Ange Postecoglou hailed Tottenham’s kids after they got here of age in Budapest tonight.
Postecoglou named 4 youngsters in his beginning XI – Mikey Moore, Lucas Bergvall, Archie Grey and debutant Will Lankshear – and the quartet handed the check with flying colors as Spurs received 2-1 at Ferencvaros.
Pape Sarr put the guests forward within the first half and Brennan Johnson got here off the bench to attain his fifth aim in 5 video games with 4 minutes to go.
Barnabas Varga pulled one again late on however Spurs held on to register their second successive Europa League win and fifth in a row in all competitions.
Postecoglou stated: “Regardless of who you play in Europe away, it’s all the time a problem. You noticed with the environment the gang create, they get actually behind their workforce and the circumstances as nicely. So there’s a complete vary of issues you could take care of.
“Clearly, we made fairly quite a few modifications to the workforce, together with placing the younger boys in, however I believed they dealt with it actually, rather well.
“We would have liked to defend and defend nicely, we performed some good soccer and created some good possibilities. Possibly we may have had a pair extra however, most significantly, we received an away European tie which I believe is a credit score to the lads.”
On the kids, he added: “We’ve acquired to watch out with them however on the similar time we’ve introduced some actually gifted gamers to the membership and my pitch to them was that we’d develop them so I’ve to ensure I do this.”
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Moore shines brightest
Moore was the youngest of the teenage quartet at simply 17 years of age however Postecoglou is an enormous fan of the winger.
“His skill to simply take care of stress and preserve the ball in actually tight areas and make actually good clear choices for such a younger boy. It’s not straightforward on the market when defenders fly in and he took one throughout the first 30 seconds, however he drives on,” he stated.
“He’s acquired a lot progress and he desires to study. I couldn’t be happier with him and I’m more than happy that he’s a part of our soccer membership.
“I believed he was excellent. It’s good for a 17-year-old to play 90 plus minutes in a European away tie. He simply dealt with it fantastically. I form of knew he would and I believe it’ll assist his progress as a footballer when you get via an expertise like that.
“I believe he’ll develop and evolve and I didn’t really feel like I wanted to take him off. He nonetheless regarded sturdy on the finish and was nonetheless contributing.”
Johnson earns Ange reward
Subsequent up for Spurs is a visit to Brighton on Sunday with Johnson seeking to rating in a sixth successive recreation.
Postecoglou stated of the Wales ahead: “He’s in an awesome vein of kind proper now. He’s actually assured.
“They thrive on that kind of stuff, however his numbers have all the time been good. I used to be all the time curious as to why he was singled out as a result of his numbers have been all the time good when stacked up towards the opposite wingers. Now he’s in all probability forward of them together with his numbers.”
