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Europa League final lineup has been roundly mocked but it still matters

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Tottenham face Manchester United in the Europa League final on Wednesday night .

The game could rival the Championship playoff final as the most valuable game in English football.

Spurs are 16th against 17th in the Premier League , a battle of two sides who have each won one of their past 10 league games.

Victory on Wednesday would secure passage to next season ’s Champions League .

The lower pace of the Europa League allows players such as Casemiro and Harry Maguire to play under less immediate physical pressure.

The dilemma for Postecoglou is how to press them without losing the defensive structure that saw Spurs through the past two rounds.

Despite all the noise around it, the talk of finals of the undeserving and the economic rewards on offer, this is, almost despite itself, a major final.

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