Tottenham in Europa League chaos as cheeky Bodo/Glimt fans set off fireworks outside hotel at 2.30am
TOTTENHAM'S players had their sleep disrupted ahead of their crunch Europa League semi-final second leg by cheeky Bodo/Glimt supporters letting off fireworks.
Pyrotechnics exploded outside the team's hotel down by the waterfront in the sleepy town of Bodo up in the Arctic Circle at around 2.30am.
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Bodo/Glimt fans set off fireworks outside Tottenham's waterfront hotel at 2:30am
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Spurs face their biggest match in recent years tonight in the Arctic Circle
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The disturbance happened as the Spurs squad were trying to get their rest in before the biggest game of their season.
They face Norwegian champions Glimt on their tricky plastic pitch on Thursday evening having won the first leg 3-1 last week in North London.
But they will be wary of Glimt's excellent home record which has seen the Scandinavians beat Porto, Red Star Belgrade, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Olympiakos, FC Twente and Lazio already this season.
It is not the first time Spurs have had fireworks let off by pesky home supporters the night before a European game.
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The same thing happened ahead of their January Europa League group game in Hoffenheim, as well as in Marseille in the Champions League back in 2022.
Spurs' preparations had already been hit by the loss of James Maddison to a season-ending knee injury sustained in the first leg.
SunSport understands the England star has damaged his medial ligament and is facing three months on the sidelines, putting him at risk of missing the start of next season.
Boss Ange Postecoglou, who has had an unrelenting amount of injuries to deal with this term, said during his Wednesday press conference: 'He'll miss the rest of this season.
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'I'm disappointed for him more than anything else because he's been a big catalyst for us.
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'He'll miss out but that's been a constant of our season, dealing with these things, so we'll overcome that. Everyone else from the first leg has travelled and they're ready to go.'
Captain Son Heung-min is also absent due to a nagging foot injury, but £65million striker Dominic Solanke is back fit after missing West Ham on Sunday with a quad issue.
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Spurs are bidding to save their season - and possibly Postecoglou's job - by going all the way in Europe, having plummeted to 16th in the Premier League.
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