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It's gonna be this year!*This is why football should be played during summer!
Excellent, a disagree from a user called 'Arsene' with 0 posts. :adelol:It's a shame that this match is coming when we're having an implosion as it takes some of the gloss of it.
This is a huge tie historically for us. Benfica are the side who stopped us (by fair means or foul) from winning the European Cup. If they or the ref hadn't been bent then we would have a big shiny pot in the trophy room already as whoever won our semi would have gone on to win.
Anyway, I'm hoping for a win including a couple of offside goals in this tie, just to make the point you know.
I'm really looking forward to this game, purely to see what reaction the players have to the events of the past few days. Haven't felt this excited about a Spurs game in a while!
Ah, so I was wrong, you are a Benfica fan, I thought you were Woolwich, my apologies.I don't need to be sutble. If I wanted to be subtle I wouldn't have clicked on "disagree". It's just that you reminded me of sporting, our neighbours, whining about a referee from over 50 years ago, or of porto who like to win with offside goals or non-existent penalties. I tend to "disagree" with them as well, as you can imagine.
I hope and I think it will be a good couple of games and may the best team win. Best of luck.
We do not deny that Benfica were a great team. You were good enough to beat us without help from the officials, so it is a shame that it happened that way.Greaves crossed from the right wing for Smith to beat goalkeeper Costa Pereira. The referee signalled a goal, but despite the presence of two Benfica defenders on the goal-line, a linesman was flagging frantically for offside and Spurs saw the effort disallowed.
You see, you've won the cup and had other seasons in the competition to take you mind off it. 62 was our only chance and still remains a great 'if only'.I was not even aware of that. If so, that is in fact a shame. Let's hope none of that happens now, for either side.
If you touch his face all of his strings fall off.You see, you've won the cup and had other seasons in the competition to take you mind off it. 62 was our only chance and still remains a great 'if only'.
Back to tonight, the way we've been going recently i'd say there's bound to be a dodgy penalty/sending off. Tell your boys to stay away from Vertonghen's beautiful face or it might be one of them:vert:
23C and sunny here.............does that help?Must get to a beer garden before sun goes down... This weather dough
This is why football should be played during summer!
This is why football should be played during summer!
It really is a beautiful trophy.