Only Spurs rush in: it's the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2018/2019 thread

still sad about wanyama not playing for celtic more 6 fucking years later

just got in, expected as many new posts as the afternoon of City's first Prem title, think it's fallen short but I'll probably get over it

missed the game ffs. Cool result though

fancy Liverpool against Barca too, sadly

Wanyama looked pretty rusty and was skinned several times and there's next to no chance of him being fit for the next round in any case.

How long are Winks and Dier out for?

poch will pick thatchers corpse at cm and not only will it work and not only will you cheer it, it will still be less surprising than this having happened with sissoko this season

Picked the wrong night to fill out my tax returns :/

Think Spurs is a more difficult opponent for Ajax than ManCity. I too fancy Liverpool having a decent chance against Barca tbh.

still hate var tho. the novelty is going to wear off fast

^^ same.

same as cricket. it takes the physical feeling of elation away at a goal (which affects the experience of watching on tv as well as people at the match). it takes judgment off the pitch. as we saw last night it replaces that surge of adrenaline with bewilderment and uncertainty. and a technology that was justified on the basis of removing egregious blunders gets used to make pixel fine judgments (the llorente “handball” last night - no intention, no hand to ball, unavoidable, and yet, did it perhaps brush his elbow?). the space of error just moves into protracted microscopic video analysis. the main driver behind it was media controversy boosting.

absolutely hilarious last night of course.

Moussa Sissoko told L'Equipe that he did not realise Tottenham had gone through to the Champions League semi-finals until a member of the coaching staff informed him in the dressing room that Manchester City's last-gasp goal had been disallowed.

The French midfielder, who was replaced in the first half due to injury, was so distraught after Raheem Sterling scored that he immediately walked down the tunnel and did not realise the goal had been ruled out for offside a minute later.

"I was on the bench when I saw the goal that made it 5-3," he said. "I was so upset that I returned directly to the dressing room.

"I was alone, no-one had accompanied me, no TV screen was broadcasting the game. In my head we were eliminated. Then one of the staff members entered the dressing room and told me: 'Incredible, we did it!'

"I said: 'How did we do it?' At that moment, he told me that the goal had been disallowed. So I put on a t-shirt, I forgot about my injury and I ran outside to join the others, not to miss the celebrations for such a historic moment. It was an incredible, emotional shock."

Amazing. Also read somewhere Son wasn't aware a yellow would get him suspended...

moussa sissoko u have my heart forever

fuckin hell im in a cafe in phibsboro fightin tears for moussa lads LADS

What's the opposite of 'Lads'?

for you deems, spurs players singing moussa sissoko in the dressing room
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POFzDnZAl84

I saw god help me i saw

tg im not in work today

#THFC: Lloris (C), Trippier, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Wanyama, Rose, Eriksen, Dele, Lucas, Llorente.@WilliamHill odds (18+) https://t.co/UTGkpi6vxV#UCL ⚪️ #COYS pic.twitter.com/Z5KPWVoYqD

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) April 30, 2019

All names! 👥#UCL #totaja pic.twitter.com/j7LYFrU7NH

— AFC Ajax (@AFCAjax) April 30, 2019

Huntelaar's still playing?

Yep.

Dirk Jan Klaas "Klaas-Jan" Huntelaar

His goal scoring stats are pretty phenomenal.

xp there's a magnificent clip out there somewhere, where when he was just playing for Milan, the pundit keeps shouting "Jan Klaas Oentelahr! Jan Klaas Oentelahr!" after him scoring, mixing up his two first names.

the only person that our dear departed nakhers ever claimed to resemble

So what'll be Spurs' strategy tonight? I think a good way to start would be, wait for it, Mou-ball. 2017 EL cup final Mou-ball, when ManU won the EL. Chasing Ajax, hoofing the ball to Llorente in this case, skip midfield. Think Ajax will play how they always play (they can't adjust even if they wanted to), but Spurs have the ability to change tactic.

I'm already killed at least ten times in this sordid build-up, from supermarket selling "Tottenhamburgers" to the worst possible punditry, so COYS.

xp WAHT?! Really?

Just when you think you can't respect Nahk more etc

OT: do we have a "footballers who really shouldn't become pundits after their playing days" thread? Or would it break the board? Bcz VdV, srsly.

Amazing.

Looked offside but that might just be the complete lack of a defence.

Think it's prob the latter, yeah

Very lucky not to be two.

Pffff

xp yeah!

Van de Beek had so much time to tip that in, I think he grew his first hair on his chin during that time. smdh

Crisis at the moment.

Think he was just on but there was only one replay.

(Fernando are you LG in disguise? Have to ask, sorry)

Ajax 66% possession ffs

They’re making Spurs look like a League One team. Absolutely wouldn’t bet against them turning Barca over.

this is like watching an FA cup game with two divisions between the teams, absolute humiliation

lol xp

xp otm. What are Spurs even doing? Can't detect any actual plan or tactic. Or want.

Dang. This will end 0-3, at least.

Tbf Spurs have no outlet or pace up front with the injuries.

Worst game of Son's career to miss out on.

Oofff. Vertonghen is bleeding to death :(

We have nothing in midfield either, Wanyama can't pass and Eriksen is too far up the pitch.

Oh and our centre backs are both dead now, yay.

Llorente has actually done okay given his ludicrous unsuitability for the task the circumstances demand.

I am weirdly relaxed about this given how ludicrous the idea of Spurs in the Champions League final is.

Where the hell is deems btw

Amsterdam.

i'll fill in for deems:

the ref - who is a cunt - is biased against spurs (for no reason)

p sure the authorities would've notified me in advance tbh xp

xp lol