Sentences with phrase «at reaching the group stage»

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Southeast Asian economies are reaching a stage similar to China's at the end of the last decade, when e-commerce began to take off, Alibaba Group Executive Vice Chairman Joseph Tsai told an industry conference in Singapore on Tuesday.

On the international stage, he played a key role for Cesare Prandelli's men at Euro 2012 as they reached the final only to lose to Spain, before suffering bitter disappointment at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil as they failed to make it beyond the group stage.

The Gunners go into the match needing just one point from their remaining two matches to confirm top spot in Group H to cement their place as one of the top seeds in the knock - out stages of the competition, while a loss for our opponents could well see them closed out of the top two spots, but at least Cologne will have the wish to win the game to give them a chance of reaching the next stage of the competition, while Arsenal are already guaranteed progression.

Some will point to that qualifying campaign and say we should go with confidence, but whilst I would love us to reach the latter stages of the World Cup at least surely this group of players will not go to Russia with false praise and raised expectations.

As was the case in reality, Spurs crashed out of the Champions League at the group stage finishing third in their group, although they impressed in the Europa League reaching the last four.

It appears likely Tottenham will be among the seeded teams in the qualifying stage, which will improve their chances of at least reaching the group stage markedly.

For all the build up to what is effectively United's last chance saloon in terms of achieving at least the bare minimum — reaching the group stages of the Champions League for next season with the added bonus of silverware, the players somehow managed it — like they did in the last few minutes of the EFL cup final, when at one stage the odds were stacked against them.

Six teams having reached at least once the group stage of the Champions League since the 2009/10 season are among those always present in the top division during the period analysed where footballers played at least one quarter of domestic league minutes: Ajax, Nordsjælland, Anderlecht, Malmö, Dinamo Zagreb and Schalke 04.

Scottish side Celtic are in pole position to reach the group stage of the Champions League for the first time since the 2013/14 season despite conceding two goals at home to Israeli side, Hapoel Beer Sheva.

But it should put them close to reaching the knockout stages for the first time after finishing bottom of their group at tournaments in 1996, 2004 and 2008.

Germany have reached the knockout stage in every World Cup since 1982 whereas France, champions in 1998, went out in the group stage at two of the past three tournaments.

Liverpool came back in the Champions League after missing it two seasons in a row by finishing at 4th in the League Table of Premier League previous season and had beaten Hoffenheim in the qualifier to reach the group stage of UEFA Champions League this season.

Lyon staged an astonishing fightback to earn a 7 - 1 win at Dinamo Zagreb in their Champions League Group D match and reach the knockout stage of the competition.

Manchester City's current rank, at 16th, means that unless they reach say the semi-finals of the Champions League, they will remain in pot 2 and face the likes of Bayern in the group stage.

This might account for the fact that the gap in higher cognitive ability has closed by the time both groups of children had reached the age of 11 with only slightly better scores for artificially conceived children at this later stage.»

The initiative would rush these through to phase II clinical trials — the stage at which drugs are given to larger groups of people, but before the huge phase III trials that represent a drug's final hurdle before reaching the market.

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For example, I'd say there were some group exhibitions that were important because of the context — being identified with a particular approach was significant at one stage, being able to reach a wider audience at another, or having the opportunity to develop work for a specific site or venue.

Each, however, is reaching a crucial new stage in her or his career: whether that's gaining representation by an influential gallery, landing their first group show at a museum, or finally seeing their career fêted with a retrospective at a major institution.

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Framework Agreement: At the first stage of negotiation, the groups involved agree on issues to be discussed, how they will be discussed, and on deadlines for reaching an Agreement - in - Principle.