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Tottenham v Red Star Belgrade: Champions League Group B – live! – The Guardian, Theguardian.com

Tottenham v Red Star Belgrade: Champions League Group B – live! – The Guardian, Theguardian.com


77 min:Tottenham substitution I missed a couple of minutes ago: Juan Foyth on, Jan Vertonghen off. Tottenham substitution I’m totally up to speed on: Giovanni Lo Celso on, Dele Alli off.

76 min :Moments after scoring his second goal of the night, Kane almost notched his hat-trick, coming close to lobbing Borjan after spotting the goalkeeper off his line.

(min:Crisis? What crisis? They could scarcely have asked for easier opposition, but Spurs have been splendid this evening. It’s just the confidence-booster they need ahead of a trip to Anfield this weekend.

70 min:Marko Marin finds a yard of space just outside the Tottenham penalty area and curls a shot narrowly wide.

69 min:Tottenham substitution: Son off, Eric Dier on. The South Korean has been outstanding tonight and obeys the new rule that dictates he must leave the field at the nearest point of exit and walk the long way back to the dugout. It might take him a while, as he’s happily giving high fives to any supporters with ringside seats who wants one on the way.

68 min:On the edge of the six-yard box, Kane sticks his neck out to try to head home a curled pass from Son . He fails to make contact with the ball when he looked certain to score.

66 min:Vertonghen is dispossessed by Mateo Garcia in the Tottenham right-back position. The ball is crossed to the far post, where Gazzaniga is forced to get down and save.

60 min:Red Star double substitution: Milan Pavkov and Njegos Petrovic on for Tomane and Jose Canas .

59 min:Good save from Borjan, who stops Lamela from lifting the ball over him and nabbing his second goal in quick succesion. I’m not sure it would have counted, as the Argentinian looked a mite offside.

GOAL! Tottenham 4-0 Red Star (Lamela 57)

It’s a rout!Kane plays the ball out wide to Aurier, who sends a low cross into Lamela in the Red Star penalty area. Unmarked with his back to goal, he has time to turn and pick his spot, firing into the bottom corner. That is atrocious defending from Red Star.

Erik Lamela fires the fourth into the bottom corner.
Erik Lamela fires the fourth into the bottom corner . Photograph: Bryn Lennon / Getty Images

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56 min:Formerly of Huddersfield Town, Van la Parra sends a cross to the far post, where Gobeljic chests the ball down before shooting low, hard and straight at Milan Borjan.

52 min:Red Star’s Gobeljic squares the ball from the left after beating the offside trap. With Tomane waiting on the edge of the six yard box, the cross is intercepted.

51 min:Harry Kane curls a brilliant left -footed cross into the Red Star penalty area. It’s on a plate for Erik Lamela, who sticks out a foot and pokes the ball high over the bar.

49 min:On the fringe of the Red Star penalty area, Lamela plays the ball wide to Ben Davies. His attempted cross is blocked.

47 min:Rajiv van la Parra is fouled by Tanguy Ndombele halfway inside the Tottenham half. Free-kick for Red Star. Marin floats the ball towards the far post, where it’s shepherded back to Gazzaniga.

Second half: Tottenham 3-0 Red Star

46 min:Tottenham get the ball rolling for the second half. There are no changes in personnel on either side.

Half-time: Tottenham 3-0 Red Star

Tottenham go in for the break with an emphatic lead. They took advantage of a lackluster start from Red Star to go two up early doors through Harry Kane and Son, with Erik Lamela acting as provider on both occasions. Red Star worked their way back into the game with Marko Marin pulling the strings, but a hideous error by the Red Star skipper gifted possessino to Spurs moments before half-time and Tangey Ndombele took full advantage to tee up Son for his second goal of the night.

GOAL! Tottenham 3-0 Red Star (Son 44)

Son scores again!Marin loses the ball in midfield, gifting possession to Dombele. He surges forward and plays the ball between two defenders into the path of Son. As the goalkeeper dashes off his line, Son tucks the ball into the back of the net. Hats off to Harry Kane, by the way, whose decoy run took two defenders out of Ndombele’s path. Hats firmly on to Marin, who lost the ball on the halfway line and was punished mercilessly.

