Example sentences of "[prep] the first leg " in BNC.
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| 31 | Polen was happy with the first leg win |
| 32 | ‘ But we can take heart from the Celtic and Leeds results and carry a lot of optimism with us into the first leg in Germany . |
| 33 | Right again on M completing the four sides of a small square and right into the first leg of the alley again . |
| 34 | Rangers , precariously ahead 2-1 from the first leg , conceded four corners in 12 frenetic minutes . |
| 35 | Coventry , who have not won in the three matches Regis has missed with a calf-muscle injury , trail 3-1 from the first leg , but Drinkell was optimistic , saying : ‘ It 's not irretrievable . |
| 36 | Having started the match eight points down from the first leg , Hemel spent the first half apparently doing everything they could to double the deficit . |
| 37 | The Third Division side , holding a 2-1 advantage from the first leg of their Littlewoods Cup tie , were well placed at 1-1 before Trevor Morley struck twice in as many minutes and David Oldfield added another to wrap up City 's 5-3 aggregate win . |
| 38 | Only spirited defending of the highest order and considerable good fortune enabled Manchester United to progress beyond Silesia in 1968 : despite losing 1-0 to Gornik , Sir Matt Busby 's vision of winning the European Cup was still intact as the result of a two-goal advantage from the first leg . |
| 39 | Cologne , 2-0 down from the first leg in Belgrade , won through to the quarter-finals with two goals from Goetz , his equaliser coming seven minutes from time , and a last-minute winner from Ordenewitz . |
| 40 | Genoa never really looked like overcoming the 3–2 defecit from the first leg in Italy even when Iorio gave them the lead in the 39th minute . |
| 41 | Real , defending a 2–1 lead from the first leg , faced a Torino side urged on by 120,000 fans and suffered an early setback when Rocha deflected a shot from Gianluigi Lentini into his own net . |
| 42 | Wednesday , 3–1 down from the first leg of this UEFA Cup tie , went about their work impressively . |
| 43 | Liverpool , who hold a 6-1 lead from the first leg , expect the support of around 4,500 fans for a match that has put the Cypriot police on alert because Juventus , the other Heysel disaster club , are also in action on the island . |
| 44 | Liverpool may have been five goals up from the first leg , but this was never going to be an easy game in 70-degree heat and on a typically bumpy Mediterranean pitch . |
| 45 | For a band who 've frequently balanced on that tightrope ‘ twixt credibility and downright incredulity , it 's a fittingly bewildering mish-mash of live footage , snippets of interviews , shots of them recording the ‘ Achtung Baby ’ album in Berlin and stacks of stuff from the first leg of the current World Tour . |
| 46 | Swindon have travelled to Tranmere Rovers with a three-one advantage from the first leg of the semi finals . |
| 47 | After all , their side were ahead 3-1 from the first leg . |
| 48 | Trailing two-nil from the first leg , they levelled the scores and then beat Torquay with four goals from the penalty spot at the end of extra time . |
| 49 | Swindon have a six goal lead from the first leg so no danger for them … |
| 50 | With a two goal lead from the first leg the pressure was off Swindon for once last night as they tackled Wolves at Molineux … and when Nicky Summerbee gave them the lead they could afford to sit back and cruise to the third rounds … |
| 51 | Hereford were hoping to be the giantkillers against Wimbledon … it takes something special to stop Vinny Jones and his men … one up from the first leg … the premiership side took control of this one with an early goal from Neal Ardley … |
| 52 | Six up from the first leg … |
| 53 | The odds were always against Oxford at Villa Park … trailing by a goal from the first leg United were desperate for a flying start … they were nearly grounded in the opening minutes by Dean Saunders … |
| 54 | Shelbourne , meanwhile , scored a 3-1 victory over Ukranian side Karpaty Lvov at Tolka Park , wiping out a one goal deficit from the first leg to earn a place in the first round proper of the Cup Winners Cup against Greek side Panathinaikos . |
| 55 | And he is convinced his side , leading 4-2 from the first leg , can hit Liverpool on the break to claim a vital away goal . |
| 56 | Liverpool , whose trademark passing game was never in evidence in the white-hot Anfield atmosphere , rarely looked capable of pulling back Spartak 's two-goal advantage from the first leg . |
| 57 | Kaiserslautern , 3-1 up from the first leg of this second round tie , twice hit Trevor Francis 's team on the break in the second half . |
| 58 | He is still trying to shrug off a throat and chest virus , but seems certain to start the game with Wednesday , 3-1 down from the first leg , struggling for striking cover . |
| 59 | Moving on to sport now and Oxford United face Reading at the Manor tonight in the first round , second leg of the Rumbelows League Cup , the of a one-goal advantage from the first leg at Elm Park ; covering the match this evening is Mickey Inotta who saw Oxford 's bubble burst on Saturday as they went down 3-1 to Nott 's County . |
| 60 | DINAMO TBILISI confirmed today they WILL appeal against their dismissal from the European Cup for allegedly bribing officials before the first leg of the preliminary tie against Linfield in Georgia two weeks ago . |