Tottenham Hotspur are three European games away from winning the Champions League trophy.
Martin Keown and Paul Ince were in disagreement as to whether Tottenham are favourites for their Champions League semi-final showdown against Ajax.
Mauricio Pochettino’s side, who suffered a home defeat against West Ham on Saturday, will welcome the Dutch club to North London on Tuesday night.
Spurs will be hoping to gain an advantage going into the reverse leg against a team that has already knocked out Real Madrid and Juventus.
Speaking to Football Focus on BBC One (27/04/2019 at 12:30 pm), Keown felt that Ajax were favourites going into the game which surprised his fellow BBC Sport pundit.
“If you see what they have done to Real Madrid and Juventus, they are now I think the favourites going into this and they could be surprise package to go on and win it,” Keown told Football Focus.
Ince looked at Keown in a perplexed manner: “Favourites? I am not sure they are going to be the favourites to beat Tottenham.”
Keown responded: “Why not? They beat Real Madrid and Juventus?” Ince then added: “Even without Son and Kane, I think Tottenham might have too much for them, experience wise. I think they win it. Unless you want to bet?
“Let’s see what happens,” Keown stated.
Pochettino will be hoping his players can put their performance over the weekend to one side because this is the biggest game of their season so far.
In previous European matches, i.e. against Dortmund, they proved that they can showcase their worth in the first leg and come through the tie.
They will be hoping for something similar here because reaching the European Cup final would be a great achievement by Pochettino and his players.
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