Two clubs chasing qualification for the UEFA Europa League will do battle today in a match between AEL Limassol and Tottenham. The playoff scheduled for 12 p.m. ET will be held at Tsirion Stadium in Limassol and can be live streamed here free.
For a small Cypriot club, today's encounter is an opportunity to show all of Europe it belongs in international competition. Manager Ivaylo Petev has gone as far as believing it will serve as a good day for his side. The AEL boss hopes previous playing experience against Russian powerhouse Zenit St. Petersburg will help propel his team past their English counterpart, Tottenham.
"I believe [the] 21 [of] August will be a very good day for AEL," Petev told UEFA.com. "There is belief and it is vital that there is in the squad. We managed to beat a club like Zenit in our previous tie in Europe and were then unlucky to go out against them because we played with ten men for some 70 minutes [in the second leg]. But that is now behind us."
AEL hope a victory will be in front of them when the final whistle blows.
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Player to Watch: Having underperformed for Tottenham last season, Roberto Soldado will look for a better campaign in 2014. The 29-year-old scored just six goals in 28 league appearances in 2013-14, but fared far better in European competition, finishing with three in five starts.
Tottenham's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Friedel; Naughton, Dier, Vertonghen, Davies; Paulinho, Holtby; Townsend, Lamela, Chadli; Soldado
AEL Limassol's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Fegrouch; Carlitos, Sielis, Cadú, Edmar; Guidileye, Nikolaou; Sardinero, Zezinho, Danielzinho; Gikiewicz
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