Chelsea are beaten away by West Brom and Andre Villas Boas is fired and replaced by Roberto Di Matteo.
But in the second half three critical substitutions from Spurs manager Andre Villas Boas and goals from American Clint Dempsey, Jermain Defoe and Gareth Bale in just 7 minutes turned the story upside down.
The SFA run a number of UEFA coaching courses at the academy and many top Scottish managers, past and present, have passed through its doors at one time or another, as well as many other leading coaches worldwide including Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho and Andre Villas Boas of Porto.
Ancelotti was fired and replaced mid-season by Andre Villas-Boas, who was then fired in March 2012.
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That's slightly better than Di Matteo's 52% in his 23 games in charge and his predecessor Andre Villas-Boas's 48%.
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Vertonghen becomes new Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas' second signing after Icelandic midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson, who joined from Hoffenheim last week.
It was directed at the home team's manager, Andre Villas-Boas, when Chelsea was a goal down against its lower-division opponent.
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Tottenham, improving fast under new manager Andre Villas-Boas, built on their success at Old Trafford with a 2-0 home win over struggling Aston Villa.
It was cruel for manager Andre Villas-Boas, his side achieving the highest points tally with 72 of a side not qualifying for the Champions League.
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It sealed a remarkable end to a difficult season in which Portuguese manager Andre Villas-Boas was sacked in March, just nine months after he arrived from Porto.
Tottenham Hotspur have finally agreed to terms on a three year contract with ex-Chelsea and ex-Porto manager Andre Villas-Boas after nearly three weeks of having their managerial position vacant.
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He has been linked with a return to Stamford Bridge after the sacking of Andre Villas-Boas, with Roberto Di Matteo taking over as interim coach until the end of the season.
Andre Villas-Boas' team sit fifth in the English Premier League table, with Bale's 19 goals in the competition putting Tottenham firmly in the hunt for a top four finish and qualification for the lucrative European Champions League.
Tuesday's other quarterfinal tie pits 2008 runners-up Chelsea -- who have enjoyed an upturn in domestic form since sacking manager Andre Villas-Boas earlier this month -- against Portugal's Benfica , who lifted the European Cup twice in the 1960s.
After initially being given a chance by Andre Villas-Boas, albeit often out wide instead of his preferred central striking role, he was a peripheral figure under his successor Roberto di Matteo -- and Chelsea's current manager Rafael Benitez has let him leave.
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