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Carlos Vinicius scored his first two Spurs goals and Harry Winks scored from 50 yards as Tottenham swept Covid-hit Ludogorets 4-0 in North London.
Vinicius owed much of his first goal to luck with Dele Alli’s impressive pass to Lucas Moura that made a big detour on his way, allowing him to run unchallenged and beat Plamen Iliev from 12 yards.
Tanguy Ndombele forced the goalkeeper to make a low stop after a great run from midfield from which Alli selflessly clashed for Vinicius to make a second before the break.
Ludogorets couldn’t handle a shot on goal the entire game as the Spurs continued to spin in style, with Harry Winks looking up and shooting from the left touchline, about 50 yards away, to add a third after the break, before Lucas Moura put the icing on the cake with a quiet finish after the dismissal of Vinicius.
The victory, the Spurs’ fifth in a row in all competitions, puts them within one point of qualifying for the final 32 with two games to play.
How Tottenham advanced to victory
There were doubts in some quarters as to whether Thursday night’s game would go ahead with the preparations for Ludogorets so badly beaten, but his Covid-decimated team barely resisted from the first minute to the last.
In a minute, the Spurs’ first play of the game could have ended in a goal if Lucas Moura had timed his run to the far post better after Matt Doherty’s shot from the right, a play that set the tone for a first period. who barely saw the ball leaves half of Ludogorets.
With a quarter of an hour elapsed, they made the breakthrough, albeit in a slightly ridiculous way, since Alli’s pass, destined for Moura, was diverted en masse on the unmarked Vinicius path, who found himself clean and put the ball under of Iliev. .
Gareth Bale huddled just over the crossbar after Vinicius’s break before the forward scored his second of the night thanks to selfless work from Alli, whose pass, when he could easily have scored it himself, put the ball on a tray to the Brazilian forward.
Moura came up with another effort moments before Ludogorets’ kickoff, and played a role another time when the visitors also restarted play for the second half, with Vinicius simply unable to put a finger on his shot less than a minute later. of rest.
Winks’ wonderful pass then pushed Doherty aside to cushion a header to Bale, who forced a smart save from Iliev, before the midfielder entered an early effort on Puskas’s goal the following season with a 55-yard stunner from the ground. left touchline. , who beat Iliev before bouncing off the crossbar. Was he serious? Only he knows.
Three became four as the Spurs continued to pressure Ludorogrets from the front, with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg stealing the ball to feed Alli, whose low center was touched on Moura by Vinicius, and the winger beat Iliev stranded with an upward effort .
Jose Mourinho then took the opportunity to give some of his younger players a spin, including eliminating Joe Hart to give Alfie Whiteman a debut, as well as introducing forwards Dane Scarlett and Harvey White.
They came close to capping off a perfect night for the Spurs with Scarlett knocking down Winks’ excellent long pass and forcing a clever save from Iliev, before moments later White was teeing off to miss the far post by a couple of feet.
Whats Next?
He is master against apprentice on Sunday when José Mourinho’s Spurs travel to Frank Lampard’s Chelsea on Super Sunday, live on Sky Sports Premier League from 4 pm; start at 4.30 pm.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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