TEAM NEWS - Juande Ramos makes three changes from Sunday's loss at Stoke, the most notable the return of skipper Ledley King in place of cup-tied Vedran Corluka. Jamie O'Hara and Benoit Assou-Ekotto also return for Luka Modric and David Bentley.
| FULL TIME: UDINESE 2, SPURS 0 |  |
| 85.14: GOAL-UDINESE Classic counter-attack, De Agostino angled pass to Quagliarella, he unselfishly rolled to Pepe who finished off the post from 12 yards. |  |
| 84.30: CHANCE - SPURS/SAVE - HANDANOVIC. Giovani broke down the right flank, managed to dig out a cross from byline for Bent to power header at goal from six yards, unbelievable reactions from Handanovic to tip over. |  |
| 83.10: King glanced header straight at Handanovic, but whistle already blown for foul. | |
| 81.42: YELLOW CARD - UDINESE. Isla. |  |
| 78.26: SUB - UDINESE. Pepe for Sanchez. |  |
| 76.50: Gomes out sharply to save at feet of Quagliarella. | |
| 73.27: YELLOW CARD - UDINESE. D'Agostino. | |
| 70.39: Jenas chipped a free-kick in looking for King, half-cleared, bits and pieces not falling to us at the moment. | |
| 63mins: Formation is now Bale at left-back, Zokora at centre-back, Giovani has come on and gone to right midfield with Lennon on the left. Playing a 4-4-1 with Hutton pushing on. | |
| 62.57: SUB - SPURS. Giovani for Woodgate. | |
| 62.43: YELLOW CARD - SPURS. Bale. | |
| 62.20: SAVE - GOMES. Sanchez superb crossfield pass from right to left to pick out Di Natale's run, Di Natale clipped the ball over Gomes but the keeper managed to track back and tip aside diving backwards. | |
| 57.12: SAVE - GOMES. Save of the game - D'Agostino swung in free-kick from right touchline that found its way through to Domizzi at far post, six yards out, Gomes threw himself at it to block. | |
| 56.20: YELLOW CARD/RED CARD - SPURS. O'Hara for foul on Sanchez. |  |
| 55.16: YELLOW CARD - SPURS. O'Hara. | |
| 53.55: D'Agostino angled shot wide from 25 yards. | |
| 51.30: Lennon involved down the right again, inside to Modric, shooting chance but crowded out. Corner punched away by Handanovic. | |
| 50.17: SAVE - GOMES. Hutton robbed as he tried to break forward, Sanchez played into Quagliarella, aimed low shot to near post from the edge of the box that Gomes did well to get down to. | |
| 48.50: Bale curled free-kick from 30 yards a couple of yards over. | |
| O'Hara has switched to left-back, Modric in usual midfield role. | |
| 2ND HALF KICKS OFF |  |
| Half-time: SUB - SPURS. Modric for Assou-Ekotto. | |
| 7.09pm UK: Teams on their way back out. | |
| HALF-TIME: UDINESE 1, SPURS 0 |  |
| 39.04: CHANCE - SPURS. Handanovic completed missed Bale's inswinging corner, ball fell to Hutton who couldn't get a clear sight of goal, eventually laid back to O'Hara who blazed over from 20 yards. |  |
| 37.32: Hutton clipped ball up to Bent, who controlled but was then fouled by Domizzi. Good position for free-kick but Bale curled into the wall. | |
| 31.19: Gomes flew out to punch away a corner, didn't really get it, ball fell to Quagliarella but two efforts blocked well by King. | |
| 30.37: SAVE - GOMES. Keeper had to be alert to turn aside a D'Agostino's 25-yarder. | |
| 23.45: YELLOW CARD - UDINESE. Lukovic. | |
| 23.45: YELLOW CARD - SPURS. Gomes. | |
| 23.37: GOAL - UDINESE. Di Natale drilled the penalty home to Gomes' right, keeper guessed the right way but too much power. Udinese 1, Spurs 0 | |
| 22.39: PENALTY - UDINESE. Gomes miscontrolled a backpass stumbled slightly and that allowed Quagliarella to nip in. Gomes tried to shift the ball around him and clear, Quagliarella got in front of him and Gomes was adjudged to have brought him down. |  |
| 19.37: Lennon looks to have measure of left-back Lukovic and beat him again, drilled in cross that Handanovic spilled, ball out to Zokora who smashed high and wide from 30 yards. | |
| 18.27: O'Hara took aim from fully 30 yards after a free-kick was half-cleared, effort always going over but had Handanovic scurrying back towards his line. | |
| 16.58: Di Natale beat offside down the left, time to pick his cross but hit tame ball into near post, collected by Gomes. | |
| 14.34: CHANCE - SPURS. Jenas drove into the box from the inside right channel, got to the byline and clipped perfect cross to the back post for Bent, looked like he had a bit more time but elected for header, didn't get enough on it to trouble Handanovic. | |
| 12.23: Great spot from O'Hara to pick out Bale's run behind Motta, controlled on chest but ball ran away from Bale and Coda cleared. | |
| 9.58: Jenas and Lennon combined down the right, Lennon low cross took a nasty skip in front of Handanovic, who claimed anyway. | |
| 8.50: Assou-Ekotto did well to clear from Sanchez. | |
| 5.44: King forced into spectacular diving header away as Inler crossed from the right. Gomes flying punch to clear the corner. | |
| 3.52: CLOSE - UDINESE. Quagliarella stooped to flick D'Agostino's whipped free-kick from the left just wide with Gomes scrambling to his left. | |
| 1.30: Gomes out to claim as Quagliarella chased a long ball, no danger. | |
| 1.05: Bright start, Bent won a throw down the left, Bale crossed twice, the second just over the head of Jenas and hacked away by Lukovic. | |
| 1ST HALF KICKS OFF | |
| 6.08pm: Captains Ledley King and Di Natale to centre for coin toss. Udinese to kick-off, we attack the end where our fans are congregated. | |
| 6.07pm UK: Teams on their way out. | |
| 5.59pm UK time: Welcome to the Stadio Friuli! Bit of a breezy night, a breeze felt in an open stadium. Flags waving everywhere at the moment. Both teams have been out, warmed up and gone back to the changing rooms. |
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