Ferencvaros vs Tottenham LIVE! Europa League result, match stream, latest updates today

Ferencvaros vs Tottenham LIVE!

Tottenham claimed a 2-1 win at Ferencvaros in their Europa League group match on Thursday thanks to goals in each half from Pape Sarr and Brennan Johnson. Senegalese midfielder Sarr opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, taking advantage of a loose ball to calmly slot a precise right-foot shot into the far corner.

Ferencvaros had a goal disallowed for offside shortly before Sarr's strike, with Barnabas Varga's header being ruled out by the linesman's flag. Johnson doubled the lead for the English side four minutes from time with a left-foot strike from inside the box.

Ferencvaros grabbed consolation goal in stoppage time from Varga, but it was not enough to prevent Spurs from earning victory in their first-ever match against Hungarian opponents.

Ferencvaros vs Tottenham latest updates

• GOAL! Varga sets up nervy finale

• GOAL! Johnson wraps it up late on

• GOAL! Sarr scores against the run of play

Full-time!

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97min: Spurs hold on for what proved a far trickier clash than expected.

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95min: A pause in play as Gustavo needs treatment.

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94min: Spurs are taking control again, winning a late corner.

GOAL!

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91min: It might not be over yet! Varga volleys one back for the hosts.

Five minutes added on.

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87min: Big sighs of relief in the 1,200 travelling Spurs fans, I’m sure.

GOAL!

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86min: Johnson gets his now customary goal!

Cutting onto his left and bending a shot in off the far post. That’s five in five!

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85min: Pesic, a forward, is on for Ferencvaros.

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84min: Spurs are really hanging on. Ferencvaros are pushing and pushing for a second, testing Vicario twice in a minute and have now won a corner.

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82min: Solanke replaces Sarr.

BAR!

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80min: Johnson should have another goal but his first-time effort slams against the crossbar!

Spurs could really do with a second to relieve this pressure.

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77min: Corner comes in and is cleared.

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76min: Spurs win a free kick about 25 yards out, which Maddison plays short to Kulusevski... whose shot deflects behind.

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73min: Johnson puts it on a plate for a team-mate at the back post, but there’s no one there. Moore the most likely man to pop up.

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69min: Zachariassen’s header fizzes over.

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66min: Maddison and Kulusevski are also on, replacing Lankshear and Bergvall.

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64min: Deary me, Spurs should have another.

Great ball from out wide by Moore looking for Werner in the middle, but the German’s first touch is woeful and the chance goes begging.

And that’s his last act as he is replaced by Johnson.

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63min: Half-hearted call for a penalty as Lankshear goes down after being fed into the area by Bissouma. Referee not interested.

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61min: We hit the hour mark with this game still fairly even. The hosts are pushing but just need a little bit more quality in the final third.

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58min: Lankshear goes close again!

Werner rolls the ball to Porro at the corner to get a better angle, and Lankshear throws a boot at the ball and sees his bouncing effort fizz wide.

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54min: Back-to-back corners again for Spurs.

Porro’s deflected delivery lands on Romero’s head for the first, and is cleared by the hosts.

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51min: Game resumes but plenty of smoke still in the air.

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49min: Corner comes in and is headed away by Spurs.

Flares have made the visibility very, very poor so the referee has paused the game.

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48min: Another scare for Spurs as Saldanha forces Vicario into a full-stretch save.

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47min: No changes for either team

Second half!

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46min: Back underway!

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Here’s the official VAR review of the disallowed goal. Very tight!

Dan Kilpatrick reports

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Spurs go in ahead at the interval but you have to imagine Ange Postecoglou will want more from his side, who were lucky not to fall behind to Varga's harshly disallowed goal.

Mikey Moore has been really lively, justifying the hype.

Half-time!

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48min: Spurs see it out to lead at the break.

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46min: Two minutes added on.

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45min: Neat move, started by Bissouma, sees Spurs win another corner.

Porro sends it in, but doesn’t beat the first man.

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44min: Porro whips it in, Davies fouls a defender and the chance is gone.

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43min: Porro hits the deck after a big hit from Abu Fani. A clear foul and Spurs have a free kick around 30 yards out.

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41min: I’m not sure if it’s the weather, pitch, both or none but so many sloppy passes from both teams.

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37min: Traore runs onto the ball and fires first time on the angle at goal, and it’s well wide.

The hosts are making chances.

POST!

