Sentences with phrase «curtain raiser against»
Barcelona faced a thumping 5 - 1 aggregate defeat at the hands of Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup earlier this week, and they are hopeful of having Coutinho integrated into their squad ahead of this weekend's curtain raiser against Real Betis in La Liga.
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Gabriel is a long - term absentee, Laurent Koscielny is out, Shkodran Mustafi is out and Per Mertesacker missed the curtain raiser against Leicester too after taking a whack from Gary Cahill in the Community Shield.
Many Gunners fans were surprised to see his name on the team sheet ahead of the curtain raiser against Chelsea but he fully justified his inclusion with a sterling performance in the heart of the midfield.
The 21 year old international joins the club immediately and will be available for the clubs 2015 curtain raiser against New England Revolution on Sunday 8th March.
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Tigres won 3 - 0 in their Copa Libertadores curtain raiser last night against Juan Aurich.
From being about to start in the Community Shield clash against Wembley to picking up an injury that meant he missed the curtain raiser at Wembley was only the start.
Around 80,000 people watched Arsenal game in Australia and now Wenger will be hoping to have his team ready for the start of the season which kicks off with traditional curtain raiser Community Shield against Chelsea 1 week before the premier league begins.
The game in Philadelphia against the Collegiate All Americans XV will be the curtain - raiser to the Premiership clash between Saracens and Newcastle Falcons.