There was about an hour of gold when all the doubts and fears had melted as if Angel Postocoglou had recovered the best form of Tottenham from the deep gel.
One inside 38 seconds by Brennan Johnson with a second before half-time marked by James Maddison and a penalty converted by Dominic Solanke to do it 3-0.
The PostCoglou team shed with an intention as if there is more. They were smooth on the ball and spread out in the plated and the fans responded by increasing the volume and serenizing them about a final in Bilbao.
The Spurs dominated well against an exhausted team in a large European semi-final for the first time and apparently near the end of their extraordinary trip.
Then came familiar problems to temper jubilation.
First of all, the injuries to Maddison and Solanke, who hindered the bench, where Lucas Bergvall had watched the whole match with a protective boot on the ankle he damaged during training on the eve of this match.
Tottenham took a convincing 3-1 advance against Bodo / Glimt in the first leg of their tie in the semi-finals
The Angel Postcoglou team took a huge step towards the first European trophy of the club in 41 years
Brennan Johnson gave the Spurs head in the first minute, heading to the back post
Then came the goal scored by Bodo / Glimt with their first shot on Target, which beat Guglielmo Vicario with the help of a deviation in the 83rd minute and triggered an anxious fence period.
Celebration songs have faded overnight and the fears and doubts resurfaced while thoughts turned to the second stage of next week on the notorious plastic pitch of the Aspmyra stadium.
It is a place where the Norwegian champions have won nine of the 10 European games this season. They overturned illustrious names like Porto and Red Star. They beat Lazio there with two goals in the quarter -final and Olympiakos by three in the last 16.
Bodo is dangerous at the Astroturf house and the Londoners will venture into the Arctic Circle with caution, but they control.
Postcoglou would have signed up for an advance of two goals halfway, and he tried to spread a little of this belief when he tries to extend his record to always win a trophy in his second season to all the clubs he has succeeded.
“It’s on artificial grass but still a football game,” said the spurs’ boss. “I don’t think the score reflects our domination, but we have to accept it. We are in a good position and we must reproduce these performances.
“Whatever the surface, if we are as organized and disciplined as we were today, it will be difficult to stop. Bodo Away is a difficult element, I’m here with Celtic. But Frankfurt too and we went there knowing that we had to win.
“In Europe, we were good in the management of any situation in which we have been and all these experiences gave us believe that we can go and do the work.”
James Maddison added a second for the hosts following a punctual pass Lofted by Pedro Porro
Dominic Solanke made 3-0 for spurs in 62 minutes, with a penalty in the lower corner to the left
Postcoglou has surprised a surprise with his selection. Having lost Bergvall, he called Yves Bissouma in the midfield, Richarlison started at the front on the left in front of Mathys Tel and Johnson on the right in front of Dejan Kulusvski. All of this looked like an inspired selection when Johnson hit one minute.
Bissouma was involved, continuing a loose ball to maintain early pressure and win a duel with Ole Didrik Blomberg. It was the same with Richarlison. It was his cross of the left recycled by Bissouma. Then, the Brazilian dominated high at the rear post to reach the cross of Pedro Porro and direct it through the goal.
Johnson came to run in the penalty area without scoring to force a head in front of the goalkeeper Nikita Haikin. After a second break to check if the Spanish referee had not given a fault against Bissouma, the noise exploded from all sides of the ground.
The new stadium of Tottenham Hotspur rarely generates a hostile environment, and the artificial hymns of pre-match and the Tifo displays may seem forced, but the fans of the spurs have all come in white with Spring Sunshine and whipped a great atmosphere when approaching the kick-off.
Then the players delivered with a rapid goal and followed it with a more attacker intention, winning the turns and forcing the Norwegians. Maddison, Micky Van de Ven and Udogie all missed the target with chances.
Bodo / Glimt was exhausted, without five of their first team, three suspended and two injured. They only appointed six players on the field on the bench. Those on the ground called an emergency group to regroup after conceded.
Richarlison was the main threat to the spurs on the left, with Maddison selecting it with passes and the udogy fate by loading overlap.
Inevitably, the tempo was upset and there were reminders for Tottenham that they were in the semi-finals, before they were out of defense for the second.
Ulrik Saltnes withdrew one in the 83rd minute to give Bodo / Glimt a ribbon of hope in the tie
After a tumultuous season in Tottenham, Postcoglou closes on a silverware shot
Bentancur worked hard to protect the possession under pressure in his own half and moved the ball via Van de Ven and ‘Keeper Vicario to Porro, who chose the race before Maddison from the midfielder.
His first touch with the outside of his right foot was excellent, giving him an angle of shooting and his finish was a little scratched, which worked his favor, dragging the ball in front of Haikin’s desperate dive and the defenders withdrew.
Haikin made a flight stop to refuse Bentancur a third before the Uruguayan midfielder from Tottenham was taken on his heels in his own box when Blomberg flashed a volley on the goal of Vicario just before the interval.
Visitors were stronger in the second half. The penalty was one of these sweets, a classic from the Var era, where Cristian Romero stole to beat Fredrik Sjovold with a high ball.
Sjovold had tried to start the clear ball, but ended up kicking Romero on the calf and a penalty was granted after a Var intervention. Solanke, who scored the winner on site in Frankfurt, intensified in front of the southern stand and rolled it in the lower corner.
They could have been afraid of injuries. Postcoglou said he hoped was not serious, describing Maddison as feeling an “ adjustment in a knee ” and that Solanke is “something similar” in a quad muscle. Bergvall, he said, would be a case of waiting and to see. Heung-min sound also released.
The boss of Bodo / Glimt, Kjetil Kutsen, was encouraged by the late goal scored by Ulrik Saltnes, with the help of a deviation off the coast of Bentancur.
“Really important,” said Kutsen. “We can get energy from it in the next game. It is totally different at home in the Aspmyra. We still have an opportunity. We are not the favorites but we will fight for it.