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33min: Superb from Porro, who is tripped in the area, gets up, nutmegs one player and then curls a shot off the far post.

Spurs so close to a second.

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29min: Spurs calmly passing the ball around.

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27min: ...and the second.

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26min: Spurs straight back on the attack, forcing two corners. Ferencvaros deal with the first...

GOAL!

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23min: Spurs lead!

Sarr slots home from close range after the defender loses track of the ball under pressure from Lankshear.

Great run from Moore in the build-up.

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22min: Civic is the first player booked, and he’ll miss the next game for Ferencvaros.

SAVE!

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20min: Oh my word, that is an incredible save from Vicario! Point-blank save from about two yards out.

The offside flag was raised but the keeper wouldn’t know that.

NO GOAL!

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17min: Varga heads home, and it's a deserved opener for the hosts ... but VAR have ruled it out for offside.

That looked very harsh.

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15min: It is hammering it down in Budapest, and the pitch it taking a battering.

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13min: First shot on goal from Spurs as Sarr creates a yard on the edge of the area. Easy pickings for Dibusz, though.

Chance!

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11min: Oh, Lankshear should score!

A brilliant ball whipped in from Werner, but Lankshear times his run wrong and only connects with his shoulder.

A huge chance.

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10min: A super ball across goal from Moore looks to put it on a plate to be tapped home, but Cisse slides in to clear.

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8min: It finds a Ferencvaros head but is quickly hacked clear by Bergvall.

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7min: Bissouma gives away a free kick, around 35 yards from goal on the right-hand side.

Dan Kilpatrick reports

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“I'm really excited to see Tottenham's young players in action tonight, particularly full debutant Mikey Moore.

“The benefit of the expanded Europa League group stage is the chance to take more risks in these games by blooding young players, and most Spurs fans will be happy to see Postecoglou using the competition in this way.”

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4min: Now with their foot (feet?) on the ball, prodding and probing.

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2min: Spurs twice give the ball away near their penalty area and the hosts were quick to pounce.

Need to get up to speed quick, tonight.

Kick-off!

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1min: Underway in Hungary!

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Adama Traore - not that one - is probably the biggest threat to Spurs tonight. He’s on the right wing for the hosts.

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The teams are in the tunnel. Almost time.

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Just under 15 minutes until kick-off in Hungary. It’s pretty much not stopped raining since last night.

Postecoglou on Moore and Lankshear starting

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"They've been with us since the start of preseason, so are fully fledged members of our first-team squad. I've been really keen to give them game time and tonight's an ideal time.

"I'm confident they'll be able to handle themselves... I've got no fear, they've earned their spot and I'm sure they will do well tonight."

Joe Cole on Spurs' youthful team

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Joe Cole is not too impressed by Tottenham’s youthful team.

“It's a big risk away from home, four teenagers playing in a starting line up and Ferencvaros are no mugs,” he said on TNT Sports. “They've been a Champions League team, Hungarian football is on the up.

“It'll be interesting to see how them boys cope. The senior players, Romeros of this world, Werner, Porro, Bissouma, big night for them tonight.

“You have to play not only your own game, but you have to play with your voice as well because they will be feeling nerves, they will be feeling nerves those young lads.”

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These two teams have never previously met in competitive competition, but Ferencvaros have history against English teams.

They faced - and beat! - Millwall in 2004, and have also beaten the likes of Newcastle, Liverpool and Manchester United in their history.

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Dragusin is, of course, suspended for this game after his red card last week. Gray takes his place, but is supported by an experienced trio of Davies, Romero and Porro.

Romero is captain tonight with Son out and Maddison on the bench.

Moore and Lankshear start

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So, in very exciting news for Spurs fans, both Mikey Moore and Will Lankshear start for Spurs!

Timo Werner is the experience in attack, and the trio are supported by Yves Bissouma, Pape Sarr and Lucas Bergvall.

Archie Gray gets another start in defence, this time as centre-back.

Confirmed team news

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Ferencvaros XI: Dibusz, Gartenmann, Cisse, Civic, Ramirez, Abu Fani, Maiga; Gustavo, Saldanha, Traore, B.Varga

Subs: A.Varga, Romdhane, Pesic, Kady, Zachariassen, Botka, Szalai, Makreckis, Gruber, Toth, Rommens, Misidjan

Tottenham XI: Vicario, Porro, Romero, Gray, Davies, Bissouma, Sarr, Bergvall, Moore, Lankshear, Werner

Subs: Forster, Austin, Maddison, Solanke, Kulusevski, Johnson, Bentancur, Van de Ven, Dorrington, Cassanova, Ajayi

Tottenham XI

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Both Mikey Moore and Will Lankshear start for Spurs!

