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Match The Bodø Affair: The Mighty Tottenham vs Bodø/Glimt of Nordland - 2000hrs 1st May 2025 - UEFA Europa League Semi Final Leg 1

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Not all artificial pitches play the same way. The one we have at the training ground is also indoors so it will be different to the one at Tamworth and at Bodo. Makes sense to not train too much on that. Unfortunately European rules are you only get to train on the away pitch for a session on the day before.

The ones with those black rubber beads play slower. I went out to watch us play Young Boys in the first away CL game under redknapp. We were 3-0 down inside 30 minutes.
Dawson and Bassong were CBs and they weren't used to the ball holding up and extra bounce almost like a tennis ball. Through balls they were expecting to run through to Gomes were just slowing down.

It looks like the Bodo pitch runs faster, almost like the old school astro with sand (I've got plenty of burns on my legs from sliding on that surface) . The weight of passing from our players needs to be good. Otherwise the ball will just run out.
The pitch will be watered to make it as fast as possible. A dry old 3G pitch can not be compared to a new, fast and wet one. That's night and day. In Norway some teams skips to water their 3G pitch when Bodø/Glimt visits.
 
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Midfield of Bissouma, Bentancur and Sarr or Kulusevski.

Front 2 of Solanke and a n other,and that should ne Johnson, who absolutely knows how to time his runs.

If it looks lacking revert.
 
Without Madison I just can’t see how we keep the ball or create anything , no Bergval either . This is going to be a backs to the wall performance where we will be hugely reliant on Solanke if fit or Richi to hold the ball up and just give us breathing space . It’s going to be a horrible watch .
 
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