Young English winger Marcus Edwards has already played in three countries – apart from his homeland, he showed his talent in Netherlands and Portugal. He’ll play for Lisbon powerhouse Sporting CP tonight against his former club Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League. You couldn’t make it up!Former Spurs coach Mauricio Pochettino once compared Edwards to a young Lionel Messi. It was the Argentinean attempt to encourage the then-17-year-old boy, but the comparison turned out to be a joke when he was released by the north London club three years later. But the boy didn’t give up on his dream.🗣 “He can be very proud.”Eric Dier speaking about facing former Tottenham player Marcus Edwards who left the club to play in Portugal pic.twitter.com/hnLkChIffw— Football Daily (@footballdaily) September 13, 2022 Edwards left Tottenham in June 2019. Injuries frustrated his progress as his loan at Norwich went badly and ended prematurely. A season with Excelsior in the Netherlands was more encouraging and set the seed for a move overseas. After training with Brentford and links to Udinese, Edwards signed for Vitoria Guimaraes in Portugal, and so his career returned to the right path.##NAJAVA_MECA_6643422##After 20 goals and 14 assists for Vitoria, he earned a high-profile move to one of Portugal’s best-supported clubs Sporting Lisbon and the chance to represent the Lions in the Champions League. Against Spurs!”The feeling is a bit strange. I was at the club for so long, half my career. So it’s crazy to think I will be playing against Spurs in a Champions League fixture. The games against Tottenham will bring back a lot of good memories. I still remember training at the old training ground after school. The club has grown a lot since. And I still have some old teammates who broke through the first team so it will be good to see them.”Edwards made his first Champions League appearance in the last 16 against Manchester City last season and helped his team finish as runners-up in the Portuguese league behind Porto. He started this season well with the opening goal in his team’s impressive 3-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt last week. Champions League blockbuster: Lewandowski returns to the scene of 344 crimesThis will be a special night for the boy who isn’t Lionel Messi.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – ROUND 2Tuesday19:45: (8.00) Plzen (4.50) Inter (1.42)19:45: (3.60) Sporting (3.45) Tottenham (2.05)22:00: (1.55) Liverpool (4.40) Ajax (6.50)22:00: (3.15) Leverkusen (3.30) Atl.Madrid (2.45)22:00: (1.45) Porto (4.50) Club Brugge (8.50)22:00: (1.80) Bayern (4.00) Barcelona (4.50)22:00: (2.00) Olympique Marseille (3.60) Eintr.Frankfurt (4.00)Wednesday19:45: (1.37) Milan (5.10) Dinamo Zagreb (10.0)19:45: (3.25) Shakhtar (3.40) Celtic (2.35)22:00: (1.40) Chelsea (4.80) Salzburg (7.75)22:00: (1.48) Real Madrid (4.40) RB Leipzig (6.75)22:00: (3.60) Copenhagen (3.40) Sevilla (2.20)22:00: (1.25) Man.City (7.00) Dortmund (12.0)22:00: (2.10) Juventus (3.50) Benfica (3.80)22:00: (16.0) Maccabi Haifa (9.50) PSG (1.13)22:00: (4.60) Rangers (3.70) Napoli (1.85)***odds are subject to change***
