Tottenham Hotspur v. Internazionale (Home), 7 Mar 2013 20:05

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From today's Gazetta Dello Sport:

"All the odds pointed to Inter fighting an uphill battle last night and that's exactly what happened. Their 3-0 defeat at the hand of Tottenham, which more or less means they are out of the Europa League, still came as a bad blow. A blow to morale, because it reeked of inferiority and impotence. A blow to the body, because chasing the other team for ninety minutes as they had the ball and moved at twice the speed, without ever managing to keep possession, takes it out of you. A blow to hopes for the future, because team that have a project and will be winners are made like Spurs and not like the present Inter team. Their play was convincing, the terraces were packed and the atmosphere warm, they had a superstar like Bale who was surrounded by many other good players: that's Tottenham, the Inter we saw in London was a rather unconvincing group held together by plasters."

"SUPERSPURS — Granted, today's Inter is full of problems, and they have still managed to deal with other teams, but this Tottenham is ready to take up its place alongside the best in Europe. Handanovic alone managed to keep the score from becoming embarassing. He saved well from Defoe and Lennon, who both deserved to score. Bale isn't one of those primadonnas that don't live up to expectations, the Icelander Sigurdsson and Dembelé are two forces of nature, Parker would be the undisputed leader in midfield if he played for Inter. At the back they only made a couple of mistakes (the second time Palacio was stopped by Friedel), due to lack of concentration more than any thing else. Villas Boas has already won this cup and it looks very much like he could do it again."
 
Éperons

Éperons

When I joined Twitter in 2010, one of the first things I did was work with WindyCOYS WindyCOYS (That's right, I'm name-dropping twenty words in. Deal with it.) on trying to make up a song for the hot, exciting young talent Sandro. He had just been the belle of the débutant ball, and just like people get to lose their virginity twice these days, he had two brilliant débuts: one in Milan and one in North London, but both against the same club.

So Windy suggested making up a song along the lines of "Mambo italiano", and I fleshed out the lyrics a bit and even made a video of it featuring Sandro's performance in the CL against our next opponents, whom he had smashed to bits:

Anyway, having publicised the video and suggested the song, it fell to me to hear those words every bright-eyed and bushy-tailed wannabe Berlin lives in mortal fear of hearing: "great work, mate, but I can't see the lads in Park Lane ever singing this." I haven't written another song since, save the "Isn't it awfully nice to have a Jenas?" ditty I tossed off a few months ago.

But less about me and more about our next opponents, Associazione Calcio Milan. There are a lot of reasons to despise this club, beginning with the red in their shirts, but lately they're in the news mostly because of the shenanigans of la famiglia Berlusconi. First there's Paolo Berlusconi, who used racial language in referring to the club's newest arrival, Mario Balotelli. He later explained that racism works differently in Italy, and he's probably right. In the meantime, I've heard that Silvio has taken to referring to his brother as "Suarezetto".

And now Silvio is in the news, first because of allegedly bribing politicians in Naples, and next because topless Ukrainian women are throwing themselves on him in protest. Just another day at the office for one of the most polarising figures in Europe.

Either way, the club are now holding on to a precarious third place position in Serie A, a full five points behind Napoli in second and only one point above groundsharing rivals Inter and the fascists who protest too much, Lazio. A slip-up in their run in could mean no CL, and then what would the club have? And only one win off the pace, lurking in sixth, are Fiorentina. Speaking of Fiorentina, I loved those old shirts:
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Batigol? More like Beautyshirt, amirite?

As for the match itself, I'm surprised that AVB hasn't pulled a Fergie and complained about having to play a European club right after a Sunday match, but perhaps manners are part of the Continental curriculum. I don't know. Either way, some amount of rotation will probably be on order. Will USA come back in goal? Probably. Will Caulker take Dawson's place? Maybe. Holtby? Why not? And I suspect that 75% of this forum will render their keyboards inoperative an hour before kickoff as their ejaculate shorts the circuits after reading that Adebayor has been dropped in favour of Defoe.

I suspect we'll see another nervy 2–1 performance, which will mean more nerves on the away leg. Still, if we wanted the soft path to Amsterdam, we should have won our group. That said, nothing beats a glory night against a top European team, or so one or two books have told me.

The match kicks off at 20:05 BST, which is 22:05 Vilnius time and 15:05 EST, so duck out of work early, Americans. Or at least start going to work on that tequila at lunch. In the UK, ITV1 have the honours of broadcasting the match, and in the US Fox Soccer Channel will be showing it. To find the match in your area, please consult the listings.

Edit: Oh, we're playing Inter? Er, they still have Maicon, right?

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Gave me a good opportunity to flex the old moderator muscles. Remind everyone who's in charge. Felt good.
 
jimmyriggle said:
So at work we get sent a daily email from a press agency stating what the big news stories of the following day are going to be. Whoever writes them is clearly a Spurs fan :balelol:


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Bale thumps three past Inter
Tottenham's Gareth Bale puts in another sublime performance for Spurs whilst demolishing Inter 3-0, he also pledges his future to the club for the rest of his career
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I think last night shows how A) confidence and B) having the crowd fully behind you 100% really can make a difference. Its been a bit of a talking point recently, what with the booing and that, and some of the players have come out on Twitter and said as much, but not having lost in a long time and the whole atmosphere around the club and the fans singing like that, (i only watched on TV but you could tell how amazing it was even from that) it just seemed to make everyone 6 inches taller, give them an extra foot in the sprint, everything.

I'm fucking loving every second of it at the minute. I'm high as fuck on Tottenham Hotspur.
 
Brad.

Showed that an old dog can learn new tricks.

He's not quite there yet, but I noticed tonight how he commanded the area much better, coming off his line to clear, claim balls, even a catch from a corner.

Obviously been working on it in training.

Well done Brad
 
josh_spurs said:
Dosent really feel like we beat Inter Milan tbh, but we did
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They were in the wrong kit perhaps?

I still don't get on what Colour code BLUE & BLACK have ever clashed with ALL WHITE!!!

Ridiculous decision to make them wear RED.... They looked like Southampton, totally ruined the evening!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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