Sentences with phrase «side reached the final»

Steve Gatting's side reach the final of the Premier League International Cup after a dramatic penalty shootout victory

Jurgen Klopp «s side reached the final four of the competition after the incredible comeback victory over Borussia Dortmund last night, winning 5 - 4 on aggregate against the German side.

Not exact matches

At the time, experts forecasted that the two sides were two weeks away from reaching a final agreement.

It means Tigres will embark on their trip in good spirits and confident of becoming the first Mexican side to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores since Chivas in 2010.

Allegri has led his current Juve side to win the Serie A and Coppa Italia double in each of his two seasons with the club, as well as reaching the Champions League final in his opening term.

Stats mean nothing, this is a cup final and not forget this villa side beat Liverpool and many good sides to reach the final.

Despite this, and his four goals early on — he failed to reach his lofty heights, and ultimately saw his side fall short in the final against the Germans.

English sides have still put together respectable European campaigns, of course: United reached the final in» 10 - 11 and the semis in» 13 - 14, City reached the semis in» 15 - 16, and Chelsea won the whole shebang in 2012.

My team were never challenging for the Premier League title when I began to follow them, and the joy I would experience when they would reach an unlikely cup final was immense, so I'm sorry if I don't feel any remorse for a fan who only followed a team when they were one of only two top sides challenging year on year, before enjoying an unbeatable Invincibles campaign in only his third term of supporting the side.

The men's side of the Italian Open hasn't reached the finals just yet, but the next round will see Rafael Nadal play fellow Spaniard David Ferrer.

After having a fine season in the Spanish top tier the Costa Rican No. 1 impressed many more with his displays in South America as his side reached the quarter - finals against the odds.

Currently Alexis is at Copa America with his national side, who have again reached the final after a fantastic competition and although Alexis is proving his worth in every performance, he is getting fouled an awful lot and could pick up an injury if not careful.

On Tuesday Portsmouth had their best result of the season when their depleted side beat a second - string Stoke City side 4 - 0 to reach the quarter - finals of the League Cup.

Compared with Barcelona and Spain legend Xavi, Koke played a major role in Diego Simeone's side's immense success last season as they won La Liga and reached the Champions League final against all the odds.

His last trophy was the 2015 FA CUP, Although he did reach the 2027 league cup final, but was beaten by a resurgent Ipswich Town side managed by their new boss Tomas Rosicky.

That is for Everton though and even on club form, Gibbs destroys him on the defensive side of things, which will become more important once England reach the finals of a tournament.

It's getting interesting now for these sides as they'll be desperate to go on and reach the final in Lyon, with the big prize of a direct path to Europe's top table awaiting them if they can win it.

The Saints are sitting comfortably in mid table so I expect them to play their very best team in an attempt to reach the League Cup semi final, so it will certainly not be an easy one for our makeshift side.

Ramsey had a prolific tournament with his national side at the European Championships in France, helping Wales reach the semi finals.

He won the FA Cup, two League Cups and the UEFA Cup during his time at Anfield, and was a key part of the Fulham side that reached the Europa League final in 2010.

Celta have been playing a shadow side in La Liga while focusing on their Europa League campaign and remain a threat to United's hopes of reaching the final in Stockholm, despite their one - goal defeat in Galicia.

Having won La Liga and reached the Champions League final in 2013/14 many Atleti players were hot property for rich sides across the continent and indeed Chelsea made a swoop on the Vicente Calderon Stadium.

We have to keep strengthening all the top sides do it, we must not be left behind if we want to reach champions league finals and win the BPL, we need a strong 11 with almost equally strong replacements on the bench

Silva also said the French champions are looking to reach the final this season and believe they have learnt the lessons from their late loss to Jose Mourinho's side in the quarter - finals of the Champions League last season.

Van Gaal made Muller a regular in his double - winning side of 2009/10, a campaign that also saw Bayern Munich reach the Champions League final before losing to Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan.

A late goal from striker Lima gave Benfica a narrow advantage to take with them to Turin on Thursday, but Conte believes that playing in front of their own fans will aide the side in their hope of reaching the final.

