Sentences with phrase «knockout stages begin»
Manchester United also face Wigan at home in the fourth round of the FA Cup and will face St Etienne over two legs as the Europa League knockout stages begin next month in what promises to be a busy period for Mourinho's men who are the only Premier League club still battling on four fronts.
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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.
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....
Following a dramatic and exciting last day of group games at Euro 2016, we all have a few days without football before the serious business of the knockout stage begins, so I thought it might be worth a look back over the tournament so far, with a firm eye on how the various Arsenal players have done so far.
The group winners will be seeded for the draw as the knockout stage begins, as will the top four third - placed teams from the Champions League group stage: Porto, Olympiakos, Manchester United and Bayer Leverkusen.
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Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players begin their latest Champions League campaign next week and everyone connected with the club is hoping that this season sees the Gunners go at least one better than recent years which have seen us finish second in the group and then exit the competition at the first knockout stage.
Don't miss next month's edition of the Portuguese Diary to find out how the league is evolving and how the Portuguese clubs will begin their campaigns in the knockout stages of their respective European competitions.
Both English sides face difficult tasks to advance to the knockout stages when the group phase begins on September 14.
Ronaldo began the tournament slowly, but his vital two goals against Hungary made Portugal progress to the knockout stages in third place.