Son tucks in the third.
Son tucks in the third. Photograph: Matthew Ashton / AMA / Getty Images

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37 min:A good attacking move from Spurs ends with a curling Aurier cross from the right towards Dele Alli at the far post being intercepted.

35 min:Much better from Red Star, who have finally decided to start playing, albeit after going two behind. Having sat back and let Tottenham come at them in the opening 20 minutes, they’ve finally started pressing their hosts. Marko Marin is running proceedings, while right-back Marko Grobeljic has just had two shots in quick succession. The first was blocked, while the second is deflected wide by Tomane.

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(min:Another Red Star corner. Marko Marin finds the head of Tomane, who fails to trouble Gazzaniga unduly.

(min:) Free-kick for Red Star, which might as well be a corner. The ball’s played into the penalty area, where Serge Aurier clears with a header. That’ll be a Red Star throw-in, deep in Tottenham territory. The Serbian side are starting to find their feet in this contest.

29 min:Marin plays a deft little pass into space in the Tottenham penalty area. He’s thoping Tomane will reach it first, but Vertonghen clears before the striker can get on the ball.

27 min:Tottenham goalkeeper Gazzaniga saves unconvincingly from a Rajiv van la Parra downward header at the far post. He dives and catches the ball, but then drops it. Davinson Sanchez is on hand to clear before anyone in a navy shirt can pounce.

Elsewhere in Group B:Olympiacos have taken the lead against Bayern Munich. It’s 1-0 in Greece.

21 min:Marko Marin plays a cross into the Tottenham penalty area. Nemanjja Milunovic gets his head to it, but sends the ball narrowly wide.

18 min:Red Star win a free-kick halfway inside the Tottenham half. The ball’s played into the Tottenham penalty area, where Kane heads clear. Spurs gallop upfield on the break and find themselves with a six-on-three, which comes to nothing when Son misplaces a pass to Serge Aurier. If anything, Clive, they had toomanymen in that counter-attack.

14 min:Good play by Marko Gobeljc, the Red Star right-back galloping upfield to volley a ball from deep across the Tottenham Penalty area. He has no team-mates in the box to get on the end of his cushioned cross.

13 min:Kane goes close again, shooting straight at Borjan from a tight angle after combining with Son.

GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Red Star (Kane 9)

Tottenham lead!Rajiv van la Parra is dispossessed after receiving a pass from Marko Marin deep in Tottenham territory and the home side advance once again. They win a corner, which Erik Lamela swings in from the right. Harry Kane gets in front of his man, leaps highest and glances a header in at the far post.

Harry Kane glances a header in at the far post.
Harry Kane glances a header in at the far post. Photograph: Michael Zemanek / BPI / Rex / Shutterstock

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5 min:Good interplay between Son and Dele Alli leads to the South Korean making room for a shot on the edge of the Red Star penalty area. He shoots feebly and straight at goalkeeper Milan Borjan while aiming for the bottom left-hand far corner.

4 min:Jan Vertonghen beats Red Star striker Tomane in the air as the Portuguese leaps to try and bring down a high ball towards the edge of the penalty area.

2 min:Be Davies prods the ball through the center to Son, who tries to play Harry Kane in behind the Red Star defense. The Tottenham skipper advances into the Red Star penalty area, where he jinks past Milos Degenek, but appears to dig his foot into the turf and fall while trying to unleash a shot. A good start from Tottenham.

Tottenham v Red Star is go …

1 min:Red Star get the ball rolling, their players wearing navy shirts, shorts and socks with red trim. Tottenham’s players wear white shirts, shorts and socks.

Not long now:The teams line up in the tunnel and are led out on to the pitch by captains Harry Kane and Marko Marin. Once there, they line up either side of the team of match officials, with all concerned looking suitably pensive as theChampions Leagueanthem is played.

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Tottenham Hotspur v Red Star line-ups

Tottenham Hotspur:Gazzaniga, Aurier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies , Sissoko, Ndombele, Lamela, Alli, Son, Kane.

Subs:Winks, Dier, Lo Celso, Foyth, Eriksen , Lucas Moura, Austin.

Red Star:Borjan, Gobeljic, Degenek, Milunovic, Rodic , Canas, Vulic, Garcia, Marin, van La Parra, Antonio Tomane.

Subs:Popovic, Ivanic, Pavkov, Srdan Babic, Jander , Petrovic, Vukanovic.

