Kevin Bond has instructed Tottenham's players to put a smile back on Harry Redknapp's face by securing their passage to the last 32 of the Europa League with a win over Rubin Kazan tonight.
Spurs will guarantee their progression to the second round of the Europa League with two games to spare if they beat Rubin in Russia this evening.
The club's preparations for the match have been thrown into disarray after Redknapp was forced to stay in London to undergo a heart procedure to unblock two coronary arteries.
Bond thinks nothing would delight the 64-year-old more than seeing his team pull off a win in Kazan to secure qualification and stretch the club's unbeaten record to eight matches - a run that seemed unlikely after they lost their first two games of the season.
"It would certainly lift his spirits if we were able to bring him home some points from the game tomorrow," Bond said. "It would give him a big lift, for sure.
"A couple of wins for us would be the best tonic. We have had a really good time of things since the first two games of the season."
