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Pochettino: Dortmund have an unfair advantage.
Spurs have had less preparation time than Dortmund for both legs.
Tottenham lead 3-0 from February’s first leg at Wembley, but Pochettino is unhappy that Borussia Dortmund have had more time to prepare for both games, and he believes that is an unfair advantage
Pochettino has asked the FA to look after the Premier League clubs by giving them better domestic fixtures ahead of big Champions League fixtures.
“I think we need help from the FA, we need help from the Premier League, I don’t know because I am not involved in the decisions,” the Argentinian said.
“I don’t know whether to blame the FA or to blame the Premier League or to blame Tottenham because we changed the day because we still not deliver our new stadium or the TV because they wanted us to play live on Saturday.
“Look what happened with Rennes in the Europa League. They cancelled their game at the weekend to help or provide Rennes to play against Arsenal.
“In Europe, the FAs are more sensitive to help the club to compete in the best way in Europe.
“I would like to play in the same situation as your opponent. That is the most important, you have the same day to prepare for the game.
“I think that is not fair and it is a problem that in the future it is a thing we need to change if we want to help the English clubs be stronger in the competition.
“We need to be more sensitive to the clubs who play in Europe to provide better condition to have the same possibility to arrive to the games.”
Pochettino is demanding that his side forget the first leg against Lucien Favre’s side.
“We need to play like always we play, trying to win, that is important,” he said.
“We need to forget the first leg, it’s important to be aggressive, fight from beginning, high tempo, that is going to be the key.
“We know Borussia Dortmund is a great team, top of the Bundesliga because they deserve to be there.”
Dortmund boss Favre believe that it will be very difficult to turn the tie around but they are in a position to achieve the impossible .
“We know it will be very difficult but you never know,” he said.
“We have already played many games in this stadium where we have written history and we are in a position to achieve the impossible.”
