THE CHAMPIONS!
The round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League is finally here, and we had some incredible first-leg matches to savor across Europe.
ATLETICO MADRID 5-2 TOTTENHAM: The Champions League proved to be no tonic for Spurs, whose crisis deepened on a night which both Antonin Kinsky and Igor Tudor will want to forget
For Antonin Kinsky, 17 minutes was enough. For Igor Tudor, four games should be.
Igor Tudor is under serious pressure at Tottenham Hotspur after a fourth defeat in four matches.
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Igor Tudor, known as a "recovery specialist" head coach, was meant to rescue Tottenham Hotspur from the depths of despair, but it appears he has only sunk Spurs deeper into the nightmare.
Back in 2002/03, Joe Cole was part of a West Ham United side who famously suffered relegation from the Premier League despite racking up 42 points under Glenn Roeder.
Tottenham Hotspur, somehow, is in the Round of 16 of the Champions League, but they sure didn’t look like they belonged there.
It can't get worse, can it? In the iconic words of Mick McCarthy - it can. Of course it can, this is Tottenham after all. "It's the history of the Tottenham," was how Giorgio Chiellini put it in March 2018.
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Spurs fell 3-0 down inside 15 minutes at the Metropolitano stadium against Diego Simeone's side, with all three goals coming from mistakes.