Sentences with phrase «into champions league finals»

We went on into the champions league finals with to midfelders In front of our defense which wasn't ball winners in wishere and fabregas, but ball players and yes we didn't win but gave barca a very tough game.

And you know what would be a good thing heading into the Champions League final?

Lionel Messi, remarkably, has never scored against Chelsea in his career, famously crashing a penalty off the crossbar in April 2012 before Fernando Torres streaked away to send Roberto Di Matteo's men into the Champions League final.

He scored the winners against Rayo Vallecano and Real Sociedad, before providing the cross led to the only goal in Madrid's match with Man City, which helped to send Los Blancos into the Champions League final.

Under Klopp's management, Subotic has won 2 Bundesliga, 2 German Supercups, 1 DFB Pokal and reached into Champions League final on 2013.

Heading into the Champions League final against Real Madrid in Cardiff on Saturday, hopes were high for Juventus.

Not exact matches

Liverpool are on the brink of a return to the Champions League final as they lead Roma going into Wednesday's semi-final second leg amid tight security with thousands of Reds fans flooding into the Italian capital.

We've got ourselves into a bit of a vicious circle, without champions league football we will not be able to attract world class players or even potential world class players unless we pay them huge wages and there is no way we will do that, we have so many players coming into the final year (s) of their contracts who may or may not re sign.

I don't know... 3pl trophies in 20 seasons, no champions league, only made to final once in 18 CONSECUTIVE seasons, not resected like fergie was in his time, has never defeated jose mourinho even once in his lifetime even after maureen makes fun of him like hell (my God,6 - 0 in his 1000 game - > what a shame), an 8 - 2 loss at old trafford (only reason he bought players otherwise that season would have been hell), been rated as one of the wealthiest clubs but we still have mediocre first team players like giroud, welbeck etc (before u slam me first answer this - > would they get into bayern, barca, madrid, manure, mancity, psg or even chelsea starting 11 cz we rank the same with them financially)?????.....

This resulted into the most successful Arsenal squad, it went on into an unbeaten title - winning season in 2003/04 and a Champions League Final appearance in 2006.

Arsenal have had one crack at a Champions League final, of course, and the Frenchman has a great record of getting us into and out of the group stage, but we need to do better than that now.

The German midfielder is into the final year of his contract and apparently greatly interesting a host of sides, most notably Arsenal who came face to face with the player's Schalke side in Champions League competition.

The 24 year - old has been virtually ever present for a Villarreal team that have been unbeaten since November and are looking like contenders to challenge for the wide open final Champions League spot in La Liga, and he has settled into Spanish football superbly since joining from Brazilian outfit Vitoria in 2013.

Hulk scored a cracker but his Zenit side were unable to overcome a first leg deficit as Borussia Dortmund eased into the Champions League quarter - finals.

And the striker bought to replace Welbeck will go straight into the treatment room where he will stay until called upon in the champions league final to score the winning goal after Giroud and Walcott are strangely substituted by Wenger... when he is struck down by a fit of realization that Arsenal are actually going to win something worthwhile....

The Portuguese manager overcame a sluggish start to guide the Club of the Principality back into the top three and also guided them to the quarter - final of the Champions League, where they were only defeated 1 - 0 by Juventus on aggregate.

Besides several teams who have questions surrounding one or possibly two players, there is no squad that has so many issues heading into the final week of the transfer window... even Monaco, who have lost numerous players from their starting 11 have less controversy swirling in and around their club and they have champion's league play to contend with this season... just think of how ridiculous this situation is especially considering that we have had the same manager for over 20 years... no team should be better organized than ours... if nothing else, that should be the one advantage this team holds over all others, yet the exact opposite has occurred... this fact is even more disturbing considering the main argument against removing Wenger from his managerial position was that there was no suitable replacement and that people feared some sort of perceived drop - off if a new manager was brought into the mix... based on what we've witnessed since the time of his contract renewal a monkey with a magic eight ball could have done an adequate job... I hate to make jokes, in light of our current dilemma, but this team is so screwed up if I don't laugh about it, the only plausible response is to either cry or do something incredibly destructive... just look around this squad and try to see what our delusional manager sees that allow him to make such positive statements about our current team

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This evening we go into the second leg champions league quarter final clash against Bayern Munich on the backdrop of a 3 - 1 defeat to Liverpool.

And that is just what I expect Arsene Wenger to do tomorrow night as the boss tries to get us into the quarter - finals of the Champions League — despite losing to Monaco 3 - 1 at home in the first leg.

Toure gets into the team at centre - half for two reasons, one being that he played there in the 2009 Champions League final against the Red Devils and kept a clean sheet.

We have not gotten into the quarter finals of the champions league even with Sanchez and Ozil.

The highly - rated youngster knows Pellegrini well from their time together at Malaga where the pair helped guide the La Liga side into the quarter final stages of last season's Champions League.

They do not seem any closer to the Champions League than us though, so if Arsenal can at least get past Bayern Munich into the quarter - finals it would strengthen our bargaining position.

