It’s a glamorous draw for both sides, not just because both are good teams with bonafides and pedigrees, but also because of their history in Europe. Just as in the meeting at San Siro, where he completed a hat-trick, Bale was beyond containment by Inter. For using this site, please activate JavaScript. The commitment to adventure was reminiscent of days gone by in the European Cup, when home sides felt obliged to mount an onslaught. When was the last time anybody could say that about the Champions League?
11 min: GOAL!!! Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so. If this ends 2-0, they'll have done magnificently. Harry Redknapp, meanwhile, spent a chunk of his pre-match press conference droning on about a Manchester United striker. Under Graham Poll rules, that equals a booking.
There was a reminder there that Tottenham had not yet put themselves beyond the reach of Benítez's men, even if they had been at a higher level. The Cameroonian tries to curl an outrageous effort into the top-right corner, but can't keep the ball down. Coutinho is amazing. Inter, however, carried a real air of menace despite being behind and Spurs keeper Carlo Cudicini was called into action on the stroke of half-time with a flying save to turn Wesley Sneijder's free-kick away from the top corner. Bale, clearly deciding enough's enough, bursts past two men down the left, nipping in between the challenges, then powers all the way through Inter's half and into the box. Or it could not.
"Crikey, what a performance by Bale," writes Robin Hazleburst. The last time Spurs went to the San Siro to face Inter in the Champions League (they last played in the Europa League in 2013) , the circumstances were completely reversed. Almost any other side holding a 2-1 lead would have prepared to stand shoulder to shoulder in their own penalty area. Pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, passity pass.
60:17 GOAL - Peter Crouch: Tottenham 2 - 0 Inter Milan Peter Crouch fires in a goal from inside the six-yard box low into the middle of the goal.
Harry Redknapp's side stripped Inter of any notion that they could be in command of their own destiny.
It was October 20, 2010. Spurs, in all-white with that navy slash over their shoulders, get in a huddle, then kick off!!! Wow!
20 min: Good work by Bale, Jenas and Assou-Ekotto down the left, earning a corner. This is the match sheet of the UEFA Champions League game between Tottenham Hotspur and Inter Milan on Nov 2, 2010. A brave chorus of When The Spurs Go Marching In. It's milk." There was sign of status as well in the fact that the substitution of Rafael van der Vaart with a recurrence of hamstring trouble did not receive much comment, since even a midfielder of his standing was not indispensable when so many others were flourishing. The unanswerable Bale, who persecuted the Brazil full-back Maicon throughout, cut loose once more and his low cross was converted by Peter Crouch. They can't praise Rafa, because, well, he's Rafa and the guy who wrecked Liverpool and Roy's reputation. The ball bounces to Eto'o, who knocks it straight back to Stankovic on the edge of the D. The Inter midfielder drops a shoulder, changes his feet a couple of times, and strokes a shot into the bottom-left corner with Cudicini rooted to the spot. Bang!
The Welshman has looked increasingly strong since the early part of 2010, but his confident accuracy with the set-up pass is even more telling than the athleticism. Wed 20 Oct 2010 18.33 BST This match has not been attend by any other user.
6 min: Hutton has seen a lot of the ball down the right.
33 min: Crouch is running relentlessly, up and down the line, offering himself for long passes.
Not sure what's got into him. Their heart's not really in it so much now, the intensity has gone down. His low shot is parried by Cudicini, but only smothered at the second time of asking, with Biabiany loitering. Eventually the ball's worked down the right, Tottenham's only area of success so far. "Anyone know of a club with an even glitzier record than Spurs who could be looking to get in a new goalscorer soon?".
Maybe he's already done one for the airport.
Zanetti opens his body up and sidefoots a delicious strike past Gomes into the top right. I don't know.
", And, much to Tottenham's chagrin, we're off again! 3.
… 35 min: IT'S NOT EVEN A SURPRISE NOW. It's never a penalty, but he claims for one anyway.
First published on Wed 20 Oct 2010 18.33 BST.
2. 19/10/2010 Live Benítez braced for new-look Tottenham.
He flings his shinpads into the dugout with funky fervour. If that stays the same, it would leave them second in the group having played the two strongest teams away. - comes on for Inter in Stankovic's stead.
Van der Vaart's recovery from the hamstring tweak that forced him off at Manchester United was pivotal to Spurs' plans - and so it proved in an enthralling first 45 minutes.
