cup tie

noun

1. sport an eliminating match or round between two teams in a cup competition

Example Sentences

They care about eliminating one of the biggest teams on earth in a genuinely sensational cup tie.

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Rodgers was equally complimentary after yet another critical contribution, one which drew the danger from a potentially tricky cup tie with an in-form Hibs.

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Dyche's sacking on Thursday evening just as preparations were being finalised for the cup tie came as a real shock - not because it happened, but the nature of how it transpired.

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Friday's cup tie will be his 766th game in charge of the club.

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Even in the first 10 minutes, when a front-foot Wrexham rattled the hosts with their press and Jack Marriott's opening goal, it had that feel of a cup tie with the early adrenaline.

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