In fact I can not help but have a grudging admiration for him as a manager because he did run us as close as any Spurs team has in the last couple of decades and he did get them into the Champions League and into the quarter final.

Having fought his way into Didier Deschamps» 2014 World Cup finals squad Schneiderlin feels it's imperative he secures a «big» move and wants to join a club that can offer him a first taste of Champions League football and is said to be hopeful of making a move to Arsenal to work under Arsene Wenger.

Need keep winning, we need be ready for cska cause we need get back into champions league as for fans that do want watch the stoke game yer not true arsenal fans I'd never miss arsenal game unless I had go funeral like really some arsenal fans make me sick ya very bad season but I think we have plans in place or why would ozil sign new contact he sees the plans ahead and likes wat he sees otherwise he would be gone so come on arsenal send stoke championship with shawcross and do job on cska cause we need bring lead bk to Russia and let's get bk into champions league oh and I'd like say if we get atl Madrid trust me over 2 legs or in final arsenal can beat them u wait see it's just or confedence was shot

Barca went into tonight's clash with PSG trailing 4 - 0 on aggregate, but completed the most dramatic comeback in Champions League history to book their place in the quarter - finals.

Klopp is yet to win a trophy with Liverpool, but did successfully guide them back into the Champions League this season after finishing fourth on the final day of last season.

With seven points now between the Reds and the final Champions League qualification spot, their manager Brendan Rodgers admitted that it would now be tough to get into the top four.

First of all I would, of course, love Arsenal to prove all the doubters and those hilarious social media warriors wrong by getting past the big favourites Barcelona and into the quarter - finals of the Champions League.

Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal have been handed a golden chance to sweep into the Champions League quarter - finals --(Daily Mirror)

Arsenal head into the final Champions League group match against FC Basel and will be hoping that they can secure the win against a team that's proven tough to beat for English opponents.

«It is true that in the last four years we have not progressed (into the Champions League quarter - finals) and that is why this result on Wednesday is so disappointing.

Rafael Benitez» final game as Napoli manager ended in the worst possible way as he failed to lead the Serie A outfit into the Champions League for the second time this season.

The forward has allowed his contract to run into its final 12 months at present, and has talked about his keenness to play Champions League football this season, with Manchester United and Manchester City both linked.

Speaking about of defenders and Wenger's obsession with players out of position, during that Champions League quarter - final at the Kop Wenger put Toure (centre - half) into the right fullback position that he has never played in before.

They can be a threat in the Champions League, getting into the knock - out stages and getting to a quarter - final maybe.»

It's not that Bale has performed badly for Real, not most of the time, but aside from his stunning solo goal to win the Copa del Rey final against these opponents last season, and his extra-time goal in the Champions League final, he is lacking the big game - changing moments that write you into the history books.

the game there has changed before the match i was thinking about a formation but flamini was not available in my formation carzola was not in for the simple reason he put a lot work in the last match i would have picked wallcott rosciky and gabrial having said that when the player sheet came out my first thought was yup the team is balanced the bench constituted walcott and chambarelain (speed) so in essence the plan was ok but it just was a disaster The 22 million dollar question who would one pick to secure a win in Monaco and advance into the quarter finals of the champion league

The last time that Arsenal progressed from the first knockout stage into the quarter - finals of the Champions League was in 2009.

A decent draw in the Champions League has us all hoping, if not quite expecting, to get into the quarter - final stage for the first time in five years, while a good result at Old Trafford in a couple of weeks will see Arsenal installed as big favourites to retain the FA cup.

The Mirror is reporting that the Italian keeper Salvatore Sirigu refused to play for PSG in their final Champions League group game after losing his first choice status to youngster Kevin Trapp and Roma are set to offer him a lifeline back into Serie A, terminating the loan deal for Shezzer early.

The young Ajax star made it into Louis Van Gaal's squad for the finals following his first full season with the Dutch champions, and his performances in the Eredivise have caught the attentions of the Premier League giants.

Because at the minute they seem to think that all they need to do to get into the Champions League quarter - finals is to turn up.

No, Toronto FC was not putting its best foot forward into this match at Colorado with a Concacaf Champions League final first leg vs. Chivas looming on Tuesday.

The final two places in the last four of the Champions League will be decided on Wednesday with Bayern Munich and Real Madrid taking advantages into their home legs.

They have a tough Europa League semifinal looming against Atletico Madrid, but with the final in Lyon next month, it would be the perfect end for Wenger to lift a major European trophy in France and hand his successor a passport back into the Champions League.

Going into Tuesday's game against Real Madrid, the major theme was whether or not Juventus could gain revenge for their 4 - 1 loss in the UEFA Champions League final in Cardiff last June.

PSG looked to be cruising into the Champions League quarter - finals in March when they led Barcelona 4 - 0 after the first leg and then 5 - 3 on aggregate at the Nou Camp with two minutes of normal time remaining.