Sentences with phrase «maiden champions»

Madrid are the only team that stand in Atletico's way of a maiden Champions League crown, in a rematch of the 2014 final that ended 4 - 1 in favour of the former after extra time.

Made by Puma, the new Foxes third strip was officially unveiled on 8 July, 2016 and will be used in the club's maiden Champions League campaign as well as in fixtures away from home in the regular league season

Leicester thrashed Club Brugge 3 - 0 to kick off their maiden Champions League journey in style.

City reached their maiden Champions League semi-final with a thrilling 3 - 2 aggregate win over Paris Saint - Germain on Tuesday, a triumph sealed by 1 - 0 second - leg victory at the Etihad Stadium.

With a maiden Champions League semi-final tie around the corner in mind, Hayes made four changes from the weekend win over Manchester City.

Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo managed to steer his beloved club to a maiden Champions League victory against all odds in Munich last May whilst concurrently Diego Simeone guided Atletico Madrid to an emphatic Europa League final win in Bucharest and both will be vying to win the European Super Cup on August 24th.

Saul's header proved crucial though as Diego Simeone's side - beaten finalists in two of the last three years - squeezed into the semi-finals in search of their maiden Champions League crown.

Russian owner Roman Abramovich thought nothing of sacking a manager who brought him the long awaited maiden Champions League trophy just months after victory in Munich so clearly the Spaniard has every chance of not seeing out the current campaign.

Manuel Pellegrini guided Malaga to a maiden Champions League berth in his first season in charge of the club and this term helped take the Andalusian side to the quarter - finals of the competition as well as another top six finish.

The former Valencia man had an excellent first term at La Rosaleda helping Malaga to secure a maiden Champions League berth, one that cost the club's Qatari owners a small fortune to make happen.

Isco has enjoyed two successful seasons at Malaga, helping his side to a maiden Champions League berth in his first and then impressing in last season's push to the quarter - finals of the showpiece trophy.

Isco has a breakthrough season in his first term at La Rosaleda last season, where he helped Malaga to secure their maiden Champions League berth.

Statistically speaking the Malaga man was one of the standout players in Europe last term, helping the La Rosaelda side to a maiden Champions League berth.

Not exact matches

Reigning champion Nico Rosberg opted to ditch Merc and retire from F1 just days after winning his maiden world title.

Malaga did successfully secure a Champions League berth and the performances Isco has put in during their maiden participation in the showpiece trophy have greatly impressed Ferguson.

Still, it's got a rich history and was raced by two world champions, with Schumacher driving it in his maiden F1 season.

In the process they qualified for the Champions League group stages for the second time in their history, with their only previous appearance at this stage of the competition being in 1999/00, also our maiden voyage with Europe's elite.

He then found the net in his maiden home European appearance (which was also his first start at Anfield), and in his first Champions League group - stage match too.

Conte took the Blues to the Premier League title during his maiden season in English management last term, but he is expecting a tougher challenge next year with the Champions League adding the extra pressure of games.

Just weeks after winning the Premier League title in his first attempt, his penalty would rifle into the top of the net past Petr Cech, but unfortunately, a disappointing United career to follow would never again reach the lofty heights of his maiden term at Old Trafford, which culminated in Champions League glory at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

Costinha inspired Porto to eight major titles during his time at the club and was a key cog in their 2004/05 Champions League winning campaign — Mourinh0's maiden European title.

Their euphoric success in Europe in what is their maiden campaign in the Champions League has now gone hand - in - hand with a steadily improving league campaign which seen them go through the whole of November without losing a fixture.

Although Nemanja Vidić halved the deficit, United had left themselves too much to do and Paul Scholes became the first player to be sent off in the fixture late on as Zenit held on to add another trophy ahead of their maiden UEFA Champions League campaign.

Team Mutiu Adepoju came from one goal down to beat Team Dosu Joseph 4 - 3 on penalties to emerge champions of the maiden edition of the Salute Match on Sunday after the normal regulation period had ended 1 - 1.

There's no room for women in Undertow unless the feminine element is the ocean, its implacable pull underscored by the film's title — the girl in the beginning is rhymed with a girl at the end (Shiri Appleby): both are treacherous, the second resolving as the maiden to be championed by Chris's sullied knight.