Now that I see the score, forget it. All rights reserved. First he goes on a long run before hoicking a cross right over the box. More from ITV, this time faithfully transcribed by Niall Mullen: "Andy Townsend said he wanted to see Bale up against the 'so-called superstars' of Inter Milan.
8 min: PENALTY FOR INTER, AND RED CARD FOR GOMES!!! A decade has passed since the 2010 Champions League final in which Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich 2-0 to complete a famous treble, arguably the crowning achievement of the Portuguese’s managerial career.. Now in charge of Tottenham Hotspur, Mourinho’s difficult start to life in north London suggests those heady days at Inter are a thing of the past.
However, Eto'o was a constant threat, and he suddenly injected real tension with a fine goal, struck past Cudicini from an angle after he dummied Hutton.
On the one hand, we're watching the reigning European champions play a bunch of top-level virgins, this being Tottenham's first tilt at the European Cup since 1962. This is the match sheet of the UEFA Champions League game between Inter Milan and Tottenham Hotspur on Oct 20, 2010. 51 min: The Spurs fans are giving it plenty, to their great credit.
"We can agree that Rafa is as good as Avram Grant when Grant breaks the Barca-Real hegemony in Spain (twice) and takes a team with Djimi Traore or equivalent (Paul Konchesky?) Why everyone, apart from Arsenal fans, and some denizens of Anfield, should want Tottenham to do well: "Have to add us Liverpool fans to the list," writes Chris Doyle, "firstly because we still love Benitez and secondly because Harry is a c******** of the highest order, despite what his friends in the media would have us believe.".
Can nobody keep their eye on the ball here. Tottenham were making their very first appearance in …
Tottenham were making their very first appearance in the Champions League, and were definitely underdogs as they went to one of the temples of football to face the defending European champions at their home ground. 44 min: Maicon has two shots towards the bottom-right corner of the Tottenham goal in two seconds. Inter were suddenly on the back foot, and Bale was in majestic form on the left flank as he tore Maicon to shreds time after time.
"There's a certain grim satisfaction to watching Benitez's Inter show Tottenham that they're out of their depth," writes James Furlong of Liverpool. 18 min: Spurs stroke it around at the back for a bit.
It’s a glamorous draw for both sides, not just because both are good teams with bonafides and pedigrees, but also because of their history in Europe. Just as in the meeting at San Siro, where he completed a hat-trick, Bale was beyond containment by Inter. For using this site, please activate JavaScript. The commitment to adventure was reminiscent of days gone by in the European Cup, when home sides felt obliged to mount an onslaught. When was the last time anybody could say that about the Champions League?
11 min: GOAL!!! Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so. If this ends 2-0, they'll have done magnificently. Harry Redknapp, meanwhile, spent a chunk of his pre-match press conference droning on about a Manchester United striker. Under Graham Poll rules, that equals a booking.
There was a reminder there that Tottenham had not yet put themselves beyond the reach of Benítez's men, even if they had been at a higher level. The Cameroonian tries to curl an outrageous effort into the top-right corner, but can't keep the ball down. Coutinho is amazing. Inter, however, carried a real air of menace despite being behind and Spurs keeper Carlo Cudicini was called into action on the stroke of half-time with a flying save to turn Wesley Sneijder's free-kick away from the top corner. Bale, clearly deciding enough's enough, bursts past two men down the left, nipping in between the challenges, then powers all the way through Inter's half and into the box. Or it could not.
"Crikey, what a performance by Bale," writes Robin Hazleburst. The last time Spurs went to the San Siro to face Inter in the Champions League (they last played in the Europa League in 2013) , the circumstances were completely reversed. Almost any other side holding a 2-1 lead would have prepared to stand shoulder to shoulder in their own penalty area. Pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, passity pass.
60:17 GOAL - Peter Crouch: Tottenham 2 - 0 Inter Milan Peter Crouch fires in a goal from inside the six-yard box low into the middle of the goal.
Harry Redknapp's side stripped Inter of any notion that they could be in command of their own destiny.
It was October 20, 2010. Spurs, in all-white with that navy slash over their shoulders, get in a huddle, then kick off!!! Wow!
