Source: Telegraph
Tottenham Hotspur v Young Boys: Jermain Defoe urges team-mates to finish the job
The Tottenham Hotspur striker is set to return after recovering from a groin injury sustained on the plastic pitch in Berne last week. [LNB]Spurs trailed 3-0 in the first leg of the Champions League before scoring twice to give themselves a chance at White Hart Lane. [LNB] Related ArticlesRedknapp lines up Diarra swoopWilliam Gallas completes Tottenham moveYoung Boys 3 Tottenham 2Peter Crouch's gameplan falls apartRedknapp: Woodgate could be forced to retireDawson refuses to blame pitch for defeatAnd Defoe, who expects to be fit to face the Swiss, said: 'It would be a massive blow if we failed to qualify. [LNB]'Everyone wants to play in the Champions League. On a Tuesday night you don't want to be at home watching EastEnders. You want to be at the Lane.'[LNB]Defoe admitted he was confused as to why Spurs started so badly last week in Switzerland. [LNB]'We weren't overawed,' he said. 'Before the game everyone was buzzing. [LNB]'Not many of the boys have played in the Champions League before but I don't want to use the plastic pitch as an excuse. [LNB]'Young Boys played well, but to get two away goals in the end was good for us. [LNB]'This will be one of the biggest games of my career and for the club in general. [LNB]'We put so much work into getting into the top four.'[LNB]Manager Harry Redknapp is set to have several players available including Defoe, Robbie Keane and Roman Pavlyuchenko but Luka Modric is out. [LNB]Redknapp said: 'We're pretty much okay, a few who weren't fit on Saturday have trained. Modric is not fit but the other lads came out and trained this morning and are okay. [LNB]'Luka is a fantastic player but we coped when he was out before for a long period and we coped at Stoke without him. We have other good players. [LNB]'It's a big game but there have been a lot of big games over the years. [LNB]'But we are at home and we are a fantastic team when we play well at home. If we play as we can play we are going to be very difficult to beat. [LNB]'I wouldn't say we're favourites. If we can't win tomorrow we don't deserve to be in the competition. We have got to win, a draw's no good. If we play as we can play it will be very, very difficult not to win.'[LNB]
