“Hopeless ineffective”
Bayern loan gets into the press of the press
07.03.2025 – 4:41 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
After a bankruptcy in the round of 16 in the Europa League, Tottenham is under pressure. Mathys Tel didn’t get a good evening.
The hopes were great that Mathys Tel at Tottenham Hotspur could collect valuable game practice and demonstrate his talent. But after the 0-1 defeat in the Europa League against AZ Alkmaar in the round of 16 first leg, criticism of the performance of the loan from FC Bayern. The English press went hard with the 19-year-old.
Tels in particular in the attack game on Thursday was criticized. The British tabloid “The Sun” described the appearance of the “Spurs” as “toothless and open” and attested to the “poor” Tel, he “died of remains and had a lot of trouble to assert himself”. The “Daily Mail” came up with a similar conclusion: the AZ inner defenders Wouter Goes and Alexandre Penetra had “neutralized”, which is why he “hardly appeared”.
The English daily newspaper “The Standard” found even sharper words. A slight improvement in the building game was recognizable, but overall Tels was “hopelessly ineffective”. The “Guardian” briefly summarized the young striker’s performance as “disappointing”.
The judgment of the media is likely to have further fuel that Tel has already been replaced at half -time. From the bank he had to see how his teammates could no longer compensate for the early own goal of Lucas Bergvall from the 18th minute.
Tottenham is faced with a difficult task in the second leg if you want to save the last chance to title of the season in the home stadium against Alkmaar next Thursday. When the Premier League club progresses, the winner from the round of 16 between Eintracht Frankfurt and Ajax Amsterdam would be against the winner.
Although Tel has been six times since moving to Tottenham and scored a goal, his future remains uncertain. The “Spurs” have a purchase option of 55 million euros, but whether they will pull it is questionable in view of its previous services. At FC Bayern, the attacker is still under contract until 2029.