Sentences with phrase «knockout stage against»

Both played for Argentina in the World Cup in a team that conceded just 4 goals and only one in the knockout stages against Germany in the Final.

Not exact matches

Play Cech in my the knockout stages and compensate Ospina with an equal number of games against the smaller teams in the EPL.
We can't sacrifice the club's ambitions and wellbeing on the altar of a player's personal glory, it's the business end of the competition and Cech has the experience of having won it, Ospina conceded three goals [home and away] against PSG, the only opposition on the level of those we'll be meeting from now on, three goals against in the knockout stages is bordering on disastrous as we all know how tight these affairs are.
Play whoever wenger wants against bate, but I hope that he plays a strong enough side once the knockout stages begin coz it will not be easy now especially that now there are atletico madrid and bvb in the mix, plus there are already lazio, a.c.milan and I'm sure they will also want to win it....
And those goals all came in four of the games, as we failed to score against Stoke City, Chelsea, Southampton, Hull City and Barcelona, so it is not too hard to see why we have slipped off the top of the Premier League and are looking at another Champions League exit at the first knockout stage.
The Dark Blue ladies dominated the group stages with 5 wins and 0 losses before shutting out their opponents in the knockout stages to be crowned National Champions (an outstanding record of 7 wins, 0 losses, 20 goals for, and 0 against.)
And then he picked up that ankle injury and did not feature in Europe again until the end of the group stage and was injured again before the knockout games against his fellow Frenchmen from Ligue 1 club Monaco.
The Gunners shit the bed @ home against inferior Champions League competition seriously jeopardizing there chance to advance the knockout stages of the competition....
He shone for the national side at last summer's World Cup, scoring a late winner in the group stages against Russia to help the Belgians progress into the knockout stages.
Tottenham Hotspur are through to the knockout stages of this season's Europa League after a narrow 1 - 0 victory against Serbian champions Partizan Belgrade at White Hart Lane in a match that was briefly suspended due to three individual pitch invaders causing havoc in the first half.
Meanwhile, they also face a decisive clash against Olympiakos in the Champions League next week, as they must win in order to have any chance of advancing to the knockout stages of the competition.
That's what they proved against Tottenham and for the past 3 years in the knockout stage.
The visitors were looking to take a step towards ending their poor history against Italian sides in the knockout stages of European competition, and although they didn't particularly impress, they will be delighted with their efforts in the Italian capital.
We've advanced to the knockout stages of the CL against a very mediocre team in Monaco and, in the league, we're tied for 4th.
The Gunners were pitched against Real Madrid in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League enroute to Arsenal's run to the Final with Barcelona.
It could be the day the club goes for an unheard of quintuple against one of the other 15 remaining teams in the Champions League knockout stage.
With a key game against Spartak Moscow next week to seal qualification for the knockout stage of the Champions League, followed by a busy lead - up to the festive period which includes the Merseyside derby next weekend, the last thing Klopp wants is to see Matip out for an extended period of time.
The manager may think it proved him right because they won 8 - 0 but I think if you want to be successful against the best team in the knockout stages — when you come up against a Barcelona or a Real Madrid — you need Lewandowski.
According to a Metro report, the Arsenal boss is now ready to place an offer of a little over # 14 million for the defender, who missed six months of football after breaking his leg playing against Holland in the knockout stages of last summer's World Cup finals.
It has been, somewhat gleefully, pointed out that Arsenal have lost ball three of our previous away games against Olympiacos in the Champions League and so we might as well forget qualifying for the knockout stage.
Zlatan has never won the champions league because he's only scored once in the knockout stages that was for AC Milan against Arsenal apart from that he never shows up in big champions league games whether it's for Juventus, Inter, Barcelona, Milan or PSG
We are of course still in the Champions League, having reached the knockout stages of the competition for the 13th consecutive term, and despite coming up against the same team who knocked us out of three previous European campaigns, we have reason to be more confident next time around.
Having come on against Portugal, he played a part in Clint Dempsey putting the States ahead, and followed that up by causing Belgium a number of problems in the knockout stage.
Well, he rested for a little under four minutes during Greece's first game against Romania, and then for the remaining seven games — four group stage, three knockout stage — Galis did not rest.
