Eintracht Frankfurt’s opponent
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On Thursday evening, Eintracht Frankfurt welcomes the Europa League Tottenham Hotspur in the quarter-final second leg. For the Londoners who play the worst Premier League season in 21 years, it is the last chance to qualify for international business. The Verzecoglou team has to struggle with various problems, and the Australian is criticized.
After the 2: 4 at the Wolverhampton Wanderers, Tottenham slipped to the 15th place in the Premier League and was only able to win in the last six games against the bottom of Southampton (3: 1). With 37 points after 32 match days, the Londoners are as bad as last in 2003/04 when they finished 14th. The last time Spurs did not end the season in the top 10 was in 2007/08-since then they have always been represented by 2023/24. The last time in the first half of the table was to find the club on December 15 after a 5-0 against Southampton.
The big problem of Postecoglous Team is the inconsistence, because this season they have only managed to win twice, two games in a row. They also have an amazingly good goal difference for a table 15 with 60:49 goals. – Which is because 14 of the 17 defeats were lost with a goal difference, while nine of the eleven threes were celebrated with at least two goals.
This inconsistency is also evident when managing guided tours, because only relegated Southampton lost more often than the Spurs, who could not score points five times after a lead. A total of 19 points were played out. In addition, they have already been behind 22 times-only the Wolves, Southampton and Leicester often happened. In total, the Londoners were able to get eleven points.
High expenses, many injured, changing staff: Spurs without constancy in the squad
Since Postecoglou took over the coaching post in July 2023, Tottenham has invested 447.5 million euros in new additions. Only Manchester United (449.6 million), Manchester City (502.6 million) and FC Chelsea (740.1 million) paid more. This season, the Spurs Dominic Solanke from the AFC Bournemouth signed for EUR 64.3 million and made him a record purchase. The attacker could not yet meet the great expectations, only scored seven goals in 23 missions.
Furthermore, the squad was reinforced with many talented players such as Lucas Bergvall, Mathys Tel, Wilson Odobert and Archie Gray. Postecoglous team is an average of 24.7 years old and after Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea the youngest of the Premier League. But the inconsistence in the results is also reflected in the squad. Postecoglou has already used 31 professionals in the current season, only with the relegation candidates Ipswich and Southampton were more. The top teams such as Liverpool, Arsenal and Newcastle (24) or Nottingham Forest (23), which struggled around the Champions League, sent much less into the race. This is also due to the Miser of the Spurs injuries, because a total of 18 players fell for 153 games this season, including Richarlison, Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven with a thigh injury.
Tottenham’s season is characterized by inconsistence in the squad and in the results and can only be saved by a triumph in the Europa League, which would be synonymous with participation in the Champions League. After the 1-1 in the first leg, the Spurs at Eintracht Frankfurt are challenged in order to be able to initiate a conciliatory end of the season.