Sandro: Tottenham will end their trophy drought this season

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The former Spurs midfielder has been speaking to OnlineCassino.com.br.

“Tottenham have come a long way since I left the club, in Brazil and other places around the world people now recognise Tottenham even more than they did before.

"They have all the facilities, they have the stadium and now I believe that they have the right manager, now they need to give it time.

"Last season started so well, this season has been up and down but the players understand how Ange Postecoglou wants to play and the fans and club have to stay behind him.

"Tottenham are improving and although it’s not easy, I think this season they will end their trophy drought. Postecoglou says he always wins things in his second year and even if Tottenham don’t finish in the Top 4, I think fans just want to win a trophy now.

"They have plenty of chances this season which may impact Premier League performances, but it’s time now."

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Team news shouldn’t be too far off in Hungary.

Latest odds

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Ferencvaros: 17/4

Draw: 16/5

Tottenham: 11/20

(Odds via Betway.)

Solanke back in England squad

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Dominic Solanke will today be celebrating returning to the England squad after seven years away, having been named in interim head coach Lee Carsley’s squad for the October games against Greece and Finland.

Read more here!

How icon Ferenc Puskas shaped Ange Postecoglou's coaching philosophy

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Ange Postecoglou shares a special connection with Hungarian football icon Ferenc Puskas. As Spurs are in Hungary tonight, read Dan Kilpatrick’s piece below...

Ange Postecoglou always felt like “a coach masquerading as a player” and his vocation for management long pre-dates his playing days with South Melbourne Hellas and Australia.

Postecoglou the boss was shaped by his father, Jim, and from the moment he took charge of a team of his friends at Prahran High School, aged 12, he never looked back.

As far as strong influences during his playing career go, however, Hungary icon Ferenc Puskas was probably the most significant, and an as yet unreleased documentary, Puskas in Australia, sheds further light on the pair’s fascinating relationship.

The film, by Australian journalist Tony Wilson, details Puskas’s spell in charge of Hellas, which culminated with their 1991 triumph in the NSL Grand Final against Melbourne Croatia.

“Get off the pitch, dad, you’re going to get arrested,” Postecoglou remembers telling his father, who had joined the celebrations after Hellas won a chaotic penalty shootout (Postecoglou impressively thumped his spot-kick into the top corner to keep them alive).

The image of Postecoglou and Puskas, the latter’s stomach bulging over his belt, holding the trophy aloft is still one of the Tottenham manager’s most treasured. Postecoglou acted as translator and chauffeur for Puskas, who spoke five languages, including Greek, but only basic English, and their daily drives to training formed part of his footballing education. “By the end of it, I got really close to him,” Postecoglou says.

Read more: How icon Ferenc Puskas shaped Ange Postecoglou's coaching philosophy

Score prediction

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Given how easily Spurs overcame Qarabag with 10 men, they look more than capable of claiming an away win against one of the weaker teams in the competition.

The hosts will aim to stifle Spurs and have all the support in the stands, but experience should shine through in Hungary.

Spurs to win, 2-0.

Tottenham team news

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Tottenham will be without centre-back Dragusin, who serves the first game of a three-match European ban for his sending off against Qarabag last week.

Postecoglou will be keen to give Lucas Bergvall another start after being sacrificed just minutes into the 3-0 win due to the red card. Archie Gray should also again get the nod.

Captain Heung-min Son and Destiny Udogie have both stayed behind due to injury, with forwards Richarlison and Wilson Odobert also out.

Where to watch Ferencvaros vs Tottenham

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TV channel: The game will be broadcast live on TNT Sports 1 in the UK, with coverage beginning at 5pm.

Live stream: Subscribers will also be able to watch on a live stream online via the Discovery+ app and website.

Welcome

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Good afternoon and welcome to the Standard’s LIVE coverage of the Europa League game between Ferencvaros and Tottenham.

It’s a first ever meeting between these two teams, and a first meeting with an English team for Ferencvaros since they beat Millwall in the Uefa Cup two decades ago.

Kick-off in Hungary is a 5.45pm BST. Stick with us.