Domestically Tottenham are going through their worst season since 1976–77, sitting in sixteenth place on little over a degree per recreation. There’s a good likelihood Australian Postecoglou will lose his job no matter occurs in Europe now, such has been their debacle at residence, however ending on a trophy could be some method to go.
It’s 17 years since Tottenham gained the League Cup, their final little bit of silverware. Mauricio Pochettino and serial winners Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte have been unable to carry trophies to Spurs.
On high of ending that trophy drought, it will give Spurs a Champions League spot – regardless of sitting 23 factors off these locations within the league.
There was no likelihood Postecoglou was going to underestimate Glimt, who knocked his Celtic out of the Convention League 5-1 on combination three years in the past.
However he couldn’t have dreamed of their begin as they scored a first-minute purpose in a European recreation for less than the second time of their historical past with Pedro Porro’s cross ending up with Brennan Johnson netting his seventeenth purpose of the season.
James Maddison and Dominic Solanke added targets, however it will likely be of big frustration that they conceded late on to Bodo/Glimt’s solely shot on track.
Regardless of that, barring a collapse within the Arctic subsequent Thursday, Tottenham will attain a fourth last on this competitors after 1972, 1974 and 1984’s two-legged showpieces within the Uefa Cup – successful the primary and the final of these.
