Sentences with phrase «stages as a consolation»
Thanks to dumb and arbitrary rules that are only now being changed because they are dumb and arbitrary, Aubameyang is unfortunately cup tied to Dortmund who, like CSKA Moscow, were bounced from the group stage of the Champion's League and were given a berth in the Europa League knockout stages as a consolation prize.
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It won't be much consolation for the supporters, but surely most will forgive Messi for prioritising trophies and major honours in the coming months as he'll hope to delight fans worldwide on the biggest stages if Barcelona and Argentina can advance and step closer to success.
Why: If you think of the writing categories as the ones where Academy voters give consolation prizes to films they like but don't want for Best Picture, then expect to see Jordan Peele on stage early in the evening, picking up the hardware for his feature debut as writer / director.
To such a claimant the knowledge that he failed at the interim stage by a margin as little (and as precise) as two or three percent is likely to be scant consolation.