Tottenham face two cup finals in a week according to boss Mauricio Pochettino ahead of a Europa League tie with Fiorentina and the League Cup final.
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Spurs meet Chelsea at Wembley less than 72 hours
after playing the round of 32 second leg in Italy.
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“I think this is our first final before Sunday,” said
Pochettino, whose side drew 1-1 in the first leg.
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“It’s important now but we are ready and confident to take the game to try to get the victory.”
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Spurs have reached at least the last-16 in the Europa
League in each of the last two seasons but have not
gone past the quarter-finals in any European
competition since 1984.
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But with a domestic cup final and the chance for a
first piece of silverware in seven years on the
horizon, Pochettino could perhaps be forgiven for
giving in to the temptation of resting key players in
Florence.
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Top scorer Harry Kane and playmaker Erik Lamela
were only used off the bench in the first leg, three
days before Tottenham’s 2-2 Premier League draw
with West Ham.
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“We need to decide on who plays because we have
played two very tough games against Fiorentina and
West Ham,” added Pochettino.
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“So we need to analyse and decide the strongest
team to play.”
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Fiorentina – fifth in Serie A – are unbeaten in 10
games but will be without goalkeeper Ciprian
Tatarusanu, so Norberto Neto will deputise.
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Spanish midfielder Borja Valero is also unavailable
but Mohamed Salah, on loan from Chelsea, is
included in their squad, as is English defender Micah
Richards.
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