Europa League 2014/15

[DenizlispoR]

Well,Besiktas isn't a big team as you think. They have horrible luck. Their best players always get injured. Demba Ba already did. They got great fans,but their stadium is redecorating and they're playing in awful stadium now.

And for Trabzonspor,this team is awful. Forget about it.

[Lineker]

Still, trekking to Istanbul is far from ideal.

[DavidMarrio]

Well,Besiktas isn't a big team as you think. They have horrible luck. Their best players always get injured. Demba Ba already did. They got great fans,but their stadium is redecorating and they're playing in awful stadium now.

And for Trabzonspor,this team is awful. Forget about it.

You leave the Ataturk Stadium alone!! It's a great stadium.

[Thrilla]

Magical European nights.

[King Ellis]

Our trips to Besiktas, Partizan Belgrade and Asteras Tripolis will sum up to over 10,000 miles of travel. Everton will clock around 7,200 while Celtic meet Salzburg, Dinamo Zagreb and Romanians FC Astra - opponents which will require around 9,400 miles of travel.

So not looking forward to the Sunday games after those three away matches.

They aren't walking. :/

Celtic are. Scotland hasn't got planes yet.

They do, it's just two halves of different planes from other countries put together and held by tape.

[DenizlispoR]

Well,Besiktas isn't a big team as you think. They have horrible luck. Their best players always get injured. Demba Ba already did. They got great fans,but their stadium is redecorating and they're playing in awful stadium now.

And for Trabzonspor,this team is awful. Forget about it.

You leave the Ataturk Stadium alone!! It's a great stadium.

It's in the middle of nowhere dude.

[Gazz]

Bit harsh on Turkey, that is. I hear it's lovely this time of year.

[Lineker]

Mauricio confirms that @E_Adebayor, @mousadembele, Rose, Chadli & @YounsKabs4 haven't travelled to Belgrade. #COYS pic.twitter.com/wODWQfzKMM

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial)

September 17, 2014

[Lineker]

Tottenham include new signing Benjamin Stambouli for his first start in midfield with Harry the DEMON Kane preferred to Roberto Soldado up front. At the back Federico Fazio, who won the tournament last season with Sevilla, makes his debut. Erik Lamela is on the bench.

Tottenham starting XI: Lloris, Naughton, Fazio, Vertonghen, Davies; Bentaleb, Stambouli; Lennon, Paulinho, Townsend; Kane.

Ghanaian winger Wakaso Mubarak makes his Celtic debut in just one change for the Scottish side at FC Salzburg. Aleksandar Tonev is the man to make way for Wakaso after starting in the 2-1 defeat of Aberdeen on Sunday.

Celtic starting XI: Gordon; Ambrose, Denayer, van Dijk, Izaguirre; Brown, Johansen; McGregor, Commons, Wakaso; Scepovic.

[Thrilla]

Can we not bring back Poch's translator? That was five minutes of mumbling and ums and ers.

[Thrilla]

Good effort by the DEMON there.

[Lineker]

Very unlucky to not convert it.

[Kaney]

Celtic take an early lead!

[Monkey D. Lars]

Let's all cheer for Feyenoord tonight!

[Lineker]

It's on BT Sport over here, so why not!

[Kaney]

Salzburg equalise

[MDK]

Finally got an aerial!

And Spurs are on

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Terrible pitch, hostile crowd, very physical opposition (who are also good at getting free kicks for fair challenges). It's like the old days of going to Turkey. Pleased with a draw tonight.

Must try to get to the home leg though. Need a very noisy night at WHL.

[GoGo Yubari]

Just a frustrating, unpleasant game. Bleh.

[Lineker]

A point in Belgrade is not the worst result. We must win all of the home games though. Fazio looked very good, so that's another plus!

Everton boss Roberto Martinez said in the build-up to this game that he is determined to take the Europa League seriously, and his team selection tonight suggests he is being true to his word. He names an unchanged from last weekend's 2-0 win over West Brom, while an added boost for the Toffees is that striker Samuel Eto'o is fit enough to take his place on the bench, having missed the game against the Baggies.

Everton starting XI: Howard, Coleman, Baines, Stones, Jagielka, McCarthy, Barry, Mirallas, McGeady, Naismith, Lukaku.