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Tottenham Hotspur vs Juventus - Match Thread

heelspurs

Le filet mignon est un bastion de rosbif
Jul 25, 2012
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Allegi made tactical adjustments and Poch messed with the flow by moving Son away from a position he was bossing. Terrible decision.
Exactly. The balance would have been to bring Moura on the right and not mess with Sonny who was killing it on the left.
 

samspurs92

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May 17, 2010
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Can’t miss all those chances and expect to Juve not to turn up at some point.

We got fucked over but that’s football. We need to react.
 

Davo99

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We came close. Really, really close. Overall I’m happy with our efforts in the competition, we’ve done well in tough games. I can’t hide the fact I’m disappointed though, as we really did have it at our mercy.
 

easley91

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Jan 27, 2011
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Only disappointing thing for me was not bringing on Lucas.

Aside from that, Juve know they were in a real fight. I’m proud of our boys. Sod the haters.

Having said that. Full pelt at the FA Cup and full strength vs Swansea please.
 

Marty

Audere est farce
Mar 10, 2005
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We were better in 150 of 180 minutes, but Juventus were utterly ruthless and also denied a penalty.

We sadly lack that ruthlessness that the very best and most experienced sides have.

And I hate to single out individuals, but Dier's involvement in 1-1 was scandalous. He is following Higuain all the way, completely in control, but then starts ball-watching at the worst possible moment. You can't make errors like that at the highest level.
 
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ClintEastwould

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Jul 3, 2012
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That was so hard to watch. I don't know that to say. We crumbled after their two goals and had no answer at all. Thats not what I thought this team was made of anymore. We still have learning to do. I just hope we wont disband after this.
 

Mr Pink

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Aug 25, 2010
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Great European campaign, but we have to be more ruthless when we're on top.

Top teams like Juventus will create chances at some stage. Harsh to criticise us for that , but its the wasted chances that cost us tonight.
 

thinktank

Hmmm...
Sep 28, 2004
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As much as everyone will say lads its Juventus they have been amazing in the CL over the past few seasons..its horrendous the way we got complacent amd let this slip through our fingers
We couldn't handle the tactical change they made.

That extra pace on the flanks, able to create overloads, totally threw us.

They made it comfortable for us up until that point.

That extra threat came in like a curveball to the players, and before they could reset and acclimatise it was over.
 

glospur

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What's frustrating is that we looked so comfortable right before the goals.

Absolutely fuck right off with this 'bottled it' garbage. It's complete fucking reductionist nonsense that says a lot more about whoever says it than it does the team. We played fantastically against a team that is CL finalists and has been there and done it time and time again.

Proud of the lads. Hopefully we use this as motivation to go on and win the FA Cup now.
 

Cravenspurs

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Jul 31, 2011
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Fuck me...for a team we dominated for 3/4 of both games, this is really hard. But you have to give it to Juventus for the way they took their chances. They put their 4 goals in off something like 6 shots. If we can learn one thing it is that we have to be more clinical and to take our chances.
 

theShiznit

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Jul 26, 2004
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Just weren't savvy enough.

Three minutes in the game of headless chicken defending and it's all over then game management (time wasting, diving little fouls that the ref lapped up) we had no answer to.

Old man Chiellini marked Kane out of the game. Kane seemed very lethargic.
 

Kingellesar

This is the way
May 2, 2005
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We lost our way but there was a lot of dirty tactics in that game.

No wonder Italian football has such a bad name. Dive, kicking, stamping, time wasting at the 67th minute.

People bang on about Alli diving because he is English. Lets ignore the fact that Dybala fell over that Wembley ghost everytime he lost possession.

But after that 1-1, Poch shouldve made a tacical change or/and sub.
 

13VanDerBale13

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Jul 12, 2011
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yes we deserved to go through based on both legs, but there subs won them the game & big game moments went in there favour & their game management was far superior
 

yiddopaul

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Dec 28, 2005
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Proud of the lads. What a journey it's been. Some immense performances along the way against some of Europe's finest. We were never realistically going to win the trophy. But everyone around Europe will have a lot of respect for us now. We probably had one of the hardest routes than any other team. We dominated them, outplayed them for 3 halves of football.

Now let's go and win the FA Cup! COYS!
 
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