Pacos de Ferreira vs Tottenham LIVE!
Tottenham have it all to do to earn a place in the inaugural Europa Conference League after losing 1-0 to FC Pacos de Ferreira in the first lef of their play-off tie.
Spurs missed out on Champions League and Europa League football last season after finishing seventh in the table, but Nuno Espirito Santo’s side are still in continental action in Uefa’s new club tournament.
It may not be the competition that Spurs - or Harry Kane - wanted to be in, but it does offer a real chance of silverware for Nuno’s first season in charge.
None of the 32 teams who will compete in the Conference League group stage were granted automatic qualification, and Spurs must first see off Portuguese outfit Pacos - who finished fifth in the Primeira Liga last season - over two legs if they are to make it to the group stage proper.
Nuno has handed starts to summer signings Cristian Romero, Bryan Gil and Pierluigi Gollini, while highly-rated young forward Dane Scarlett leads the attack - but Spurs went into half-time 1-0 down, and were unable to find a route back into the game.
That means it could be a tricky second leg in north London, with Nuno likely to restore a few key players to his squad for that must-win game.