Referee:Marco Guida (Italy)

Marco Guida
Italian referee Marco Guida is in charge of maintaining order during tonight’s game. Photograph: Richard Heathcote / Getty Images

Tottenham Hotspur v Red Star Belgrade team news

Mauricio Pochettino makes four changes from the team that was slightly fortuitous to draw with Watford at the weekend. Ben Davies, Tanguy Ndombele, Erik Lamela and Son Heung-min come into the side, with Toby Alderweireld and Danny Rose conspicuous by their absence from the match day squad. Giovani Lo Celso features on the bench, with with fit-again Christian Eriksen also among the substitutes.

Red Star named former Chelsea midfielder Marko Marin and ex-Huddersfield winger Rajiv Van La Parra in their starting line-up.

A below capacity White Hart Lane

White Hart Lane will not be at full capacity tonight, as Red Star have been banned from selling tickets to their fans as part of a punishment for racist chanting at a July qualifier against HJK Helsinki in Finland. The upshot? Their hosts have the full allocation and are struggling to fill it.

Spurs did not put tickets on general sale in case they were bought by Red Star supporters, while Tottenham members who joined in the last month are have also been forbidden from buying tickets, in a bid to avoid any potential chicanery on the part of opposition fans. After all, it’s not like anyone else would be falling over themselves to sign up as Tottenham members in the past month.

The club’s 48, 000 season ticket holders have been given the opportunity to buy up to three additional seats in the hope of boosting the attendances, but Tottenham’s recent form means the take-up on those has been low.

Red Star have brought 200 “supporters”, all of whom have Category One tickets and will be enjoying hospitality. The punishment for racist chanting, it appears, doesn’t extend to those in the corporate seats, who are presumably precluded from chanting of any kind because their mouths are full of prawn sandwich and many of them have no interest whatsoever in football.

White Hart Lane
A platform sign at White Hart Lane Station. Photograph: Dave Shopland / BPI / Rex / Shutterstock

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Vladan Milojevic speaks:“Tottenham are going through a tough period but that happens with every club,” said Red Star’s manager upon being asked about Tottenham’s poor run of form. “There’s too much emphasis on it. Pochettino is one of the best coaches in Europe if not the world.

“We are looking at Tottenham as Tottenham of the past, an excellent team. We are going to give our all and play a good match. If we play our game they will not be able to stop us: that’s my philosophy. ”

Vladan Milojevic
Red Star coach Vladan Milojevic oversees training at White Hart Lane. Photograph: John Sibley / Action Images via Reuters

Mauricio Pochettino speaks:Although he’s extremely unlikely to be short of high profile offers should should find himself out of a job, Mauricio Pochettino has conceded that his position at Tottenham is under threat unless there is a significant improvement in results.

As he addressed the press yesterday, he stressed that tonight’s game is a big one, but no more so than any other.

“Every game is important to win, not only tomorrow,” he said. “In this type of period, the worst opponents are ourselves. We need to compete not only with Red Star but ourselves to try to build our confidence, be solid and perform the way we want. ”

Which must mean there is pressure on his team, right? “There is no pressure on the team – they have to feel the freedom to play,” he said. “Against Watford, we made a mistake in the first action and we were punished and conceded, also against Brighton. When this type of period arrives the most important thing is understanding we have to give our best, be strong, solid, focused and concentrate. ”

Mauricio Pochettino
Mauricio Pochettino takes Tottenham Hotspur training at Enfield. Photograph: Glyn Kirk / AFP via Getty Images

Tottenham Hotspur v Red Star Belgrade

White Hart Lane is the venue for tonight’s Champions League group game between Tottenham Hotspur andRed Star Belgrade. Two matches into the campaign and Tottenham Hotspur are yet to get a win and sit bottom of Group B on goal difference following the humiliation they suffered at the hands of Bayern Munich last time out.

Their Serbian opponents, Red Star, have three points in the bag, having beaten Olympiacos and come into tonight’s game on a run of six consecutive wins in all competitions. Tottenham, by contrast, have won just three out of 12 this season and are terribly out of form, but remain white-hot favorites to prevail against opposition who have never taken a point on their travels in theChampions League. Kick-off is at 8pm (BST), but stay tuned in the meantime for team news and build-up.

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