Chances on Beating Benfica?

[moley]

Well we owe them one, and hopefully the ref won't be bent this time.

 

[HyNdZee]

I'd put us on evens overall for the tie. Slight favourites for the home fixture though. As long as we keep a clean sheet then we have the advantage.

 

[Wikipedia Brown]

good

 

[ArcspacE]

Only zin can estimate with certainty

 

[spurs-squared]

Lots of history between Spurs and Benfica:
We owe them one!!

European cup semi finals where they beat us and went on to win the cup.

What was their defender doing playing in the mud on our goal at 1:46 ?

 

[zin]

Only zin can estimate with certainty

There's only two things certain in life Arcsy.

Death and bulldogs.

 

[Mikey McMoose]

We can beat any team with these players...

 

[Don]

50/50, we beat them, or we don't.

 

[Bale Force]

Is this the first meeting of the sides since that 1962 semi?

 

[Freudlyuchenko]

 

[Aleksic]

It's the first competitive meeting though isn't it?

 

[ArcspacE]

It's the first competitive meeting though isn't it?

Nope - Champions League (European Cup) 1961/62 - semi final

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/spurs-v-benfica

 

[Doom Funk]

I am 100% percent sure that benfica will be beaten... By whoever they face in the next round after beating us

 

[GazzasLeftNut]

Chances are as good as anyone on beating them really. Anyone can get a result against any team, at the end of the day it's which one that decides to turn up and put in a performance. Remain optimistic and it shall be so!

Spoiler

 

[Aleksic]

Nope

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/spurs-v-benfica

I'm an idiot. I know only too well about that one. What I meant to say was

It's the first competitive meeting SINCE 62 though isn't it?

 

[ArcspacE]

I think so

 

[shawry1882]

Can Bale and Modric come back and help us for Benfica ?

 

[Bardi]

I think we have a 50-50 chance.

 

[Freudlyuchenko]

I think we have a 50-50 chance.

Depends if your on the pod before the games or not

 

[Guido 🇺🇦]

This little jewish man says Tottenham win on pens AET:

The Bela Guttmann curse makes them even more unlucky than us! http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/ed...ears-from-now-will-benfica-win-a-european-cup
That piece in Goal was written in 2011 so to bring up to date with 2012/13: Last year they lead Primeira Liga all season until the penultimate game of the season to rivals and 2nd placed Porto, they lost to 90th minute goal. One week latter they played Chelsea in the final of UEFA Euopa Cup and lost to Ivanovic header in injury time. Their bad luck continued when they blew a one goal lead and conceded 2 goals in 2 mins against Vitoria in domestic cup final Taca da Portugal. They are more Spursy than Spurs!

Bela Guttmann's Blue and White Army!
Bela Guttmann's Blue and White Army!