Two clubs looking to return to form will do battle today in a friendly between Tottenham Hotspur and Schalke 04. The match scheduled for 12:30 p.m. ET will be held at White Hart Lane in London and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on beIN Sports.
Less than two weeks remain for Tottenham to embark on a new Premier League campaign, one spearheaded by newly appointed manager Mauricio Pochettino. The Argentine is adamant that his side won't just play winning football in 2014, a bombastic flair is said to come along with it.
"Always the result is important," Pochettino said (via the Independent). "But just as important is the ride you take to get to the result. For me, it is about exciting football, pressing high, playing with flair. This is our philosophy that we want to get down. We want to put all these things in place."
When asked about his acclimation to North London, he added: "For me, it's an honor to be head coach of Tottenham. It's a big club. They have big facilities, big fans. It's a club for achieving things and being successful. I am ambitious. Now, we start to develop our style and our philosophy. The most important thing is to believe in that."
The next opportunity to do so comes this afternoon against German outfit Schalke 04.
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Providing the defensive bite for Schalke 04 in the midfield is 26-year-old Roman Neustädter. In 32 Bundesliga appearances last season, the German native averaged 2.1 tackles and 2.8 interceptions per match.
Tottenham's Projected Lineup (4-4-2): Friedel, Naughton, Dawson, Kaboul, Davies, Mason, Capoue, Holtby, Kane, Townsend, Soldado
Schalke 04's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Giefer; Friedrich, Santana, Kolasinac, Meyer, Höger, Fuchs, Ayhan, Avdijaj, Multhaup, Neustädter
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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