Sentences with phrase «by eventual champions»

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.

Five - time winners Brazil were thrashed 7 - 1 in the 2014 semi-finals by eventual champions Germany at the Maracana, but Pele, considered one of the best players of all time, insisted that new coach Tite has formed a team ready to put his country's painful memories to rest.

The most points lost in the last 8 games by eventual champions in recent years has been Man U (10 pts 2007, 9 pts 2013), Man City (8 pts 2014), Chelsea (8 pts 2006).

Led by 6» 4» senior All - America center Jayne Appel, Stanford's front line, which goes 6» 4» and 6» 2» at the starting forward spots, and 6» 3», 6» 3» and 6» 5» off the bench, is bigger, deeper and potentially better than it was last year, when the Cardinal made its second straight Final Four before being ousted by eventual champion Connecticut.

She wasn't eliminated until the semifinals and then by the eventual champion.

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.

The Thunder were eliminated by the eventual champion Mavs in last season's Western Conference Finals, but, despite winning the four games by an average of 8.5 points, Oklahoma City handled them in this first round series.

Not exact matches

They trailed eventual Big Ten champion Michigan State by only a 28 - 26 margin heading into the fourth quarter in East Lansing, then got outscored 24 - 0 the rest of the way.

In November 2008, for instance, when Vanderbilt visited eventual national champion North Carolina for a closed scrimmage, Ezeli turned heads again by aggressively banging bodies with the Tar Heels» heralded frontcourt.

They visited the Etihad stadium, where the eventual Premier League champions were irrepressible in their goal - scoring form, and making a mockery of the visiting teams by hitting them for 5's and 6's.

The Capitals getting knocked out in the second round by the eventual Stanley Cup - champion Penguins didn't lead to much debate.

Last season, Texas Southern was ousted in the first round by eventual national champion North Carolina.

The underdog Wildcats stunned their way to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament, losing by just two to eventual champion Kansas.

Boozer, along with a then - spry Jerry Sloan, actually won a game over the eventual Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, who were led by Elgin Baylor and Jerry West.

His first season in the top league and he was outscored by only the number 9 of the eventual champions and the best number 9 on the planet, not bad.

The Spain under - 21 star was an integral part of the Malaga team that reached the quarter - finals of last season's Champions League and were unlucky to be knocked out by eventual finalists Borussia Dortmund.

Yes, an Auburn line led by Nick Fairley came through at key times (a safety and a goal line stand), but even against the eventual national champions, Oregon indeed began to ask the right questions.

Led by Richie Frahm and Casey Calvary, this Cinderella team made an improbable run to the Elite Eight before losing to the eventual national champion, UConn.

Juventus were knocked out of the Champions League by Bayern this season, losing 4 - 0 on aggregate to the eventual finalists.

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.

Enterprise lost only three games on the season, one of them by two points in a playoff loss to eventual - state champion Modesto Christian.

However, Bayern could not repeat their heroics in the next round when they were defeated by eventual winners AC Milan, for whom Paolo Maldini scored a first - minute opener in the 2005 final that remains the quickest goal ever scored in a Champions League final.

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.»

By the time of him replacing Slutsky, Ufa were in the top half of the 2016/17 Russian Premier League, even achieving an impressive away win over that season's eventual champions Spartak.

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.

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).