Pochettino Leads Spurs to Pinnacle After Years of Pain
46 Friday Sports Friday, May 10, 2019 Pochettino leads Spurs to pinnacle after years of pain AMSTERDAM: Seemingly already down and four and the 1st of June in Madrid playing the out of the Champions League back in October, final against Liverpool. and at risk of missing out on next season’s com- “I think this amazing season in our new home petition during a recent slump in results, now and this chapter that we are going to close now Mauricio Pochettino and Tottenham Hotspur find — to close the chapter playing a final, and if we themselves, improbably, through to the final. “No win, it would be an amazing book.” Doubts were pain, no gain” was the phrase an emotional raised about Tottenham’s capacity to maintain a Pochettino used after Wednesday’s stirring challenge at home, never mind abroad, after they comeback to beat Ajax 3-2 in the second leg of failed to make any new signings last summer their semi-final in Amsterdam, a Lucas Moura while so many of their leading players had been hat-trick taking Spurs through on away goals. involved at the World Cup to the end. But, he added, reverting to Spanish, “it was all Indeed, Lucas remains their last new signing, worth it” with an all-English showdown against bought from Paris Saint-Germain in January Liverpool to come in the biggest club game of all 2018. They lost their first two Champions in Madrid on June 1, just two months after the League group games and, after a 2-2 draw at opening of a new stadium which Spurs had been PSV Eindhoven left them with one point from hoping would propel them to the next level.
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