Post-match: CC R4: Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea - Sept. 29, 2020

Match is on DAZN in Canada. Do you guys have DAZN stateside? I had no choice but to subscribe because they bought all the rights to PL, CL and League Cup in Canada. It is $150 Canadian a year, but they also have every NFL game and a bunch of other sports. The company that owns DAZN, Platform Group, is loaded and they just blow the competition away in their bids for TV rights.

 

NBC has US rights to Premier League. But Europa league was CBS, League Cup ESPN, it's a mess. Forget who has the FA Cup.

This must be peak fixture congestion week, I guess. Fully expect to go out, fielding a reserve side.

 

We do have a loophole in Canada in that the NBC Saturday 5:30 pm kickoff can be seen here, even though there is a big disclaimer at the beginning of the broadcast saying something like "This broadcast is not authorized for viewing outside the USA".

For some reason the DAZN people didn't gobble up the FA Cup rights, so that competition is still broadcast on Sportsnet, who used to have the rights for PL in Canada.

 

Here are the teams:

Spurs: Lloris (C), Alderweireld, Dier, Tanganga, Aurier, Gedson, Ndombele, Sissoko, Reguilon, Bergwijn, Lamela.

Chelsea: Mendy, Azpilicueta, Zoma, Tomori, Chilwell, Jorginho, Kovacic, Hudson-Odoi, Mount, Werner, Giroud.

 

Actually not a bad starting 11.

 

More of a 9-1-0 knowing Jose.

 

We are underway, Lee Mason is the puppet referee.

 

As expected, Chelsea pinging the ball about while our Experimental XI pile everyone behind the ball.

 

Lamela is playing furthest forward, which makes no sense because when we do get the ball, there is nobody to play it to.

 

Kane is on the bench, ostensibly to come on in the 89th minute for the penalty shootout.

 

Good to see Tanganga healthy and back in the team.

 

Today's exciting fun fact: the last Spurs player to score in this competition was...Fernando Llorente.

 

Possession: 25-75.

 

First chance to Chelsea, Tanganga misplays a low cross and Hudson-Odoi volleys into the arms of Lloris. Five games into the season and we are still looking for our first clean sheet.

 

0-1, Werner.

Reguilon gives the ball away (welcome to the club, son) and Werner, who shredded us in the CL, drills a low shot into the corner past Hugo.

 

Gedson of all people nearly scores, but Zouma makes a good block.

 

Dier comes off for treatment, Sanchez is getting ready.

 

Well at least we won't be screwed by VAR tonight because there is no VAR.