Tottenham Hotspur reserved its place in the last 16 of the Europa League with a 3-0 victory on the Swedish team Ellsborg on Thursday, with the young Dane Scarlett, Damola Ajayi and Mikey Moore marking their debut for the London club.
The victory saw the Spurs finish fourth in the phase of eight games and spare the injury team of Angel Postcoglou on a two -legged. It was not good news for the manager, because the defender Radu Dragusin had to leave the field with an apparent knee injury.
Elfborg was eliminated after falling six places in the 26th, two points below security.
The Spurs completely dominated the game, but had trouble breaking a well -organized defense, before Scarlett finally broke the dead end in the 70th minute when Dejan Kuluski wrapped the ball in the middle of the six yards box and that The 20 -year -old striker led in the lower corner.
Ajayi, 19, scored in the 84th minute when he played a two with Scarlett before launching the ball in the area.
“It was incredible,” said Scarlett to TNT Sports. “I have been waiting for this moment for a long time. I feel really good now, ready to start, very happy.”
Moore, 17, celebrated his first goal in Spurs shirt a few seconds before the final whistle, advancing and then beating his man before seizing a firter corner.
The Spurs completely dominated the whistle, but were hampered by the ruthless back line of the visitors and by goalkeeper Isak Pettersson, who made some dramatic stops to stop the shots in the first half of Moore and Pope Sarr.
Dragusin, a substitute in the second half, lasted only 17 minutes before injuring his knee. He received treatment on the ground and then tried to resume the game, but a few seconds later, said the bench.
Spurs no longer had defenders on the bench when the Romanian central defender started. The striker Scarlett continued instead and Postcoglou mixed his training.
“It was important to do the work tonight,” the Spurs defender Ben Davies said in TNT Sports. “We know that these matches can be banana skins, the more they stay 0-0. You can feel anxiety around the place and it is built.
“Fortunately, this guy comes and changed the game,” he added, throwing an arm around Scarlett. “He came in a match that was sometimes quite difficult and he changed it for us. Dane has worked so hard in recent years that I have been here with him.”
Ellsborg silenced the crowd of the Spurs at the start of the second half when Jalal Abdull’s aerial kick at a blank range just flew over the bar.
