Mauricio Pochettino watched last season's Champions League draw in view of the cameras but afterwards he wished he had stayed hidden in his office. The Tottenham manager's wry smile, which he later described as "unguarded", betrayed his delight at a group containing Monaco, Bayer Leverkusen and CSKA Moscow, but he was made to look complacent as Spurs fell at the first hurdle and into the Europa League.
A year later, Pochettino did not make the same mistake and he was nowhere to be seen as Spurs were drawn in a dangerous-looking group with holders Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and APOEL Nicosia.