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Perhaps the toughest game in our season so far; a (still) Spurs legend gives his views:
Speaking to Betfair, Berbs had this to say:
"Spurs are through to the last 16 in the Champions League and maybe we will now see them get the best of Mourinho. Leipzig are a team that cannot be underestimated. When they played Bayern Munich they had a number of great chances to score but were unlucky in the end. Spurs must be careful especially with the speed of Leipzig who with Timo Werner have a player who can run at the speed of light. They cannot afford to underestimate them.
Spurs aren’t the favourites to win the Champions League, they weren’t the favourites to reach the final last year, but now they have that Mourinho-factor! When he won it with Porto they weren’t the favourites but they lifted the trophy. He gives Spurs that extra bit in this competition, if he wins it with them he will go down into the Tottenham folklore.
Of course, he is already one of the greats, nobody can take anything from him, if he wins the Champions League with Spurs he will have done it three times with different teams, and it is always good to do win a trophy with the underdogs, it’s the best feeling.”
Frankly, the only chance we'll have is if we can see an immediate and momentous improvement with our defense, a defense that so far has shown little ability to deal with pace....play so openly and so tactically naive as we did against Villa - which was for me like watching schoolboy football i.e. one end to the other with very little quality in between and we're going to risk an embarrassing thumping from a German side at home once again.
Jose has to show his strategic mastermind approach in this game if we have any hope of progressing.
Speaking to Betfair, Berbs had this to say:
"Spurs are through to the last 16 in the Champions League and maybe we will now see them get the best of Mourinho. Leipzig are a team that cannot be underestimated. When they played Bayern Munich they had a number of great chances to score but were unlucky in the end. Spurs must be careful especially with the speed of Leipzig who with Timo Werner have a player who can run at the speed of light. They cannot afford to underestimate them.
Spurs aren’t the favourites to win the Champions League, they weren’t the favourites to reach the final last year, but now they have that Mourinho-factor! When he won it with Porto they weren’t the favourites but they lifted the trophy. He gives Spurs that extra bit in this competition, if he wins it with them he will go down into the Tottenham folklore.
Of course, he is already one of the greats, nobody can take anything from him, if he wins the Champions League with Spurs he will have done it three times with different teams, and it is always good to do win a trophy with the underdogs, it’s the best feeling.”
Frankly, the only chance we'll have is if we can see an immediate and momentous improvement with our defense, a defense that so far has shown little ability to deal with pace....play so openly and so tactically naive as we did against Villa - which was for me like watching schoolboy football i.e. one end to the other with very little quality in between and we're going to risk an embarrassing thumping from a German side at home once again.
Jose has to show his strategic mastermind approach in this game if we have any hope of progressing.
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