London's "Tottenham" arrived in Madrid slightly weakened. Tomorrow, Mauricio Pochettino's team will seek to defeat Madrid's "Real" club at the "Santiago Bernabeu" stadium in the UEFA Champions League group stage after a seven-year break. "Tottenham" failed to protect themselves from injuries - Georges-Kevin N'Koudou, Victor Wanyama, and Ben Davies did not travel to Madrid. The loss of the latter player is particularly painful, as he had demonstrated excellent performance this season - already scoring two goals and providing as many assists. B. Davies did not play in the weekend match against "Bournemouth". There were hopes that the defender would recover in time for tomorrow's match, but M. Pochettino ultimately decided to leave the player in North London. However, there is also some good news - Moussa Dembele and Danny Rose traveled to Madrid with the team. Rose has not played a single minute this season, but now M. Pochettino may be forced to use him from the first minutes. Meanwhile, "Tottenham's" opponents at home will definitely have to cope without Dani Carvajal, Gareth Bale, and Mateo Kovacic.
TEAM NEWS: @gknkoudou (concussion), @Ben_Davies33 (ill) & @VictorWanyama (knee) miss out as they continue their recoveries. pic.twitter.com/LiKCtNaehj
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) October 16, 2017
