Sousa: Tottenham Hotspur are one of the best teams in Europe

Published on: 25 February 2016

Fiorentina coach Paulo Sousa has hailed Tottenham Hotspur’s mentality ahead of their Europa League round of 32 second leg face-off at White Hart Lane.

The Lillywhites made life tough for Sousa’s men in the opening fixture as they drew 1-1 and the Portuguese tactician has been quick to praise his opponents.

“Tottenham are one of the best teams in Europe, both from a physical standpoint and mentally,” Sousa told the media, in his pre-match press conference.

“They have many youngsters who are very eager and want to prove themselves by winning.

“We deserved to win in the first leg, but tomorrow will be another difficult game, where we will have to give 100 per cent.

“Last time, we managed to out-muscle Tottenham and we will have to show a lot of strength to do that again.”

Despite his kind words, Sousa holds full faith in his team to emerge from the match victorious and progress into the later rounds.

“We are always ready,” he concluded.

“We have scored in almost every match this season and this thing should give us courage. We want to start well and finish even better.”

Source: forzaitalianfootball.com

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