TOTTENHAM'S 3-1 REAL MADRID BEATING IS A MILESTONE FOR THE CLUB

They have come of age.


It's been season after season of improvement under Pochettino, and even though it has yet to culminate in a trophy, their very comprehensive win over Real Madrid is a special hallmark in their history.


Mauricio Pochettino has been the man behind their gradual rise to being recognised as one of the best teams in England. From coming in, and changing the way the team plays, focusing on the importance of defence and organisation as opposed to the standard English way of just being open and a two-dimensional, the results are starting to bear fruit.

TOTTENHAM CAN DEFEAT MADRID WITH RIGHT GAMEPLAN

Can Tottenham finally claim a major scalp as the North London club continue their gradual ascension in club football?


Later tonight, it all goes down at Wembley where they go up against the might of Real Madrid, and after their performance at the Bernabeu, they should go into this game confident of beating Zidane and his boys.


They should even be more buoyed by the fact that it's a Real Madrid team who just got humbled by recently promoted Girona.


Deservedly so.

REAL MADRID NEED TO BEAT SPURS TO RECOVER FROM GIRONA

Girona.


The loss was so bad on so many levels that tonight could not have come quick enough for Madrid.


When you lose so painfully, the only remedy is having another game where you can put that memory to bed. The players will want to know how it feels to win again, quickly, and not have to reflect any further on how they got beat in Catalonia.


All eyes will be on Cristiano, who was one of the chief culprits in that game against Girona. His control was off, he was too slow to react to the quicker and hungrier Girona defenders, and he simply wasn't able to rise to the occassion.

NAPOLI FACE TOUGHEST TEST AGAINST MAN CITY

As good and Napoli have been and as many football fans as they've won thus far, they are yet to truly be tested.


How good are this Napoli team? Are they the real deal?

KANE NEEDS TO PROVE HE'S WORLD CLASS AGAINST MADRID

This is the match. This is where Harry Kane can finally enter World Class territory.


The biggest game of his career so far. Real Madrid, defending champions, and in one of the most storied stadiums in football.


Stage is set for Kane to show whether he is in fact the successor to Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer, and can be regarded as one of Europe's most elite strikers.

CRISTIANO CONTINUES GOALSCORING HEAT AGAINST DORTMUND

Look man...this dude scores a lot of goals.


What can I say? The sky is blue, pancakes taste good, and Cristiano Ronaldo scores in a football match.


This was coming off the back of a very frustrating game he had in which he was shut down by...Real Betis.


Yes...Betis.

CHELSEA'S TACTICAL VICTORY OVER ATLETICO WAS VERY MEANINGFUL

You've got to hand it the tacticians out there.


When they get it right, it's just as beautiful to watch as an attacking team who score three or five goals.


Footballing brilliance comes in a multitude of ways.