It should come as no surprise then, that as the semifinal round reaches the juncture where four of the eight remaining Chase drivers are cut, Harvick is once again on the wrong side of the cut line, sitting 18 points behind Busch, the defending Sprint Cup champion, for the final transfer position.

Norway last reached the finals of a European Championship in 2000 and the Scandinavian side face a difficult task to qualify from a group that includes Italy and Croatia.

Arsenal's Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny helped their France side to reach the European Championship final.

However, Simplikevich put the game out of reach of the gallant students when he crossed for his second try, again unconverted to make the final score 29 point to 15 in favour of the International side.

The former Spurs stopper had a miserable time of it during his spell at north London, and despite being part of the magnificent Harry Redknapp side that reached the Champions League quarter - finals in 2011, the Brazilian is predominantly remembered for his thinkable blunders with the club.

While his former side have reached the Champions League semi-finals, Barcelona are looking to complete a domestic league and cup double after crashing out of Europe's top competition at the quarter - finals stage to Roma.

Eriksen has scored five times in as many matches and he is expected to play a crucial role in Spurs» hopes of reaching a first FA Cup final since 1991 in Saturday's meeting with Manchester United — having scored inside 11 seconds in Spurs» 2 - 0 win over Jose Mourinho's side in January.

They are the one African side with the potential to shake things up in Russia in much the same way they did in Seoul, when they beat France before going on to reach the quarter - finals.

The Blues delivered a gritty performance at Goodison to beat Gus Hiddink's men and reach the final four of the FA Cup, but now face a Gunners side hurting from a double cup elimination in the space of a week.

Albion are fourth in the league with just three matches remaining, and Rusk's side are within touching distance of securing a play - off spot - but it's all attention on the cup this evening, as they aim to reach the final four.

Leverkusen's furthest reach in the competition was when they reached the 2001/02 final against the other side in Madrid, Real.

Like Vidal it is unlikely that Dortmund would willing to let him go, and whether he would want to leave a side that reached the Champions League final last season also weighs against the possibility of a move.

Spanish side Celta have never reached a continental final of any stripe, but Mourinho says there will be no difference between the teams when it comes to their will to win.

In comparison to the side that reached the final in 2015, many would argue that this Juventus is more dangerous in front of goal and while they have lost a certain je ne sais quoi that Paul Pogba brought to midfield, the spine of their team is perhaps stronger without him.

Atletico Nacional coach Reinaldo Rueda will have much to ponder if his side reach the Club World Cup final.

After losing at Hereford in February - when fans vented their frustrations after seemingly seeing their side reach a new low - United embarked on a run of 11 games without defeat and only lost one of the final 14 league games.

Clubs are yet to reach a final agreement, while also French side Monaco have showed interest in the striker and could make an offer soon.

Having beaten both AC Sparta Praha and Prostars FC in the group games, Burnley's youth team have reached the semi-final of the Generali CEE Cup and will face Turkish side Altinordu FK tomorrow morning as we look to reach the final.

While this side do not possess the vivid quality of the 1986 «Dynamite» team or the 1998 side that reached the quarter - finals, in Christian Eriksen they have a player every opponent will respect and fear.

Alan Pardew's side reached the FA Cup final for the second time in their history have won a coin toss that was made on Wednesday in a bid to decide which side would be forced to wear their away kit for the showpiece event.

The manager made a few high profile changes to the team, which reached a second consecutive FA Cup final at the expense of Championship side Reading on Saturday, but Wenger should look to rotate again...

The only Swedish side to have reached the European Cup final — when they lost 1 - 0 to Nottingham Forest in 1979 — qualified at the expense of FC Salzburg last night, winning 3 - 0 in Sweden having lost the first leg 2 - 1.

During that period of time, though, De Boer became more knowledgeable and jetted off to the 2010 World Cup as Bert van Marwijk's assistant for the Netherlands national side in a successful tournament which saw them reach the final against the all - conquering Spain, losing 1 - 0 in extra-time.

Arsène Wenger's side go into Wednesday's match at the Nou Camp facing an uphill battle to reach the Champions League quarter - finals, after losing 2 - 0 in the first leg.