Sentences with phrase «knockout phase of»

Both Real and PSG are expected to invest heavily in recruitment this summer, with the former failing to challenge for the La Liga title and the latter struggling to make an impact in the knockout phase of the Champions League.

Knocking out Spartak Moscow moves Inter into the knockout phase of the tournament where they will face one of eight group winner: Barcelona, FC Basel, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, FC Porto or Tottenham Hotspur.

The goal was the first goal conceded by Spain in the knockout phase of a tournament since 2006.

The forward is unlikely to be fit for next week's Champions League Group F match against Olympiakos, a game Arsenal need to win by two goals to qualify for the knockout phase of the competition.

So now we can't say that Juventus» representation is undefeated as we head into the knockout phase of the tournament.

Dortmund must win the match in order to remain in contention to qualify for the knockout phase of the UCL.

The young Blues, who went into the contest having already secured qualification into the knockout phase of the competition, looked to be on course to leapfrog their opponents and take top spot in the group when Alex Denny put them ahead with 20 minutes remaining.

Galliani is also not concerned that, if Honda does join in the winter, he could be ineligible to play in the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League.

Even though the Arsenal and Chile international forward was nowhere near the Karaiskakis Stadium, I reckon that Alexis Sanchez would have been keeping a close eye on what his Arsenal team mates were up to and I bet that no one was more pleased that him at the performance and the 3 - 0 result that puts our name into the draw for the knockout phase of the Champions League.

Arsenal are now faced with a fantastic opportunity to seal an early place in the first knockout phase of the Champions League.

The group stage of the 2014 World Cup concluded on Thursday and we now know the 16 teams that will battle it out in the knockout phase of the tournament.

Just to add no player wants to come to a club, whose only ambition is to finish in the top 4, reach the knockout phase of the champions league, reach the final of the FA cup and maybe win it, be linked with many # 50 + players and never buy them, while selling all our best players for a healthy profit, a very healthy bank balance and pay a handsome dividend to shareholders.Arsenal is no longer a soccer team but a business model.Thats wengers legacy...

A report in The Mirror suggests that Wenger is preparing a # 15 million bid for him in January, so we will have to see what Schalke make of that and whether Howedes is willing to move halfway through a season which sees his club in the knockout phase of the Champions League.

When we say we have expectations, it should not be winning seemingly average trophies like the FA cup and the carling cup, it should not be about finishing 4th or even 3rd, it should not be about making it merely into the knockout phase of the Champions» League.

We've reached the knockout phases of Euro 2016 where 16 teams have now qualified from the 24 - team group stage.

Watch as Radhi Jaïdi's youngsters prepare to host Premier League 2's high - flying Leicester City in the knockout phases of the Premier League Cup.

Not exact matches

Right up until the dying minutes of the group stage it was looking like England would face Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo in the knockout phase but the amazing story of the smallest country ever to qualify for the Euros went on with a last minute Iceland winner.

The group phase of the 2014 - 15 Europa League concluded on Thursday night, so we now know the lineup for the knockout rounds, where eight Champions League dropouts, including Liverpool, with join the party.

there really isn't any point in going out in the first knockout phase, rather a difficult group will get the best out of our players or the opposite can also show, that they are below par and.

With the Champions League knockout phase now upon us, the football world has been talking about the clubs still in the competition and in England that talk has obviously been focused upon Arsenal and the other two sides left among the elite of Europe.

It would be nice for Arsenal fans if our German international midfield star was right in what he says about this season's record two legged defeat in the Champions League knockout phase inflicted on us by many of his fellow countrymen.

However, the way Arsenal have been playing this season, what are the chances of us even being in with a sniff of the title when the knockout phase comes around?

I am not saying that Arsene Wenger should play a load of Arsenal's academy kids when the Gunners travel to Monaco for the return leg of the Champions League knockout phase next week.

Before that though, we have Man City at home, Southampton, Liverpool and Stoke away and Chelsea at the Emirates as well as the start of the FA cup and the return of European football in the knockout phase.

The next criticism leveled at Arsenal was the perceived failure to handle pressure and expectation, such as the first leg of the Champions League knockout phase against Monaco last season and the opening day of this one against West Ham.

