Anderlect v Spurs, Thurs 3:45am Cable 61

Edgar Davids Joined : 06 Jun 2007 Posts : 2596

2-2 Keane and Lennon
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Andy Booth Age : 23 Joined : 11 Jun 2007 Posts : 559

Ramos Axes Kaboul From Spurs Squad Source

Tottenham Hotspur manager Juande Ramos has left Younes Kaboul out of the squad to face Anderlecht in the Uefa Cup tonight.

Spurs manager Juande Ramos has removed Younes from the firing line. Kaboul has been a liability for the Lilywhites lately, enduring a nightmare spell at White Hart Lane.

The French defender arrived for a ￡7.8 million fee from Auxerre during the summer but has been unable to cope with the demands of English football so far.

Ramos has suffered the ignominy of being taken off three times in his last five matches.

He conceded a penalty against Birmingham last Sunday before being replaced by midfielder Tom Huddlestone, and Ramos clearly feels enough is enough for all concerned, especially the player.

He said: "Kaboul has not travelled [to Belgium for the Anderlecht tie].

"You can have 18 people in your squad, so you make your selections on who is the most suitable for each game. We need to win the tie and the thing we need above everything else is strikers.

"I don't think Kaboul is depressed. He is a young lad who is very focused and with lots of desire. I'm convinced he is looking forward to playing again and he has the quality to do so.

"I like attacking football, but it's fundamental they are supported by the defence to get good results. The best form of defence is attack. That's the philosophy we're trying to implement and, hopefully, we'll do it against Anderlecht."

But Ramos made it clear he is not planning to send Kaboul out on loan.

Chimbonxa will move to centre
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Gary Stevens Age : 37 Joined : 06 Jun 2007 Posts : 1266

any live links?? anyone??

Gary Stevens Joined : 07 Jun 2007 Posts : 1015

http://myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=2991&part=sports
this should be updated soon with links

Subject: Re: Anderlect v Spurs, Thurs 3:45am Cable 61 Fri Dec 07 2007, 01:03

Anderlecht 1 Tottenham 1

Keane to score.

Stew.

Gary Stevens Age : 37 Joined : 06 Jun 2007 Posts : 1266

Gary Stevens Age : 37 Joined : 06 Jun 2007 Posts : 1266

found it thru Ramon Vega's thread Very Happy

Gary Stevens Age : 37 Joined : 06 Jun 2007 Posts : 1266

what a cool mofo berbs is - quality penalty - 1-1

Edgar Davids Joined : 06 Jun 2007 Posts : 2576

A bit like Defoe when he took his penalty, right? Stew, right score, wrong scorer.

Edgar Davids Joined : 06 Jun 2007 Posts : 3552

I still don't understand why he didn't take the penalty against West Ham.

Gary Stevens Age : 30 Joined : 24 Jul 2007 Posts : 1798

FULL TIME: Tottenham 1 - 1 Anderlecht
88.47: Desperate defending from Hassan corner but manage to hack the ball away.
85.42: Berbatov fizzed low shot comfortable enough for Zitka.
84.03: SAVE - ZITKA. His best of the night, tip over at full stretch from Defoe dipper 20 from edge of box.
83.20: Defoe good hit straight at Zitka from 20 yards.
82mins: CHANCE - ANDERLECHT. Thereau blasted over from 18 yards.
81mins: SUB - SPURS. Stalteri for Lee.
77mins: Worry as Lee stretchered off after that Robinson save.
76.55: SAVE - ROBINSON. Great reactions from the keeper to claw away close-range effort from Thereau.
74.05: YELLOW CARD - SPURS. Zokora for foul on Hassan.
71.39: SUB - SPURS. Defoe for Bent.
71.19: SUB - ANDERLECHT. Baseggio for Mpenza.
70.37: GOAL - SPURS. Berbatov coolly slotted home from spot, sent keeper the wrong way.
Anderlecht 1, Spurs 1
69.50: YELLOW CARD - ANDERLECHT. Goor for dissent.
69.26: PENALTY - SPURS. Berbatov brought down by Van Damme in box, penalty awarded.
68mins: GOAL - ANDERLECHT. Mpenza cross from right, Dawson and Zokora appeared to leave for each other, Goor applied finish from 18 yards.
Anderlecht 1, Spurs 0
66.27: SAVE - ZITKA. Berbatov curled free-kick from 25 yards, comfortable tip over for Zitka.
61.21: YELLOW CARD - ANDERLECHT. Polak for dissent.
59.31: Berbatov one-two in tight spot with Lennon, into box, tried to skip around Van Damme but defender read it and made tackle.
58.06: SUB - SPURS. Berbatov for Keane.
57.09: Keane dragged shot wide from 25 yards,
56.44: Berbatov getting ready.
55.30: SUB - ANDERLECHT. Thereau for Frutos.
52.59: Great defending from Zokora as Mpenza sent through on goal, defender back, pushed him wide and made blocking tackle - and won goal kick.
50.09: SAVE - ROBINSON. Frutos sent away down the left channel of box, dribbled right into corner of six-yard box, went for near post, Robinson there to block.
49.01: Bent cross cleared into path of Huddlestone, good connection from 25 yards but shot blocked.
45.54: SAVE - ZITKA. Lovely one-two between Chimbonda and Lennon, Chimbonda to byline, Bent stepped over his cutback to allow Keane to hit low shot from 18 yards that Zitka palmed away to his left.

