Sentences with phrase «finals appearance against»

Pierce was there with Antoine Walker raining down threes all the way to an unlikely conference finals appearance against Jason Kidd's Nets.

They have been preparing for this for four years and after two consecutive Final appearances against the Black Ferns will be highly motivated, playing in front of their home crowd.

Not exact matches

Despite the Rebs» NCAA record - tying 37 victories against a single loss and their fearsome triple - threat (per single shot) offense, the team's appearance in the Final Four evoked the kind of ridicule — «Go back to jail!»

Handed a rare chance to start against Bradford, Mohamed Salah failed to impress in what might've been his final appearance for Chelsea as he continues to be linked with an exit.

Coincidentally, Wimmer's final ever Spurs appearance came against Stoke back in February when the Potters were thrashed 4 - 0 at White Hart Lane.

In addition to his cup final appearance, one of his two Premier League goals came against Liverpool at the Emirates to further highlight that he can handle the big game occasions.

There's no doubt about Vidal's contribution to a fourth consecutive Italian league title win for Juve, with an impressive tally of eight goals and four assists in all competitions also playing a major role in guiding Massimiliano Allegri's side to the final of the Champions League, where he could make his final appearance for the club against Barcelona.

He had a 6 - 1 lead against the New York Yankees in the eighth inning when Mickey Mantle stepped to the plate for his final appearance ever at Tiger Stadium.

The Doc steered his «diamonds» to three successive FA Cup semi-finals in the mid-Sixties, culminating in a famous win against Leeds in 1967 and the club's first appearance in the final of the competition since 1915.

His last appearance came from the bench against Liverpool in the Champions League quarter - final, second - leg last week when the striker claimed he «couldn't run» after 24 minutes on the pitch.

He made his final West Ham appearance in April 2000; again as substitute (for Scott Minto) in the 5 - 0 home win against (surprise!)

Schwarzer made 12 starts and one substitute appearance during his first season at Chelsea, featuring in the UEFA Champions League semi-final against Atletico Madrid after Cech picked up a shoulder injury which ruled him out for the final few weeks of last season.

On 21 December 1965 they were set firmly on course for a third consecutive final appearance thanks to a 5 - 2 League Cup semi-final first leg victory against Cardiff at Upton Park.

Sergio Ramos arrived at Santiago Bernabeu on 2005, and since than he has made 445 appearances and scored 55 goals — where the most important was the one against Atletico Madrid on the Champions League 2014 - 2015 Final.

Villarreal striker Nielsen is bang in form after scoring two in Denmark's final friendly against Turkey and with a solid record of eight goals in 14 under 21 appearances, Nielsen will be a major threat for Keld Bordinggaard's side.

Iwobi has since made 12 appearances for Nigeria, scoring two goals, including the late winner against Zambia in October that secured his country's qualification for next summer's World Cup finals.

• Made his 500th appearance for Chelsea in their 1 - 0 home defeat by Manchester United in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League quarter - final first leg, and played a key role in the Blues winning the competition the following season by scoring penalties in successive rounds against SSC Napoli and SL Benfica.

His final appearance for the club saw him net the winning penalty in the FA Cup final against Manchester United, bringing a fitting end to an illustrious spell in London.

It will be City's sixth League Cup final appearance and the first against Arsenal, who beat Chelsea in the last four.

He also found the net against the Gunners on his final Chelsea appearance — in the 2017 FA Cup final, which Arsenal won 2 - 1.

• 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.

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.

His third and final Arsenal first - team goal came against Reading in a 3 - 0 League Cup win, and his singular Premiership appearance also arrived, in a 1 - 0 loss to Blackburn Rovers.

They will then travel to Nizhni Novgorod on June 24 to take on Panama, making their first appearance in a World Cup finals, with their concluding group fixture against well - regarded Belgium in Kaliningrad on June 28.

As of now, the German's final appearance for Arsenal could be in the FA Cup final against Chelsea next month with his contract saga seemingly dragging into the summer.

He had been a regular at England Youth level and possibly his career highlight was winning the 1971 UEFA Youth Tournament including a goal scoring appearance in the 3 - 0 final win against Portugal.

A player row over the delay in the payment of appearance fees was followed by the dismissal of two of the team's senior players; Sulley Muntari and Kevin Prince Boateng before the final group match against Portugal in Brasilia.

After being approached by Shelf Media about an unconventional deal to publish Final Appearance through Lulu.com, Stark decided against a traditional publishing contract and royalty advance because of the greater control and potentially higher revenue share self - publishing — or «direct publishing» as Stark calls it — might bring to an accomplished novelist such as himself.