El cuadro de Londres supo aprovechar la importante ventaja del choque de ida para no pasar apuros en el Signal Iduna Park y colarse en la siguiente fase.
El Tottenham ya está en cuartos de final
Partido
sin demasiada historia el que se preveía hoy en Dortmund. La bofetada en la cara que el Tottenham dio al Borussia Dortmund en el
choque de ida (3-0) convertían la
posibilidad de ver a la escuadra germana en cuartos de final en prácticamente
una utopía. De este modo, si los germanos querían aferrarse al milagro se
encontraban en la necesidad de marcar rápida y provocar cierto temblor de
piernas en la escuadra de Maurizio Pochettino.
Inmersos
ambos clubes en una complicada racha de juego y resultados en sus respectivas
competiciones domésticas, la oportunidad de jugar
en Europa se presentaba como una oportunidad pintiparada para escapar de la
rutina y poder darse una alegría. Especialmente significativo es el caso de los
de Londres, que después de la recordada eliminación a manos de la Juventus el
pasado curso tiene el reto de brillar en la máxima competición continental.
El
BVB ataca, el Tottenham sentencia
Sabedor de esta necesidad, el equipo local se lanzó con todo desde el primer minuto contra el área
de Hugo Lloris. Con un Tottenham tremendamente desdibujado que no acertaba
ni a defender sin la pelota ni a contratacar cuando la tenía, el cuadro germano
se hacía dueño del partido y veía como las ocasiones se sucedían. Sin embargo, pese al dominio local y que el único arma
de los ingleses era la acumulación de hombres en defensa, el gol no llegaba y
ambas escuadras llegaban al descanso con el 0-0 inicial.
El tiempo se acababa para el Borussia Dortmund, que pese
a que lo intentaba era incapaz de ver puerta y veía como su aventura europea de
esta temporada estaba cada vez más cerca de concluir. Y cuando apenas habían
transcurrido tres minutos de la reanudación, la eliminatoria acabó. El encargado de certificar la defunción de los
de Dortmund fue Harry Kane, ¿quién si no?. El delantero inglés ponía en
ventaja a los de Maurizio Pochettino en el 48 (0-1). El tanto visitante provocó
que ambas escuadras bajaran los brazos y firmaran un pacto de no agresión con
vistas a lo que quedaba por delante. Pese a que había sido netamente inferior a
los germano el Tottenham aprovechaba la pegada de sus atacantes para certificar
su llegada a unos cuartos de final donde se presenta como un rival
tremendamente incómodo.
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