Sentences with phrase «quarterfinal first leg»

The Atlético striker has not forgotten his sending off in the Champions League quarterfinal first leg

Atletico Madrid cruised to a 2 - 0 victory over Sporting in their Europa League quarterfinal first leg on Thursday.

He gave a world class performance away at Real Madrid in the group stages, but was poor against Barcelona last season in the quarterfinal first leg, losing a ball that led to Neymar's goal after just 18 minutes.

Bale has 11 goals in 21 La Liga starts so far in an injury affected 2017 - 18, but the 28 - year - old has only started two Champions League matches all season and was benched by coach Zinedine Zidane for both round - of - 16 games against Paris Saint - Germain and the quarterfinal first leg against Juventus.

Eight Leicester City fans were found guilty of public order offences following disturbances before last season's Champions League quarterfinal first leg defeat at Atletico's former Vicente Calderon home.

For thirty minutes of last week's Champions League quarterfinal first leg, Barcelona and Atlético Madrid were playing an exceptionally good, exceptionally tight, exceptionally interesting game of football.

With its 3 - 0 quarterfinal first leg victory over Juventus, Real Madrid takes a massive advantage into the second leg of the clash scheduled to take place on April 11 at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid.

Not exact matches

Barcelona came out of the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal tie against AS Roma with a big 4 - 1 lead, but with the second leg heading back to Italy, the job is far from done.

Manchester City came into this match with a surprising advantage over Paris Saint - Germain, having earned a 2 - 2 draw in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal tie.

There's no simpler way to put this — Real Madrid got their butts handed to them by Wolfsburg last week in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal tie.

The Champions League quarterfinals are coming to a close, and one of the fiercest battles of the first leg of the round is coming to Portugal for its conclusion.

Barcelona have one foot in the quarterfinals thanks to their 2 - 1 victory over Manchester City on the first leg.

EuroLeague teams play tough against each other in the group stage and the first leg of an elimination round, such as the quarterfinals.

Despite being 3 - 1 down from the first leg, Champions League contenders Bayern Munich plundered five goals against a hapless Porto in the first - half of tonight's quarterfinal...

One of several Champions League Round of 16 ties that was essentially over after the first leg, Manchester City come back home to the Etihad Stadium with a 4 - 0 lead in hand over FC Basel, brimming with confidence and looking to pad that lead en route to a berth in the quarterfinals.

Arsenal have an uphill task on their hands to qualify for the quarterfinals of this season's UEFA Champions League, as they need to score at least 3 goals to have any smidgen chance of overcoming an AS Monaco side that won by a huge margin of 3 - 1 in the first leg at the Emirates last month.

Finally, in 2004, AC Milan had no problem defeating underdogs Deportivo LA Coruna 4 - 1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinals.

This expectation has been bolstered by Arsenal's 4 - 1 thrashing of CSKA Moscow in the first leg of the quarterfinals at the Emirates Stadium last week with some believing that the job has been done.

Peter Crouch was able to give Harry Redknapp's side a valuable goal in the first leg of their last 16 tie with AC Milan — Spurs went on to draw 0 - 0 in London to confirm their place in the quarterfinals.

And that leads to the second origin of Guardiola's unease: the fact that his Bayern side lost three times in the Champions League semifinals, and that his City followed up last season's last - 16 exit Monaco with Wednesday's quarterfinal first - leg defeat to Liverpool.

Bayern Munich got off to a rocky start in the first leg of its Champions League quarterfinal against Sevilla, conceding a surprising opener.

In the 80th minute of last week's match between AS Roma and Barcelona — the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal at Camp Nou — Edin Dzeko scored.

There will be two answers to that question at Anfield on Wednesday when Liverpool face Manchester City in the first leg of their all - Premier League Champions League quarterfinal.

Only one of these two will make it to the semi-finals, as Liverpool and Manchester City go head - to - head in the first leg of the quarterfinal on Wednesday night at Anfield.

The first leg of the quarterfinals against a Spanish giant played in Turin last year was soooo much better.

