With a 2-0 home advantage in hand from the first leg, Tottenham Hotspur visited Dinamo Zagreb with the simple objective of getting the job done. They had stumbled after their success at home, though, as Arsenal beat them 2-1 in the North London Derby in the Premier League.
Dinamo Zagreb, on the other hand, had won 5-0 over the weekend as they went two points clear with a game in hand at the top of the Prva HNL. They had won each of their last nine domestic matches, but a Premier League side were a completely different challenge (as they found out in the first leg).