Tottenham assistant manager Cristian Stellini has issues with the fireworks let off outside his team's hotel in the early hours of this morning.
The Marseille fans, who were attempting to disrupt Spurs' players ahead of the game, let off two bursts of fireworks outside the team hotel at 1am and 4:30am, football.london understands.
This isn't a new trick used by away fans, but it comes in the build-up to Antonio Conte's biggest match of the season so far. The manager knows that if his side avoids defeat, then they will be guaranteed a place in the Champions League knockout stages, whilst a loss would see them fall down the Europa League.
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Marseille themselves know a win would see them progress to the last-16.
Conte, though able to be with his team before entering Stade Velodrome. He has a touchline ban due to being sent off in the final minutes of a dramatic matchday five in which Tottenham thought they had won the game against Frankfurt before VAR ruled out Harry Kane's last-gasp goal, ensuring Spurs still needed one point to qualify.
Assistant manager Stellini, therefore, was on press duty and addressed the distraction before the match, issuing a hilarious response, saying, "We slept well, we enjoyed the fireworks, they were a bit short."
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