Tottenham share Bayern Munich's pain after Chelsea triumph
The pain felt by Bayern Munich was shared by Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Redknapp had hoped his team's fourth-place Premier League finish would earn a Champions League play‑off in late August and the chance to keep company with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Milan, Bayern Munich and others in the group stage and beyond.
Instead, Chelsea's win means Spurs drop into the considerably less lucrative and less glamorous Europa League for nights on Channel 5. They enter at the group stage, the draw for which is made on 31 August. Clubs playing in the round before that include Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Hapoel Tel Aviv.
Starting in the first qualifying round are, among others, Kazakhstan's Zhetysu, Armenia's Pyunik and UE Santa Coloma of Andorra. Poor form from late February to late April has cost Spurs dear.