Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou is looking forward to facing National League side Tamworth in the FA Cup this weekend.
Spurs travel to the lowest-ranked side left in the competition, with one of the biggest upsets in the history of the competition on the cards.
But despite playing a much weaker opponent than the team they beat on Wednesday, Postecoglou admits he will not be able to rotate too much and is taking the FA Cup very seriously.
Speaking to the media, he said: “I still think it’s a really important competition. It includes pretty much every tier of football and there’s always great storylines within it.
“There have been already such stories in the early rounds of the cup and we are meeting a side that has come through the early rounds.
“I still think the cup final day is a marquee day on the global football calendar. I feel like it’s a really important tournament that maintains the right kind of traditions.
“Certainly in my eyes, I see it as a very important part of the calendar.”
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“I have no doubt about the attitude of the players. All the boys have a great understanding that every game is important. We go into Sunday’s game with the same sort of mindset of making sure that we do things that we can control and a big emphasis on things we do really well.
“There’s always challenges out there. I’m sure Tamworth will think it’s a great opportunity for them and we have to be ready for that.”
Spurs are going from one end of the football pyramid to the other in a matter of days.
During the week, they beat Liverpool 1-0 in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final, inflicting Arne Slot’s first away defeat of the campaign.
Now, they must adapt to a team who will be looking to make a memory that will last a lifetime by knocking out a Premier League giants.
Postecoglou added: “”They are not multi-million dollar players. They are human beings who are very understanding. They are good people. Most of them have come from places like that, some worse than that.
“They will go there and respect the fact that Tamworth are going to build it up for the biggest game of their lives probably. And I’m sure they will do their best to create an atmosphere where they will be proud of their ground and their facility.
“I don’t really think that’s an issue for us. What is important for us is to prepare ourselves for an important cup game.”