The teams
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris; Naughton, Vertonghen, Chiriches, Davies; Stambouli, Dembele; Lennon, Paulinho, Lamela; Soldado. Subs: Vorm, Dier, Kane, Eriksen, Bentaleb, Ball, Winks.
Partizan Belgrade: Lukac; Branko Ilic, Cirkovic, Stankovic, Volkov; Lazovic, Ninkovic, Markovic, Sasa Ilic, Grbic; Skuletic. Subs: Zivko Zivkovic, Petrovic, Luka, Kojic, Fofana, Andrija Zivkovic, Marinkovic.
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine)
Preamble
Good evening. It’s a Europa League night at White Hart Lane and that means rabona goals, a sheepish Harry Kane in goal and maybe a rare sighting of Andros Townsend, a glimpse of Benjamin Stambouli, a sniff of Nabil Bentaleb. If you weren’t excited already, I’ll bet my last penny that you are now. Tottenham need a win tonight against Partizan Belgrade to confirm their place in the last 840 of the competition. Will they get it? There’s only one way to find out! And that’s to stay here and keep me company for the next three hours. There will be banter. Coincidentally that is the film that Paul Thomas Anderson wishes he made.
Kick-off: a newspaper-unfriendly 8.05pm.
