Sentences with phrase «reach the quarterfinals of»

Whether Barcelona can repeat the result of last year is in major doubt and City will be confident they can finally reach the quarterfinals of Europe's elite competition.

Back in this hemisphere, Exeter have never been higher than the third tier of English football, and their only trophy to date remains the 1990 Fourth Division Championship, though they have reached the quarterfinals of the FA Cup on two occasions, in 1930 - 31 and again in 1980 - 81.

The club however has reached the quarterfinals of the Champion's League and seeks to impose its will in international competition.

Real reached the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey — where they will face Leganes — in midweek, but started the day 16 points behind rivals Barcelona in the league.

But Roma have never been able to sustain themselves as a European force, with their best performances coming in reaching the quarterfinals of 2006 - 07 and 2007 - 08.

Monaco are enjoying a stunning season, having risen to the top of Ligue 1 and reached the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League.

Congratulations to Pamela Fagan Hutchins whose novel Finding Harmony has reached the Quarterfinals of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition, in the Romance category.

Not exact matches

Stephens had a slightly more difficult road to reach the quarterfinals when she beat unseeded Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia, 6 - 1, 3 - 6, 7 - 5 in order to advance.

All four English competitors reached the quarterfinals in every season but» 05 - 06, and for three straight seasons between» 06 - 07 and» 08 - 09, three out of four semifinalists came from the Premier League.

Buoyed by the success of that decision — Arena's team reached the World Cup 2002 quarterfinals, the best U.S. performance since 1930 — Contiguglia has stood fast on Heinrichs, her results in major tournaments be damned.

We've now reached the semifinals of the MLS Playoffs and neither of last year's finalists even qualified for the quarterfinals.

The tiny island nation was the surprise team in the 2016 European Championships, reaching the quarterfinals after a stunning Round of 16 victory over England.

Atlético remain in a very good position to reach Lyon with a favorable quarterfinal draw, and with some of the more worrisome opponents drawing each other — Marseille vs. Leipzig in particular.

A minute later, on the hour mark, it was bedlam in the Juve supporters» section when Navas bobbled a Costa cross, allowing Matuidi, who had tried to latch on to the ball, to reach out and poke the ball across the line to put the quarterfinal into a flat - footed tie as Buffon went crazy celebrating on the other end of the pitch.

Although I'm not in the business of hot takes, it perhaps would be a slightly spicier varietal to say that Juventus, by reaching the Champions League quarterfinals, have already overachieved.

After winning the opening leg 1 - 0, Zinedine Zidane rested Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale for the second leg of the quarterfinal, and the pressure on the Madrid boss will only escalate after Los Blancos failed to reach the cup semifinals for a fourth straight year.

Riyad Mahrez put the game out of reach for Leicester in the 89th minute, as he scored one of those goals that got Leicester the league title two years ago and into the Champions League quarterfinals last season.

Wissam Ben Yedder has told beIN SPORTS that Sevilla can still reach the Champions League semifinals despite losing at home to Bayern Munich in the first leg of their quarterfinal.

Last time Wales reached the quarterfinal stage of a major tournament was back in 1958 world cup where they lost to eventual winners Brazil with Pele scoring the only goal in the game.

Tennys Sandgren, the first American to reach the quarterfinals in the Australian Open since 2010, learned this lesson the hard way a few weeks ago — in the spotlight of the American press.

Aduana Stars defender, Paul Aidoo is confident of his side's progress in Caf Confederation Cup The Fire Club centre - back remains upbeat about their quarterfinal chances despite picking just a point from two matches thus farAduana Stars defender Paul Aidoo is not letting go their hopes of reaching the Caf Confederation Cup quarterfinals despite their poor start to the group campaign.