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Game January 23, 2025, 22: 25 | Tottenham Hotspur
Ange Postcoglou spoke to the media at Prezero Arena after our 3-2 win over Hoffenheim in MD7 of the UEFA Europa League stage.
Here’s what I had to say. . .
“Just outstanding by the players, full credit to them. Winning away in Europe is always difficult irrespective of the situation you’re in, but with the situation we’re in, just a really unbelievable effort. Great leadership by the experienced players. We really needed them to stand up today. I thought Madders, Sonny, Rodrigo and Benny were outstanding. In the first half I thought we played really well. We created some really good opportunities for ourselves and maybe could’ve had one or two more. Second half we looked little bit fatigued and had to hold on a little bit and defend a lot more, which we did okay on the most part. When they scored the game tightens up but it was a great finish by Sonny to give us that extra buffer. We finished with five teenagers, Brandon’s first game in Europe and second game overall. I think you take European victories for granted, but it was a really unbelievable effort and a really strong-willed group of players today and credit to them.”
“I have been doing this for a long time and what it has a very strong confidence in what it does and is not influenced through noise and that is not influenced through what is the current temperament in terms of evaluation of others people where you are.
“Obviously, even when we signed Toni, in terms of European football, we knew we still wanted Fraser Forster and Brandon. Abrandon did it very well in the game he played (Newcastle in the background) and is very hard since then. We knew it . El juego iba a ser un pequeño objetivo para él y Fraser tenía una enfermedad que lo derribó un poco, pero sentí al fondo de su funcionalidad en la jugada de la liga que Brandon merecía una grieta y la idea de que lo hizo bien. Esta Night.
“With Dom, the data now are that we are hunting around the six -week brand. Without surgery. Maybe we can do it before, see how it progresses. But, at this stage, said about six weeks.
“I thought he really stood up today. We needed him to. Him, Madders, Rodri, Benny, a lot of our other players, it’s not just Lucas, Archie, Radu and our young players. We also have to factor into it that Richy is just coming back from injury. There is a whole range of things we are dealing with out there. It can be easy, particularly away in Europe, to get swept away. I thought Sonny led from the front tonight with his football, but also with his general actions and most importantly the goals. Look, we are all copping stick at the moment. That is the nature of the beast. What we do, as footballers and managers, we are all in the firing line at the moment. Whether it is warranted or not, you have to stand up and reply to it in the proper way. I thought he did that tonight.”
“Yes, you have to answer in the right way and Madders’ idea was notable tonight. These players are exhausted. These are professional players that are only 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, which seek to recover in this moment. We to this position, Madders and all the players who made us their credit. “