2ND HALF KICKS OFF
Teams on their way back out.

HALF TIME: Tottenham 0 - 0 Anderlecht
43.09: SAVE - ROBINSON. Wasilewski strolled into the box from the right, low left-foot shot blocked by Robinson, Frutos hammered loose ball across goal and out for throw.
40.34: YELLOW CARD - SPURS. Jenas for foul on Hassan.
37.38: Frutos back-flick header from Hassan corner flew well wide.
36.40: Bent foul on Deschacht in useful position, central, 35 yards out though. Free-kick blocked, Chimbonda failed to prevent corner.
35.23: Dawson slipped over just as pass came his way, Frutos crossed deep, good defending from Lee to block out Hassan and clear.
33.28: Robinson first save of note, hardly a save, Frutos tame shot from 20 yards straight at him.

31.54: Robinson up well to punch clear free-kick from Biglia.
29.33: Jenas testing, inswinging free-kick from left touchline flicked away for corner. Lennon corner headed away.
26.52: Malbranque to touchline for treatment, looks okay.
23.45: SAVE - ZITKA. First action of the night for the keepers as Zitka dived low to his right to field a low drive from Jenas.
22.03: Jenas intercepted pass from Biglia, wide to Bent, went for return but cross cut out.
21.25: Chimbonda firm header away from another Wasilewski cross.
17.44: Polak tried dipping volley from 25 yards, flew over.
15.45: Malbranque in game for first time, did well, beat Wasilewski, cross just in front of Keane then Lennon.
14.19: Dawson great sliding clearance from quality Hassan cross.
12.57: Dawson important header away from Wasilewski cross, Chimbonda and Lennon completed clearance.
12.03: Zokora, pinned in corner, did well to win throw off Hassan.
10.16: Huddlestone ambitious free-kick effort from fully 35 yards - worth a try though as ball is super-light and flies through the air!
8.46: Lee good sliding tackle to prevent Wasilewski cross.
7.10: Jenas inches away from cross as Chimbonda drove ball in from right.
6.39: Zokora towering header to clear Wasilewski throw.
5.31: Moment of danger as Deschacht drove ball across the six-yard line, no-one there to provide finish and out for throw.
4.11: Huddlestone spotted Keane run and floated in pass, Keane onside but, unsually for him, did not bring ball down.
2.31: Good turn by Hassan, pass looked for Mpenza, Chimbonda read well and cut out.
1.13: Malbranque first attempt at goal, effort flew wide.
29seconds: Lennon early test of Deschaht, quick turn, tackle made.
1ST HALF KICKS OFF
7.43pm: Robbie Keane and Bart Goor to centre for toss. We kick-off and attack home end.
7.41pm: Teams on their way out.
7.37pm: Anderlecht have a freestyler doing his stuff - not a patch on Billy Wingrove!
7.36pm: Teams back in now.
7.13pm (UK time): Welcome to Brussels. It has been the most miserable day weather-wise you can imagine, grey skies, rain, wind - at least the football is now here! Both teams are out warming up with the lads in front of us stretching to the sound of No Limits by 2Unlimited - picture that!

Gary Stevens Age : 30 Joined : 24 Jul 2007 Posts : 1798

I think that was a bad result for us last night. In all likelihood, Getafe will win their last match and therefore we'll finish 2nd in the group, which means we'll be playing a CL drop-out in the next round. Although it will make for an exciting tie, it also means we could go out early on. At least then we can concentrate on our relegation battle I suppose...

UEFA Cup : Group G Table
P W D L F A GD PTS
1 Tottenham 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 7
2 Getafe 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 6
3 Anderlecht 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 5
4 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 3
5 Aalborg 3 0 1 2 4 6 -2 1

Remaining fixtures (19 December):

Getafe v Anderlecht
Hapoel v Aalborg

Gary Stevens Age : 30 Joined : 24 Jul 2007 Posts : 1798

If you look at the current CL tables (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/champions_league_tables/default.stm), our next opponents in the UEFA Cup will probably be one of this lot:

Marseille
Rosenborg
Werder Bremen
Benfica
Lyon
Sporting Lisbon
PSV
Slavia Prague

I suppose that isn't too bad. Slavia Prague please!!

Gary Stevens Joined : 07 Jun 2007 Posts : 1015

i think we're definitely finishing 2nd... Anderlecht will top if they beat Getafe, if it's a draw Getafe will win group on Head to head v Spurs...

there are only 8 CL dropouts, but 16 teams that finish 2nd or 3rd in their UEFA cup group... can't find the detailed seeding process but as far as I remember the top placed team in the group stage avoids other first placed teams and CL dropouts - so as a 2nd place team we must get either a 1st placed group stage team or a CL dropout - with a 50/50 chance of each one (I'm not sure if they still try to keep teams from same coutries apart at this stage). anyone else can confirm this - to make things "easier" they are changing the format again for the season after next!

Merchandiser Supreme Joined : 30 Jun 2007 Posts : 397

to janek: thanks for the very good report, it is good for me to know what happen to the game, it is more detailer than the SPORT CENTRE in NOW TV.

i wish i can watch the game, but i don't have cable tv.