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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 Winks looking up and shooting from the left touchline, about 50 yards away, to add a third after the break, before Moura put the goal. The icing on the cake with a quiet ending 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.
Gareth Bale started as one of 10 changes since Saturday’s win over Manchester City
In a minute, the Spurs’ first play of the game could have ended in a goal if 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 that he barely saw the ball go out. Half of Ludogorets.
With a quarter of an hour elapsed, they made the breakthrough, albeit in a slightly ridiculous way, as Alli’s pass, destined for Moura, was massively diverted into the path of the unmarked Vinicius, who found himself clean and got the ball underneath. Iliev.
Carlos Vinicius scored his first goals for Tottenham before the break
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.
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Three became four as the Spurs continued to pressure Ludogorets 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. .
José Mourinho then took the opportunity to give some of his younger players a spin, including removing Joe Hart to give Alfie Whiteman a debut in goal, 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.
He approached again in overtime, taking Vinicius’s touch in stride before stepping sideways from a tight angle, as the Spurs maintained their intensity until the last to get on the brink of qualifying for the knockout stages.
What the manager said …
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Tottenham head coach José Mourinho says that Harry Winks admitted that he did not mean his wonderful goal against Ludogorets, but was delighted with the way he and his team played.
Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho saying BT sport: “It was important. There is a risk that all teams will get six points against Ludogorets, and if that happens, you need a lot of points to qualify.
“Normally nine points would be a job done, but it’s not done. You need a result, but if you can finish first, we will try. Today it was important that we make a lot of changes, it was important to take it seriously, and it was good.
“[Harry Winks] is too honest! I’m not happy with him, a goal like that I told him you have to say you wanted to do it. But he’s a good boy and he told the truth.
“Each game is important, we do not look at a certain competition, we look at game after game. Playing with the same players is not good for their condition, nor for the mentality of those who do not play. If you work hard, you deserve to play, I can only play start 11 but I want to give everyone a chance “.
Man of the match – Carlos Vinicius
By a mustache, Vinicius overshadowed Alli to be the best player on the court by virtue of his two goals in the first half and his assist for Moura’s goal, in a game in which the Brazilian showed that perhaps he can be the substitute that Harry Kane has sought. Bye.
His first goal, though serendipitous in its creation, displayed clever composure to finish off before he got into exactly the right area for his second. With one more touch of fortune, he could have had a hat-trick in just 45 minutes.
Opt for statistics
- Tottenham have won all three games against Bulgarian rivals in Europe; Only against Norwegian teams do Spurs have a 100% best record in all European competitions (winning four out of four).
- Tottenham have won five consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since November 2018 with Mauricio Pochettino (a run of six), while the Lilywhites have kept three clean sheets in a row for the first time since April 2019.
- Since rebranding the competition in 2009-10, Tottenham have scored in 25 of their 26 home games in the UEFA Europa League, scoring in 22 consecutive home games since a goalless draw with Lazio at White Hart Lane in September. 2012.
- Carlos Vinicius scored his first goals for Spurs in his fifth appearance for the club in all competitions: the Brazilian has been involved in five goals in four European games for Tottenham (2 goals and 3 assists), having been involved in just one goal out of every seven European games for Benfica (1 goal).
Whats Next?
He is master versus apprentice on Sunday when José Mourinho’s Spurs travel to Frank Lampard’s Chelsea in Super sunday, still alive Sky Sports Premier League starting at 4 pm; start at 4.30 pm.
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