Sentences with phrase «important league and cup»

Zidane's will be hoping his front trio of Ronaldo, Bale an Benzema get some form and goals if possible with important league and cup games coming up next.

In a week in which Chelsea have been preparing for important league and cup games to come, columnist Giles Smith gives his fan's view on events...

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Nevertheless, he's made it clear that the team winning is more important, and he'll hope to play a key role in ensuring that United advance in both the FA Cup and Champions League while also pushing on and securing a top - four finish in the leaguLeague while also pushing on and securing a top - four finish in the leagueleague too.

Arsenal have come through the gruelling Christmas schedule with flying colours and have moved to the top of the Premier League, but it is also important that we now concentrate on our next game which is the first in our defence of our FA Cup trophy.

While it's important for the league as a whole to have a successful regular season in terms of interest and engagement, their best product is supposed to be the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

As the current season hots up and enters one of the busiest and most important periods, for clubs like Arsenal that are still in the Champions League and the FA cup that is, Arsene Wenger knows that each game takes on more importance and a bad performance or two could really damage our hopes of success.

Before you mention rotation keep in mind we have other important games in FA cup and champs league so the idea of using reserve players should be thrown out of the window.

And whether it's the league, the Champions League, the League Cup or the FA Cup — it's all impoleague, the Champions League, the League Cup or the FA Cup — it's all impoLeague, the League Cup or the FA Cup — it's all impoLeague Cup or the FA Cup — it's all important.

I agree and even though the Community Shield against Chelsea next weekend is not that important in the grans scheme of things I think we need to show that last weekend was a blip and just as a fast start in the Premier League is important I think a strong start to our Emirates Cup would be handy so let's not have some inexperienced young midfielder playing on the right of defence.

We still have some important work to do before the end of the season and even if the Frenchman is planning to leave he will want to ensure that he does so on some sort of a high, perhaps with an FA cup to celebrate but if not then at least with our usual place in the Champions League.

This is now a key part of the season for Wenger and his players, with a period of Premier League games and the first rounds of the FA cup to deal with and it could be the most important part of our campaign.

«The Europa League and the FA Cup are very important to us, because they could give the season some shine,» Blind began.

Hopefully we will still remain 2nd in the league table and not have much to play for at that point, because the FA cup final will turn out to be very physical and we need everyone rejuvenated for our most important game of the season.

First of all Arsenal have two hugely important games coming up in the Champions League and FA cup, which are the only realistic targets for the Gunners if we are to achieve a trophy this season.

The North London derby is always an emotional meeting for Arsenal and Tottenham fans, and tonights League Cup game is becoming even more important than usual as the Gunners have to break a losing run.

The league cup is important for the young players to gain experience and to show us what they are capable of in a competetive first team game.

When Jose Mourinho's Manchester United were in the Europa Cup semi finals last season, the Portugese boss gave up on the title race and rested players in important Premier League games so they could be fresh for the infamous Thursday night competition.

«Now we are in the semi-final of the Capital One Cup, are top of the League, there is an important game in the FA Cup (against Bradford) on Saturday which we have to win and soon we will be playing Paris Saint - Germain in the Champions League.»

Rosicky if used like gifts was towards the end of his career, with the second part of the season with the cups and leagues he can be so important.

After scoring the winner for Germany in the World Cup final against Argentina last summer, many expected Gotze to push on and become a key player at club level during the 2014 - 15 campaign, but he was left out of some hugely important games including both legs of the Champions League semi-final against Barcelona.

Having built on his early promise at Pescara by being an important part of PSG's success in recent years with four Ligue 1 titles and countless domestic cups to his name, The Mirror claim that a move to the Premier League could now happen next summer.

However much this competition might be a lower priority for Arsenal, with the Premier League, Champions League and then the FA cup all more important, it is still a trophy and in recent years we Arsenal fans have not been so overloaded with silverware that we can afford to be blase about any chance of winning something.

With the Premier League, Europa League and League Cup in full swing, it will be just as important as anything else to have a fully - fit squad to give Arsene Wenger options to rotate.

Pre-season training and the increasingly commercial and lucrative tours that clubs like Arsenal go on may be just a pale shadow of the competitive action of the Premier League and the domestic and European cup competitions, but it is still very important for a number of reasons.

