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Udinese

  • Di Natale 24’ (pen.)
  • Pepe 86’

Tottenham Hotspur

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Udinese
    • Tottenham Hotspur
    • 90+2' The ref puts Tottenham out of their misery. The cycle of despair continues.
    • 90' Two minutes to be added on.
    • 89' The final Udinese change: Giovanni Pasquale on for Lukovic.
    • 87' Udinese change: Antonio Floro Flores on for D'Agostino.
    • 86' A SECOND GOAL FOR UDINESE!! Pepe is given the ball by the Quag with only Gomes to beat and he finishes it off the inside of the post with aplomb, the ball nestling inside the other post.
    • 85' Giovani to the byline, from where he crosses superbly for BENT... GREAT HEADER TIPPED OVER BY HANDANOVIC!!
    • 84' A cross is just too long for Jenas, but Tottenham have a throw in the final third. Bent rises... a tame header and foul awarded against him anyway.
    • 83' Modric with a tricky run into the box, just denied by a stout Bianconeri backline...
    • 82' Udinese man Mauricio Isla booked for a late tackle on Zokora.
    • 82' Time running out for Spurs, who have only one change remaining.
    • 79' Before that Jenas was lucky not to be shown a yellow card for a studs-up challenge on Inler. The Swiss is hurt and receives treatment.
    • 79' Udinese change: Simone Pepe on for Sanchez.
    • 77' Gomes out to gather close to the end of his area. Cue fluctuating heart rates around London.
    • 76' Little sign of a goal for Spurs. They have to score as this is a group stage match.
    • 73' Gomes flaps at the ball three or four times - he really is comical when he's playing like this - before the ref gives him a reprieve with the award of a free-kick for no good reason. He makes some great saves, but his defence have zero confidence in him.
    • 72' Udine making the 10 men of the away side run, run, run. As the technically-gifted Italians are so adept at doing.
    • 70' Di Natale looks to shoot from inside the box and it is blocked... the ball falls to the Quag... he is offside and cannot score from two yards out anyway.
    • 67' The young Mexican - who must be wondering why he left Barcelona for London given the start Tottenham have suffered - looks to get involved immediately.
    • 64' Spurs change: Giovani on for Woodgate.
    • 63' Bale booked for a challenge on Andrea Coda.
    • 63' Di Natale with an outrageous lob with his instep after controlling the ball - Gomes flies backwards to claw it out! The massive reach of the Brazilian was essential there to keep Spurs in this match.
    • 60' Spurs went down to nine men at the weekend at Stoke. Ramos must be getting fed up with it!
    • 57' O'HARA SENT OFF!! The midfielder stupidly lunged in on the fleet-footed Sanchez a second time in a minute - and is given his marching orders.
    • 56' Udinese building pressure in this second period. O'Hara booked for a tackle on Sanchez.
    • 54' D'Agostino attacks the space opening ahead of him down the centre of the field, curling a shot just wide of the upright.
    • 52' A good interchange between Modric and Lennon wins a corner for Spurs, which is cleared by the second-placed side in Serie A.
    • 51' Quagliarella wins half a yard of space and gets a shot away, low to the neat post - Gomes down to make a good stop. Corner kick.
    • 50' Lennon haring down the right, he's got men at the back post... his cross is low and hacked away. Spurs have to make something of these situations.
    • 49' Well over the bar.
    • 48' Free-kick to Spurs in a dangerous area... Bale territory. This time he ought to put a cross in, but looks to be lining up another strike at goal.
    • 46' The second half begins, Spurs now attacking the goal to our left.
    • - Spurs change at the break: Modric on for Assou-Ekotto. An attacking move from Ramos.
    • 45' A total of three seconds of injury time elapses before the ref blows up for the half. More woe for Spurs, who are lacking confidence but giving their all.
    • 45' A poor attempt at a cross from Hutton. Luka Modric is on the bench tonight, while Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko and Croatian defender Vedran Corluka are both cup-tied.
    • 44' Lennon tries to pierce the home defence with a ball into feet, but it is intercepted.
    • 42' Chilean Sanchez orchestrating the best Udine attacks. This time Lukovic should hit a first-time shot but instead looks to cross, and Gomes is there to make the catch.
    • 39' O'Hara exemplifies the lack of confidence at present in the Tottenham ranks as he fails to control cleanly a loose ball in the box, with the keeper stranded. He moves away from goal before teeing up a team-mate 20 yards out, who blazes over.
    • 38' Maurizio Domizzi fouls Bent from behind and Spurs have a set-piece in a tasty position near the area... Bale hits it into the wall.
    • 37' Lennon again looking to attack, but is muscled off the ball. Spurs have not been useless in this match - although they are yet to seriously test Handanovic's goal.
