The 33rd round ends with the success of Forest in London with the decisive goals of Anderson and Wood
The fairy tale starts again. The Nottingham Forest finds the victory after two knockouts in a row and folding Tottenham 2-1 in London in the first 16 ‘is put back in front of everyone in the very uncertain sprint that also involves Newcastle, Manchester City, Chelsea and Aston Villa (in rigorous ranking order) and assigns those tickets for the next Champions League on which the Liverpool in the pectore and the Arsenal second in the ranking have already put the hands.
The Saint Espirito team won by showing her best weapons again, the concreteness in the goal area that allowed her to go on 2-0 after just 16 ‘, and the defensive security that allowed her to keep the result safe until 87’. These are the two pillars on which the Forest built his dream called Champions League. Tottenham also cultivates it, certainly not in that premier who if he ended today would close in 16th place, his worst result of all time, but through the Europa League: the semifinal with Bodø, with the first leg on May 1st at the Tottenham Stadium, is the only thing that interests the men of Postecoglou.
the keys
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At the Forest he cared about winning, at Tottenham for most of the game no. It was the main difference between the two teams, with the guests riding the initial cyclone of the two goals in 16 ‘and then controlled with their defense made even more solid by the intuition of goalkeeper Matz Sels. The tactical change of the interval allowed the Forest to play to destroy the confused attempts of the Tottenham to return to the game, still keeping the tension high with its always fearsome counterattacks. The Postecoglou team at least for the first hour seemed completely disinterested in the game, with Mathys Tel on the unique attack left to try to get noticed. The Tottenham Stadium whistles at the interval have had no effect: for the Spurs the premier right now is only a good gym to prepare the Europa League, one in which, for example, finding the condition to Dejan Kulusevski, who if closer to the top than it is now in the cup could turn into a lethal weapon. When Richarlison reopened the game at 87 ‘, making peace with that goal that too many times had devoured, it was too late to remedy the fact that Tottenham lost 18 times in 33 championship games. Winning the Europa League is the only thing that would not make this go to the archive as the most disastrous season of the Spurs in the last 35 years.
the game
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Forest ahead after just 5 ‘with a shot from outside Anderson made impossible by a deviation of Bentancur. At 10 ‘the semi-automatic offside saves Tottenham from the double guest, but there is nothing irregular in the touch of the head with which Wood does 2-0 to 16’. The recovery begins with the Spurs that change the two defensive plants, the Forest that goes from 4-3-2-1 to 3-5-1-1 and the unusable var for the first 5 ‘. Toffolo saves a head of Kulusevski in 63 ‘on the line. Tottenham takes courage and reopens in 87 ‘with Richarlison, in go -ahead from Porro’s cross after having devoured occasions in series. Too late to change the result.
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