Tottenham make dramatic comeback to reach final

First half down 2 goals

Early this morning (May 9), the second leg of the Champions League semi-final between Ajax and Tottenham was extremely tense and exciting.

Ajax's form is extremely high with a streak of 10 consecutive unbeaten matches, including 9 wins.

Lusca Moura, became Tottenham's hero with a hat-trick against Ajax. Photo: Getty

With a squad of bright young talents and rare collective strength, Ajax is considered to have more than enough tenacity to achieve success.

With the representative from England, in the first leg at home, Tottenham was suffocated by Ajax with high pressing and flexible movement of young players who were eager to show and contribute.

This rematch, the difficulty for the "Roosters" is even more increased when they are behind, have to travel away from home, are not in good form, along with the absence of key striker Harry Kane. The only consolation for the English representative is the important return of Heung-Min Son after suspension.

When German referee Felix Brych blew his whistle to start the semi-final match between Ajax and Tottenham, home advantage and a 1-0 lead from the first leg gave the young Ajax players confidence to control the ball and develop their game.

In the 5th minute of the match, the Dutch representative scored a goal to increase the gap. From Schoene's corner kick, captain De Ligt ran smartly and jumped high to head the ball into Tottenham's net, opening the score for Ajax (the score was now 2-0).

The joy of coach Pochettino and his team when Tottenham reached the final for the first time in history. Photo: PA

The difficulties piled up when in the 36th minute of the match, the score was raised to 2 - 0 for Ajax. Starting from Trippier's lackluster fight from midfield, Ajax stole the ball and launched an attack on the left wing. Tadic was the one who created for Ziyech to shoot very hard into the far corner to defeat Lloris, raising the score of the second leg to 2-0 (the total score of the two matches is now 3 - 0).

Crazy 2nd Half

It seemed like the sky was falling for the representative from England. However, after the break, everything changed dramatically. Tottenham scored 3 goals in a row with the brilliance of Lucas Moura to be present in the final for the first time in history.

Minute 55 of the match. From a Tottenham attack that tore apart Ajax's solid defense, Dele Alli escaped, creating an opportunity for Lucas Moura to rush in and finish off Onana, narrowing the score to 1-2 for Tottenham (total score now 1-3).

4 minutes after the equalizer, in the 59th minute of the match, from a cross from the right wing by his teammate, Llorente's close-range shot was blocked by goalkeeper Onana. After that, both the Ajax defender and goalkeeper were confused, creating an opportunity for Lucas Moura to skillfully turn the ball around and score the second goal against the home team (equalizing the second leg score 2-2), the total score now being 3-2 for Ajax.

Ajax players (in red) accept to stop playing against the representative from England. Getty photo.

With two goals to narrow the gap, Tottenham players knew that just one more goal would open the door to heaven for them. Therefore, Tottenham increased the pressure but the concentration of Ajax's defense did not allow Spurs to do that.

It seemed like the match ended with Ajax winning the ticket to the final, but in the last minute of extra time (90+6), hero Luscas Moura was once again a nightmare for the Dutch. In the last chance created by Tottenham's lightning attack, Moura quickly finished with a tricky shot to complete his own hat-trick, putting Tottenham ahead 3-2 in the second leg (the total score after 2 matches is 3 - 3).

The match ended at Johan Cruyff Arena (final score was 3 - 3) with the away goals rule, Tottenham was the team that advanced, while Ajax was the eliminated club, Tottenham's opponent in the final was "brother" Liverpool.

This will be the Champions League final of England, the final will take place on June 1, 2019 at Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain./.

Score:

Ajax:De Ligt (5'), Ziyech (36')

Tottenham:Moura (55', 59', 90'+6)

Line-up:

Ajax:Andre Onana; Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs de Ligt, Daley Blind, Nicolas Tagliafico; Lasse Schone (Veltman 60'), Frenkie de Jong; Hakim Ziyech, Donny van de Beek (Magallán 90'), Kasper Dolberg (Sinkgraven 67'); Dusan Tadic.

Tottenham:Hugo Lloris; Kieran Trippier (Lamela 81'), Jan Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld, Danny Rose (Ben Davies 82'); Moussa Sissoko, Victory Wanyama (Fernando Llorente 46'), Christian Eriksen; Dele Alli; Son Heung-min, Lucas Moura.