Happy Spursday, Spursland. Today, Tottenham Hotspur take on AEL in the second leg of their Europa League playoff. Spurs won 2-1 in Cyprus last week, so we should all feel pretty good about getting through to the group stage. The team is a strong one, and a little odd. Apparently Paulinho is playing as an attacking midfielder. Here it is.
#THFC team: Lloris; Naughton, Chiriches, Kaboul, Davies, Dembele, Sandro; Lennon, Paulinho, Townsend; Kane. #COYS
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 28, 2014
#THFC subs: Friedel, Dier, Rose, Veljkovic, Chadli, Holtby, Adebayor #COYS
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 28, 2014
I have no idea how many of these guys are getting shop-windowed, how many are getting one last chance and how many are just gone. I can't imagine that all of Sandro, Paulinho and Lewis holtby will play for this team come Tuesday.
Kickoff is at 7:45 p.m. ET, 2:45 p.m. local time from White Hart Lane. You can catch the game on beIN Sports, as well as their streaming service, in both the US and Canada. In the UK, it's on ITV 4 and the ITV Player.