Ange postcoglou told his critics that “they’ll have to deal with me just a little longer” Tottenham Hotspur Closed and European League Semifinal place with a victory of 1-0 against Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany.
After the 43rd minute punishment Dominic Solandke James Maddison was the goalkeeper Eintracht on the floor Santos bauensured Tottenham’s victory that completed a 2-1 quarterfinal aggregated victory against Bundesliga page.
Spurs will face Norwegian Bodo/Glimt champions in the semifinals in May.
Since Spurs lost seven of his last 12 games before Frankfurt’s clash, Postaglou’s position as a coach became weaker, and some reports indicate that he could lose his job if the Eintracht team was expelled.
But the first one Australia The coach released a defiant Riposte after Since 2008 Spurs closer to the first trophy.
“Unfortunately, you only have to deal with me a little longer,” Postecoglou said at his press conference after the match. “I am pleased with many things. I am very proud of the boy – away from home in the quarterfinals against the very good side. We had to score today and show the quality we have and on men, were excellent in such a big game. We got the right to be in the semifinals.
“I’m the same manager today I was yesterday, so if someone thinks I’m a better coach, I don’t care. It doesn’t affect what I do. Players believe in me and employees in me, it matters.
“Players and employees were just excellent. I’m a frontman but take responsibility through my decisions and never felt that they had never doubted what we were doing.
“After a season like ours, it would be very easy for players and employees to leave me in a quite vulnerable place by a chip, but I never felt it.”
After a season of key players injury, many of them rarely managed to build their strongest team for a long time.
But in Deutsche Bank Park were Spurs almost in full force, with Son Heung-Min and Defender captain Dragusin’s advice unavailable due to injury.
And Postecogle said that his team’s performance did what Spurs was missing for most of this season.
“From our point of view we had a difficult season,” said Postecoglou. “There are several reasons behind it, but this evening it was quite obvious, with our strongest team outside that some of the things we suffered this year.
“(Guglielmo) Vicario, (Sergio) Romero, (Micky) van de out, (Rodrigo) Bentancur, Solandke – this year we all missed and more. We know we can be a team that is quite convincing when we all have all available.
“It gave me my heart all the time that when we got some players back, I really believed we could achieve.
“But we can’t get too far in front of us. We’re in the semifinals and we’ll have a difficult opponent.”
Meanwhile, the postcoglou said that Maddison did not suffer a serious injury in a collision with Santos, which led to England The midfielder must leave the tone later.
“Maddison is fine,” Postecoglou said. “At that moment he showed incredible courage, put his body on the line. It hurts but helped us to proceed to the semifinals, so I hope it feels better.
“I am surprised that it wasn’t a red card. I thought it was a clear punishment, I’m not sure why we needed to boil to make a decision.”
