The Tottenham, 17th in the English Premier, won a double prize this Wednesday when taking The Europa League against Manchester United (1-0), A victory that puts the ‘Spurs’ in the next Champions League.
The ‘Red Devils’, meanwhile, only one position above Tottenham in the Premier, They close a season to forget without even the arrival of Portuguese coach Ruben Amorim could make them react.
In the 100% English party in San Mamés, the celebration went to those of the British capital and the penalty for a United with economic problems that the manna will not drop the European competition next season. A drama for the Old Trafford club, represented in the Palco de San Mamés by its legend Sir Alex Ferguson.
A goal by Brennan Johnson (42), with the involuntary collaboration of Luke Shaw, allowed Ange Postecoglou spurs to break A drought of titles that went back to 2008 (English League Cup) and meet a European title 41 years later (1984 UEFA Cup).
– Sixth English Club in Champions –
With that success, Tottenham will be the sixth English team in the next champions League and will play in the summer (Boreal) the European Super Cup against Inter Milan or Paris Saint-Germain.
The London team was confirmed as a great nightmare of United this course in which they have won their four clashes, two from Premier, one of the League Cup and the Europa League final.
In an intense and electrical match, between two teams that put on the most physical table than quality, the goal came after a center to the 29 area that Brennan Johnson finished. The ball touched on Shaw’s arm, sneaking with the short stick of André Onana.
If that action had not mediated, perhaps the points the game would have fallen from the side of the Ruben Amorim team, with the talented Portuguese flyer Bruno Fernandes instilling some mime to the ball and with a amad diallo that was a dagger by the right side.
But the team that had put seven goals in the double semifinal appointment against Athletic Club could not beat the Italian goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario.
– Heroic resistance –
Not even when in the second part, with heavy artillery on the lawn of ‘La Cathedral’. In the 68th minute the Dutch central starred in one of the decisive actions of the party by acrobatically removed on the line a header from the Danish striker Rasmus Højlund.
Four minutes later, it was Bruno Fernandes who finished off headland without finding goal.
And in 74 the Argentine Alejandro Garnacho, who had jumped to the pitch shortly before, took out a satin right that Vicario diverted to corner.
Nor Casemiro, with little prominence in the 90 minutes, could unbalance with a Chilean shot that left out in the added time.
There they finished the impetus of a United who suffered his only defeat in the competition when he was missing.
Argentine Central Cristian Romero, Uruguayan flyer Rodrigo Bentancur and Brazilian striker Richarlison, the three holders already have an international European competition in their record.