Sentences with phrase «beaten finalists»
The phrase "beaten finalists" refers to a sports team or individual who reached the final of a competition but did not win it. They were defeated in the final match or event. Full definition
Saul's header proved crucial though as Diego Simeone's side - beaten finalists in two of the last three years - squeezed into the semi-finals in search of their maiden Champions League crown.
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Malaga went on to top their group but were eliminated in the quarter - finals by eventual, beaten finalists Borussia Dortmund.
Beaten finalists last season, Atletico Madrid would do well to repeat their trick of reaching the final again, particularly as they look a weaker side than last year after losing so many of their best players.
Surprise Euro 2016 winners Portugal are up to sixth, but it is beaten finalists France who are the big movers, rising 10 places to seventh in the world.
Ranieri knows the feeling after Abramovic sacked him after a defeat in the Champions League Semi-Final to beaten finalists Monaco.
But for new we can relax after breezing past last season's beaten finalists Hull in the third round, also avoiding the dreaded replay that no team wants unless you are losing in the final minutes.
Drawn in a horror group at the Asian Cup, Oman were hammered 4 - 0 by eventual champions Australia and lost 1 - 0 to beaten finalists South Korea.
Atletico, beaten finalists in the Champions League in 2014 and 2016, will still be strong favourites to win this semifinal, however.
One of those goals was against last season's beaten finalists Borussia Dortmund.
They came close to lifting it in the next two seasons, but were twice beaten finalists.
Juve themselves were beaten finalists this season, and could be in need of improvement up top to make a better challenge for Europe's top prize next season, with little in the way of depth behind first - choice pairing Carlos Tevez and Alvaro Morata.
The Old Lady have been the beaten finalists twice in the last three years and they are desperate to convert their domestic dominance to Europe after losing to Barcelona in 2015 and Real Madrid last season.
Last year's beaten finalists are eliminated from the FA Cup by a side no less than 55 places below them, Oldham.
Such was the run Arsenal had been on though, it was still a surprise to see it end against a team that were beaten finalists in the Champions League last season.
Although United didn't create too many chances over in Romania, it was still a comfortable night's work for last season's beaten finalists.
Juve are odds - on for their seventh consecutive domestic trophy but in terms of the Champions League, the 2017 beaten finalists are mere eighth favourites, behind Barcelona, Real Madrid, Liverpool and others.
Let's not forget what this famous club is all about, though; they are the most successful club in English football, having been crowned champions nineteen times, while they're also the reigning Premier League champions and last season's beaten finalists in this very competition, and they showed exactly why they've been champions on numerous occasions when grounding out a narrow victory away at Everton the following weekend.
It beat finalists Cadillac ATS - V and the Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang.
It beat finalists like the Range Rover Velar, the Mazda CX - 5.