Tottenham Hotspur vs AZ Alkmaar official line ups | OneFootball

This evening, Spurs welcome Dutch side AZ Alkmaar to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, for the second leg of their Europa League round of 16 tie, in what is undoubtedly the biggest game of the season. By the end of the day, Spurs’ season could be completely done and dusted. They could have absolutely nothing to play for for two whole months. Everything is riding on this.

How both teams are lining up ahead of tonight's absolutely huge game

For the task at hand, manager Ange Posteocglou has opted for the following XI; Vicario; Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Spence; Bergvall, Sarr, Maddison; Odobert, Solanke, Son.

Meanwhile, the bench consists of; Austin, Whiteman, Udogie, Davies, Gray, Bissouma, Moore, Johnston, Tel, Scarlett and Moore.

Ange had made four changes to the side that drew 2-2 with AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League, with van de Ven, Maddison, Bergvall and Son replacing Danso, Bentancur, Bissouma, and Johnson.

This is the first time that Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero have started a game together since the defeat to Chelsea in December, where neither player were able to finish the game, before being sidelined for an extended period of time afterwards.

The last time they played 90 minutes together was in the 1-0 defeat at Crystal Palace back in October – let's hope they can do so tonight.

It's a shame to see Gray not getting a chance to start in midfield with the above two fit to start in central defence. You would have thought him being an unused sub against Bournemouth was with this game in mind. A bit strange.

Meanwhile, AZ Alkmaar manager Maarten Martens has opted for the following side; Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro; Seiya Maikuma, Wouter Goes, Alexandre Penetra, David Wolfe; Jordy Clasie, Peer Koopmeiners; Ernest Poku, Zico Buurmeester, Ibrahim Saqiq; Troy Parrott.

With the bench consisting of; Jeroen Zoet, Hobie Verhulst, Bruno Martins Indi, Maxim Dekker, Mees de Wit, Elijah Dijkstra, Kristijan Belic, Kees Smit, Mexx Meerdink, Sem va Dujin, Wassim Bouziane.

What a huge game. The whole season rides on this. Perhaps Ange’s future does too? Although any noise out of the club has suggested that the club are not going to sack him just yet, if Spurs do not advance to the quarter-finals, perhaps it will be the time? People often say that international breaks are the most convenient time, as you have longer to bring in the replacement. Albeit, that wouldn’t make much difference this season anyway.