Loyalty points will be used prior to
domestic cup finals, UEFA Champions League semi-finals and final and the FA Cup semi-final.
With France 2016 just a couple of weeks away, it was a weekend of
domestic cup finals across Europe with titles decided in Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, France, England...
Drogba also holds an all time record of scoring in as many as six
domestic Cup finals in England.
Former Rayo Vallecano star Michu has scored 18 goals in 32 appearances in a Swansea shirt this season, helping the club reach a first
domestic cup final — the Capital One Cup final in which they will face League Two Bradford City next Sunday.
Welsh side Swansea City, meanwhile, will have to play under the English flag if they are victorious in their first - ever
domestic cup final appearance following a verdict by UEFA.
Reaching
a domestic cup final should never be underplayed and to do so for a fourth - straight season, especially one that has seen plenty of shocks along the way, remains an achievement.
Not exact matches
must bug him a little - year he comes to arsenal the team hes been at for years wins the league the champions league an there
domestic cup... a historic treble even the team that wanted him from barca - won there league - an we're in champions league
final so i imagine fa
cup will not be enough
Three of those trophies came all at once in the 2000 - 01 campaign when the Merseyside outfit clinched a unique treble consisting of a
domestic League and FA
Cup double, while they triumphed over Spanish side Alaves in a dramatic UEFA
Cup final.
Chelsea are ready to make their offer now and will look to complete a deal before the 2014 World
Cup finals though the La Liga side may hope to spark a bidding war for the in - form marksman, who has scored 27 goals in
domestic league action alone this term.
Arsene Wenger has often used the
domestic cup competitions to give some up and coming young players their first taste of Arsenal first team action, but the Frenchman has generally done this in the early rounds so an FA
cup quarter
final against a Premier League team like Watford would not normally see a young Gunner make their debut.
Ok may be give the back up keeper some matches in the 2
domestic cups, but certainly not the
finals, give him some dead rubbers in the champions league and may be one or dead cert home premier league games, against the likes of Norwich, Bournemouth, Watford, etc..
In turn, that is likely to lead to
domestic success with a
cup final ahead while they boast a 14 - point lead at the top of the Ligue 1 table.
Klopp won two bundesliga titles, a couple of
domestic cups, and reached the CL
final and semis the last few years.
Klopp has won the league twice, won
domestic cups, and went to a CL
final and semi.....
Arsene Wenger was asked in the press conference ahead of the FA
cup quarter
final between Arsenal and Watford whether the
domestic cup was now the most realistic chance of a trophy coming to the Emirates this season, as reported by The Mirror, and although the Frenchman gave a cagey answer it seemed to me that he does.
While his former side have reached the Champions League semi-
finals, Barcelona are looking to complete a
domestic league and
cup double after crashing out of Europe's top competition at the quarter -
finals stage to Roma.
League
Cup see them in the
final of fourth
domestic competition in last 5 years and they have won the last three
finals they have been involved in at Wembley.
On the
domestic front, Croy won his second East German
Cup Final with BSG in 1975, enjoying a run to the Semi-
Final of the
Cup Winners»
Cup the following season.
One of them (Man City) had also already won a
domestic cup and two others (Juve and Barca) are in the
final of their
domestic cups.
Despite a poor
domestic campaign, he was selected for Belgium's 23 - man World
Cup squad and featured heavily during his country's run to the quarter -
final stage.
European league titles: 4 (Monaco 1988, Arsenal 1998, 2002, 2004) European
domestic cups: 8 (Monaco 1991, Arsenal 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2017) UEFA competition
finals: 3 (1992 European
Cup Winners»
Cup — Monaco lost 2 - 0 to Werder Bremen, 2000 UEFA
Cup — Arsenal lost 4 - 1 on penalties to Galatasaray after 0 - 0 draw, 2006 UEFA Champions League — Arsenal lost 2 - 1 to Barcelona)
Both teams will use this series as
final preparation for the World
Cup in Sydney In August, before players head to play in their
domestic netball seasons.
All doubts were dispelled as this win made Wenger the first non-British manager to lift the English title, and his side clinched a
domestic double with an FA
Cup final defeat of Newcastle 13 days later.
He believes it would be a fitting tribute to the Lisbon Lions if the current crop can complete the
domestic season undefeated with victory in Saturday's Scottish
Cup Final as they celebrate the 50th anniversary of the club's European
Cup triumph.
City's next assignment after this defeat that ends their dreams of a quadruple (both FA and League Cups,
domestic league and Champions League) is the League
Cup final against Arsenal.
In Arsene Wenger we have a manager who has given us 2
domestic Doubles, a UEFA
Cup Final, a Champions League
Final, a state - of - the art stadium and some of the greatest players ever to play the game.
Can he end his wait for a
domestic cup win, redeeming himself after last season's defeat to Arsenal in the
final?
old days, there was only one
domestic match that was televised live — the FA
Cup Final.
Following Sunday's 2 - 0 triumph over Motherwell in the Betfred
Cup final, the mood around Celtic was certainly ecstatic as Celtic added yet another piece of
domestic silverware to their bulging trophy cabinet.
Finally, after endless anticipation, the UEFA Champions League
Final is here and at the Olympiastadion stadium in Berlin both Juventus and Barcelona will try to win the famous treble after already winning
domestic competition and the
Cup.
The defeat to Arsenal in the
final last term will still anger the Italian, and he'll want to put an end to a record which has seen him lift four
domestic titles without succeeding in a
cup final as a manager.
Celtic are currently on a British record run of 64
domestic matches unbeaten and could lift more silverware at the weekend when they play Motherwell in the League
Cup final.
Watford appeared to take their eye off their
domestic form and focused on the FA
Cup, which included a famous victory against Arsenal in the Quarter
Final at The Emirates.
During that time they've won the UEFA
Cup Winners»
Cup and UEFA Super
Cup, the Serie A title, a number of
domestic cups and they reached their first UEFA
Cup final in 1998.
But it isn't as though this particular club doesn't have previous with the competition, having lifted the FA
Cup on three occasions, as well as coming within a penalty shoot - out defeat of winning the 2005/2006 edition only to lose out to Liverpool, so it would be fair to say that West Ham's FA Cup credentials dwarf that of their Sixth Round rivals, who have never made a final, let alone lift the most prestigious domestic cup in club footba
Cup on three occasions, as well as coming within a penalty shoot - out defeat of winning the 2005/2006 edition only to lose out to Liverpool, so it would be fair to say that West Ham's FA
Cup credentials dwarf that of their Sixth Round rivals, who have never made a final, let alone lift the most prestigious domestic cup in club footba
Cup credentials dwarf that of their Sixth Round rivals, who have never made a
final, let alone lift the most prestigious
domestic cup in club footba
cup in club football.
The Carling
Cup semi-
final will be on the minds of every Blackburn player as everyone dreams of a Wembley
final appearance, although the FA
Cup is the bread n» butter in the English
domestic front and we're 100 % sure that» Big Sam» will do everything in his power to aid Blackburn's progression in this tournament.
Under the guidance of Leonid Viktorovich Slutsky, CSKA reached the UEFA Champions League quarter -
finals for the first time in 2010, and have lifted the
domestic cup twice.
Both were missed by the officials, and the game remained goalless until Robben found the target in the second half of extra-time, while Thomas Muller struck with the
final kick of the game to secure a
domestic league and
cup double for Guardiola in his first season.
The 2 - 1 victory over Bolton tonight secured our place in the quarter
finals for the ninth year in a row and kept our unbeaten home record in the
domestic cups intact.