Sentences with phrase «to reach the quarterfinals»

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.

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.

Single Asian Dating Sites By reaching the quarterfinals round, Hyeon Chung overtakes Kei Nishikori as the highest - ranked Asian male.

But City will be overwhelming favourites to reach the quarterfinals for just the second time in their history.

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.

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.

The Men's Blues reached the quarterfinal of the Division 1 National Championship for the third consecutive year, defeating the Cambridge Blues 3 - 1 on their way.

Consider: Bernard Tomic, a rangy Australian, stunned fifth - seeded Robin Soderling, 26, and then beat Xavier Malisse in straight sets on Monday to become the first 18 - year - old to reach the quarterfinals since Becker in 1986.

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.

Sure, Champions League is a stretch with a few teams obviously better than everyone, but the fact that we haven't even reached the quarterfinal or semifinal in 6 years is ridiculous.

Germany and France are expected to reach the quarterfinals while England and Belgium also have high chances.

The Polar Bears will be back at Sochi in 2014, as the Norwegian national men's hockey team qualified for the Olympics by reaching the quarterfinal at the 2012 IIHF World Championships.

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.

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.

Pep Guardiola suffered just his second career defeat at the Etihad Stadium and first of this season, although his Manchester City side still comfortably reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

At former club Juventus, Conte had two seasons in the Champions League: Juve reached the quarterfinals in 2012 - 13 before being swept aside by Bayern Munich, and then failed to advance from its group the following year.

So reaching the quarterfinals is a distinct possibility for the North African side.

The lone bright spot for U.S. tennis: Mardy Fish, 29, reached the quarterfinals for the first time.

There are only nine games left in the Serie A season, the UEFA Champions League has reached the quarterfinal stage, and the Coppa Italia final is set.

He never intended to leave Metalist, who achieved superb results in Europa League over the years and reached the quarterfinals in 2012.

In 1990 - 91 Kingston became the first English team to reach the quarterfinals of the European Champions Cup, and Byrd was again the national player of the year and the playoff MVP.

Blake could repeat that feat to reach the quarterfinals and see Felix.

The winner of that group will gain automatic passage to the semifinal, while the second and third place teams with both reach the quarterfinal.

Nieminen defeated Paul - Henri Mathieu 7 - 6 (4), 6 - 1 to reach the quarterfinals.

Though Barcelona were a mess back home — Louis van Gaal was embarking on his second spell in charge, which would end miserably in January — they were making fine progress in Europe, and by the time they reached the quarterfinals they were undefeated through 14 games, having won 13 of them.

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.

Earlier in the day, No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic made like Serena and dispatched Marcel Granollers 6 - 3, 6 - 0, 6 - 0 to reach the quarterfinals.

Its best finish, reaching the quarterfinals, took place on home soil on both occasions it happened.

Spared the fate of being just a tourist in the top division, Eibar responded by finishing 14th the next season, the 2015 - 16 season, and then finished in 10th place and reached the quarterfinals of the Copa Del Rey last year.

Braga turned the tables on eight - man Fenerbahce with a 4 - 1 victory to reach the quarterfinals of the Europa League.

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

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Lionel Messi scores fastest goal of his career in third minute vs. Chelsea ESPN Lionel Messi scored the fastest goal of his career and went on to net his 100th Champions League goal as Barcelona beat Chelsea 3 - 0 at the Camp Nou to reach the quarterfinals 4 - 1 on aggregate on Wednesday.

Barça has reached the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League for a record - extending 11th consecutive season... Here are this season's other three quarterfinal matchups:

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.