As the team moves forward in the Europa and League cups it becomes more important to maintain momentum and continuity and therefore start blending the first and second string together.

Arsenal fans are used to seeing Arsene Wenger give the Gunners youth players a chance to impress us all in the League Cup, but it seems that Le Prof has changed this policy and will now only be using players from the first team squad in the least important tournament we participate in.

Zagreb: Walcott Chelsea: Giroud Spurs: Campbell (it's only League Cup so rest both Walcott and Giroud for important competitions)

Walcott had been restricted to games in the Europa League and cup competitions, but now looks to be relishing being given a more important role in this Everton side.

Of course the most important thing in these cup games is to get through and the Gunners did that, but it was hardly an emphatic performance and Arsenal will need to get better if we are to have any hope of reaching the business end of the league cup.

If I knew that there was an adequate budget, and somebody trustworthy to sign a top - top - striker, quality replacement for Cazorla, and a quality replacement for Alexis, then use good tactics and sensible team rotation throughout the season & motivate the players ALL SEASON, then top - four and FA Cup isn't important, because I would have real hope that we could be genuine title - contenders in the next league campaign.

Major Trophies: The most important trophy for every team is ofcourse the division 1 title in their respective countries and Champions League / European Cup is the ultimate price for any European team so we give 10 points each to division 1 title and the Champions League.

He won the Scottish Cup in 1902, with contemporary match reports crediting him with a number of important saves, and helped them to their first League title the following year, playing in every game during the campaign and earning rave reviews for his performances.

The 17 - year - old, who joined the Gunners from Aston Villa in the summer of 2013, had an impressive 2013 - 14 campaign, making himself an important figure in the team both in the FA Youth Cup and in the Under - 19 UEFA Youth League.

An important factor is that they failed miserably in their FA Cup title defence this season, falling at the first hurdle and so they will be pretty geared up for this and they got the boost of Mesut Ozil returning over the weekend in their beating of Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

The German international impressed during the second half of 2014/15 after recovering from a knee injury, playing an important role as Arsenal finished third in the league and retained the FA Cup.

With many important Champions League and FA Cup games to come the last thing Arsenal want is for Wilshere to be sidelined.

Of course he is a bit sad that he will miss so many important games like the Capital One Cup Final and Champions League but Kevin would not be Kevin if wasn't already thinking about playing again for City.»

The only slight concern could be the fact that the derby is on Wednesday (which is arguably the most important game of our season for many reasons but mainly to move further away from Lazio and of course Milan in order to qualify for the UEFA Champions League next season) so it would've been ideal to maybe rest one or two key men but the squad haven't had to play many games this season and every fixture from now to the end is like a cup final.

The match is an important one for both clubs like I mentioned before and comes three weeks after a second string City side beat young Arsenal 1 - 0 in a League Cup quarterfinal at the Emirates Stadium.

I just try to get him back to full fitness, and for me the Europa League and League cup are important as well.

They have of course played in the FA Cup during that time, progressing to the quarter - finals with a comfortable 2 - 0 victory at home to Blackpool, but to all intents and purposes David Moyes has the exciting prospect of picking from a squad that should be a lot fresher than that of his opposite number, one that will also be boosted by the return of several important figures, as Everton attempt to extend their unbeaten league run to six matches at Loftus Road.

The nightmarish spectre of Antonio Conte's hauntingly terrifying face leering into the camera for an interview where He visibly battles with his urge to discuss the upcoming Champions League match with Barcelona rather than the humiliation of a Hull side without endangering any of his important players, was enough to prompt Mark to gaze heavenward, longing for the rumoured «Planet X» to finally roam into our orbit and take out earth in an apocalyptic planetary collision which the FA Cup would likely somehow survive.

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With important games against Dortmund in the Champions League and a tricky League Cup game against the Saints could make this month a challenge for the Gunners.

Marcus Rashford has enjoyed an impressive start to his season — coming off the bench against Swansea in the last Premier League encounter to score the all - important opening goal and following it up with the winning goal against Slovakia for his country in midweek, in the World Cup qualifiers.

He can be an important cog for the future successes, as Sami has pretty much done it all, as a World Cup and Champions League winner.