Tottenham Hotspur vs Juventus, Last 16 2nd Leg, RTE2 & BT Sport 2 (k.o. 7.45)

Mr.Nice Guy

After pretty poor fare last night in the Champions League, let's hope for better action tonight. This game promises to be a great clash with the game nicely poised at 2-2 after the first leg.

The teams are in:

Tottenham XI: Lloris; Trippier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies; Dier, Dembele; Son, Alli, Eriksen; Kane.

Juventus XI: Buffon; Barzagli, Benatia, Chiellini, Alex Sandro; Khedira, Pjanic, Matuidi; Douglas Costa, Higuain, Dybala.

I think Dybala back in is a big plus for Juve and Matuidi who was absent for the first leg should give Dembele more of a challenge. They've more experience than Spurs in this type of situation too which could prove significant. Spurs's attacking players are in good form though so I give them a decent chance.

I'll get off the fence though and say Juve to win by a goal. What way do you see it going?

Kiith

I think this'll be a very tight game, with Spurs just about coming out on top. Juve will be better than last time, with some of their first 11 back, but hopefully home advantage helps us.

Quietly confident, but god damn nervous.

Mr.Nice Guy

One good thing for Spurs is their bench looks very strong. I would prefer it to Juve's.

super_furry

Think this is the biggest test that this Spurs team has faced. Really interested to see if they can live up to the expectations.

Hon Juve

Harry Palmr

Red card for someone.

Bret Hart

3-1.

patsy sally

spurs to go through after a hard fought 1.1 draw

davycc

****ting myself with nerves!
Come on you spurs!

I would be delighted with a nil all draw

Kiith

Well, we started better than last time :P

Decent start to the game

BorneTobyWilde

Kane through and he turns back?
WTF was that

Mr.Nice Guy

Wow Kane destroyed Chiellini there.

LuckyGent88

Spurs pissing through them so far. Can’t believe juve have basically left their slowest player Barzagli left one on one with Spurs fastest player Son.

Mr.Nice Guy

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Wow Kane destroyed Chiellini there.

Such strength and speed

Utopia Parkway

That's a penalty.

Looked it first time too.

That's a penalty

Mr.Nice Guy

How is that not a peno? :pac:

Caught him twice and no penalty.

monkey9

LOL. Blatant penalty. How was that not given!!! :pac::pac:

Utopia Parkway

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

That's a penalty.

:P

LuckyGent88

Ah lads. How to **** is that not a penalty. Absolutely blessed.

ricero

What a farce

Liamalone

wow

patsy sally

penalty no doubting that

BoJack Horseman

Lol.... Stonewall penalty there.

DJIMI TRARORE

That's Shud be a juve pen

~Rebel~

Absolutely clear as day that was a penalty, both on first viewing, and on replays. Just really obvious, shocking reffing.

sligeach

Horrendous (non)decision. That was a stonewall penalty in any language.

Rezident

How come he didn't get a penalty for diving? This is the Champion's League.

BorneTobyWilde

Shocking decision. Ref, linesman, and muppet behind goal saw it and would not step in to over rule ref. Why is he there if he's a muppet.

chopperbyrne

What a ridiculously bad decision that is. That extra official is a disgrace.

Fantastic game tbf

Vicxas

What does that extra official actually do!?

Cypher_sounds

Evens it out a bit. Spurs certainly should have had at least one peno as their was two separate handballs.

Utopia Parkway

Penalty gods have been very kind to Spurs this season for sure.

~Rebel~

The pace on Costa really is unreal.

Grayditch

Cypher_sounds

Vicxas wrote: »

What does that extra official actually do!?

Turns up to collect a wage.

LuckyGent88

Well if it wasn’t a penalty, why didn’t he book him for a blatant dive?

Guy:Incognito

Anything to be said for a bit of VAR?

Kiith

Should have been a penalty, but so should the handball at the start (not the Cheillini one). Juve defender moved his hand towards the ball and definitely made contact.

johnpatrick81

Vicxas wrote: »

What does that extra official actually do!?

Ball boy perhaps. Honestly he should be investigated heavily for not spotting that

johnpatrick81

Cypher_sounds wrote: »

Evens it out a bit. Spurs certainly should have had at least one peno as their was two separate handballs.

Neither were penos.

First was a foul by the Spurs forward. Second was completely accidental and didn’t impede Kane at all.

Berserker

Why wasn't Costa booked for that dive? Bloody foreigners.

sligeach

Vicxas wrote: »

What does that extra official actually do!?

They act as a scarecrow.

marklazarcovic

Both those officials should never be involved in a top level game again,that's quite unbelievable from them both

~Rebel~

Could see Vertonghen's yellow proving troublesome later in the game.

~Rebel~

Vicxas wrote: »

What does that extra official actually do!?

Could be wrong, but I seem to recall there being some sort of "speak only when spoken to" rule with those lads, that they're there to be consulted, but not to offer information unprompted. That sounds insane, and might not be the case, but it sounds familiar to me. And somewhat makes sense of their continuous inactivity.

Harry Palmr

For some reason I'm always surprised at the quality names juventus have. They seem to have a knack for signing a top freebie or last year of contract type player. That said the side effect of such recruitment is a relatively old squad, still that experience serves them well in Europe.

Mushy

That second bit there was dodgy