20 min: Good work by Bale, Jenas and Assou-Ekotto down the left, earning a corner. This is the match sheet of the UEFA Champions League game between Tottenham Hotspur and Inter Milan on Nov 2, 2010. A brave chorus of When The Spurs Go Marching In. It's milk." There was sign of status as well in the fact that the substitution of Rafael van der Vaart with a recurrence of hamstring trouble did not receive much comment, since even a midfielder of his standing was not indispensable when so many others were flourishing. The unanswerable Bale, who persecuted the Brazil full-back Maicon throughout, cut loose once more and his low cross was converted by Peter Crouch. They can't praise Rafa, because, well, he's Rafa and the guy who wrecked Liverpool and Roy's reputation. The ball bounces to Eto'o, who knocks it straight back to Stankovic on the edge of the D. The Inter midfielder drops a shoulder, changes his feet a couple of times, and strokes a shot into the bottom-left corner with Cudicini rooted to the spot. Bang!
The Welshman has looked increasingly strong since the early part of 2010, but his confident accuracy with the set-up pass is even more telling than the athleticism. Wed 20 Oct 2010 18.33 BST This match has not been attend by any other user.
6 min: Hutton has seen a lot of the ball down the right.
33 min: Crouch is running relentlessly, up and down the line, offering himself for long passes.
Not sure what's got into him. Their heart's not really in it so much now, the intensity has gone down. His low shot is parried by Cudicini, but only smothered at the second time of asking, with Biabiany loitering. Eventually the ball's worked down the right, Tottenham's only area of success so far. "Anyone know of a club with an even glitzier record than Spurs who could be looking to get in a new goalscorer soon?".
Maybe he's already done one for the airport.
Zanetti opens his body up and sidefoots a delicious strike past Gomes into the top right. I don't know.
", And, much to Tottenham's chagrin, we're off again! 3.
… 35 min: IT'S NOT EVEN A SURPRISE NOW. It's never a penalty, but he claims for one anyway.
First published on Wed 20 Oct 2010 18.33 BST.
2. 19/10/2010 Live Benítez braced for new-look Tottenham.
He flings his shinpads into the dugout with funky fervour. If that stays the same, it would leave them second in the group having played the two strongest teams away. - comes on for Inter in Stankovic's stead.
Van der Vaart's recovery from the hamstring tweak that forced him off at Manchester United was pivotal to Spurs' plans - and so it proved in an enthralling first 45 minutes.
Now that I see the score, forget it. All rights reserved. First he goes on a long run before hoicking a cross right over the box. More from ITV, this time faithfully transcribed by Niall Mullen: "Andy Townsend said he wanted to see Bale up against the 'so-called superstars' of Inter Milan.
8 min: PENALTY FOR INTER, AND RED CARD FOR GOMES!!! A decade has passed since the 2010 Champions League final in which Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich 2-0 to complete a famous treble, arguably the crowning achievement of the Portuguese’s managerial career.. Now in charge of Tottenham Hotspur, Mourinho’s difficult start to life in north London suggests those heady days at Inter are a thing of the past.
However, Eto'o was a constant threat, and he suddenly injected real tension with a fine goal, struck past Cudicini from an angle after he dummied Hutton.
On the one hand, we're watching the reigning European champions play a bunch of top-level virgins, this being Tottenham's first tilt at the European Cup since 1962. This is the match sheet of the UEFA Champions League game between Inter Milan and Tottenham Hotspur on Oct 20, 2010. 51 min: The Spurs fans are giving it plenty, to their great credit.
"We can agree that Rafa is as good as Avram Grant when Grant breaks the Barca-Real hegemony in Spain (twice) and takes a team with Djimi Traore or equivalent (Paul Konchesky?) Why everyone, apart from Arsenal fans, and some denizens of Anfield, should want Tottenham to do well: "Have to add us Liverpool fans to the list," writes Chris Doyle, "firstly because we still love Benitez and secondly because Harry is a c******** of the highest order, despite what his friends in the media would have us believe.".
Can nobody keep their eye on the ball here. Tottenham were making their very first appearance in …
Tottenham were making their very first appearance in the Champions League, and were definitely underdogs as they went to one of the temples of football to face the defending European champions at their home ground. 44 min: Maicon has two shots towards the bottom-right corner of the Tottenham goal in two seconds. Inter were suddenly on the back foot, and Bale was in majestic form on the left flank as he tore Maicon to shreds time after time.
"There's a certain grim satisfaction to watching Benitez's Inter show Tottenham that they're out of their depth," writes James Furlong of Liverpool. 18 min: Spurs stroke it around at the back for a bit.
It’s a glamorous draw for both sides, not just because both are good teams with bonafides and pedigrees, but also because of their history in Europe. Just as in the meeting at San Siro, where he completed a hat-trick, Bale was beyond containment by Inter. For using this site, please activate JavaScript. The commitment to adventure was reminiscent of days gone by in the European Cup, when home sides felt obliged to mount an onslaught. When was the last time anybody could say that about the Champions League?