Following another tough Champions League group draw, Arsenal then got the pick of the knockout phase, with the French Ligue 1 club Monaco exactly who we would have chosen.

The Knockout phase consisted of elimination games starting in late March with the Qualifying Round, followed by the Round of 16, Quarter - Final, and Semi-Final Rounds played between March 30 - May 4.

Some rival fans and even some Gooners may mock our record of qualifying for the competition every year under Le Prof and call it the Wenger trophy, but you can bet that every club wants to achieve it and would be even happier with our record of getting out of the group stage into the knockout phase.

According to a report in The Mirror, a source from the Catalan club has revealed that everyone at Barcelona was over the moon when they heard that they would be facing Arsenal in the two - legged knockout phase in a couple of months.

This week sees the return of the Champions League, with the Round of 16 knockout phase.

Spurs now lie third in Group E behind Monaco and Bayer Leverkusen and are under serious threat of failing to reach the knockout phase with two games left away to the French side and at home to CSKA Moscow.

Sevilla managed to eliminate Manchester United, a salve to their disappointing capitulation to Leicester City at that stage a year ago, but there weren't many other surprises in the first round of the knockout phase.

Victory means United are on the brink of reaching the knockout phase for the first time since 2013 - 14, whereas Benfica have yet to muster a point at the halfway point of Group A. To make matters worse, they will be without captain Luisao at Old Trafford after his late sending - off.

The Gunners have failed to progress through the first knockout phase in each of the last four seasons, losing twice to Bayern Munich, once to Barcelona and once to AC Milan.

Roberto Mancini was quick however to highlight the Spanish side's threat, predicting the midweek encounter to be one of Zenit's toughest of the season, a match that'll probably determine the first most likely side to make it to the knockout phases even at this early stage.

That won't matter too much to either of these sides, as both are excited to be playing in the first Euro knockout phase matches in their nation's history.

Arsenal also have a Europa League campaign to deal with following their fifth place finish last term, and they are likely to fancy their chances of going all the way, barring a challenge from AC Milan or a top European club entering the knockout phase.

PSG may be three points clear at the top of Ligue 1 and on course for the Europa League knockout phase, but that has not spared them from criticism.

The Ronaldos, after earning a point in a thrilling 3 - 3 draw against Hungary, barely snuck into the knockout phase, on the strength of Ronaldo's third game performance (and his photogenic abs, probably).

Guardiola has seen Bayern safely through to the Champions League knockout phase and kept them top of the Bundesliga tree.

• The Madrid club went into that match in Lisbon on a run of seven successive away wins in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase.

They go on to face Croatia in the first phase of knockouts.

Fans of the Swedes will have to look at one player and hope Zlatan Ibrahimovic can carry their squad into the knockout phases.

All I know for sure is that I'd much rather have Juventus» overall form being what it is now at the start of the knockout phase rather than what it was when at the start of the group stage.

• Lazio, who have qualified for the UEFA Europa League knockout phase in each of their last five participations — after that initial lapse in 2009/10 — have lost two of their last three European fixtures outside Italy, against Zulte Waregem (2 - 3) and FCSB (0 - 1), having previously equalled a UEFA Europa League record, group stage to final, by going 11 successive away matches unbeaten (W4 D7).

• Arsenal, the lone English representatives in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase, won four of their six autumn encounters to top Group H before knocking out European debutants Östersund in the round of 32 then winning both legs against AC Milan — 2 - 0 in Italy and 3 - 1 in London.

For the past few rounds of the Champions League knockout phase, the official Visit Cardiff Twitter account has been sending the BWRAO handle updates on the Champions League final that will be heading to the Welsh capital the first weekend of June.

Make no mistake, Maribor are a poor side that any team with desires to reach the knockout phase should comfortably beat, but they are also the type of side that this Liverpool team has struggled against recently.

Arsenal have shown that they can compete within their group and that's why I think we are still going to see them be part of the first knockout phase, but after that I don't think that Arsenal will be able to push for a spot in the quarter - finals.

They are on a run of four successive away victories in the UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League knockout phase.