[UEFA Champions League > Wednesday 13 April]

Re: UEFA Champions League > Wednesday 13 April Tottenham Vs Real Madrid I can't see past Madrid here. This is not a case of Mourinho having to park the bus in order to sneak his technically inferior Milan side past Barcelona as last year, this is Mourinho bringing a vastly superior side play a team in the country he says he has unfinished with. The chance to send a message, especially in his old stamping ground of London, will not be something Mourinho ignores I feel. In all honesty I think people have gotten a little bit carried away with Spurs' fairytale foray into the Champions League. The games against Inter aside (a team clearly struggling with then manager Benitez's tactics) their only really stand-out performance was in the away leg against AC. Don't get me wrong, that was a very good result, however, they got absolutely murdered by AC at White Hart Lane but it turned out to be "one of those days" and I believe AC could have played all day and not scored. On another day, 3, 4 even 5-nil would have been fair. And that was without Spurs haveing to chase the game! Their other results were against at best mediocre CL opposition and now, having to come out and attack a Madrid side organised by Mourinho, one of the greats at organising counter-attacking teams, I can fully see another 3 or 4 nil here. That being said, I've taken Madrid just for the win at 6/4 with William Hill and medium stakes as my funds should really be being put to other use at present. If my situation was different this would happily be a high stakes bet for me.