Sentences with phrase «late knockout rounds»

Whilst Messi can dominate games that kind of goes out the window in late knockout rounds in CL and international tourneys.

Not exact matches

One of the features of the last few years has been Arsenal putting a brilliant run of results together and although it may be too late for a title challenge this time, we still need to secure a top four spot, as well as having the knockout rounds of the Champions League to think about — and the small matter of defending the FA cup trophy won in dramatic fashion last season to defend.

The four teams in the knockout round will also earn a No. 1 seed for their respective regions in the Worlds group stage later this year in North America.

First up will be the next step of our defence of the FA cup won in a dramatic Wembley final in May and just 10 days later comes the home leg of the first knockout round of the Champions League.

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.

However, they have been triumphant in each of their two previous knockout ties, defeating Rapid Wien in the third round of the 1997/98 UEFA Cup (3 - 0 aggregate) and Sturm Graz at the same stage of the same competition five years later (3 - 2 agg).

As the camera lurches like a boxer avoiding a late - round knockout, we're left with nothing but a sense of indifference to what little we're seeing.