The Gunners crashed to a shock 2 - 1 defeat against Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday night and now face a battle in order to qualify for the knockout stages in Europe as they will likely need a positive result in one of their back - to - back fixtures against Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich.
It's a similar story in the Conference Cup for the team, earning their place in the quarter finals in February after their game against Chester on Wednesday 25th November went to knockout stages, with our team winning 2 — 0.
They now top the Group after England and Russia drew in the later game, and now a win against the Three Lions will ensure their passage to the knockout stages.
Tottenham Hotspur are giving their chances of heading through to the knockout stages of the Europa League this evening a huge boost, with a fine Harry Kane header putting them 2 - 0 up against Greek outfit Asteras Tripolis.
I hope wenger does not take it as MICKEY MOUSE CUP VERSION - 2 and keep playing the kids coz we may be really embarrassed in the knockout stages in europe, especially against the likes of the above mentioned teams and a.c.milan, lazio etc... who are in a descent form in this competition so far...
Brady netted twice for Ireland during the tournament, including a vital goal to secure a 1 - 0 victory over Italy in the Group Stage and the first goal against France in the 2 - 1 knockout round loss.
As Arsenal lost their first two Champions League Group games to the outsiders, it is now imperative that the Gunners get something out of their two games against Bayern Munich or they will have little chance of progressing to the knockout stages.
If it is not a referee like Mike Dean denying Arsenal two good penalty shouts and forcing us into an FA cup replay that we could really do without, it is a Champions League draw throwing us up against one of the big favourites Bayern Munich in the group stage and then the only team worse than the Germans in the knockout stage.
We played with Sanogo and out of form Ox last time against them in the knockout stage.
Zenit St. Petersburg are through to the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League, thanks to a 0 - 0 draw at Estadio do Dragao against FC Porto.
With United winning their last Europa League match against Zorya Luhansk last month, they'll be hoping to build on that and continue to move towards qualifying for the knockout stages of the competition.
They have already booked a place in the knockout stages, but may need a positive result against Racing Genk to clinch a top seed.
Borussia Dortmund needs a miracle against Marseille to qualify for the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League.
February and March will be testing times with the Champions League knockout stages hopefully upon us once again and March's fixtures against Liverpool and Leicester could be even harder with the Champions League fixtures in mind.
The projected three month absence will, if accurate, see Wilshere miss away games against Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, as well as the first knockout stage of the Champions League, should Arsenal progress, though he would be back in time for any quarter - final.
The Gunners used up all their bad luck in last weeks game against West Brom, but now with injuries easing and the extra confidence gained from being on the brink of reaching the knockout stages of the Champions League, I can see a landslide win for Arsenal.
God forbid, if we lose both of fixtures against them, I can't see us qualifying into the knockout stage.
But they stumbled in the group stage, finishing second behind Romania, and that set up a knockout game against Argentina.
It is a massive game after all and Ospina did nearly cost us a place in the knockout stage last season after a terrible game against Olympiacos.
Though there was immense disappointment at crashing out before the knockout stages, Atlético are regarded as overall favorites to win this year's Europa League and are rated as virtual shoo - ins against their Danish opposition.
Real Madrid have already qualified for the knockout stages as group runnersup even if they beat Dortmund on Wednesday and Spurs lose their game against APOEL.
However, the Gunners have been struggling badly in Europe, losing their first two matches against Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiacos, meaning that the north Londoners are find themselves last in their group and are in need of a win against the German champions in order to keep their qualification chances alive for knockout stages.
Chelsea are drawn against FC Barcelona and they play important games around both Champions League ties in February which means Chelsea need to have enough lead over the top 4 rivals to risk dropping a few points when knockout stages begin.
It was a tough group for Jose Mourinho's Manchester United, and a group that United will need to work hard against in order to qualify for the knockout stages.
It'll take a miracle in that third match if the Green and White Army want to advance to the knockout stage, but they have to take care of business against Ukraine first.
Spurs have already qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League, but Mauricio Pochettino has insisted a result against Dortmund is important after Saturday's 2 - 0 defeat at Arsenal.
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