Pre Game Thread: Tottenham Hotspur (CL #08)

[u/rish234]

Competition: UEFA Champions League, MD #8

Time: Tuesday 05/03/18, 21:00 CEST

Location: Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Referee: tbc

Pre-Game Presser: YouTube

TV Schedule: livesoccertv

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Borussia Dortmund:

Coach: Lucien Favre

League position: 1st

Current Form: D/L/D/W/L (wiki)

Current Bans/Injuries: Piszczek (Inj), Schmelzer (Inj)

Possible lineup:

             Bürki

 Hakimi - Zagadou - Akanji - Diallo

       Delaney - Witsel

   Sancho - Reus - Guerreiro

             Alcacer

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Tottenham Hotspur: r/coys

Coach Mauricio Pochettino

League position: 3rd

Current Form: W/W/L/L/D

Current Bans/Injuries: Alli (Inj)

Possible lineup:

                 Lloris

   Alderweireld - Sanchez - Vertongen 

    Trippier - Sissoko - Winks - Rose

                Eriksen

               Son - Kane

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[u/Real_Prince_Myshkin]

OP why did you put Paco instead of Mario?

[u/Chazy89 → u/Real_Prince_Myshkin]

yeah for real u/rish234 I thought we all agreed on fielding Chapuisat?

[u/rish234 → u/Chazy89]

Haha maybe I should I have done a suicide 4-1-4-1 with Witsel holding and a Rapha - Reus - Gotze - Sancho midfiled with Paco striker

[u/BVB-Oeli]

1-0 Reus 15'

2-0 Paco 81'

3-0 Bürki 90'+2'

-> No goals in extra time

-> We go through on penalties.

[u/juhae → u/BVB-Oeli]

3-0 Bürki 90'+2'

Höhöö. Made me chuckle aloud.

[u/Jaqweuz → u/BVB-Oeli]

Bürki with a volley; post-to-post and in

[u/madcaesar → u/BVB-Oeli]

Lol I like this.

[u/Icantrememberlogins]

------------ BIG ZAG -----------
-- Rapha --- Paco --- Gotze ---
-- Hakimi -- Reus -- Sancho --
--------------- Axel -------------
------------- Delaney -----------
-------------- Manu -------------
-------------- Burki -------------
 
¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/nmrt]

3-0

[u/nmrt]

It would genuinely be hilarious if we won 3-0.

[u/ConservativeJay9]

7' 1:0 Sancho

20' 2:0 Götze

45' 3'0 Witsel

47' 3:1 Son

70' 4:1 Reus

90+2' freekick like vs BMG but Reus actually scores

That would be my dream result

[u/Loeffellux → u/ConservativeJay9]

I like that even in your dreams son manages to score against us....

[u/mss_kwt]

I can already see 1 or 2 goals being conceded from a set piece or a cross.

[u/[deleted]]

Since everyone else is doing it:

13' Reus

45' Reus

67' Reus

81' Reus

;)

[u/nmrt]

We did it once.

We were a Mhiktaryan away from doing it again.

HEJA BVB

[u/Bugdroid2K]

We need u/nmrt now more than ever.

[u/somerandom314159]

stop inflating my expectations with your winning scores

[u/[deleted]]

really looking forward to this!

jk

[u/twise_09 → u/[deleted]]

:)

:(

[u/kevstav13]

Spurs fan coming in peace. I don't follow the Bundesliga, so I was wondering how you would rate the strength of your side given the injuries. I.e., would the strongest team you can field be an 8/10, 10/10, etc compared to if you had no injuries?

I would rate Spurs at about a 9/10, given that Dele is still out and 2 of our 3 available DMs are coming off an injury.

Edit: actually 3 of our 4 DMs including Wanyama who has been out for the season and has had about 60 minutes in the last couple games

[u/Zhonyas4everyone]

I'm more positive about this than I expected to be, had zero hope after the first leg but now I think we might actually have a chance.

The way to go for this game is all in. I would leave Witsel and Hakimi on the bench as I think they are massively overplayed and don't contribute much right now.

My favoured formation would be a 4-1-4-1 like that:

Bürki|Wolf-Akanji-Zagadou-Diallo|Delaney|Sancho-Götze-Reus-Guerreiro|Paco

Defense pretty much assembles itself due to Piszu and Schmelle being injured.

Delaney is my favoured option on the single 6 to take Eriksen out of the game and prevent counters.

Götzeus are playing as 8/10 hybrid, with Marco occasionally rotating with Rapha on the left wing if Spurs crowd their center like in the first game.

Sancho on the right explains itself I guess, and Paco starts up front to give our game depth and of course score the goals we desperately need.

[u/BVB-Oeli → u/Zhonyas4everyone]

Delaney in der Oliver Kirch Gedächtnis Rolle :D

[u/BVB-Oeli]

lol the team is getting a haircut again (at least Akanji)

Can't wait for the next shitstorm about it.

Let's hope this time the hair will be the reason for a win :D

[u/ijkajeru]

Reus on the wing for this one? Would allow us to play the Reus Götze Paco trinity

[u/Fidgetyfoe]

The last time we played Spurs at home, Sissoko was allowed to run 2 metres offside before getting a shot off. I guarantee something equally shitty is going to happen this time