11 min: GOAL!!! Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so. If this ends 2-0, they'll have done magnificently. Harry Redknapp, meanwhile, spent a chunk of his pre-match press conference droning on about a Manchester United striker. Under Graham Poll rules, that equals a booking.
There was a reminder there that Tottenham had not yet put themselves beyond the reach of Benítez's men, even if they had been at a higher level. The Cameroonian tries to curl an outrageous effort into the top-right corner, but can't keep the ball down. Coutinho is amazing. Inter, however, carried a real air of menace despite being behind and Spurs keeper Carlo Cudicini was called into action on the stroke of half-time with a flying save to turn Wesley Sneijder's free-kick away from the top corner. Bale, clearly deciding enough's enough, bursts past two men down the left, nipping in between the challenges, then powers all the way through Inter's half and into the box. Or it could not.
"Crikey, what a performance by Bale," writes Robin Hazleburst. The last time Spurs went to the San Siro to face Inter in the Champions League (they last played in the Europa League in 2013) , the circumstances were completely reversed. Almost any other side holding a 2-1 lead would have prepared to stand shoulder to shoulder in their own penalty area. Pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, passity pass.
60:17 GOAL - Peter Crouch: Tottenham 2 - 0 Inter Milan Peter Crouch fires in a goal from inside the six-yard box low into the middle of the goal.
Harry Redknapp's side stripped Inter of any notion that they could be in command of their own destiny.
It was October 20, 2010. Spurs, in all-white with that navy slash over their shoulders, get in a huddle, then kick off!!! Wow!
20 min: Good work by Bale, Jenas and Assou-Ekotto down the left, earning a corner. This is the match sheet of the UEFA Champions League game between Tottenham Hotspur and Inter Milan on Nov 2, 2010. A brave chorus of When The Spurs Go Marching In. It's milk." There was sign of status as well in the fact that the substitution of Rafael van der Vaart with a recurrence of hamstring trouble did not receive much comment, since even a midfielder of his standing was not indispensable when so many others were flourishing. The unanswerable Bale, who persecuted the Brazil full-back Maicon throughout, cut loose once more and his low cross was converted by Peter Crouch. They can't praise Rafa, because, well, he's Rafa and the guy who wrecked Liverpool and Roy's reputation. The ball bounces to Eto'o, who knocks it straight back to Stankovic on the edge of the D. The Inter midfielder drops a shoulder, changes his feet a couple of times, and strokes a shot into the bottom-left corner with Cudicini rooted to the spot. Bang!
The Welshman has looked increasingly strong since the early part of 2010, but his confident accuracy with the set-up pass is even more telling than the athleticism. Wed 20 Oct 2010 18.33 BST This match has not been attend by any other user.
6 min: Hutton has seen a lot of the ball down the right.
33 min: Crouch is running relentlessly, up and down the line, offering himself for long passes.
Not sure what's got into him. Their heart's not really in it so much now, the intensity has gone down. His low shot is parried by Cudicini, but only smothered at the second time of asking, with Biabiany loitering. Eventually the ball's worked down the right, Tottenham's only area of success so far. "Anyone know of a club with an even glitzier record than Spurs who could be looking to get in a new goalscorer soon?".
Maybe he's already done one for the airport.
Zanetti opens his body up and sidefoots a delicious strike past Gomes into the top right. I don't know.
", And, much to Tottenham's chagrin, we're off again! 3.
… 35 min: IT'S NOT EVEN A SURPRISE NOW. It's never a penalty, but he claims for one anyway.
First published on Wed 20 Oct 2010 18.33 BST.
2. 19/10/2010 Live Benítez braced for new-look Tottenham.
He flings his shinpads into the dugout with funky fervour. If that stays the same, it would leave them second in the group having played the two strongest teams away. - comes on for Inter in Stankovic's stead.
Van der Vaart's recovery from the hamstring tweak that forced him off at Manchester United was pivotal to Spurs' plans - and so it proved in an enthralling first 45 minutes.
Now that I see the score, forget it. All rights reserved. First he goes on a long run before hoicking a cross right over the box. More from ITV, this time faithfully transcribed by Niall Mullen: "Andy Townsend said he wanted to see Bale up against the 'so-called superstars' of Inter Milan.
