Mauricio Pochettino was reduced to tears as Tottenham booked their place in the Champions League final with a ‘miracle’ defeat of Ajax.In the best European comeback since the night before, when Liverpool thumped Barcelona at Anfield, Lucas Moura’s second-half hat-trick secured a dramatic 3-2 win over the Dutch side.Spurs’ win set-up an all-English Champions League final for the first time in over a decade – and Pochettino was full of emotion after the match.
3Raw emotion. This is what it means. #UCL #COYS pic.twitter.com/N6hkZlDBsS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) May 8, 2019“It is difficult to talk. I am so emotional,” he said. “Thank you football. My players are heroes.“The second half was amazing. This type of emotion is impossible without football.“It is an amazing moment and it is difficult to explain in words.”
3"Thank you football. Thank you my players, they are heroes.""Without football it is impossible to live."No, thank you Mauricio Pochettino cries during his post-match interview with @DesKellyBTS.This means everything to him… pic.twitter.com/ArpQwwnwDH— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) May 8, 2019The north Londoners were dead and buried at half-time in the second leg at the Johan Cryuff ArenA as they trailed the Amsterdam team 2-0 on the night and 3-0 on aggregate after goals from Matthijs De Ligt and Hakim Ziyech.However, a miraculous comeback, spearheaded by Moura, was completed deep into added time when the Brazilian slotted home a loose ball to seal an away goals success and spark amazing scenes in Amsterdam.He had earlier netted a brace to pull Spurs level, but his third goal – scored one second after the five allotted minutes of injury time – is what truly made him a Tottenham hero.Progression to the Champions League final continues the remarkable progress for Spurs under Pochettino, with no other manager ever guiding the north Londoners this far in Europe’s premier competition. Spurs lost both their Premier League matches against Liverpool this season by 2-1 scorelines, and the Reds will be heavy favourites heading into the June 1 showpiece.Pochettino did not want to get drawn into discussing the final, however, with over three weeks to go before the two sides face off in Madrid.“Allow me to relax a little bit, there is going to be time to talk about Liverpool,” he added.“I want to congratulate Jurgen Klopp and all the players and Liverpool, because I think they were amazing.“We enjoyed a lot, watching the tie against Barcelona, they are heroes too and of course it is going to be an amazing final between two English teams that for sure we are going to enjoy.”
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