    • 36' Apparently Zokora does not know how to control a football.
    • 35' Quagliarella chasing down but King holds him off and moves out wide with the ball, majestic. He promptly gives the ball to the feet of rival midfielder Alexis Sanchez! He finds Di Natale, who is tackled roughly outside the area.
    • 34' Bale curls a free-kick over the far top corner from the right side, which will annoy the defenders that ran all the way up from the back.
    • 32' Lennon on the charge immediately, with two team-mates in tow... he cuts inside and falls on his bottom!! Silly boy. He should have passed.
    • 32' Quagliarella has two swipes at a volley that Spurs finally clear after Gomes punches a corner when he has time to catch.
    • 31' Marco Motta lets fly from distance, a dipping shot towards Gomes's left-hand post; he should catch it but instead parries it away unconvincingly.
    • 28' Again the big man makes a hash of it, coming out to claim a cross and dropping it before making amends at the second attempt.
    • 26' Juande Ramos must be wondering why he ever left Sevilla. Back-to-back UEFA Cups, hero status... for this? Or perhaps right now he is just wondering why he laid eyes on Gomes and thought he would be a good signing.
    • 24' Di Natale puts it away for the lead, condemning the struggling Premier League side to more heartache.
    • 23' Lukovic and Gomes both booked, the former because of his protests.
    • 22' PENALTY TO UDINESE!! Gomes, justifying his 'player to watch' status, fails to control the ball cleanly and Quagliarella closed him down; the goalie hauled him back. The Quag went down easily, but it was a clear penalty. What was Gomes thinking?
    • 22' Bentley said recently: "It's been difficult out on the pitch. We've not been together. We didn't know where people were running, what people were doing. It's been a difficult start. I wasn't enjoying it. It's been shocking, it's been a bit st." Tonight they look pretty good without you, Dave...
    • 20' Alan Hutton with a marauding run from right-back, feeding Lennon... the jet-heeled winger goes round the outside of Aleksandar Lukovic and fires a shot at goal from an angle - beaten away by Handanovic, and Udinese survive the rebound.
    • 19' O'Hara bends a shot at goal as the home goalie comes off his line - it is over the top. Unlucky.
    • 17' Mauricio Isla plays a lovely reverse pass down the left for Di Natale to beat the offside trap, but the tricky forward's low cross is dealt with by Gomes at his near post.
    • 15' Jenas beats his man on the right and crosses to the back post... Bent backtracks to head at goal - and into the arms of Handanovic. He should have done better with that, and maybe could even have brought it down to shoot. He had the time.
    • 14' Gomes claims a Di Natale cross from near the left corner flag.
    • 13' O'Hara with a clever aerial reverse ball to the chest of Bale on the left flank, but Udinese defend it successfully.
    • 12' Lennon hacked as he sprints down the right side of the box, but referee Felix Brych of Germany does not see it as a foul - nor does his assistant.
    • 10' Lennon centres low from the right, but there is no one to attack it as Samir Handanovic gathers into his arms.
    • 9' Cameroonian Benoit Assou-Ekotto, playing at left-back for Tottenham, with a risky flick over an attacker's head before wellying it clear.
    • 8' The home fans in excellent voice, although their side has been repelled by the English back pairing of Woodgate and King up to now.
    • 6' The Spurs jokes are doing the rounds this week after their latest defeat to Stoke at the weekend. 'Tesco are releasing new Oxo cubes in Spurs colours. Customers are told to look out for laughing stocks.' No offence intended, Spurs fans.
    • 4' Woodgate concedes a free-kick in a dangerous position. Gaetano D'Agostino bends it in and Quagliarella heads just wide. Danger signs for the North London outfit.
    • 2' After an early attack by Spurs Udinese counter, Di Natale chipping through for the Quag - he takes it on with his shoulder but goalie Heurelho Gomes is out quickly to gather. The whistle sounds, presumably for handball.
    • 1' The match begins in Italy. Tottenham kicking from left to right in light blue colours, Udinese in black and white stripes.
    • - The fearsome front pairing of Fabio Quagliarella and Antonio Di Natale will provide Jonathan Woodgate and Ledley King with plenty of work.
    • - Aaron Lennon starts on the right, with Gareth Bale on the left side of midfield. A midfield trio of Didier Zokora, Jamie O'Hara and Jermaine Jenas will hold things together (perhaps) while Darren Bent is on his own up front.
    • - The big news as far as Spurs are concerned is that David Bentley, who criticised the club's start to the season, has been omitted - from the bench as well as the starting line-up.
    • - Welcome to LIVE text coverage of Tottenham's opening UEFA Cup Group D encounter with Udinese in Italy.

