UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, March 6, 2025
Tottenham Hotspur LLWWL 0
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AZ Alkmaar WDWWL 1
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1st Leg · AFAS Stadion · 18,281 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Bergvall own goal condemns Spurs to defeat at AZ

Tottenham Hotspur suffered a 1-0 defeat at AZ Alkmaar in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
1
61.6
Possession
38.4
7
SHOTS
12
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
510
Accurate Passes
264
583
Passes
354
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
5
10
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.4
32
Long Balls
48
17
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
15
19
Tackles
29
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
5
38
Effective Clearances
21
38
Clearances
21

Head to Head

TOT leads series 1-0

Lineups

AZ · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Rome-Jayden Owusu-OduroG
  2. 5Alexandre PenetraCD-L
  3. 3Wouter GoesCD-R
  4. 18David Møller WolfeLB
  5. 16Seiya MaikumaRB
  6. 28Zico BuurmeesterAM
  7. 6Peer KoopmeinersLM
  8. 8Jordy ClasieRM
  9. 9Troy ParrottF
  10. 23Mayckel LahdoAM-L
  11. 21Ernest PokuAM-R

TOT · 4-3-3

  1. 1Guglielmo VicarioG
  2. 4Kevin DansoCD-L
  3. 14Archie GrayCD-R
  4. 13Destiny UdogieLB
  5. 24Djed SpenceRB
  6. 30Rodrigo BentancurCM
  7. 10James MaddisonLM
  8. 15Lucas BergvallRM
  9. 11Mathys TelF
  10. 7Son Heung-MinLF
  11. 22Brennan JohnsonRF

Timeline

  1. 9' Substitution, AZ. Denso Kasius replaces Mayckel Lahdo because of an injury.
  2. 18' Own Goal by Lucas Bergvall, Tottenham Hotspur. AZ 1, Tottenham Hotspur 0.
  3. 45' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Wilson Odobert replaces Mathys Tel.
  4. 62' Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 65' Peer Koopmeiners (AZ) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 66' Substitution, AZ. Kees Smit replaces Denso Kasius because of an injury.
  7. 68' Ernest Poku (AZ) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 72' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Pedro Porro replaces Destiny Udogie.
  9. 72' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Dominic Solanke replaces Son Heung-Min.
  10. 72' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Pape Sarr replaces James Maddison.
  11. 81' Substitution, AZ. Kristijan Belic replaces Ernest Poku.
  12. 81' Substitution, AZ. Ibrahim Sadiq replaces Zico Buurmeester.
  13. 81' Substitution, AZ. Sem van Duijn replaces Troy Parrott.
  14. 90'+2' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Dane Scarlett replaces Dominic Solanke because of an injury.
  15. 90'+4' Sem van Duijn (AZ) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.