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LASK showed a courageous performance against Tottenham, but in the end it was not enough to win. Since Antwerp won against Ludogorez, the Europa League adventure is over for Linz.
9:48 PM, December 3, 2020
For LASK, the duel with Tottenham was already decisive. In the event of defeat, the dream of Europe would have practically ended. Consequently, the team started by coach Dominik Thalhammer also. In the initial phase, the Linzers dominated at will. Already in the sixth minute appeared Johannes Eggestein the ball to the outside bar and could have taken the lead so early. The English initially seemed overwhelmed by the aggressiveness of the High Austrians and were barely approaching the gate. Alexander Schlager. The opposite of LASK. The one who plays hard again Pure runner It was in the 33rd minute only of Tottenham-final man Joe hart arrested.
Ten minutes later, the team went ahead before the break. Peter michorl it took off from a good 20 meters and hit the far corner. The shot was well placed zaddfadfafddfwar, but the ball was certainly not untenable. When everyone expected a break of advantage for the home team, Tottenham tied with the first shot on goal. Andres Andrade received the ball in the penalty area with his arm. Gareth Bale used the last action penalty in the first round to equalize.
The Linz team showed their effort even after the restart. But Tottenham also impressed with enormous efficiency in the second round. So increased Son of Heung-min with the second real chance for the English at 2: 1. Because Bale and Son gave up one hundred percent chance to make the decision after an hour, the game remained exciting until the end. And then it got really hot again. Eggestein went first to LASK (83rd), minutes later Dele Alli made the supposed final score of 3-2 from the penalty spot. In injury time, Linz rose again. Mamoudou Karamoko took care of the compensation. I shouldn’t do anything anymore. Due to the poor record in direct duels with the English, LASK is eliminated from the Europa League.
The voices of the game:
Dominik Thalhammer: “I see very positive how we dominated the Premier League leaders. We did our job very well. They took advantage of their few situations. The performance was phenomenal, the tactical approach to how we dominated Tottenham. I am very proud of the team. Against a opponent so you have to be very focused for more than 90 minutes, they take advantage of every mistake. But we always come back after being twice behind. The team has developed well in many areas, not only against the ball, but also with the ball. the way we have to go to be a top team “.
Peter michorl: “We played an incredible game against the Premier League leaders. We went back twice. But we were always on the trigger. We showed an incredible performance. A 3: 3 against Tottenham – you can count on it for a long time. We ruined it against Antwerp, it was not our best match. But we can stand tall. With ten points you often advance in the Europa League, unfortunately we were eliminated this year.
Jose Mourinho: “We didn’t play well. I knew it would be difficult, LASK is a good team. The result is the only positive thing about this game. Many of my players don’t have the right attitude when they play in the Europa League.” They are used to playing in the Champions League, they think it will be easy. But is not. I told him, even at halftime ”.