{"id":14433,"date":"2011-12-15T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/tottenhams-harry-redknapp-qualification-for-the-next-stages-of-the-europa-league-is-almost-impossible\/"},"modified":"2011-12-15T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T15:45:00","slug":"tottenhams-harry-redknapp-qualification-for-the-next-stages-of-the-europa-league-is-almost-impossible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/15\/tottenhams-harry-redknapp-qualification-for-the-next-stages-of-the-europa-league-is-almost-impossible\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham&#8217;s Harry Redknapp: Qualification for the next stages of the Europa League is almost impossible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> boss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/people\/england\/13420\/harry-redknapp\">Harry Redknapp<\/a> has conceded his side are in an \u2018impossible position\u2019 to qualify for the next stages of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/news\/2915\/europa-league\">Europa League<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Spurs need to beat Thursday\u2019s opponents Shamrock Rovers by five goals, whilst relying on the already qualified PAOK to beat Rubin Kazan, to progress, an outcome which the 64-year-old believes is highly unlikely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He told the club\u2019s official website: \u201cThis will be a tough game for us, no doubts about it. We\u2019ve left ourselves in an almost impossible position after losing at home to PAOK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s a difficult task and I\u2019m not going to disrespect Shamrock Rovers by suggesting that we\u2019re going to score five or six goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTo win the game alone will be a difficult enough task but we\u2019ll try to do that and go from there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rovers impressed when they played at White Hart Lane earlier in the season and took a shock lead through Stephen Rice, with Redknapp admitting he was concerned the Irishman could have caused an upset.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a nice position to be in,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The former Portsmouth boss is hopeful of victory on Thursday, however, as he looks to eradicate the memory of Spurs&#8217; defeat to PAOK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He added: \u201cWe were red-hot favourites and we don\u2019t want to lose any game. I want to win on Thursday night. We had a strong enough team against PAOK but we made a poor start and couldn\u2019t get the goals back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019ve come here with a decent team and we want to win this game.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><em>How do you stay up with football when on the move? With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/info\/596\/exclusive\/2009\/04\/02\/1187823\/goal-com-mobile-visit-m-goal-com\">http:\/\/m.goal.com<\/a> \u2013 your best source for mobile coverage of the beautiful game.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has conceded his side are in an \u2018impossible position\u2019 to qualify for the next stages of the Europa League . Spurs need to beat Thursday\u2019s opponents Shamrock Rovers by five goals, whilst relying on the already qualified PAOK to beat Rubin Kazan, to progress, an outcome which the 64-year-old believes is highly unlikely. 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