The disappointments of the past few years and the embarrassing current league season in turn make the joint move of United and Tottenham into this year’s final of the Europa League extremely remarkable. The fact is that internationally both showed a different face this year. United has not lost a single game in the Europa League, Tottenham from the 14 only completed two. A strong statistics for both teams.
The team impressively showed that something can be created again, especially in Manchester, in the quarter -finals of the competition. Against Lyon, this seemed to be sealed at the stand of 2: 4 in the extension. Then United scored three goals in crazy eight minutes.
Coach Rúben Amorim, who only replaced Erik Ten Hag on the sidelines in the course of the season, said after the game: “Such moments can help players a lot in a season like this.” And further: “You can create a connection between the fans and the players, and we can forget for a few minutes what a season we have just had behind.”
The 40-year-old made it clear how important the Europa League is for United this year-and what effect a profit of the competition could have on the future of the club. United would therefore ensure a conciliatory end of a round that was actually indiscutable for the association. With the title, Amorim is likely to develop a lot of loan among those responsible and fans. A victory against Tottenham could therefore give him the necessary time to form a team sustainably according to his ideas and to bring Manchester United back into success in the long term. However, a defeat would torpedo all of this.
At Tottenham, the situation is at least comparable in the approach, whereby trainer is supposed to be on the brink of Postecoglou – whether he wins the Europa League in the end or not. At the press conference on Tuesday, however, the Australian, who was difficult to criticize, emphasized that there is now “the opportunity to at least fulfill the main task that was given to me, namely to bring trophies to the club.”
If this project succeeds, Postecoglou would, despite the catastrophe season of his team, at least a certain legend status on numerous Tottenham fans-as the coach who could finally break the club’s title curse.
However, if the team loses the final against Manchester United, the term of office of the 59-year-old is probably one of the darkest chapters in the history of the club-and Tottenham will finally be in front of a striking heap.