Written by Viorel Mesca.
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has been discussing tonights vital Champions League game against Inter Milan at White Hart Lane and feels despite missing several key men, his side has the potential to cause an upset, although he is full of praise for Rafa Benitez’ side:
“They know, as I said, that we can cause Inter problems. Maicon is supposed to be the best attacking right-back in the world but he had problems stopping Gareth going the other way. Don’t get me wrong, though. We know how hard it’s going to be. I saw Inter last year win at Chelsea and they were fantastic. They’ve got some proper men in their team – [Dejan] Stanković, [Esteban] Cambiasso, people like that. They’ve got some great competitors, but we’ve got a chance. If we can take four points from the last two home games, it should be enough to see us through to the knockout round.”
“They play and run, play and run, and we have to be switched on properly from the start. At one point I thought it could be five, six or even seven-nil, which would have been terrible. But we’ve got good players here and we know we can cause problems in certain areas of their team. There are definitely parts of their team we can hurt, though obviously I can’t divulge too much yet!”
Regarding tonight’s Champions League clash, Spurs will have to manage without key-man Rafael Van der Vaart, as well as without Dawson, Defoe, Ledley King and goalkeeper Gomes. According to goal.com, Harry told reporters:
“The problem is I’ve probably got five of our very best players missing. The goalkeeper is out, he is suspended, my two centre-halves are out, and there is also Van der Vaart and Defoe. They are key players right down the middle of the team, so it’s going to be very difficult. Van der Vaart is quality, but I think he just got a bit tired and that’s when you get injuries. He hasn’t really had many 90 minutes under his belt. At the World Cup [for the Netherlands], he wasn’t playing 90 minutes and when you get to that last 25 minutes and go a bit further than you normally go, that’s when something can go wrong.”
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