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final first leg last night
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The 25 - year - old was seen clutching his groin as he made his way off the pitch during the 3 - 0 win at Anfield in the
first leg of their Champions League quarter -
final tie
last Wednesday night.
Nadine started the day by taking the 100m, 200m and 400m titles, but the moment of the match was her anchor
leg in the 4x400m relay, where she caught and overtook the Cambridge athlete in the
final metres of the
last race of the day, bringing the match victory back to Oxford for the
first time in four years.
That's because it comes just less than 72 hours before City have to play the
first leg of their Champions League
last 16 tie with Dynamo Kiev — 1,330 miles away — and just a week before Manuel Pellegrini's men are due to face Liverpool in the Capital One Cup
final at Wembley.
Santalab dislocated the shoulder during the
first leg of the Asian Champions League
final against Al Hilal, but remarkably played in the second
leg in Riyadh
last Sunday.
The Reds host Jurgen Klopp's former club at Anfield on Thursday, having earned a valuable 1 - 1 draw in
last week's Europa League quarter -
final first leg in Germany.
River Plate have dumped reigning Brazilian champions Cruzeiro out of the Copa Libertadores after overturning a 1 - 0
first leg loss by winning
last night's quarter
final second
leg 3 - 0 in Brazil - thus progressing 3 - 1 on aggregate.
The two sides met in the UEFA Champions League quarter
finals last year, with PSG winning the
first leg 3 - 1 before Chelsea overcame them on away goals with a dramatic 2 - 0 win at Stamford Bridge.
Going back to that painful League cup
final defeat to Birmingham City in the
last few minutes, right up to the recent
first leg disaster against the French club Monaco in the Champions League, Arsenal have come unstuck like this a few times.
Following a 3 - 0
first -
leg victory over Fiorentina, they look like a good bet to return to the
final of the tournament they won
last year.
However, that looks set to change this term as the West London side are through to the Capital One Cup
final, are seven points clear at the top of the Premier League and are in a strong position to qualify for the quarter -
finals of the Champions League after a 1 - 1 draw with Paris Saint - Geramain in France in their
last - 16
first -
leg on Tuesday.
There is no doubt that the remainnder of this season's European games are the more important for Arsenal, so the
last thing we need is to be losing two of the possible starting XI for the
first leg of our quarter -
final with CSKA Moscow.
The 29 - year - old limped out of the
first leg of his side's Europa League quarter -
final tie against CSKA Moscow
last week with a knee injury, and was in turn absent for the return fixture on Thursday night as the Gunners secured their place in the
last four.
Juventus take on Real Madrid in the
first leg of their Champions League quarter
final tomorrow, and manager Massimiliano Allegri spoke with the media ahead of the game which is a rematch of
last season's
final.
The Gunners eased through a tough
last - 16 tie against Milan 5 - 1 on aggregate, having gone into the
first leg on a run of four straight defeats, and they are long odds - on for a home victory against CSKA Moscow in the quarter -
finals.
Morgan has missed the
last three matches with a back injury and he will remain on the sidelines at Goodison Park, as well as missing the
first leg of the Foxes» Champions League quarter -
final clash in Madrid next week.
Regular striker Karim Benzema is out of tonight's clash at the Bernabeu after picking up a knee injury in
last week's quarter -
final first leg, meaning «Chicharito» is set for a rare start.
Totti retired
last year at the age of 40 and now has a director's role with the Italian club, who this season have reached the Champions League quarter -
finals for the
first time in 10 years, where they will play Barcelona over two
legs.
With the tie finely poised at 2 - 2 from the
first leg in Paris
last week, both will be determined to progress to the semi
finals of the competition for the
first time in their...
The only Swedish side to have reached the European Cup
final — when they lost 1 - 0 to Nottingham Forest in 1979 — qualified at the expense of FC Salzburg
last night, winning 3 - 0 in Sweden having lost the
first leg 2 - 1.
Nine days later, Suárez scored twice in the Champions League
last - 16
first leg at Manchester City, and then reappeared again on 15 April in the quarter -
final first leg against PSG at Parc des Princes, scoring a spectacular goal after nutmegging David Luiz and sending the ball into the upper right corner from outside the area.
Guardiola's team look assured of progress to the quarter -
finals at the Etihad, with the luxury of a 4 - 0 win against their Swiss opponents in the
first leg of their
last - 16 tie.
