London. The evening started with Minnie Messi and the comfy Spurs players.
The host team is much more enthusiastic and a devastating VAR review brought it to an end.
The only justice is that both Tottenham and Sporting still have everything in their hands.
Of course it was him, Minnie Macy who returned to London. If anyone wants to make a statement at the Spurs Stadium, it’s the guy who grew up in his own academy. It was he who then released without major titles, just as the club played the Champions League final.
3.5 years later, Marcus Edwards was not just a different player, he was a different person. One mother’s advice when her English son tried to adjust to his new foreign life in Portugal, was to “reduce it.”
Distinctive movement patterns
Sporting Lisbon all stood together on Wednesday night, while Spurs attempted an initial attack. At first, it looked very promising for the home team. Pierre-Emile Hogberg has returned to the midfield and Lucas has also found his way into the starting line-up, which means that Antonio Conte It’s back to 3-4-3. At least Lucas gave the offensive game the much-needed element of surprise with his deep runs.
Then it was as if Edwards had turned off all the opponents’ embers. His long-range shot after 22 minutes may not have been the strongest seen, but his movement inside the penalty area was impressive. Silence prevailed on the huge arena, with the exception of the corner of the visiting fans who celebrated loudly with the 1-0 goal.
Sporting finished the half methodically. Their patience, both with and without the ball, was in stark contrast to Spurs’ tense and calm style.
Unlikely to end
It looked like it would be the same after the first half, but then all of a sudden the home team came back to life. The power was up and it ended up going more often where it was meant to be. The players like to point out that Conte has applied a winning mentality at the club. It’s really time to step up and show it.
Rodrigo Bentancur hasn’t scored a goal in the Champions League before tonight. The midfielder headed in a corner kick, the equalizer that brought Sporting coach, Ruben Amorim, to his knees. Until then, the situation for the away team was even hotter.
The ending was completely improbable, as Spurs threw it all in and pushed to complete the turnaround (even Brian Gill was on the pitch). Harry King It looked like he conceded 2-1 just a minute before the end of the match, a goal that sent Sporting down the standings and Eintracht Frankfurt into second place. Conte lost her completely, cheering and hugging everyone who approached him.
This is not football
But the Spurs supporters won’t have that much fun. As several lengthy minutes passed, some players chose to face referee McKelley, who shrugged his shoulders in depression. His VAT roommates may have been carefully scratching their temples while trying to determine whether the target should be sentenced to offside.
If it takes too long to come up with an answer, it can also let the situation move forward. Football is not.
Now the final score was 1–1, Conte’s joy was replaced by anger and eventually the red card. Ruben Amorim, who barely dared to watch in the last minutes, remains in the tournament and faces a crucial meeting with Eintracht Frankfurt. What started with Mini Messi was followed by better tendencies than Tottenham and finally a hot and hostile atmosphere. But at least Spurs still have everything in their hands.