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Tottenham vs Olympiakos LIVE: Team news and line ups confirmed, Jose Mourinho home debut


TOTTENHAM vs OLYMPIAKOS

  • Spurs boss Jose Mourinho has won the competition as manager of Porto and Inter Milan
  • Spurs are second in Group B and will qualify if they beat the Greek side tonight
  • Harry Kane has scored five goals in his last three appearances against Greek sides in European competition
  • Olympiakos have managed just two shots on target in their two away Champions League games this season

Tottenham XI: Gazzaniga, Aurier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Rose, Dier, Winks, Dele, Lucas, Son, Kane

What’s at stake for City?

19:00: Should be a simple enough evening for Manchester City. Should.

Manchester City will seal their spot in the last 16 if they avoid defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk and will be group winners with victory at the Etihad Stadium.

Shakhtar will progress if they win in Manchester and Dinamo Zagrab lose at Atalanta by virtue of away goals scored in their head-to-head games.

Atalanta will not qualify if they fail to beat Dinamo or Shakhtar beat City.

Tottenham vs Olympiakos LIVE: Champions League score, team news and updates

Tottenham vs Olympiakos LIVE: Champions League score, team news and updates (Image: GETTY)

Twitter reaction

Joe: Wow! Feels very strange to see a largely unchanged starting XI. Maybe Jose Mourinho knows best…

Max: Come on you Spurs! Dele Alli, Lucas Moura, Son and Harry Kane starting together, again! Could get used to this Jose Mourinho bloke.

Zaman: That’s a strong squad with Tanguy Ndombele, Giovani Lo Celso and Ryan Sessegnon on the bench. Big win coming up!

Tottenham vs Olympiakos LIVE: Champions League score, team news and updates

Tottenham vs Olympiakos LIVE: Champions League score, team news and updates (Image: GETTY)

The Starting XI…

18:50: No messing around from Jose Mourinho. He wants the job done and dusted tonight and has made just one change to the side that beat West Ham on Saturday. Danny Rose in for the injured Ben Davies.

Tottenham XI: Gazzaniga, Aurier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Rose, Dier, Winks, Dele, Lucas, Son, Kane.

Subs: Austin, Vertonghen, Sessegnon Sissoko, Ndombele, Eriksen, Lo Celso.

What’s on?

18:45: More than you can shake a stick at!

We have six Champions League fixtures to look forward to this evening with a couple of what I’d colloquially describe as bangers.

Juventus vs Atletico Madrid should be a real battle in Turin. Juventus have already qualified and Diego Simeone will be desperate to get a result. Real Madrid also welcome PSG to the Bernabeu having been thumped by the French champions in the reverse fixture.

Other games include: Atalanta vs Dinamo Zagreb, Red Star vs Bayern Munich and Manchester City vs Shakhtar Donetsk.

Tottenham vs Olympiakos LIVE: Champions League score, team news and updates

Tottenham vs Olympiakos LIVE: Champions League score, team news and updates (Image: GETTY)

Dream big, Jose!

18:40: Jose Mourinho is back in the Champions League and would love to add a third crown with Tottenham this season.

Quite funny to hear him label himself the ‘humble one’ before reminding everyone of his record in this competition in the very next breath.

“I love the competition as much as everyone in football,” he said. “It’s something that everybody dreams about, to win it. Not everyone has the privilege to be a Champions League winner, which I was happy enough to do twice.

“Do I want to win it a third time? Of course, I would love it but I know the difficulties of it.”

Tottenham vs Olympiakos LIVE: Champions League score, team news and updates

Tottenham vs Olympiakos LIVE: Champions League score, team news and updates (Image: GETTY)

How thing stand…

18:35: Bayern Munich will be crowned group winners if they defeat Red Star Belgrade or Tottenham fail to beat Olympiakos, having already booked their place in the next round.

Spurs will join them if they avoid defeat at home to Olympiakos and Red Star Belgrade fail to beat Bayern in Serbia.

Red Star must beat Bayern or hope Spurs do not defeat Olympiakos to keep their hopes of advancing alive, likewise with the Greek side having to win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Tottenham vs Olympiakos LIVE: Champions League score, team news and updates

Tottenham vs Olympiakos LIVE: Champions League score, team news and updates (Image: GETTY)

Evening…

18:30: Hello everyone and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Champions League.

Jose Mourinho’s second game in charge of Tottenham is the group game with Olympiakos, where a point will send them through to the knockout stages for a third successive year.

Yes, that’s Olympiakos and NOT Olympiacos!

I’ve no idea why there’s confusion and a Greek lad in the office hasn’t go the foggiest either. I’m sure you’ll let me know why in a polite fashion on Twitter shortly…

Anyway, there’s plenty to discuss and preview so let’s get started. Standby for the team news…





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