{"id":1088046,"date":"2019-05-08T16:37:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T15:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1088046"},"modified":"2019-05-08T16:37:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T15:37:17","slug":"tottenham-backed-easily-beat-feeder-club-ajax-sherwood","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/tottenham-backed-easily-beat-feeder-club-ajax-sherwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs backed to easily beat ‘feeder club’ Ajax by ex-boss Tim Sherwood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham Hotspur have a great chance of getting to the Champions League final ahead of their “feeder club” Ajax, according to ex-boss Tim Sherwood.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spurs face the Dutch side on Wednesday evening in the Champions League semi-final second leg have lost the first leg 1-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.<\/p>\n

Can Spurs reach the Champions League? Five things you need to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. Spurs lost 1-0 against Ajax at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the Champions League semi-final first leg.<\/li>\n
  2. A first-half goal from Donny van de Beek secured a vital away victory for the Dutch side.<\/li>\n
  3. However, Spurs can now field returning forward Son Heung-Min who is back from suspension.<\/li>\n
  4. The Premier League club have four ex-Ajax players in their ranks: Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Christian Eriksen and Davison Sanchez.<\/li>\n
  5. The winner of this semi-final will face Liverpool in the final in June following their explosive 4-0 victory against Barcelona.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Ex-Tottenham Hotspur manager Sherwood was talking about his former club’s chances Wednesday evening when he referred to the Eredivisie side as Spurs’ “feeder club”.<\/p>\n

    Sherwood feels that the north London club have more than enough talent to progress to the final despite Ajax’s professional performance in England last week.<\/p>\n

    Speaking to TalkSport<\/a>, he said: \u201cI think Pochettino is saying that maybe it\u2019s a bit far-fetched that Tottenham should win the\u00a0Champions League, but I disagree, I think they\u2019ve got the players to beat anyone on their day.<\/p>\n

    \u201cIf it\u2019s far-fetched for Tottenham to win the Champions League, how far-fetched would it be if their feeder club won the Champions League \u2013 and that\u2019s Ajax.<\/p>\n

    \u201cAt the beginning of the season, if you said you\u2019re going to play a two-legged semi-final against Ajax to get into the final of the Champions League, they would have ripped your hands off!<\/p>\n

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    \u201cThe objective at the start of every season is to finish in the top four and yes it would be nice to win a domestic cup, so to win the Champions League would be a dream.<\/p>\n

    \u201cBut, they\u2019ve got a chance. They\u2019re playing against Ajax who are their feeder club, let\u2019s face it. They\u2019ve got four of their former players in Tottenham\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

    \u201cAjax have done brilliantly, they\u2019re a great young side and they\u2019re showing up a lot of the Premier League with the way they\u2019re going about it and the philosophy of their football club, but you\u2019d have to say Tottenham have got to be favourites over two legs.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI expect them to hit the ground running tonight and take the game to Ajax.\u201d<\/p>\n