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On the one hand, LASK got out of the way in a duel with the title co-favorite Tottenham at the start of the UEFA Europa League group stage, but on the other hand they had no chance. Linz lost 0: 3 (0: 2) in London on Thursday. Lucas Moura (18th), Andrés Andrade with an own goal (27th) and Son Heung-min (86th) contributed the goals for the team of star manager José Mourinho in the starting eleven of the returnees Gareth Bale.
The next match in Group J is already waiting for him on Thursday next week, when Ludogorez Razgrad will play at the Linzer Gugl from 6:55 pm. A week later, awaits the home match with Royal Antwerp. The Belgians beat the Bulgarians 2-1 at the beginning.
While there were no surprises at LASK, Mourinho had shifted his team to eight spots compared to 3: 3 against West Ham. Unsurprisingly, Bale made his debut in the starting eleven, Vinicius bursting in in place of star Harry Kane.
“Even the underdog have created surprises,” Thalhammer had said on Wednesday, but the game in front of the empty stands at the 62,000 arena was bad for LASK from the start. Already in the fourth minute, midfielder James Holland was injured without outside interference and had to be replaced by Lukas Grgic. However, LASK acted bravely as usual but barely managed to get past the home team’s defense. If so, then you were only remotely dangerous by standards.
Tottenham took advantage of LASK’s offensive spirit, acted stronger in two fights, combined time and again with great speed and technical quality in the last third and made it 1-0 in the 18th minute – Vinicius had played a long ball over Moura , who was in the center Gernot Trauner rushed and fired easily. Just nine minutes later it was Reguilon, who started the 2-0 with a strong solo until the sixteenth, from him the ball came to Bale, whose Stanglpass finally led Andrade to slip into his own goal.
With the next kickoff, LASK nearly caught the 0: 3, Alexander Schlager slipping a low shot from Eric Lamela under the upper body, but the keeper caught the ball afterward. To make matters worse, Rene Renner had to give way to Petar Filipovic about ten minutes later (39th), the winger was no longer quite fit minutes before after a collision with Emile Höjbjerg.
Towards the end of the first half, LASK gave signs of life in a blocked attempt by Trauner and a wonderful long-range shot by Andreas Gruber, which Tottenham’s two-man goal by Joe Hart defused with a parade (45 °), but he showed signs of life in the second part and was visibly willing to do so. to record at least partial success in North London. Rookies Johannes Eggestein and Marvin Potzmann came into play, but there were hardly any real chances to score. After all, Grigic Hart went over the side from a short distance (53rd), Filipovic headed over the crossbar (66th).
The Spurs continued their coolly controlled game and regained the advantage from the 65th minute or so. After a good hour Mourinho had also brought in two other well-known kickers with Son and Dele Alli, the 3-0 at the end seemed only a matter of time. In the 75th minute, Schlager scratched the ball off the line, but ten minutes later, Son fixed the final score after a poignant chip.
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Photo: GEPA
