We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
Join me this afternoon to see the second leg tie between Spurs and Sevilla at White Hart Lane, which is delicately poised at 1-2. Spurs have that precious away goal, so a simple 1-0 would see them through; however, given the way that the match started last week, we should look forward to plenty of goals.
posted by gatorbob @ 2:11 PM
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
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Here are the sides for today's match:
Tottenham: Robinson, Tainio, Dawson, King, Chimbonda, Lennon, Zokora, Jenas, Malbranque, Keane, Berbatov.
Subs: Cerny, Murphy, Ghaly, Defoe, Taarabt, Barnard, Ifil.
Sevilla: Cobeno, Hinkel, Javi Navarro, Escude, Puerta, Daniel, Poulsen, Marti, Adriano Correia, Kerzhakov, Kanoute.
Subs: Javi Varas, David, Luis Fabiano, Renato, Jesus Navas, Aitor Ocio, Maresca.
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
GOAL! Sevilla 0-1! Oh dear, what a calamity for Spurs. The corner comes over, Kanoute puts a header on goal and Steed Malbranque whiffs it into his own net.
Kanoute nearly has another there. He should have at least made Robbo work. What on earth is going on with the Spurs back four? Ledly King, who's back after injury, looks very rusty.
GOAL! Sevilla 0-2! What a nightmare for Spurs. Freddy Kanoute waltzes in through the defence and slots home past Robbo. Now 1-4 on aggregate. Spurs need four goals now.
Sevilla have knocked the stuffing out of this match. Spurs desperately need a goal in the first half to have any chance of getting back.
Jermaine Jenas is hopeless. His delivery at set-pieces in continually pedestrian, just knocking high hopeful balls that are meat and drink to the Sevilla back four.
Spurs desperately need Aaron Lennon to get into the match. Everything has been going down the left hand side through Chimbonda and Malbranque - why?
The fans are baying for the referee's blood after he books both Chimbonda and Malbranque for the same play.
Some of it has been left over from the feeling that the officials missed an offside call on Kanoute's goal.
Oh, that was close for Berbatov. Shame.
Half-time: 0-2. Sensational start from Sevilla. It'll take a mountain climbing expedition of Boro-esque proportions to rescue this tie now for Spurs.
Spurs start the second half looking for four goals. The crowd at White Hart Lane is making the requisite noise and Spurs have gone to a 4-3-3, but they'll need a goal in the first five minutes to have any chance of getting back into this one.
Spurs pressing hard now - they pick up only their second corner of the night - the story in a nutshell.
Zokora takes a flamboyant dive in the box - nothing given. He's got a rep. for that.
Malbranque has been a real disappointment tonight. I reckon that Jol has to really roll the dice at some point and throw Jermaine Defoe on for him or possibly Zokora.
Really nasty stamp on Jenas's head by Poulson.
Jermaine Defoe has come on.
GOAL! And Jermaine Defoe has scored with his first touch, finishing off a Robbie Keane shot. Game on!
2-4 on aggregate now.
GOAL! Yes, now things are smoking. Lennon with a scrappy effort, but they all count.
3-4 on aggregate.
This is agonizing stuff for the Spurs faithful. Chance after chance goes begging. First Berbatov has one deflected. Then Dawson has an open chance but rockets it into the ground and over.
Teemu Tainio picks up a straight red card for a studs-up challenge on Puerte. That'll be Spurs's challenge just about over.
Into the final minutes.
Full time - 2-2: Well, Spurs put on a diligent effort at the end, but the tie was lost in those first disastrous ten minutes.
Aggregate score - 4-3 Sevilla.
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