A. Postecoglou: "Both we and Man Utd deserve to play in the final."

2025-05-09 13:02 © AFP

On Thursday, London’s "Tottenham" advanced to the UEFA Europa League final, where they will face another English club - "Manchester United".

Both "Tottenham" and "Man Utd" have looked simply tragic this season in the "Premier" league, but a victory in the Europa League will open one of these teams' path to next season's UEFA Champions League.

This situation has been discussed for some time by football experts and fans, who are outraged that one of the tragically performing English teams this season will play in next season's Champions League.

However, the "Spurs" strategist Ange Postecoglou does not place much importance on such talk.

"This victory will upset a lot of people. Now everyone will say that neither we nor 'Man Utd' deserve the trophy.

Why does everyone focus on our problems in the league? Why is this important when talking about this tournament? If it’s so easy to reach the final, why don’t all the teams from the top three just do it? This is a completely separate tournament, which has nothing to do with how we perform in the league.

I agree that we look bad in the "Premier" league, but our situation this season has not been easy. I don’t understand how this can diminish our reaching the Europa League final.

Both we and "Man Utd" deserve to play in the final. On the way to the final, both teams overcame opponents that will likely be in the Champions League next season. I think everyone should focus more on the upcoming final," said A. Postecoglou.