Bodø/Glimt v Tottenham Hotspur: Europa League semi-final, second leg – live
Europa League updates, 8pm BST kick-off (first leg: 1-3)Live scores | Read today’s Football Daily | And mail ScottThe teams are out! Bodø in bright yellow, Spurs in third-choice green [MBM hack squints hard, readjusts monocle] “all-over print inspired by the Seven Sisters elm trees”. A fantastic atmosphere at the Aspmyra, hardly surprising given the locals, as Jacob Steinberg reported at 7pm, have been pyro-partying all day and all night. And there are more fireworks being launched right now, to a soundtrack of AC/DC. What a blast! “Jacob’s report about supporters letting off fireworks reminds me of the early morning of the Peru v New Zealand WC playoff match second leg in Lima in 2017,” writes Craig McEwan. “At the time I lived near the hotel the NZ team stayed at, in the Miraflores district, very near the coast. At the crack of dawn the Peruvian air force flew a couple of their fighter jets at high speed just over the beach and past the hotel. It scared the bejezzus out of me woke me up and would have disturbed the Kiwis who went on to lose 2-0 while Peru qualified.” We’ll be off in a couple of minutes!Ange Postecoglou speaks to TNT Sports. “We’ve had to deal with injuries all year … [Dejan Kulusevski] is coming back at the right time because losing [Lucas Bergvall] and [James Maddison] hasn’t been great … having Kulusevski back is key for us … we like to play quick as well [as Bobø do at the Aspmyra] … we did some things really well the other night … those things will be effective tonight and that’s what we’ve got to focus on … every moment is important … I don’t think we need too much motivation … the players are aware of what is at stake … we’ve earned the right to be in this position … there’s an opportunity for us to bring it home tonight.” Continue reading...
- Europa League updates, 8pm BST kick-off (first leg: 1-3)
- Live scores | Read today’s Football Daily | And mail Scott
The teams are out! Bodø in bright yellow, Spurs in third-choice green [MBM hack squints hard, readjusts monocle] “all-over print inspired by the Seven Sisters elm trees”. A fantastic atmosphere at the Aspmyra, hardly surprising given the locals, as Jacob Steinberg reported at 7pm, have been pyro-partying all day and all night. And there are more fireworks being launched right now, to a soundtrack of AC/DC. What a blast! “Jacob’s report about supporters letting off fireworks reminds me of the early morning of the Peru v New Zealand WC playoff match second leg in Lima in 2017,” writes Craig McEwan. “At the time I lived near the hotel the NZ team stayed at, in the Miraflores district, very near the coast. At the crack of dawn the Peruvian air force flew a couple of their fighter jets at high speed just over the beach and past the hotel. It scared the bejezzus out of me woke me up and would have disturbed the Kiwis who went on to lose 2-0 while Peru qualified.” We’ll be off in a couple of minutes!
Ange Postecoglou speaks to TNT Sports. “We’ve had to deal with injuries all year … [Dejan Kulusevski] is coming back at the right time because losing [Lucas Bergvall] and [James Maddison] hasn’t been great … having Kulusevski back is key for us … we like to play quick as well [as Bobø do at the Aspmyra] … we did some things really well the other night … those things will be effective tonight and that’s what we’ve got to focus on … every moment is important … I don’t think we need too much motivation … the players are aware of what is at stake … we’ve earned the right to be in this position … there’s an opportunity for us to bring it home tonight.” Continue reading...
