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!
Unlike the Champions League where England have three quarterfinal representatives, the UEFA Cup quarters, which start today, feature only one English team - Spurs. Watch them live on FSC this afternoon and share your comments on the match with me here.
posted by gatorbob @ 2:17 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 teams for today's match:
Sevilla: Palop, Javi Navarro, David, Daniel, Escude, Renato, Poulsen, Adriano Correia, Kerzhakov, Kanoute, Jesus Navas.
Subs: Cobeno, Duda, Chevanton, Marti, Dragutinovic, Hinkel, Maresca.
Tottenham: Robinson, Stalteri, Chimbonda, Dawson, Young-Pyo Lee, Lennon, Zokora, Jenas, Tainio, Keane, Berbatov.
Subs: Cerny, Mido, Ghaly, Malbranque, Defoe, Taarabt, Ifil.
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
This should be a cracking match, as both sides are quite attacking in their approach and in good form having won a strong of recent games.
The winner of this tie will almost certainly play Osasuna, who have beaten Bayer Leverkusen 0-3 away today, in the semis.
The cameras just focused on a huge English flag held up by Spurs fans that had the words "Tottenham Yids" prominently displayed and the FSC commentator - Christian Miles? - chuckled a bit.
Spurs with an early chance there, Berbatov sprinting through there, laying off to Robbie Keane, who didn't see Aaron Lennon running into space. Shame.
GOAL! 0-1 Spurs! And now they have scored! Another brilliant ball from Berbatov straight through into Keane's path. He thumps one shot straight at the keeper but nets the rebound. Fantastic start for Spurs against the current UEFA Cup champions who absolutely mullered Boro in last year's final. This will really test them.
Nasty clash of heads between Tainio and Alves and the Sevilla defender is down for the count, with the stretcher mobile coming on.
Fabulous move there from Spurs, with Robbo launching a long but beautifully accurate kick to Berbatov, who brings it down as if he's got superglue on his boot, lays off to Lennon who speeds past the fullback. Shame that the final ball wasn't better. They really seem up for it tonight.
Sevilla on this early evidence look overly reliant on long balls to Freddy Kanoute, who - let's not forget - wasn't good enough to keep West Ham up a few years back.
Jenas really is one of the most negative players in English football. I really like the way that Spurs ding the ball around but he's a drag on them. Where's Tom Huddleston?
Lennon was nearly in there again on the keeper, who holds well. Still, they've got loads of threats.
Berbatov shows his confidence by trying an outrageous outswinging shot from about forty yards that just goes wide.
Oh no! The referee has gifted Sevilla a penalty against Robbo who got all ball at the feet of the Sevilla striker.
Kanoute to take and .....scores cooly.
Shame 1-1.
Spurs are quickly on the attack and Keane has a nice effort saved.
There's plenty of goals in this one. I don't see either side settling for a low score. It's a shoot-out, with both defenses looking vulnerable.
Btw, Robbo picked up a yellow card arguing his case against the ridiculous penalty decision.
The early Spurs goal had quietened the crowd but their absolutely rocking now, with pounding drums and some bloke on a loudspeaker system nattering away in Spanish. Every refereeing decision against the home side brings a chorus of whistles. Complete bedlam!
In other action, Espanyol are 1-0 up against Benfica. Good night so far for the Spanish clubs. Still, this one is up for grabs.
Robbie Keane's chattering away in the ref's ear. He'd better shut his beak before he picks up a needless card.
Another Sevilla attempt for a penalty - this time the ref waves it off. That was actually a better shout for a pen than the first one, Chimbonda throwing a shoulder against the Russian.
End to end stuff here - it is cooking! A tremendous shot there by Navas saved well by Robbo.
Unbelievably we haven't yet got to the half-hour mark and there have been more chances in this one than in a month of Israel vs. England matches. Whew!
A nice move there between Jenas and Lennon brings a rash challenge there from a Sevilla defender who goes into the book.
Jenas to take the free kick....and it's wasted to Chimbonda, who's leaning on David.
Tainio is getting close to a yellow card now, having given away at least four fouls.
And now Tainio has gone into the book but for dissent. Spurs starting to lose their rag with this ref, who is clearly being influenced by the sheer noise in the stadium. It is an extremely intimidating atmosphere.
Kanoute has a pop and Robbo inexplicably drops it. Far too casual there.
GOAL! 2-1 Sevilla. A calamity at the back there with the ball pinging around in the area for an eternity. Dawson failed to clear from the corner and Karsikov nodded home a simple chance. Now we'll see if Spurs have some mettle along with their skill.
Spurs pick up a nice free kick chance wide left. A chance for the big lads to come up.
Jenas to take....and Dawson should have found the target at the back post. Shame.
Karsikov with a screamer that just misses the top corner.
Good football from Spurs there, Keane, Lennon, and Jenas linking up there, but it comes to nothing in the end.
A nasty challenge by Lee brings the ref's book out again. Studs up there. A shocker.
Full-time 2-1 Sevilla. Spurs should have enough to see off the Spanish in the return leg but they'll have to keep it tighter than they did tonight.
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