Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool

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Saturday 1st June 8pm
Champions League Final
Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid​

Our potential last day banana skin was avoided and a draw sealed our top four place.
Next season's Champions League campaign has been guaranteed, but this season's is still ongoing.
We've been written off from the start and somehow managed to drag ourselves through round after round.
Now we've reached the final in Madrid and it's there to be had. One more game.

Our group stage performances were shaky and it looked like we were going out on numerous occasions.
Individual mistakes, failure to take our chances and controversy marked the opening three matches.
A solitary point did not look promising and our next game could spell the end, as we went behind early to PSV.
Kane's double kept us alive, then Eriksen produced another late show against Inter to take it to the 6th game.
The Dutch did their bit by drawing with the Italians and Lucas Moura leveled late on at the Nou Camp to seal it:

Next up were high-flying Borussia Dortmund, a familiar foe from recent seasons.
They were top of the Bundesliga and had won their group, beating Atletico Madrid 4-0 in the process.
A fabulous performance at Wembley gave them a mountain to climb in the return and it wasn't to be.
Hugo Lloris pulled off miracles in goal, leaving Harry Kane to sucker punch them on the break:

The quarter-final saw us draw the one team that most of us didn't want to face, Manchester City.
Another side with brilliant domestic form and one that we've struggled badly with in recent years.
The first Champions League game at our new stadium had an atmosphere to match the occasion.
City seemed slightly overawed by it and Son's solitary goal was enough to win on the day.
It set up a dramatic return at The Etihad that had a bit of everything:

And so to the semi-final. Another team topping their league and earning plaudits in Europe.
Ajax had already defeated Real Madrid and Juventus and their young side were tearing up expectations.
Their first leg performance showed why, as they raced out of the blocks, took an early lead and held it.
They made a similar start in Amsterdam, taking a 2-0 lead into the break which they fully deserved.
Step forward Lucas Moura and an incredible second half:

There's still more than two weeks to go, so injury news will be more applicable closer to the date.
Neither side has any suspensions.

Lineups for each side's last league game:

Spurs: Lloris; Walker-Peters, Alderweireld, Dier, Davies; Sissoko, Eriksen, Alli, Lamela; Moura, Llorente.
Subs: Gazzaniga, Trippier, Aurier, Wanyama, Skipp, Marsh, Janssen.
League form: WLWLLD.

Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum; Salah, Origi, Mane.
Subs: Mignolet, Lovren, Gomez, Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Shaqiri, Sturridge.
League form: WWWWWW.

Referee: Damir Skomina (SLO). Notably awarded Man Utd their late penalty against PSG via VAR.

TV: BT Sport and an as yet to be announced free medium, possibly their Youtube channel.

How would you like to see us line up for this one, given our possible fitness and form issues?
Will Pochettino be able to fill out the 12 man bench that's allowed for this tie and who will he put there?
Would you start Kane if he's fit or leave him out of the starting lineup for a possible late introduction?

 

Paul Stewart

It not how you start, it's how you finish.

 

City thought they won it
But Tottenham pulled it back
Wanyama in the middle
Llorente in attack
Stirling scored the winner
The Etihad went mad
The ref went to the camera
And then he ruled it out
ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ
ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ
ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ
ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ
Ajax thought they won it
Then tottenham pulled it back
Sissoko down the middle
To Llorente in attack
On it went to Dele
And to the Brazilian yid
Who put it in the corner
And we're all off to Madrid
ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ
ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ
ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ
ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ
ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ
ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ
ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ
ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ

 

A last day win when the opposition had the title wrapped up weeks ago.

 

Anyone going?

 

VAR my lord, VAR. ...

 

Buzzing for this as I'm sure you all are, here's to a good game and may the best team win

How you guys feeling about it?
I'm quite calm at the moment but know how it goes come the actual game day.. I'll be a bag of nerves up until the starting whistle and a screaming loon until its over.

Then ecstatic or depressed.

 

My mate who I usually go with has just got 2 tickets...he says he has to take his family over me...going round his house with a brick and a bottle of vodka right now to convince him otherwise. Carrot and stick boys. Carrot and stick

 

Did you get a ticket?
Gonna be at the lane with the teen beast...not sure if my eldest can get the night off...
But it's gonna be long loud song filled night ...
And I am warming up...

city thought they won it......

 

Not yet but I'm pretty hopeful of getting one. I have 181 points which I think puts me around 17,000-ish so basically I need about a 1,000 not to buy a ticket in order to get one which I think is pretty realistic.

If I don't get one I'll also go to the Lane. That's the second best place to be after Madrid.

 

Genuinely have my fingers crossed for you mate

 

I’m going

 

Genuinely have my fingers crossed for you mate

 

Have a great time

 

Cheers mate!

 

I'm Spurcat, and so is my wife.

 

Can you play right back?

 

Champions league final and Spurs in the same sentence


Making me giddy

 

Me n my City supporting brother are thinking of going to the Lane to watch it

im just thinking im not sure if i can handle the 4 hrs of crying and driving on way back if it goes tits up.