Tottenham ended their 17-year-old waiting for a trophy, because the first half of Brennan Johnson was enough to beat Manchester United in the Europa League final.
2024/2025 UEFA Europa League
1-0
- Brennan Johnson (42 ')
Victory means that head coach of Subvure Ange Postecoglou has fulfilled a promise to deliver silverware in his second season at Spurs.
Postecoglou, who said he “would never be a clown” in his pre-match address, brought smiling and unbridled joy to the faces of the 15,000 official, and many unofficial, Tottenham fans in the San Mames Stadium in Bilbao.
Victory is not allowed to store Postecoglou in the coming weeks of a trace output. But the Australian leaves like a hero after he has joined Bill Nicholson and Keith Burkinshaw when winning a European trophy with the North London giants.
In addition to following the leadership of Newcastle and Crystal Palace to make this a season of glory for clubs that rarely or never win a trophy, Tottenham will also benefit from a £ 100 million windfall after the qualification for the Champions League of next season.
As had to happen in a fight between the two lowest placed teams ever to dispute a European final, for the losers, there was no silver lining.
Head coach of Manchester United, Ruben Amorim, will send his side to the last Premier League match of the season against Aston Villa on Sunday with huge questions about his ability to make them competitive after their worst season since the 1973-74 relegation campaign.
Amorim enjoys the support of ownership, but his decision to choose Mason Mount for Alejandro Garnacho in an attacking role did not work. And with skipper Bruno Fernandes unusually modest, United was missing the fraud to drag themselves back into the game as soon as they fell behind.
They came close to an equalizer with a Rasmus Hojlund -Header, after the mistake of Guglielmo Vicario, who was erased from De Ven halfway through the second half by Micky van de Ven.
Vicario then made a dramatic late save to keep Luke Shaw's header out.
Line-ups
Tottenham XI: Vicario, Porro, Van de Ven, Romero, Udogie, Bentancur, Bissouma, Sarr, Johnson, Solanke, Richarlison
Subs: Austin, Whiteman, Spence, Davies, Danso, Gray, Ajayi, Moore, Odobert, Tel, Son, Scarlett
Man Utd XI: Onana, Yoro, Maguire, Shaw, Mazraoui, Dorgu, Casemiro, Fernandes, Hojlund, Mount, Amad
Subs: Bayindir, Amass, Dalot, Evans, Heaven, Lindelof, Collyer, Eriksen, Mainoo, Ugarte, Garnacho, Zirkzee