Atlético have a comfortable 3 - 0 aggregate lead from last week's first leg at A Stadium Called Wanda and are a virtual lock to be in a Europa League quarterfinal for the first time since 2012.

Gerard Pique and Luis Suarez added second - half goals either side of Edin Dzeko's response for Roma as Barcelona grabbed the advantage after the first leg of the quarterfinal.

The New York Red Bulls shocked the footballing world (okay, slight exaggeration) last Tuesday when they traveled down to Tijuana and knocked off the Xolos at Estadio Caliente in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions League quarterfinals.

Juventus, coming off a 3 - 0 gut - punch of a home loss in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal against Real Madrid, had done what seemed impossible two hours before.

I mean, it was 12 months ago that Dybala did some really good things against a Spanish side in the Champions League quarterfinals during the first leg in Turin.

Los colchoneros will welcome Sporting Clube de Portugal to Madrid for the first leg of a tricky Europa League quarterfinal.

Roma won 3 - 0 to overturn a three - goal deficit and advance on away goals, having entered the game in Rome as massive underdogs after losing the first leg of their quarterfinal 4 - 1 against a Lionel Messi - led team that was one of the big favorites to win the competition.

The guys then switch gears to preview Thursday night's trip to Lisbon, where Atlético will take on Sporting Clube de Portugal (and quite possibly members of their first team) in the second leg of their Europa League quarterfinal.

As if the prospect of facing Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Gerard Pique, Jordi Alba and Ivan Rakitic weren't enough in and of itself, Roma has suddenly been bit by the injury bug, potentially losing three key pieces ahead of the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal matchup against Barcelona.

MATCH REPORT: Barça rolls over Roma, 4 — 1, as defenders take center stage FC Barcelona FC Barcelona got two goals from Roma defenders and a third from one of its own, the center back Gerard Piqué, to cruise to a 4 - 1 victory at Camp Nou on Wednesday night in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals.

Atletico and Real Madrid played out an aggressive 0 - 0 draw in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, with the home side's goalkeeper Jan Oblak the man of the match.

And after a 4 - 1 first leg win in the quarterfinal against AS Roma, the Blaugrana are getting closer on that front too.

Gennaro Gattuso's men were defeated 2 - 0 in the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinal at the hands of English outfit...

Here are our winners and losers from the first legs of the Champions League quarterfinals.

Ronaldo went to Turin for the first leg of Madrid's Champions League quarterfinal tie against Juventus on Tuesday and put his feet up on the Old Lady's desk, bagging two goals.

The 23 - year - old Dybala signed a new contract in April, tying him to the Bianconeri until 2022, a deal that came days after he netted two goals in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinal against Barcelona.

Roma advanced to the Quarterfinals of the Champions League by overturning the 2 - 1 defeat in the first leg by keeping a...

Toronto is still head and shoulders above any other team in MLS and they proved it earlier this week when they stood their ground vs Tigres UANL in the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal tie, winning the fixture with a late goal to get them across the line 2 - 1.

In both the quarterfinals and semifinals, it seemed like they'd wrapped up each matchup in the first leg — only to let both Bayern Munich and Atlético Madrid storm back into contention in the second.

After slaying reigning Liga MX champion Tigres in the quarterfinal, Toronto got past Club America with relative ease over the 180 minutes, deservedly winning the first leg 3 - 1 at BMO Field and then drawing the second.

Juve's midfield is a real problem, and one that won't have Miralem Pjanic for the first leg of the quarterfinals.

A controversial penalty from Arturo Vidal helped Juventus beat Monaco in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal clash Continue reading →

LONDON, England — Three thoughts on Arsenal's 4 - 1 win over CSKA Moscow in their Europa League quarterfinal, first leg, at the Emirates.

Sevilla scored two late goals to come from behind and beat Atletico Madrid 2 - 1 in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarterfinal on Wednesday.

BARCELONA, Spain — Three quick thoughts from Camp Nou on Barcelona's 4 - 1 win over Roma in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal.