SPURS won the pulsating all-Prem Europa League Final scooping a cool £100m jackpot and sending half of the 70,000 British fans in Bilbao deliriously happy.
Amid a cacophony of noise, an own goal was enough for Tottenham to see off plucky Manchester United in a nervy encounter.
The unlucky goal bounced in off England ace Luke Shaw in the 42nd minute and was met with a wall of noise from the team in white – ending their 17 year trophy drought.
The scrappy game saw United dominating possession but there were few clear cut chances – betraying both teams’ dismal Premier League form.
A diving header from Red Devils skipper Bruno Fernandes rocketed just wide of the post, and Tottenham’s resolute defending stood firm with the tie living up to its ‘El Crapico’ billing.
The final was played out amid a frenziedatmosphere with the packed crowd at fever pitch waving flags and chanting non-stop for their teams.
The players struggled to hear themselves communicating due to the deafening roar.
After years of heartbreak, Tottenham fans were delirious as they celebrate the win that finally brought silverware back to north London.
John Affleck, a lifelong Spurs fan from Enfield, bunked on a mate’s hotel floor and spent over £5,000 to get here.
He told The Sun ahead of tonight’s game: “I’m broke, but I really don’t care. We just needed to win.”;;
Victory for Spurs’ Ange Postecoglou offers him a chance of holding onto his job and leading his side into next season’s mega-money Champions League.
Before kick-off in Bilbao the atmosphere had become more tense, with the good-natured exchanges between fans replaced by an air of menace near the stadium, with Spanish riot cops wielding shields and batons breaking up skirmishes.
Officials hoped the bad tempered latter stages on the pitch wouldn’t be mirrored outside theground, with the result sparkingcarnage on the streets of the city as the red half of the 70,000 Brits in Bilbao faced a long and despondent journey home.
The win marks Tottenham’s first European silverware since 1984 — and may have just saved Postecoglou’s job, after being under immense pressure ahead of the final dubbed “El Crapico”;; by rival fans.
Spurs not only take home the trophy — but also punch their golden ticket back into the Champions League, with a potential £100m windfall to boot.
