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| Tottenham won the FA Cup round of 16 after defeating club Wickham in the second division after a classic. Winks’ winning goal scene. © AFP=News1 |
Tottenham, who is running at the top of the Premier League (5th place) successfully beat the Wickham Wanderers, who is at the bottom of the Championship (2nd Division) (24th), and made it to the final of 16 in the English Football Association (FA) Cup. I struggled throughout the game, but I sighed with a streak of goals at the end of the second half. Son Heung-min added one help.
Tottenham won 4-1 in the 2020-2021 FA Cup round 4 (final of 32) against Wickham of the championship held at Adams Park in High Wycomm in England on the morning of the 26th (Korean time). In the 25th minute of the first half, they conceded first, but Bale’s equalizer for the first half was balanced, and the last minute winks and Ndombele scored a back-to-back victory. It was not easy to win a big win in terms of score.
In response to the Wickcom below Hansu, Director José Mourinho started a rotation member. Heung-min Son, Kane, Hoivier, Regilon, and Ndombele were excluded from the starting lineup. Instead, Gareth Bale, Vinicius, Maura, Lamela, Winks, etc. It took into account that four days later, an important EPL schedule with Liverpool was ahead.
As for the best scenario, it was best to take the lead with this member and save the stamina of the main axes or adjust the senses even if they participate. But the game wasn’t easy. Like four years ago, Wickham harassed Tottenham again.
Tottenham and Wickham collided on the stage of this very FA Cup in January 2017. At that time, Wickham was a 4th division (League 2) club, so it was a matchup that was more inclined towards Tottenham, but the result broke expectations. 4-3, it was Tottenham’s hard reverse win. Without Son Heung-min’s two goals, it would have been a victim of an extraordinary. Even in the return match after four years, Tottenham struggled.
The initiative was held by Tottenham. Bale, Moura, and Vinicius were the center of the attack and aimed for the opening goal. That doesn’t mean that Wickham was concerned about putting the line back and blocking it. The game played normally, as if the first half was an opportunity without the main axes, and the choice was right.
In the 25th minute of the first half, Wickham scored the opening goal. The throw-in, which started on the right side, was connected to Iqpizu via a heading connection. And Ikpiju overcame the competition with the defense and raised the cross at the door, and Onyedinma finished lightly, shaking the Tottenham goal. It was regrettable that Alderweireld failed to mark the Iqpizu manmark and that Davinson Sanchez passed the cross.
The relay camera reflected the scene where Kane and Son Heung-min were sitting on the bench right after the goal. If the situation of being dragged to 0-1 was prolonged, it meant that the attacking duo could not be saved.
Tottenham, who allowed the blow, naturally raised the offensive to make up for it. In the 35th minute of the first half, Bale gave a slight pass from the outside of the box when Sissoko’s right foot hit the defender, bends, and hits the post, but it was not very powerful overall. There were many pass misses, perhaps because it was not the composition that matched hands and feet in the actual battle.
At the end of regular time, when Tangganga’s heading hit the crossbar again at the set piece chance, it seemed that the first half could not be restored and the first half seemed to be over. However, it passed the hurdle in the extra time. After receiving a throw-in, Moura raised a cross with his right foot from the left flank, and Bale made an equalizer by slightly turning the direction with his left foot in time for the bound timing at the gate.
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| Tottenham easily reached the FA Cup round of 16. © Reuters = News 1 |
Head coach Morinho made changes by putting in Hoivier at the start of the second half. It wouldn’t be good if the tie situation was prolonged. In the relatively early 12 minutes of the second half, Vinisius was called in, and Kane, the sign goalkeeper, was also added.
He looked for a runway with a veil ahead, but the chance wasn’t well made. Eventually, Tottenham started operating Son Heung-min and Ndombele in the 22nd minute of the second half. I took out all the cards to write.
After the two fighters, Tottenham’s offensive level rose, but it continued to fail. The situation in the second half of the 35th is a waste. The pass Sissoko perfectly gave headed to Son Heung-min in the box and shot without disturbing the defense, but it was too strong to miss the goal.
After 40 minutes of the second half, Tottenham was chased, and the moment he had to think about overtime, the tangled thread was released belatedly.
In the 41st minute of the second half, Kane, who caught the ball inside the box, tried to shoot with high concentration and shook the defensive line with the goalkeeper.
And 1 minute later, he even scored an extra goal with Son Heung-min’s help. In the 42nd minute counterattack chance in the second half, Son Heung-min grabbed the ball and hit it inside the box, passing it to Ndombele, who is in a good position, and Ndombele finished with his right foot inside, putting the wedge into victory.
Son Heung-min, who made an assist in the match against Sheffield United on the 17th, scored two consecutive attack points. It was the 10th help in various competitions. There are a total of 16 goals scored.
Tottenham, who had been struggling throughout the game, ended 4-1 with Ndombele’s last celebration in the extra time of the second half, and reached the FA Cup round of 16.