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After recovering from a 3-0 deficit to pick up two precious away goals in Berne, Tottenham will be
looking to seal progress to the KO stages when they host Young Boys. The Young Boys vs Tottenham
first leg game ended 3-2 in favour of Young Boys, meaning that a 1-0 win will do for Harry
Redknapp's [..
It is very early in the season to be throwing around footballing clichés like "do-or-die",
"make-or-break" and "win-or-bust" but Tottenham's Champions League tie with Young Boys of Berne can
be described as all three.
At stake over two legs is a place in the group stages of the prestigious competition, promising
riches, glamour and glory to all those clubs who make it.
BSC Young Boys 3 Tottenham Hotspur 2 - UEFA Champions League, Play-Off, 1st
LegDuke Berchtold V of Zähringen founded the city of Bern on the River Aare in 1191 and allegedly
named it after a bear he had killed. It was made an Imperial Free City by the Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II in 1218 after Berthold died without an heir.
By CARL ELDRIDGE Bill Gallas is poised to cross the big divide and join that lot and for me they
are getting a class act but a flawed version given his sulky manner and tendency to throw
tantrums.
Harold Redknapp clearly thinks he has another year of Premier League football in him but AW
doesn't (or he does but was unwilling to pay the going rate).
After the glamour of Tuesday night's European jaunt, it's the seedier side of this Champions
League lark today, with our travel-weary heroes heading up north for a fixture that is not quite
ideal. Still, if we are to progress in Europe we will need to get used to this business of
returning to Premiership fare with a trip to less than entirely salubrious locations.
English club Tottenham will look to avoid being victims of the biggest upset of the UEFA
Champions League playoffs when it takes on Young Boys Berne in the second leg of their series at
White Hart Lane.
Young Boys posted a surprising 3-2 victory in the first leg, putting the pressure on Tottenham
to show the form that helped Spurs finish fourth in the Premier League last season.
English club Tottenham will look to avoid being victims of the biggest upset of the UEFA
Champions League playoffs when it takes on Young Boys Berne in the second leg of their series at
White Hart Lane.
Young Boys posted a surprising 3-2 victory in the first leg, putting the pressure on Tottenham
to show the form that helped Spurs finish fourth in the Premier League last season.
An incident in Thursday morning's Champions League playoff tie between Tottenham and Young Boys of
Berne perfectly illustrated the utter fatuity of UEFA's "five officials" experiment, which has been
extended to their premier club competition this year.
Ten eyes are better than six, the argument goes, especially when deciding on contentious decisions
in and around the box.