Pep Guardiola's City have an enormous lead in the Premier League and are all but guaranteed a Champions League quarter -
final slot after a 4 - 0 win against Basel in the
first leg of their
last - 16 tie.
Guardiola's men also enjoy a 13 - point lead at the top of the Premier League and are virtually assured of their place in the Champions League quarter -
finals, thanks to a 4 - 0
last - 16,
first -
leg win in Basel.
But in our nine semi-
finals we have only reached the
final twice, losing to West Brom in the
last of the two -
legged finals in 1965 - 66 (the following year the
final was held at Wembley for the
first time), and then in a replay to Liverpool in 1980 - 81, when we were a second tier team taking on the best club in England at the time.
The
first leg in Galicia
last week ended in a 1 - 1 draw with the away goal putting Barça in the driving seat in the battle to claim a place in the quarter -
finals.
Following their draw
last weekend in the
first leg, FC Barcelona play in - form Celta Vigo at home with a place in the quarter -
finals of the cup at stake
• A calf injury hampered his
final season at the club, his
last appearance for the Gunners coming when he was carried off in the UEFA Champions League quarter -
final first leg against FC Barcelona.
Ozil set up three goals in a 4 - 1 victory over CSKA Moscow in the
first leg of the Europa League quarter -
final, before being rested against Southampton
last time out.
Real Zaragoza went one step closer to a return to La Liga as they came from behind to win the
first leg of the play - off
final last night.
The Gunners take on CSKA Moscow in the second
leg of their Europa League quarter -
final on Thursday, holding a commanding 4 - 1 lead from the
first leg at the Emirates Stadium
last week.
Benfica may already grab a 3 - 1 lead in their Europa League quarter
final first leg encounter
last midweek but the Portuguese side's head coach Jorge Jesus warned his players that the tie is far from over as Newcastle with their one away goal will try to do their best in turning things around.
Cristian Tello grabbed a hat - trick as Barcelona romped to a 4 - 1 away victory over Levante in
last night's Copa Del Rey quarter
final first leg.
Paulo Dybala has scored 21 goals in 26 Serie A appearances (20 starts) for Max Allegri's side this season, though it's worth noting that he only notched up one goal in his eight Champions League appearances, which included a red card in the
first leg of their quarter -
final against Real Madrid
last week.
He netted three times across Madrid's two -
legged triumph over Paris Saint - Germain in the Champions League
last - 16, before bagging a stunning brace in Tuesday's quarter -
final first -
leg win at Juventus.
Despite a spirited performance, Sporting lost 2 - 0 to Atletico Madrid in the
first leg of the Europa League quarter -
final last night in the Spanish capital.
Last season we played the
first leg of Round of 16 in England (where the
finals were held) against Arsenal, this season the
final is held in Germany.
For all of their scoring power, Liverpool have now failed to score in their
last two games, playing out a 0 - 0 draw with Plymouth in the FA Cup (although Liverpool sent out a youth side) and then suffering a 1 - 0 loss at Southampton in the
first leg of their EFL Cup semi
final in the week.
This will be Rizzoli's
first assignment involving Barça this season, but the
last game he officiated brings great memories for the Blaugrana, who won the
first leg of
last season's semifinal against Bayern Munich with a 3 - 0 result that practically guaranteed a spot in the Berlin
Final, which Barça also won.
Arsenal held their
final training session this morning prior to tomorrow night's eagerly - anticipated Champions League
Last 16
first leg encounter with Barcelona at Emirates Stadium.
Luis Enrique insists Barcelona can still make the Champions League quarter -
finals despite their 4 - 0 thrashing by PSG in the
first -
leg of their
last - 16 tie
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first leg of the semi
final.
Real Madrid grabbed a one goal advantage over Espanyol
last night, in the
first leg of their Copa Del Rey quarter
final.
Their 5 - 0 hammering of 10 - man Besiktas in
last week's
last - 16
first leg, leaves Bayern on the verge of a Champions League quarter -
final berth, unless disaster strikes in the return
leg on March 14.
Luis Suarez scored an early opener in the quarter -
final second
leg before Messi's deflected effort gave Barcelona a 2 - 1 aggregate advantage as the holders overturned a 1 - 0 deficit from
last week's
first leg.