Sentences with phrase «stage of the competition does»

Not exact matches

Let's not go there, we can do the group stage (thanks for the money), but the rest of the competition is too overwhelming and we are clearly out of our depth.

After crashing out of both domestic competitions following shock home defeats by Newcastle United and Middlesbrough, they were then knocked out of Europe at the first knock out stage by Barcelona meaning it will be a trophyless season for City and Zabaleta admits they should be doing better:

This is literally the lowest level of competition & match up possible in the sport... a 0 - 1 guy vs a guy amateur included in 0 - 2 all losses by Flawless victory in the 1st round... Plus to Casuals if CM Punk beats this «Photojournalist» who is doing this fora quick cash grab which i think even he can do that it's gonna make the UFC look very weak to see him walk in & win in they're organisation at this stage.

He was unable to stop them from being knocked out of the competition at the quarter final stage, although he did at least score his spot kick in the heartbreaking penalty shootout against Argentina.

The visitors were looking to take a step towards ending their poor history against Italian sides in the knockout stages of European competition, and although they didn't particularly impress, they will be delighted with their efforts in the Italian capital.

Now that Arsenal have given themselves a good chance of qualifying into the last 16 of the UCL, after a disastrous start by losing our first 2 games in the competition, I think some of us are still nervously assuming that we have been here before (whatever stage) and don't want to get our hopes up, understandably so!

Although they've had poor domestic performances, Monaco did qualify top of their group despite scoring just four goals, earning them a spot in the knockout stages in the competition for the first time in over 10 years.

I hope wenger does not take it as MICKEY MOUSE CUP VERSION - 2 and keep playing the kids coz we may be really embarrassed in the knockout stages in europe, especially against the likes of the above mentioned teams and a.c.milan, lazio etc... who are in a descent form in this competition so far...

While there does seem to be plenty of competition for places at the Nou Camp already, Iniesta's future in particular has been shrouded in doubt as he edges ever closer to the latter stages of his career.

Considering that Arsenal have not gone past the first knockout stage of the Champions League competition for the last six seasons, it would seem on the face of it that Arsene Wenger still has a lot of work to do with his players to make Arsenal one of the elite European teams with a realistic chance of lifting the European Cup.

Watford, Stoke have done it this season, then Monaco knocked us out a few seasons earlier... Teams like Sevilla might drop out of the CL into the Europa as well... The competition will get hotter once the knockout stages start.

Knowing what terror awaits teams in the furthers stages of the competition, i rrlly do nt mind to be kicked out earliers from it.

Don't miss next month's edition of the Portuguese Diary to find out how the league is evolving and how the Portuguese clubs will begin their campaigns in the knockout stages of their respective European competitions.

Rojo was involved in the matchday squad as an unused substitute, playing a few days later in Switzerland against Basel, a 1 - 0 defeat and the first for United in the UEFA Champions League this season, seeking Mourinho's side fail to secure their place in the knockout stages of the competition, still needing a point to do just that.

However, that wasn't the case and the point they did earn did at least earn them progression into the very next stage of the competition which doesn't take place into well after Christmas.

Ten - year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: round of 16 2015/16: UEFA Europa League round of 32 2014/15: UEFA Europa League semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play - offs) 2013/14: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2012/13: UEFA Europa League round of 32 2011/12: round of 16 2010/11: UEFA Europa League round of 32 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: UEFA Cup first round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition

Ten - year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: round of 16 2015/16: semi-finals 2014/15: round of 16 2013/14: round of 16 2012/13: group stage 2011/12: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2010/11: UEFA Europa League round of 16 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: UEFA Cup quarter - finals 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition

Two games against below mid-table teams and we are really struggling.Is Fabs the answer?I don't think so.The first game against WBA would easily have been a draw but we were lucky though not this time round on Saturday.It was difficult and frustrating watching my team fail to create any clear cut chances in 94 minutes of football.There was such a corridor in our midfield that fulham utilized to the maximum.If we start dropping points against the likes of fulham at this stage in the competition then what will become of us in the 6 matches against the top three teams?I can see why I need to lower my expectations early enough to avoid disappointment later on.Very poor performance from Denilson.But why was Theo sub'd instead of bringing in Song for Denilson early enough?!

Mourinho has tended to rest Valencia for the Champions League games this term, and Meunier could prove the perfect fit for the latter stages of the elite competition, provided he does not get Cup - tied by making an appearance in the coming group stage games.

