Some leagues are given more Champions League places than others so that the competition can be
made up of the best teams in the continent, some of which hail from the same country. That
Tottenham, in fifth place in the Premier League, can deservedly beat the team that has led Serie A
for much of the season proves that England are ready to be awarded a fifth place in the
competition, at the expense of one awarded to Italy if need be.
This week marks the return of Champions' League football to the European calendar, with the
first night featuring Tottenham going back to the San Siro, this time to take on A.C. Milan.
Last time they were in Milan, Spurs started out about as badly as is possible, being 4-0 down at
half time and down to 10 men against Internazionale (a position they enjoyed so much, they repeated
it against Fulham in the FA Cup last month).
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As the last person to leave remembers to flick the porch lights off, close the
back door and slide the key under one of the many overflowing bin bags that've been piling up since
last September- thus saying a fond but hearty fare-thee-well to Tottenham's maiden Champions League
voyage- perhaps now's a good time to look back on the whole remarkable experience and say: well
that was a bit of alright, wasn't it?
Going, going, GomesThis blog sincerely hopes none of you out there are feeling especially
downtrodden or disheartened. Our fate was sealed at 4-0 in Madrid. There may have been a tiny
chance of a miracle comeback, mainly because we're Spurs and it's what we do. But there can only
have been a handful of Spurs fans who could have genuinely said that they thought we'd drag it back
at the Lane.
