Sentences with phrase «cup action last»

These two actually did meet in cup action last season, with Forest taking a win.

While the Rhinos were brushing aside Doncaster in Challenge Cup action last weekend the Giants were embarrassed by Championship side Swinton Lions on home soil.

Not exact matches

Four of our stars were in action last night, with Costa Rica taking on Jamaica in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers, Nigeria hosting Egypt in the race to Gabon 2017 and France travelling to Holland for a friendly.

The Ligue 1 club will face Jose Mourinho's side in the last 16 of Europe's premier club competition and due to the Blues lack of FA Cup action this weekend they will have a full week of preparation.

The Merseysiders are understood to currently be on the look - out for a ball - playing centre back who can also operate on the right - hand side of their back four, with Martinez having reportedly sent his chief scout Kevin Reeves to watch the in - demand Belgium international in action first hand in last weekend's Dutch Super Cup final.

The Rangers went 0 - 3 last week and finished fourth in the Patrick; that pairs them against division - winner Philadelphia in Cup action.

While Cech is playing well and Arsenal are struggling, however, I can not see Ospina getting a chance in the Premier League, but he is likely to be called into action for the cup games and as the first one is away to our local rivals Tottenham, Ospina will have a great chance to make a name for himself again, as he did for most of last season.

That was enough to persuade Deschamps to pitch him straight into 2014 FIFA World Cup ™ qualifying action and the 26 - year - old repaid his faith by converting Karim Benzema's pass as Les Bleus opened their Group I campaign with a 1 - 0 win in Helsinki last night.

Meanwhile, Liverpool will be desperate to pick up from where they left off in cup action as they hope to bounce back from last weekend's defeat away at Burnley with some early pressure on Klopp to show that his side are making real progress.

Clement's reign began with a fairly low - key FA Cup exit at Hull City last Saturday, but the stakes are high as the Swans return to Premier League action against the Gunners.

Sunderland man Giaccherini, who has returned to the Italy fold under Conte after being left out of Cesare Prandelli's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, has also been back in first team action for the Black Cats at the start of this season after falling out of favour under Gus Poyet at the back end of the last campaign.

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene

Liverpool scouts were deployed at Nottingham Forest's FA Youth Cup tie at Stoke City last night to watch striker Ben Brereton in action.

And the play - off will conclude with Smith and Taylor in doubles action, the latter making her Fed Cup debut — not even born the last time Great Britain were in the World Group.

Chelsea return to FA Cup action this weekend as they look to make up for last season's defeat to Arsenal in the final at Wembley.

The Saints won 3 - 2 when the sides met in EPL action last season at St Marys and that was after Liverpool had emerged 6 - 1 winners at the same venue in the Carling Cup.

Only four second year scholars featured last week against Watford and with the under - 23s in action on Monday, followed by the League Cup tie at Blackburn on Wednesday, it is very likely they will again be calling on some of the youth team players.

Lamela last featured for Spurs in the 2 - 1 EFL Cup defeat at Anfield, and it has been a hip injury that has kept him out of action for a couple of months now.

Roberto Firmino will not face any disciplinary action after the Football Association announced it had not found sufficient evidence that he racially abused Everton's Mason Holgate during last month's FA Cup third round tie.

There's another exciting weekend in the Premier League ahead as clubs are now well and truly back to league action following last week's cup competitions.

His last first team action was back on October 25, 2016 against Liverpool at Anfield in the League Cup, his last start in the Premier League at Bournemouth three days earlier.

Almost a month has passed since Everton were last in Premier League action, with last week's Merseyside Derby put back due to Liverpool's Carling Cup final commitments.

However, being absent from last week's FA Cup action should mean they have a slight advantage in the conditioning stakes, while they should still be buoyed by their 5 - 1 thrashing of Wolves at Molineux in their very last league game.

That should give them an edge over a Chelsea side who have been in league, European and cup action since the Saints» last game.

Chelsea are next in action at the weekend in an FA Cup sixth - round tie against Everton but whether Hazard will play a part remains an unknown, as he seemed to indicate to the substitutes bench that he wanted to come off tonight, much like he did in Jose Mourinho's last game in charge back in December.

After a very successful and impressive return from the international break with last Sunday's 5 - 0 thrashing of local rivals Espanyol, Barcelona return to action and will make their Champions League season debut against the team that knocked them out of the European Cup last season.

They will have their backing in this one and they won all four meetings with Sevilla last season, three of them to nil across league and cup action.

The first two days of the event take place at the Hilton Anaheim and will feature the Capcom Cup Last Chance Qualifier and Top 32 action.