Spurs Reach Champions League Final In Stunning Fashion

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  • UNBELIEVABLE for the second night running, the footballing world has to pick its jaw from off the floor.It’s Spurs vs Liverpool in the Champions League final.
  • Ajax 2-3 Tottenham (Agg: 3-3)
  • Moura hat-trick sends Spurs through (55, 59, 90+6)
  • De Ligt put Ajax ahead (5)
  • Ziyech with superb second (35)
  • Champions League semi-final second leg
Tottenham fans

Summary

  • Lucas Moura injury-time goal caps second-half hat-trick to put Spurs through on away goals
  • Ajax had 3-0 aggregate lead at half-time
  • Spurs face Liverpool in Madrid on 1 June in their first European Cup/CL

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Champions League trophy

 

HISTORY MAKERS

  • Tottenham Hotspur have reached the European Cup/Champions League final for the very first time.
  • Spurs are only the second team in Champions League history to lose the first leg of the semi-final at home and progress to the final – the other was Ajax in 1995-96 against Panathinaikos.
  • The 2019 Champions League final will be only the third major European final in history to feature two English teams, after the 1972 UEFA Cup final (Spurs vs Wolves) and 2008 Champions League final (Man Utd vs Chelsea).
  • Two of the six occasions in Champions League history of a side losing the first leg of the semi-final and progressing have been Liverpool and Spurs this season.

 

POCH IN TEARS AGAIN

Wow.

A hugely emotional Mauricio Pochettino WAS SPEECHLESS AFTER THE MATCH

“It’s still dfificult to talk, the emotion is amazing. Thank you football, thank you these guys, these players are my heroes. I told you in the last year, I told everyone that we have a group of players who are heroes. They showed today. The second half was amazing.

“Thank you. Thank you football. Thank you to our fans. Thank you to the people who believed and helped us achieve this amazing moment. It’s difficult to describe.

“The game against Man City and today, it’s amazing. I am so grateful to be a coach. To have a chance to play in this final is amazing. For my family. It’s amazing to award them,” he SAID.

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ELATION 

 

 

 

TOTTENHAM TEAM NEWS

Team to play Ajax: Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Wanyama, Sissoko, Eriksen, Alli, Lucas, Son

Subs: Gazzaniga, Foyth, Davies, Dier, Skipp, Lamela, Llorente

AJAX TEAM NEWS

Team to play Tottenham: Onana, Mazraoui, De Ligt, Blind, Tagliafico, Schone, De Jong, Ziyech, Van de Beek, Neres, Tadic

Subs: Varela, Veltman, Sinkgraven, Magallan, De Wit, Dolberg, Huntelaar

 

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