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Dutch slam Spurs' style

Tottenham were today labelled a "predictable long-ball team" by the coach of tomorrow's UEFA Cup opponents NEC Nijmegen.

And Mario Been is confident his side can win, especially as the players he feared most - the cuptied Roman Pavlyuchenko and injured Luka Modric and Alan Hutton - will miss the match.

"Tottenham play a kind of football that is predictable," said the coach. "They always play a long ball first, and the game will start from there. If we try to match them physically, we will lose, so we must try to build from the back and play football. We are not afraid of Tottenham."

Scans have revealed that defender Hutton will be out until well into the New Year with a foot injury.

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