Redknapp delighted over team’s performance
The Tottenham Hotspurs boss, Harry Redknapp has expressed his delight over the recent win of his team against FC Twente and revealed that his team will play with the same attacking strategy in the further stages of the competition.
The current season of Champions League has been staggering for the Hotspurs and Redknapp is more than delighted over the tremendous performance of his team.
In their recent match against FC Twente, Redknapp's men displayed a lot of character and flare. Despite the draw(the score remained 3-3), Hotspurs still managed to top the Group A. It is also important to note that Tottenham have scored a total of 18 goals
in the tournament so far, the highest by a team this far into the competition which clearly reveals their attacking intent and style of play.
Now, the chances for Tottenham in the last-16 round of the competition are looking good as after topping the Group, they will avoid the chances of facing Europe’s big guns. Teams such as the 2008/2009 Champions; Barcelona, 2009/2010 Runners-up; Bayern Munich
and Real Madrid have already topped their respective groups.
Redknapp further commented on his attacking strategy and admitted he has some world-class players who can turn the match around. He believes that, since his team has come back from behind on a few occasions in the competition, this fact just exposes the
strength in character of his players. Also to note is the fact that Hotspurs are the only team in the competition who have scored more than two goals in all the matches they have played so far in the event.
While talking on the matter the former English football star Redknapp said that the Hotspurs have got the right amount of courage and momentum going into the last-16 round of the UEFA Champions League. He continued and said that the recent superb performances
by the team have given a new motivation to the players and they are really looking forward to meeting the big teams further down into the competition.
Harry hailed his team’s effort in every possible way, even going to the extent of saying that his team has sent a message to all the big teams of Europe that Tottenham is also one of the strongest contenders of the Championship. He added that his team has
shown the world its remarkable capacity by finishing at the top of the Group A.
According to critics, the Spurs have really raised the level of their game as they are competing in the Champions League for the first ever time. The performance against the Dutch champs FC Twente in the recent match is a solid proof of Tottenham’s strong
entity in the event.
Harry Redknapp admitted that Group A comprised of the strongest teams of the event and therefore topping the Group in the presence of FC Twente and last year Champions; Inter Milan, was not an easy task. The Briton said that his team was focused in winning
all the matches but the draw against FC Twente was not disappointing as well because Tottenham’s major focus was to top the Group and he is delighted over the fact that everything went according to plan.
While talking about his players, Redknapp said that the team comprises of some brilliant play-makers and it is going to be a tough task for any other team to defeat the Spurs.
Tottenham Hotspurs has entered into the top sixteen level of the Champions League where it will face some of the biggest European football teams. As a fan of this London based football club we can only wish a good luck to Redknapp.
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