About 80,000 fans of Manchester United and Spurs set out to Bilbao and the police say that there were only seven arrests, because Tottenham won the Europa League and booked their place in next season's Champions League
The ecstatic players of Tottenham were noticed their hotel on Thursday morning – their joy clearly for everyone to see after securing Europa League Glory in Bilbao.
Captain Son Heung-Min smiled from ear to ear while jumping on the team coach before being taken to the airport. And the Spurs skipper, who hoped that he had finally brought silverware to North London, would make him a “legend” in the eyes of fans, finally had a medal on his neck after the last faux pass from Uefa.
Manager Ange Postecoglou was welcomed by fans who sang “We are no more Spursy” when he left the hotel, with his future in the long term at the club in question.
The team ended a 17-year-old trophy drought after beating Manchester United 1-0 in a Scrappy match on Wednesday evening. Winger Brennan Johnson scored the only goal of the game in the 42nd minute home for the Noord -London club.
The victory also insured Spurs a place in the Champions League next season – despite their gloomy Premier League campaign that is currently sitting in the table 17th with only one match to go. A chair back at the top table in Europe can be worth up to £ 100 million extra income.
An estimated 80,000 supporters from both clubs had traveled to North Spain, where the largest match in the country is Real Madrid against Barcelona, ​​known worldwide as “El Clasico”.
But with United 16th were in the Premier League and Spurs One Place below, cruel critics had called this match “el-crapico” because of the terrible form of both teams. A final that was largely of quality did little to make that story light.
Not that it mattered for Postecoglou, who held his record of winning a trophy in his second season. Postecoglou made the headlines at the start of the season when he stated that he “always wins things” in year two of a job-a performance that was achieved in South Melbourne, Brisbane Roar, Yokohama, Celtic and Australia's Under-17, Under-20 and Senior Sides. The daring comment came after a slow start of the Premier League campaign and has been regularly referred since then.
Despite the huge number of English fans, the police said they usually behave well because only seven arrests were made.
A spokesperson for the Basque regional force, the Ertzintza, said that five of the prisoners had already been released – but would be called upon to appear before a judge at a later time – and two remained in detention. They are expected to be able to leave later today.
Only a handful of incidents disfigured something else a benign but very Boozy celebration, in Bilbao. Small kirmehes broke between Tottenham and United fans with one Brit filmed that the police were attached to the ground with baties and weapons before they were sent away in handcuffs.
A spokesperson for Ertzaintza said they were not dealing with major incidents: “We have linked seven arrests to incidents arising from the Europa League final. All are foreigners, but I cannot confirm if they are all British.
“The arrests were for fighting, criminal damage, disobedience and attacking a police officer.”
It is said that at least three British subjects who had traveled to Bilbao for the game, they stole expensive designer watches. One was worth £ 42,000, another £ 33,000 and the third £ 21,000 according to local reports. The crimes are linked to the “state of drunkenness” in which the British were.