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A coach under pressure, in charge of a team sitting 15th in the league, fretting about a relegation fight after winning only one of their past ten games. Not only Tottenham Hotspur but Hoffenheim too, their opponents in the Europa League on Thursday and perhaps the only side in the competition to have endured a worse start to the year than Spurs.
Hoffenheim were even three down at half-time last week, just as Tottenham were against Everton on Sunday, even if the level of opponent gave Christian Ilzer’s side something of an alibi. It was Bayern Munich who hammered them 5-0, with Harry Kane making it three in a game the local newspaper, RNZ, described as im Debakel. Hoffenheim have also been knocked out
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