The stage is set for Pochettino and Co. to go all the way.
After breaking the curse of Wembley last night, with a fairly convincing 3-1 victory over Moscow, Pochettino’s men successfully booked themselves a place in the Europa league. Spurs are no strangers to Thursday night football but a number of factors suggest that they might have more success, this time out.
Their competition is considerably less fierce than previous years; with holders Sevilla having qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League, only a few teams who Spurs would consider to be of a similar calibre remain. The likes of Man United or Roma are easily avoidable in the draw, so might Spurs find themselves with an easy route to the latter stages?
Mauricio Pochettino made a few interesting comments, once it was confirmed in Monaco that his side were out of the Champions League. None more intriguing than stating ‘It is good for the club to go into the Europa League and try to go further in the competition’. This suggests they will approach the competition with a different mind-set this year and with a highly competitive premier league race, the North London club might see this as a real opportunity to sneak in the back door to next year’s Champions League.
As expected, Tottenham are towards the top of the betting grid but a reasonable 12/1 reasonable 12/1 can still be snapped up. With 78% of all Europa League Win Market bets over the last 24 hours being placed on Spurs, this price may not be around for long and the upcoming draw may induce further market movement.
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