8 min: PENALTY FOR INTER, AND RED CARD FOR GOMES!!! A decade has passed since the 2010 Champions League final in which Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich 2-0 to complete a famous treble, arguably the crowning achievement of the Portuguese’s managerial career.. Now in charge of Tottenham Hotspur, Mourinho’s difficult start to life in north London suggests those heady days at Inter are a thing of the past.
However, Eto'o was a constant threat, and he suddenly injected real tension with a fine goal, struck past Cudicini from an angle after he dummied Hutton.
On the one hand, we're watching the reigning European champions play a bunch of top-level virgins, this being Tottenham's first tilt at the European Cup since 1962. This is the match sheet of the UEFA Champions League game between Inter Milan and Tottenham Hotspur on Oct 20, 2010. 51 min: The Spurs fans are giving it plenty, to their great credit.
"We can agree that Rafa is as good as Avram Grant when Grant breaks the Barca-Real hegemony in Spain (twice) and takes a team with Djimi Traore or equivalent (Paul Konchesky?) Why everyone, apart from Arsenal fans, and some denizens of Anfield, should want Tottenham to do well: "Have to add us Liverpool fans to the list," writes Chris Doyle, "firstly because we still love Benitez and secondly because Harry is a c******** of the highest order, despite what his friends in the media would have us believe.".
Can nobody keep their eye on the ball here. Tottenham were making their very first appearance in …
Tottenham were making their very first appearance in the Champions League, and were definitely underdogs as they went to one of the temples of football to face the defending European champions at their home ground. 44 min: Maicon has two shots towards the bottom-right corner of the Tottenham goal in two seconds. Inter were suddenly on the back foot, and Bale was in majestic form on the left flank as he tore Maicon to shreds time after time.
"There's a certain grim satisfaction to watching Benitez's Inter show Tottenham that they're out of their depth," writes James Furlong of Liverpool. 18 min: Spurs stroke it around at the back for a bit.
54 min: Santon cuts inside from the left and whips a low shot towards the bottom-left corner. It's not gonna be any better at the Lane cos Cudicini is way, way past it. "Hectically wondering how the English punditocracy are going to portray this demolition of Spurs," puffs Sasu Laaksonen. Tottenham Hotspur are set to play Inter Milan at the San Siro tomorrow in what is the opening group stage match of the Champions League for both clubs. 7:45 PM, Giuseppe Meazza | Attendance: 49.551
It’s a glamorous draw for both sides, not just because both are good teams with bonafides and pedigrees, but also because of their history in Europe. Just as in the meeting at San Siro, where he completed a hat-trick, Bale was beyond containment by Inter. For using this site, please activate JavaScript. The commitment to adventure was reminiscent of days gone by in the European Cup, when home sides felt obliged to mount an onslaught. When was the last time anybody could say that about the Champions League?
11 min: GOAL!!! Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so. If this ends 2-0, they'll have done magnificently. Harry Redknapp, meanwhile, spent a chunk of his pre-match press conference droning on about a Manchester United striker. Under Graham Poll rules, that equals a booking.
There was a reminder there that Tottenham had not yet put themselves beyond the reach of Benítez's men, even if they had been at a higher level. The Cameroonian tries to curl an outrageous effort into the top-right corner, but can't keep the ball down. Coutinho is amazing. Inter, however, carried a real air of menace despite being behind and Spurs keeper Carlo Cudicini was called into action on the stroke of half-time with a flying save to turn Wesley Sneijder's free-kick away from the top corner. Bale, clearly deciding enough's enough, bursts past two men down the left, nipping in between the challenges, then powers all the way through Inter's half and into the box. Or it could not.
"Crikey, what a performance by Bale," writes Robin Hazleburst. The last time Spurs went to the San Siro to face Inter in the Champions League (they last played in the Europa League in 2013) , the circumstances were completely reversed. Almost any other side holding a 2-1 lead would have prepared to stand shoulder to shoulder in their own penalty area. Pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, passity pass.
60:17 GOAL - Peter Crouch: Tottenham 2 - 0 Inter Milan Peter Crouch fires in a goal from inside the six-yard box low into the middle of the goal.
Harry Redknapp's side stripped Inter of any notion that they could be in command of their own destiny.
It was October 20, 2010. Spurs, in all-white with that navy slash over their shoulders, get in a huddle, then kick off!!! Wow!
