Champions League: Tottenham Hotspurs versus Twente Enschede FC 4-1 Analysis and Future Predictions (Part 1)
The match between the English hot shots and the Twente FC was expected to be interesting as this was to decide who would be the winners; the under
dogs Spurs and the dark horses Twente Enschede.
In their domestic league both teams performed brilliantly. The Whites took the 4th position in the challenging English Premier League to qualify for the Champions
League.
Their performance was only shadowed by the footballing giants of England; Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal, while they fought the major developing Manchester City
team to snatch the position in the last match.
Under the leadership of Harry Redknapp they are progressing brilliantly this season too and it is expected that they will again be in competition for a top 4 finish. He
is currently facing a crisis in his defence as major players from his defence are injured.
Twente FC on the other hand are the Dutch Champions having won their top home league Eredivisie. During the summer however Steve McClaren, the man who lead the club to
their first ever league title had to leave and he was replaced by the 51 year old Belgian legend Michel Preud'homme.
Now Preud'homme has to muster up all his men and feature their well organized midfield to win another season and produce better result in his offence.
The players on the injury list for Tottenham Hotspurs are right winger Aaron Lennon, Michael Dawson along with other crucial defenders.
The players on the injury list for are their two left backs Dwight Tiendalli and Bart Buysse. Preud'homme and his midfielders accomplished the role they had to play but
in that that endeavour they did result in boring plays.
The line up for Tottenham Hotspurs is 1 Gomes (goal keeper), 19
Sebastien Bassong (centre left defender), 26
Ledley King (centre right defender), 6
Tom Huddlestone (defensive midfielder), 32
Benoit Assou-Ekotto (left back), 2
Alan Hutton (right back), 11
Rafael Van der Vaart (attacking midfielder), 3 Gareth Bale (left midfielder), 14 Luka Modric (right midfielder), 9
Roman Pavlyuchenko (left centre forward) and 15 Peter Crouch.
The substitution line up for Tottenham Hotspurs included 8
Jermaine Jenas, 10
Robbie Keane, 23
Carlo Cudicini, 21 Niko Kranjcar, 7
Aaron Lennon, 22
Vedran Corluka and 12
Wilson Palacios.
The line up for Twente Enschede is 13
Nikolay Mihaylov (goal keeper), 19
Douglas Franco (centre left defender), 4
Peter Wisgerhof (centre right defender), 3
Nicky Kuiper (left back), 15
Rosales Roberto (right back), 8
Theo Janssen (left midfielder), 6
Wout Brama (right midfielder), 21
Marc Janko (forward), 7
Denny Landzaat (right centre forward), 11 Emir Bajrami (left attacking midfielder) and 10
Bryan Ruiz (right attacking midfielder).
The substitution line up for Twente Enschede included 1
Sander Boschker, 14
Bernard Parker, 5 Rasmus Bengtsson, 22
Nacer Chadli, 27
Dario Vujicevic, 9 Luuk de Jong and 36
Michael Schimpelsberger.
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