChampions League.»

Alli also put in 137 tackles, attempted 92 take ons, suffered 66 fouls and made 61 interceptions from midfield for Mauricio Pochettino's title - challengers as Spurs chased the eventual champions Leicester City throughout 2015/16.

The event was highly criticized by Mentzer, as well as many others, because he was in better shape than ever before, yet lost to eventual champion Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Daniel Cormier & Cain Velasquez both train out of the American Kickboxing Academy which provided Cormier with a dilemma once he moved over to the UFC from Strikeforce as the heavyweight champion, the eventual outcome was a drop down to 205 lbs where Cormier has remained since 2014.

Their chemistry, tension and eventual «break - up» surfaces gradually and elegiacally, as John turns from championing Mark as an individual who doesn't have to live in his brother's shadow, to corrupting Mark's sense of self, introducing him to drugs and tactlessly bringing David onto the Foxcatcher team, thus emasculating Mark and undermining his control.

Last year, the NBR picked three eventual Oscar winners — Manchester by the Sea director Kenneth Lonergan and star Casey Affleck, as well as best documentary winner O.J.: Made in America — but also gave their best director prize to Barry Jenkins for Moonlight, an early award that bolstered that film's status as the underdog champion of the year (and eventual best picture winner).