In Part 2 of Live Soccer TV’s analysis, we remind everyone about why viewing Spurs as underdogs ahead of Real Madrid vs Tottenham Hotspur is wrong. In the Champions League’s Last 8, all teams are tough.
“Tottenham are where they deserve to be after so many years chasing this dream. And with the ambition they’ve got, they are a great side.”
Xabi Alonso couldn’t have said it any better. The word “underdog” cannot apply to Spurs anymore considering the standard they’ve achieved – not only in recent years, but also in this season’s UEFA Champions League campaign.
Arguable facts can point out at several things: for example, that Tottenham Hotspur have been more useful than rivals Arsenal in portraying the pride of British football in Europe this year or that Spurs have done things better than some other big clubs may have done.
Evidently, such opinions are most likely to create long and heated debates between concerned football fans. Either way, Spurs’ achievements simply cannot be overlooked.
How did they let the dream of topping a group containing the likes of UEFA Champions League titleholders Internazionale come true? How did they impose themselves against AC Milan at the San Siro – where the hosts have such a positive record against English teams? How did they reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League at their first attempt whereas Real Madrid had not been able to do that at 6 different occasions since 2004?
“So why can't Spurs beat [Real] Madrid? Madrid have the disadvantage of playing the first game at home and Spurs look strong at home too. It is a real 50-50 tie,” Wenger believes according to The Guardian.
And as Xabi Alonso stressed, “They have several dangerous players which include Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Aaron Lennon, Gareth Bale, Luka Modric, Niko Kranjcar. Players that deserve to be rated highly.”
So agree or disagree with key player Jermaine Jenas who referred to own team, Tottenham Hotspur, as “underdogs” in a very recent interview with Sky Sports. But it should seem reasonable, anyway, for any Real Madrid fan to be wary of Spurs just as much as they would have been if Los Blancos were paired against “true” giants in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals.
Xabi Alonso couldn’t have said it any better. The word “underdog” cannot apply to Spurs anymore considering the standard they’ve achieved – not only in recent years, but also in this season’s UEFA Champions League campaign.
Arguable facts can point out at several things: for example, that Tottenham Hotspur have been more useful than rivals Arsenal in portraying the pride of British football in Europe this year or that Spurs have done things better than some other big clubs may have done.
Evidently, such opinions are most likely to create long and heated debates between concerned football fans. Either way, Spurs’ achievements simply cannot be overlooked.
How did they let the dream of topping a group containing the likes of UEFA Champions League titleholders Internazionale come true? How did they impose themselves against AC Milan at the San Siro – where the hosts have such a positive record against English teams? How did they reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League at their first attempt whereas Real Madrid had not been able to do that at 6 different occasions since 2004?
“So why can't Spurs beat [Real] Madrid? Madrid have the disadvantage of playing the first game at home and Spurs look strong at home too. It is a real 50-50 tie,” Wenger believes according to The Guardian.
And as Xabi Alonso stressed, “They have several dangerous players which include Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Aaron Lennon, Gareth Bale, Luka Modric, Niko Kranjcar. Players that deserve to be rated highly.”
So agree or disagree with key player Jermaine Jenas who referred to own team, Tottenham Hotspur, as “underdogs” in a very recent interview with Sky Sports. But it should seem reasonable, anyway, for any Real Madrid fan to be wary of Spurs just as much as they would have been if Los Blancos were paired against “true” giants in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals.
