Tottenham made three terrible mistakes in a quarter of an hour. Then goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky was taken off the pitch.
- Three disastrous mistakes from Tottenham led to goalkeeper Kinsky being taken off the pitch
- In 15 minutes, Atletico Madrid scored three goals
- TV 2’s Jesper Mathisen and Morten Langli commented on the events as a “slapstick festival”
– Everything has gone wrong for Tottenham tonight, comments TV 2’s Jesper Mathisen.
Three times it went completely wrong at the Metropolitano.
Everything happened in the space of 15 minutes in the round of 16 in the Champions League.
First, Tottenham goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky slipped. Marcos Llorente could easily give Atletico Madrid the lead.
Then it was Micky van de Ven’s turn to slide. Antoine Griezmann could walk in 2-0.
– Slapstick festival from the Spurs players. It looks like Tottenham have completely missed the mark with the footwear, exclaimed Morten Langli on TV 2.
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Photo: Matthew Childs / Reuters / NTB
The “festival” continued: the Tottenham keeper made another terrible mistake. Julian Alvarez made it 3–0.
In doing so, Atlético also set a new record: Never before has a team been three goals ahead so early in a knockout match in the Champions League, according to Opta.
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– I have tried to understand it. My heart is absolutely broken for him (Kinsky). He had some terrible minutes – that miss and the third goal. I don’t know what to say. I’m just absolutely devastated for the boy. This Tottenham team is completely out of control, says former England goalkeeper Joe Hart on TNT Sport.
– It hurts to see, commented Jesper Mathisen.
Tottenham boss Igor Tudor took action: He waved Czech Antonin Kinsky off the pitch. The goalkeeper had a rare chance in the cage, but Guglielmo Vicario was quickly back as the first goalkeeper.
One who comes with his support for the goalkeeper is former Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea.
– No one who has not been a goalkeeper can understand how difficult it is to play in this position, writes the Spaniard on X.
In TV 2’s studio, former Tottenham goalkeeper Erik Thorstvedt explains that Vicario has received an extreme amount of criticism for his play.
– I can understand that Tudor is trying something else, but it didn’t work at all, he says.
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Atletico Madrid ended up winning 5–2.
Le Normand made it 4–0, before Pedro Porro reduced the deficit soon after. After 55 minutes, Tottenham could have been reduced once again, but a masterful subsequent counterattack from Atletico resulted in a 5–1 scoring, signed by Julian Alvarez.
But the goalkeeper mistakes would never end. Because when Oblak played the ball straight into the legs of Porro, the Spaniard could easily play to Solanke, who hammered in 5-2.
– We must be able to say this has been a surreal football match, says Mathisen on the eve of the match.
Thus, the London club, which is already in crisis in the domestic league, has three goals to pick up again in London in a week’s time.