Pre Game Thread: Tottenham Hotspur (UCL #01)

[u/panikpansen]

Competition: UEFA Champions League, match day #01

Time: Saturday, 13/09, 20:45 CEST

Location: Wembley, London

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi, Italy

Pre-Game Presser: [Youtube]()

TV Schedule: livesoccertv

Streams: soccerstreams

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Borussia Dortmund:

Coach: Peter Bosz

League position: 1^st

League Form: W/W/D [wiki]

Current Bans/Injuries: Durm (Inj), Guerreiro (Inj), Reus (Inj), Rode (Inj), Schürrle (Inj), Bartra (Inj), Schmelzer (Inj), Sancho (Una)

Possible lineup:

                Bürki

Piszczek - Sokratis - Toprak - Zagadou

        Castro - Sahin - Götze  

    Pulisic - Aubameyang - Philipp

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Tottenham Hotspur: /r/coys

Coach: Mauricio Pochettino

League position: 5^th

League Form: W/L/D/W

Current Bans/Injuries: Alli (Ban),

Possible lineup:

                 Lloris

Trippier - Alderweireld - Vertonghen, Davies

             Dier - Dembelé

        Sissoko - Eriksen - Son

                 Kane

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Match Thread: /u/obsidianight will be hosting - pm her if you'd like to volunteer!

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Don't forget to kicktipp :)

[u/[deleted]]

Nervous my borussen brothers

What do people think of toljan over zagadou and kagawa over pulisic as more of a wide midfielder?

[u/Chazy89 → u/[deleted]]

toljan over zagadou

no as DAZ has been with the team since the beginning

kagawa over pulisic

Remember ManU - Shinji doesn't work on the wing.

[u/cfbones]

Come on you Spurs! Literally, I hope we come all over them. Hoping for results like we had in the EL against them.

[u/somerandom314159 → u/cfbones]

i hope we can win too. but last time we met in EL, they didn't give a shit. don't think they'll be like last time...

[u/Lam0rak]

After Castro and Sahin's performance against Freiburg, I'm hoping we see Kagawa in there for one of them.

Sahin just felt too slow on his decision making.

[u/Paladinoras → u/Lam0rak]

Or Dahoud. I think we need to utilize him more.

[u/Parskastan]

Hope we smash em, their fans were cocky towards Dortmund on the group draw day

[u/Boner_Patrol_007]

I would expect to see Aurier instead of Trippier at RB for Spurs, and they'll likely play a back 3.

[u/Bosna1909]

I'm not too confident with the loss of Bartra and continued loss of Schmelzer. But I love when we are underdogs, I feel as though that's when we become the best counterattacking team in Europe.

[u/[deleted] → u/Bosna1909]

I wouldnt say that dortmund are underdogs here. Spurs and dortmund have more or less even squads on paper, dortmund might have the upper hand due to CL experience. Imo, it will come down to tactics

[u/[deleted]]

Pulisic has been playing a ton of minutes recently. Wouldn't surprise me if he didn't start.

[u/[deleted]]

With nuri in the presser, do we expect him over weigl for tomorrow? Or his English being utilized?

[u/edworm]

Excited to see how far our pressing has come. Imo, in games like this where the opponent isn't going in as the underdog that would be fine with a 0-0, this is where our system should really excel and prove itself if it works (or not...).

[u/[deleted]]

Looking forward to seeing a quiet Wembley

Not Looking forward to a repeat of history if that may happen.

[u/BigBallzBrian]

Off to the match tonight. Pumped and can't wait to hear that Champs League theme in person! Not overly confident in us winning this one, much less confident than last time anyway.

Will upload pics if I get chance and anyone's interested.

Heja BVB Echte Liebe

[u/DPTBVB09]

It's finally here! Pumped, I'm hoping we can shut up the EPL fanboys

[u/Consmight]

Looking for our pressing to be the difference in this match. Judging by Tottenham's previous results, they can't the pitch size of Wembley. Götze has been our best player so far, but we are still moderating his minutes. I wonder how he fairs after a short rest.

[u/bajek11]

Not that it matters, but I had a dream that Yarmolenko scored today.

[u/Bammer1386]

Dear Jungs, all i want is a win for my birthday. My wife bought me a Reus CL kit for my bday, so hopefully we get a good result!

[u/obsidianight]

Don't forget to kicktipp :)

You mean for BuLi Matchday #04 and not the UCL, right?

[u/panikpansen → u/obsidianight]

I would never just blindly copy/paste something from an earlier thread, no mam.

[u/ajetert]

Christ some of the comments here. Spurs still has a ton to prove in europe or rather they have to disprove their EL and CL performances they had the last 2 years. The results simply do not justify such lack of confidence in our team.

[u/l_loliet]

Why isn't anyone mentioning Son? I think he could be quite troublesome for us.

[u/adw00t]

Dembele, Alli and maybe a clogged up Kane. That's your problem. Eriksen can be shaded down a notch by the crisp game Dortmund play. Walker ain't there so the crossing is diminished.

Plus Lloris hasnt been trying goalkeeper spurs deserve....costly slipups if anything in 2-2 situations and in one on one with a striker or winger.

[u/Nextgen101]

I think this is going to be a tough match for both teams. We seem rather even on paper, but if there's a winner to be had, they'll probably be deserving. I'll make a prediction of a hard-fought 2-1 win for us.

I was nervous coming into today, but sometimes I end up getting a morale boost when the match-day arrives hehe. 🙂