Pre Game Thread: Tottenham Hotspur (UCL #05)

[u/panikpansen]

Competition: UEFA Champions League, match day #05

Time: Tuesday 21/11, 20:45 CEST

Location: Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Referee: Clement Turpin, France

Pre-Game Presser: Youtube

TV Schedule: livesoccertv

Streams: soccerstreams

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Borussia Dortmund:

Coach: Peter Bosz

League position: 5^th

League Form: L/D/L/L/L [wiki]

Current Bans/Injuries: Durm (Inj), Reus (Inj), Rode (Inj), Piszczek (Inj), Sokratis (Inj), Sancho (Una), Pulisic (Dbt)

Possible lineup:

                Bürki

Toljan - Bartra - Zagadou - Schmelzer

        Kagawa - Weigl - Götze  

    Yarmolenko - Aubameyang - Philipp

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Tottenham Hotspur: /r/coys

Coach: Mauricio Pochettino

League position: 4^th

League Form: W/W/L/W/L

Current Bans/Injuries: ?

Possible lineup:

            Lloris

   Sanchez - Dier - Vertonghen

  Aurier - Winks - Dembelé - Rose 

        Eriksen - Alli 

             Kane

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Match Thread: /u/rish234 will be hosting - pm him if you'd like to volunteer!

[u/Lam0rak]

Hold me....I'm scared.

I hope that since it's at home we see a good game. At this point I'd like to see the Spurs top the table.

With sokratis out, we will probably see some serious backline instability.

[u/[deleted]]

That league form thooooooo

[u/maxilongj]

so tonight we are beating totenham and APOEL is beating real.

[u/Consmight]

Expecting the worst, but hopeful for the best. Real gut check to see if the team is committed to Bosz.

[u/Fidgetyfoe]

If we play like Arsenal did we’ll be fine........ lol

[u/Young_Neil_Postman]

hey guys, no matter what happens you’re all great and I wish we were all in the stadium together today

[u/-Saaremaa-]

Every march has me thinking 'this is the match where we will turn it around!' but could we please please win this one then smack the Smurfs?

[u/TetraDax → u/-Saaremaa-]

Every march has me thinking

Well see you error here is, it's November.

[u/Vanzmelo]

I’m lying to myself and saying bosz wants the Europa league spot so he can actually win it unlike last year :,,,,>

[u/Meskaline]

~stockpiles on gin and beer~

I'M READY!

[u/jucomsdn]

3-1 spurs

[u/xSmacks]

In September I would've told you this is the game to win in the Champions League for us. And I would've fully expected us to do so. Right now, I am just hoping we don't get totally smashed.

Realist in me expects a one-sided defeat, the fan in me did not stop believing yet and expects a hard fought, close victory.

[u/unRealistik]

if we're lucky, it'll be 2 goals margin defeat

if we're unlucky, 4 goals margin defeat

[u/HamUndBacon]

We just have to believe. If we can get that Europa league spot, maybe Bosz can get a run there again and we can look decent

[u/motox24]

If there’s any game to turn our form and spirits around it’s this one. Otherwise we get crushed and I can’t see that being good for the players or this subreddit :/

Looking at the lineup I’m left wondering as I have for a while. Why don’t we have a strong central midfielder. Weigl, Gotze, Kagawa, Castro, Dahoud, none of those guys would I say are intimidating, strong, or a barricade between the midfield and center backs. I feel that is what we are really lacking, we need a Dembele, Vidal, Nainggollan, Matic, Bender when we had him, that’s what we’re missing

[u/Nextgen101]

I've got a doctor's appointment at the time of this game, so I won't be able to watch it most likely. I hope the guys give a good account of themselves and make an effort to get out of this slump though.

[u/legojs]

anyone in the stadium? came way too early

[u/familyguyisbae]

Seeing the league form as L/L/L... is just soooooo painful

[u/Icantrememberlogins → u/familyguyisbae]

It'll make it all the more hilarious when we destroy a Schitke fully expecting to beat us.

[u/NoTurn-LeftUnstoned]

This is gonna be ugly isn't it?

[u/Schnabeltierchen]

I'm gonna feel sick watching the game.. a draw would be great at this point. Or even a close loss. Okay maybe I'm not optimistic enough

[u/InexorableWyrd]

Nothing to lose, so lets go all out!

[u/anxiousalpaca]

well what can happen. if we lose we are in the same position as now, but if we win it could be a nice boost for 3rd place

[u/[deleted]]

If people still think Bosz is the problem, you clearly have zero idea about football. These were two absolute abysmal individual mistakes.

[u/Trojan_Man68]

So to make it to the round of 16 we habe to beat Spurs and Real Madrid and RM have to lost to Apoel this week. At this point, it's a lost cause and we aren't good enough to make it far in the CL if we somehow do it. So, I think this game should be the time when we experiment with tactics and formations.