And, freeze that moment. As the ball bounced back out of the netting behind André Onana the white shapes wilted and stretched out across the grass. A knot of bodies gathered in the far corner. A strange kind of stillness spread around those huge clanky iron stands. From up in the gods there was something else, a gathering hiss of joy from the travelling Tottenham support.
Really, this was too much. This was a gin-addled north London fantasy. At half-time in Amsterdam Spurs were 3-0 down to Ajax and drifting into the realm of last things and end times, trying, at best, to lose well.
Written by Barney Ronay at the Johan Cruyff Arena
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/may/08/spurs-ajax-champions-league-mauricio-pochettino under the title “Spurs live a north London fantasy to break apart Ajax’s butterflies | Barney Ronay”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
