Sentences with phrase «knockout stage paid»
The decision to junk the second group stage and embrace a sixteen - team knockout stage paid dividends, and the fields of Europe played host to some ridiculous football.
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Who does the blame go to when you have 2 rich London clubs that pay top wages, yet one is a favorite for the league and a good bet for the CL final and the other is at best considered 3rd place and knockout stages?
That strategy actually paid off very well - they clinched knockout stage progression with two group games left, and backed into winning the group despite losing their only match of the group stages on the penultimate match day.