‘Made in Tottenham tonight’ – postecoglou deserves young rifles while spurs krstara near Elfsborg
Tottenham secured a vital 3-0 victory over Elfsborg to finish fourth in his Europa League group, guaranteeing an automatic embroidery in the last 16.
What was initially a frustrating evening for the side of Ange Postecoglou turned into a joyful occasion because the three graduates of the Academy – Dane Scarlett, Damola Ajayi and Mikey Moore – scored their first goals for the club in an exciting for the last 20 minutes.
The Spurs dominated the possession from the beginning, but the clear chances were on the premium in the first half.
Heung-my son, making his 50th European appearance for the club, he gave the brightest moments, setting up Pope Matar Sarr and Moore for the best wounds of Spurs.
Despite their control – with 81% of possession – Tottenham came up with a break and Elfsborg offered a little threat in turn.
Postecoglou presented Dejan Kulusevski at halftime, and his influence spoke. The breakthrough arrived in the 70th minute when Kulusevski hit a top cross for Scarlett, who had his home head for his first senior goal of Spurs.
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Just 14 minutes later, the debutant Ajaayi doubled the lead, exchanging passes with Scarlett before inserting into a corner. The night was limited deep at the time of stops as Moore stole the possession, driving toward the goal and coldly ended low into the net.
And Postecoglou was full of praise for his young cohort after the match.
Said, “Really pleased. The goal was to try to win today and secure their place in the top eight. I thought the boys were good, controlled the game and never threatened us. We had to push the time while they sat deep, but they were This eventually gave up the persecution of the game and the goals came.
“[The victory was] Made in Tottenham tonight. I am extremely pleased with the young boys, and we should also not lose sight of the fact that we had a few more teenagers there. I’m sure those three guys won’t sleep tonight. We needed something tonight and the young guys stepped up.
“We come another big week, so the changes at halftime were in the carriage control. We still picked up injuries with Radu [Dragusin] Which is not great, but three guys at halftime are good.
“[On Dragusin’s injury] It is too early to say what this is about, we will have to explore Father. But his knee is not good.
“We have another game on Sunday. The club will work hard behind the scenes to see if we can do something.”
