Champions League: Tottenham Hotspurs versus Twente Enschede FC 4-1 Analysis and Future Predictions (Part 2)

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Champions League: Tottenham Hotspurs versus Twente Enschede FC 4-1 Analysis and Future Predictions (Part 2)

Early in the match Twente FC started straight away on the offence and in the 3rd minute Gomes was forced to make a save as
Marc Janko assisted Bryan Ruiz in taking a right footed shot from near the box but it was saved as the ball travelled to the bottom left corner.
The offence by
Twente FC continued as in the 7th minute
Denny Landzaat and
Theo Janssen struck a combination resulting in a move from the right but it was blocked. Following this, came a set piece situation as Bryan Ruiz took another shot but missing as it went to high and too wide.
Tottenham Hotspurs thankfully woke up and Tom Huddlestone helped Roman Pavlyuchenko
in taking a left footed shot but the ball went inches past the wood work.
Rafael Van der Vaart came next with a cross in the 14th minute and Peter Crouch as
usual won the header but it got blocked in the end. A minute later Luka Modric passed the ball to Rafael Van der Vaart who shot the ball into the bottom right corner but the goal keeper was alert
enough to make a good save.
In the 22nd minute
Nicky Kuiper passed a through ball but the receiver Emir Bajrami was caught offside. A minute later
Rafael Van der Vaart went loose and took an irrational shot that was blasted into the air.
Near to the 30th minute mark Nicky Kuiper and Marc Janko
struck a combo but they got nowhere as Janko missed his attempt by bare inches. Minute after minute Twente made plays with Theo Janssen and Bryan Ruiz going first followed by Bryan Ruiz and
Nacer Chadli.
The next bit of excitement came in the 37th minute as Marc Janko was caught offside
on a cross from Theo Janssen but it was Tottenham that came closer as Rafael Van der Vaart's assist was attempted brilliantly from a header by Peter Crouch.
In the 39th minute Gareth Bale came up with a moment of brilliance as he assisted Roman Pavlyuchenko
from right outside of the box but again the goal keeper showed off his sharp reflexes.

A shocker came in the 40th minute as Nikolay Mihaylov was shown a yellow card and a
penalty was awarded to the White. Rafael Van der Vaart wound up to take it but failed to capitalize as it was saved on the bottom left corner.
Disappointed Spurs regrouped but to no avail as the half was coming to an end. They were indeed
frustrated and in the 42nd minute Rafael Van der Vaart committed a foul. It seemed that
Rafael Van der Vaart was going berserk as in the 44th minute he took a left footed shot assisted by
Benoit Assou-Ekotto but the shot stopper was spot on again.
The break came in lame fashion as fouls were committed with Gareth Bale and Ledley King taking a free
kicks and Roberto Rosales lying on the field complaining.