UEFA Champions League - Away against Marseille, Tottenham need to fight to the end in order to qualify

2022-11-01 15:12

UEFA Champions League - Away against Marseille, Tottenham need to fight to the end in order to qualify


Group D of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League group stage will usher in the final round of battle tomorrow. Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur will challenge the Ligue 1 powerhouse Marseille with a foul attitude. Since the other teams in the same group have hopes of advancing to the last 16, Conte's team must win to get a ticket to the knockout stage.


Tottenham Hotspur currently ranks first in the group standings with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss with 8 points, Sporting Portugal and Frankfurt are also close behind with 7 points, while Marseille has 2 wins, 3 losses and 6 points. Therefore, Group D has also become the only group that has not yet produced a qualifying team after the five rounds of the Champions League group stage this season.


Conte unable to direct Tottenham on the spot


After Tottenham Hotspur's 3-2 thrilling reversal of Bournemouth in the Premier League away last week, the 2-game losing streak in the league and the 3-game winning streak in all competitions finally ended, and it also successfully added more confidence to the match against Marseille . On the other hand, Marseille drew 1-1 away from Strasbourg in the last round of Ligue 1, and suffered 4 games without victory, and the overall momentum was slightly weaker.


In addition, Tottenham still has Richarlison, Romero and Kulusevski out due to injury, and coach Conte was sent off with a red card for this reason, so he cannot command the team on the sidelines in this game. And Marseille has only one injured person, Bailly, so he can take on a strong battle.


In the round-robin match between the two sides, Tottenham relied on Richarlison to score 2 goals within 5 minutes of the second half, and finally won the game 2-0. In another Group D match, Sporting Portugal will host Eintracht Frankfurt, and the winning team will get a ticket to the round of 16.