20 min: Good work by Bale, Jenas and Assou-Ekotto down the left, earning a corner. This is the match sheet of the UEFA Champions League game between Tottenham Hotspur and Inter Milan on Nov 2, 2010. A brave chorus of When The Spurs Go Marching In. It's milk." There was sign of status as well in the fact that the substitution of Rafael van der Vaart with a recurrence of hamstring trouble did not receive much comment, since even a midfielder of his standing was not indispensable when so many others were flourishing. The unanswerable Bale, who persecuted the Brazil full-back Maicon throughout, cut loose once more and his low cross was converted by Peter Crouch. They can't praise Rafa, because, well, he's Rafa and the guy who wrecked Liverpool and Roy's reputation. The ball bounces to Eto'o, who knocks it straight back to Stankovic on the edge of the D. The Inter midfielder drops a shoulder, changes his feet a couple of times, and strokes a shot into the bottom-left corner with Cudicini rooted to the spot. Bang!
The Welshman has looked increasingly strong since the early part of 2010, but his confident accuracy with the set-up pass is even more telling than the athleticism. Wed 20 Oct 2010 18.33 BST This match has not been attend by any other user.
6 min: Hutton has seen a lot of the ball down the right.
33 min: Crouch is running relentlessly, up and down the line, offering himself for long passes.
Not sure what's got into him. Their heart's not really in it so much now, the intensity has gone down. His low shot is parried by Cudicini, but only smothered at the second time of asking, with Biabiany loitering. Eventually the ball's worked down the right, Tottenham's only area of success so far. "Anyone know of a club with an even glitzier record than Spurs who could be looking to get in a new goalscorer soon?".
Maybe he's already done one for the airport.
Zanetti opens his body up and sidefoots a delicious strike past Gomes into the top right. I don't know.
", And, much to Tottenham's chagrin, we're off again! 3.
… 35 min: IT'S NOT EVEN A SURPRISE NOW. It's never a penalty, but he claims for one anyway.
First published on Wed 20 Oct 2010 18.33 BST.
2. 19/10/2010 Live Benítez braced for new-look Tottenham.
He flings his shinpads into the dugout with funky fervour. If that stays the same, it would leave them second in the group having played the two strongest teams away. - comes on for Inter in Stankovic's stead.
Van der Vaart's recovery from the hamstring tweak that forced him off at Manchester United was pivotal to Spurs' plans - and so it proved in an enthralling first 45 minutes.
Now that I see the score, forget it. All rights reserved. First he goes on a long run before hoicking a cross right over the box. More from ITV, this time faithfully transcribed by Niall Mullen: "Andy Townsend said he wanted to see Bale up against the 'so-called superstars' of Inter Milan.
8 min: PENALTY FOR INTER, AND RED CARD FOR GOMES!!! A decade has passed since the 2010 Champions League final in which Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich 2-0 to complete a famous treble, arguably the crowning achievement of the Portuguese’s managerial career.. Now in charge of Tottenham Hotspur, Mourinho’s difficult start to life in north London suggests those heady days at Inter are a thing of the past.
However, Eto'o was a constant threat, and he suddenly injected real tension with a fine goal, struck past Cudicini from an angle after he dummied Hutton.
On the one hand, we're watching the reigning European champions play a bunch of top-level virgins, this being Tottenham's first tilt at the European Cup since 1962. This is the match sheet of the UEFA Champions League game between Inter Milan and Tottenham Hotspur on Oct 20, 2010. 51 min: The Spurs fans are giving it plenty, to their great credit.
"We can agree that Rafa is as good as Avram Grant when Grant breaks the Barca-Real hegemony in Spain (twice) and takes a team with Djimi Traore or equivalent (Paul Konchesky?) Why everyone, apart from Arsenal fans, and some denizens of Anfield, should want Tottenham to do well: "Have to add us Liverpool fans to the list," writes Chris Doyle, "firstly because we still love Benitez and secondly because Harry is a c******** of the highest order, despite what his friends in the media would have us believe.".
Can nobody keep their eye on the ball here. Tottenham were making their very first appearance in …
Tottenham were making their very first appearance in the Champions League, and were definitely underdogs as they went to one of the temples of football to face the defending European champions at their home ground. 44 min: Maicon has two shots towards the bottom-right corner of the Tottenham goal in two seconds. Inter were suddenly on the back foot, and Bale was in majestic form on the left flank as he tore Maicon to shreds time after time.
"There's a certain grim satisfaction to watching Benitez's Inter show Tottenham that they're out of their depth," writes James Furlong of Liverpool. 18 min: Spurs stroke it around at the back for a bit.