Klopp doesn't believe the draw pitting Liverpool at Anfield for the first leg will have any bearing on the outcome of the tie, considering some of the results that were achieved in the competition at the quarter - final stage — including the Reds» own win against Manchester City.

Give us a break people, Spurs did not just get placed at this stage of the competition, they played and qualified just like every team that is present at this point!

Porto are the perfect example of how rigor and superior organization can overcome a lack of huge monetary resources in football; they are never billed as candidates in European competitions, but year after year they mix it up in the knockout stages and they do so without spending much money on transfers at all, at least compared to the company they're in.

The match which the Gunners won 1 - 0 at the Emirates pushing them into the group stage of Europe's elite club cup competition and the Gunner's assistant captain — Per Mertesacker believes the Arsenal squad are beginning to find their rhythm — but admits there is still work to be done.

In the knockout stages of a major European competition for the first time in their history, in truth Rostov have done remarkably well to get here, finishing third in their Champions League group behind Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich but ahead of PSV Eindhoven.

Last season, United won the FA Community Shield, the EFL Cup, and the UEFA Europa League, earning a place in the group stages of the Champions League this season, which United could not do by finishing sixth in the Premier League, the competition the club found tougher than the others.

Basel have done well to get themselves to this stage of the competition but they face a tough draw in the round of sixteen.

Ten - year European record (UEFA Champions League unless otherwise indicated) 2016/17: UEFA Europa League quarter - finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2015/16: UEFA Europa League group stage 2014/15: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play - offs) 2013/14: UEFA Europa League play - offs (excluded from the group stage) 2012/13: did not participate in UEFA competition 2011/12: UEFA Europa League round of 16 2010/11: UEFA Europa League round of 32 2009/10: group stage 2008/09: UEFA Cup first round 2007/08: group stage

The pitch needed a face - lift before it could meet the standard of hosting the group stage of CAF club competitions which has been done subsequently.

Winning a top medal at this kind of competition is somewhat subjective because you do have judges that score you on your overall physique and stage presence (compared to the other events that are judged on how well you complete them).

Women don't have anywhere near the amount of testosterone needed to build big muscles; and all those women you see posing on stage in bodybuilding competitions are taking huge doses of steroids and other growth promoting drugs.

Perhaps bloggers from different stages in their careers will be trailed to show what they do or even put them into a competition to gain a grant / sign with a big agency / work on big projects etc. «Fashion blogging» is essentially real people working in a new area of an industry which transfers well to the reality TV market.

But many schools, particularly primary schools, claim to find the plans unconvincing because not only do they lack the grounds to stage the competitions but they have no means of transporting children to enable them to take part.

These competitions require Rally Tickets to play (earned by completing Tour stages and collecting coins), but losses will also cost Toads from one's personal stock, a gut - punch that doesn't exactly encourage players to take on higher - level opponents, for fear of eroding their already meager population even further.

CastAR doesn't face a lot of competition at this early stage of AR gaming.

In fact the whole of Sunday will be Zelda themed, with a range of activities including a quiz, stage competitions on mini-games found in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and a Legend of Zelda Cosplay Masquerade — so don't be shocked to find a ton of Zelda and Links rolling around Birmingham.

Matthew Pillsbury (MFA 2004 Photography, Video and Related Media) Photographer; represented by Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NYC, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, and Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver; monograph Matthew Pillsbury: City Stages Photographs from 2002 to 2013 published by Aperture (2013); featured in New York Times Photographs published by Aperture and The New York Times; included in permanent collections of the Sir Elton John Photography Collection, Atlanta, The Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Guggenheim Museum, Brooklyn Art Museum, all NYC, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Musée du Louvre, Paris, and the Tate Modern, London, among others; awarded gold and silver medals in Society of Publication Designers» 47th Annual Design Competition (2012); awarded the Prix HSBC pour la Photographie (2007); Photo District News magazine's Top 30 Photographers (2005); featured in The New York Times Magazine «A Country in Bloom» (2014), Photograph Magazine «Nate and Me» (2014), and The New York Times «The Blur of Life» (2013); recipient of a 2014 Guggenheim fellowship.

There is not significant case law in this area and, in one ruling earlier in the year, Ontario Superior Court Justice Ian Nordheimer found that settlement privilege did not apply at the proffer stage of the «immunity» or «leniency» program offered by the Competition Bureau.