  • Team Stats

    Udinese Stats Tottenham Hotspur
    56% Possession 44%
    14 Shots 8
    8 Shots on target 2
    2 Saves 2
    8 Corners 4
    23 Fouls 23
    7 Offsides 0
    3 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 1
    25 Tackles 19
    274 Accurate passes 193
    45 Bad passes 25

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Udinese
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Samir Handanovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      13 Andrea Coda 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 12 0 1
      24 Aleksander Lukovic 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 23 8 2
      6 Maurizio Domizzi 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 18 3 3
      23 Marco Motta 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 22 2 1
      21 Gaetano D'Agostino 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 45 8 2
      15 Mauricio Isla 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 41 6 4
      88 Gökhan Inler 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 45 6 3
      27 Fabio Quagliarella 0 3 1 2 5 3 1 15 3 1
      11 Alexis Sánchez 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 17 0 4
      10 Antonio Di Natale 1 5 3 0 2 3 0 25 7 3
      7 Simone Pepe 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 1
      12 Jan Koprivec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      83 Antonio Floro Flores 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      26 Giovanni Pasquale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      5 Christian Obodo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      99 Luigi Sala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Damiano Ferronetti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Tottenham Hotspur
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Heurelho Gomes 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0
      39 Jonathan Woodgate 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 9 1 0
      32 Benoit Assou-Ekotto 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 2 3
      2 Alan Hutton 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 20 0 4
      3 Gareth Bale 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 16 4 2
      26 Ledley King 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 17 1 4
      8 Jermaine Jenas 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 21 4 0
      4 Didier Zokora 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 26 3 2
      24 Jamie O'Hara 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 24 6 0
      7 Aaron Lennon 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 15 0 2
      10 Darren Bent 0 2 2 3 5 0 0 9 0 1
      16 Chris Gunter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 César Sánchez Dominguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Luka Modric 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19 4 0
      20 Michael Dawson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Gilberto da Silva Melo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Fraizer Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Giovani dos Santos 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 7 0 1

  • Summary

    • 86' A SECOND GOAL FOR UDINESE!! Pepe is given the ball by the Quag with only Gomes to beat and he finishes it off the inside of the post with aplomb, the ball nestling inside the other post.
    • 85' Giovani to the byline, from where he crosses superbly for BENT... GREAT HEADER TIPPED OVER BY HANDANOVIC!!
    • 73' Gomes flaps at the ball three or four times - he really is comical when he's playing like this - before the ref gives him a reprieve with the award of a free-kick for no good reason. He makes some great saves, but his defence have zero confidence in him.
    • 63' Di Natale with an outrageous lob with his instep after controlling the ball - Gomes flies backwards to claw it out! The massive reach of the Brazilian was essential there to keep Spurs in this match.
    • 57' O'HARA SENT OFF!! The midfielder stupidly lunged in on the fleet-footed Sanchez a second time in a minute - and is given his marching orders.
    • 24' Di Natale puts it away for the lead, condemning the struggling Premier League side to more heartache.
    • 22' PENALTY TO UDINESE!! Gomes, justifying his 'player to watch' status, fails to control the ball cleanly and Quagliarella closed him down; the goalie hauled him back. The Quag went down easily, but it was a clear penalty. What was Gomes thinking?
    • 20' Alan Hutton with a marauding run from right-back, feeding Lennon... the jet-heeled winger goes round the outside of Aleksandar Lukovic and fires a shot at goal from an angle - beaten away by Handanovic, and Udinese survive the rebound.
    • 15' Jenas beats his man on the right and crosses to the back post... Bent backtracks to head at goal - and into the arms of Handanovic. He should have done better with that, and maybe could even have brought it down to shoot. He had the time.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Dr. Felix Brych

  • Udinese

    Manager: Pasquale Marino

    Captain: Antonio Di Natale

    Starting line-up

    • S. Handanovic
    • M. Motta
    • M. Domizzi
    • A. Coda
    • A. Lukovic Yellow Card Substitution Out (89′)
    • G. Inler
    • M. Isla Yellow Card
    • G. D'Agostino Yellow Card Substitution Out (87′)
    • A. Sanchez Substitution Out (79′)
    • A. Di Natale
    • F. Quagliarella

    Subs

    • L. Sala
    • A. Floro Flores Substitution In87′
    • D. Ferronetti
    • S. Pepe Substitution In79′ Goal
    • G. Pasquale Substitution In89′
    • C. Obodo
    • J. Koprivec

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Tottenham Hotspur

    Manager: Juande Ramos

    Captain: Ledley King

    Starting line-up

    • H. Gomes Yellow Card
    • A. Hutton
    • J. Woodgate Substitution Out (64′)
    • L. King
    • B. Assou-Ekotto Substitution Out (46′)
    • D. Zokora
    • J. Jenas
    • J. O'Hara Red Card
    • A. Lennon
    • G. Bale Yellow Card
    • D. Bent

    Subs

    • C. Sanchez
    • D. Gilberto
    • M. Dawson
    • L. Modric Substitution In46′
    • G. Dos Santos Substitution In64′
    • F. Campbell
    • C. Gunter

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • R. Pavlyuchenko
    • V. Corluka

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