After the vibrant days in the Champions League, it was the turn of the UEFA Europa League. On this occasion, Tottenham, who shone in the group stage, visited the modest Wolfsberg of Austria in the first leg in the 16th final.
The first clarity of the game was for the visiting team, at five minutes. The son advanced on the right, cut and with his left foot launched a powerful shot that passed near the rival goal.
Later (13 ‘), Doherty received a long ball on the right wing, filtered for Bale who centered with his less skillful foot and Son came to score first with a header. Golazo in an impressive team play.
It was a solo from the London painting. Alli charged with the right ball, threw a tunnel to his marker and tried to define between the goalkeeper’s legs (double mouth), but the ball went wide.
With 28 minutes played, Doherty’s Bale almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. Impressive goal of the former Real Madrid.
Half an hour into the game, two minutes after receiving the second goal. the local team finally replied. Crossbar that Vizinger drove well, but between Lloris and cross avoided the reduction.
But Tottenham, effective as few, at 34 ‘condemned everything. Moura advanced with the ball dominated in three quarters of the field, eluded four rivals with pure dribbling and defined the close goal of goalkeeper Kofler.
The second part started extremely excited. Tottenham played a very good collective play on the edge of the area, Bale finished with a left corner, but the goalkeeper saved enough.
The visit responded even better in 53 minutes. Sissoko controlled poorly inside the area, Wernitznig anticipated it and was knocked down by the Frenchman’s crime. Double mistake. Liendl took over the collection and eliminated it.
Little by little, things were tied between the two teams. With the changes, the crimes and so on, the intensity decreased.
And when it looked like everything was going to be 1-3, “Spurs” hit for the last time. They crossed the center to the right, the lamella went as far as they could and Carlos Vinícius deflected it in the small area. Fourth goal, goodbye.
In the end, it would be a comfortable 1-4 victory for Tottenham on Austrian territory and they will have to revalidate everything in London.