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It is an own goal that can remain a stain on Lucas Veribal's career.
Tottenham lost 0-1 in the first leg of the 2024-2025 UEFA Europa League (UEL) round of 16 away match against AZ Alkmaar at 2:45 a.m. on the 7th (Korea Standard Time) at AFAS Stadion in Alkmaar, Netherlands. Tottenham, which tried to win the championship, should prepare for the second game in a disastrous performance.
Tottenham failed to bring either results or performance. The scene of the loss was a sigh of relief. Tottenham allowed a corner in the 18th minute. The corner shot sharply up to the back of the defense. The ball went to Troy Parrott, who turned back. Parrott tried to kick correctly rather than kick hard. But it was missed, and the ball bounced high in front of Veribal as it was bound. At this time, Beribal urgently tried to clear the ball.
Unfortunately, the ball hit by Beribal's shin took a strange reverse turn and headed into Tottenham's goal. Everyone expected Beribal to clear it. Guglielmo Vicario, who was guarding the goal, could not respond at all. As the ball headed into the net, Jed Spence flew himself and tried to clear it with his head, but Spence's effort was not enough.
While the atmosphere was also pushed by Alkmaar, it was Tottenham due to bad luck. As soon as Vicario lost the point, he ran with the ball and cheered his teammates up. I ran to Veribal and comforted him vigorously, but Veribal's expression was disastrous. Beribal played hard to make up for his mistakes the rest of the time, but Tottenham were defeated.
After the match, the Daily Mail said: "Veribal may have a sleepless night after scoring a funny own goal against Alkmaar. Beribal scored a memorable goal with a ridiculous own goal during Alkmaar's corner kick. Swedish prospect Beribal tried to clear the ball from inside the penalty box but scored an own goal. It didn't go the way I wanted it to," he said, shedding light on Beribal's absurd own goal.
From the results alone, Tottenham seems to have lost because of Beribal's own goal, but we cannot drive Beribal to the root cause of defeat. Tottenham's situation, which cannot even cover the mistakes of its 2006 prospect, is ridiculous. All of Tottenham's players showed their worst performance. Son Heung-min also could not avoid criticism.
If not a single player showed good performance, this can be seen as a manager's problem. In the region, coach Enze Postecoglou is also angry, saying, "What on earth have you prepared for the past eight days?" If Tottenham fail to advance to the quarterfinals against Alkmaar next week, Postecoglou's position will falter sharply.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
