Tottenham's Postecoglou on win over Frankfurt to reach Europa League semis

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Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou reacts to their win over Eintracht Frankfurt to reach the UEFA Europa League semi-finals Frankfurt, Germany Courtesy of UEFA

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00:00Congratulations, Ange.

00:23You must be delighted with the maturity of your team tonight.

00:27Yeah, I'm delighted with many things.

00:30And, yeah, super proud of the lads.

00:32Look, yeah, you're playing away from home, quarterfinal,

00:37against a very good side.

00:39You know, you're going to have to work really hard

00:41and be well-organised and disciplined.

00:43And also, you know, we needed to score tonight,

00:47so we needed to show the quality we have as well.

00:49And to a man, I just thought they were outstanding.

00:52Yeah, so proud of them that, you know, in such a big game,

00:57they delivered a performance that, you know,

01:01means we're through to the semifinal.

01:02And, you know, I think over the two legs,

01:05I think we deserve to go through.

01:06You know, Ty could well have been over in the first leg,

01:09but, again, we've earned the right to be in the semi.

01:15Gary.

01:15After a difficult season with injuries, et cetera,

01:20do you kind of have a sixth sense that Tottenham's name

01:23might be on this trophy?

01:25No, I don't think that way.

01:27But, you know, from our perspective,

01:31look, you know, it's...

01:34We've had a difficult season.

01:36And I think there's some reasoning behind that,

01:40that, you know, which was pretty evident tonight,

01:43that, you know, when we got our strongest team out there,

01:45a lot of the things that we've sort of suffered with this year,

01:48I'm sure we wouldn't have,

01:50because, you know, the spine of our team,

01:52you know, at times, Vicario, Romero, Van de Ven,

01:59Benton, Corsalanke, like, these guys,

02:01we were missing all of them at different times this year.

02:03And, you know, we've got the whole group,

02:06and it's not just them, it's the whole group together.

02:08You know, we know that we can be a team

02:11that's, you know, pretty compelling against anybody.

02:15And, you know, we're in the final four now,

02:17so we give ourselves a chance.

02:19Jay.

02:21Hi, Ange.

02:22Congratulations.

02:22I saw you walk down the tunnel at the end of the game

02:24with your arm around James Madison.

02:26Just wanted to check in on how he's doing after what happened.

02:29Yeah, he's fine.

02:31Unbelievable courage.

02:33In that moment, you know, to put his body on the line,

02:38knowing full well he was going to, you know,

02:41got my pretty severe knock.

02:42I mean, I was surprised it wasn't a red card,

02:44but, yeah, super courageous from him.

02:48And, look, he's sore,

02:49but I'm sure that's all been numb,

02:51knowing that, you know,

02:53he's helped us progress to a semi.

02:54Matt.

02:56Hello, Ange.

02:57I was going to ask you about that as well.

02:59Are you warming Tavar tonight?

03:01Are you pleased with the intervention?

03:03Or are you still a bit cross that it wasn't a red card?

03:08Well, you know, I mean,

03:10we can be a bit sort of facetious about that, Matt,

03:12but I thought it was a clear penalty.

03:14I'm not sure why it needed VAR.

03:16I mean, when a player wins the ball and it gets cleaned up,

03:19if that was a defender,

03:20it would definitely be probably a red card.

03:22Now, it's a goalkeeper, so maybe,

03:23but it's definitely a penalty.

03:24I don't think it needed a review.

03:26So, again, I think we got what we deserved.

03:29George.

03:32Hi, Ange.

03:33And, Jim, congratulations.

03:34You've always had belief in this squad and this team,

03:36but I'm guessing you probably couldn't say really strongly,

03:39you know, to everyone,

03:40you're going to win the Europa League before this two tyres.

03:44How much confidence do you have in this squad now

03:46to go all the way and deliver what the fans have wanted for so long?

03:50Well, look, I mean, I think, you know,

03:51we can't get too far ahead of ourselves.

03:53You know, we're in the semi-final

03:54and, you know, we're going to have a difficult opponent in the semi.

03:57But it's not about my belief in the team.

03:59I think what's more important is the belief the team's had, you know,

04:02because after a season like ours,

04:05it would be very easy for the players and the staff to, you know,

04:09I've said before, you know,

04:10that they could have left me in a pretty vulnerable place

04:13in terms of, you know, them splintering and any,

04:15but I've never felt that, you know,

04:16with all the noise around, you know, our season.

04:19You know, they've been so united in believing

04:23in what we're trying to achieve here.

04:24And that's what gave me heart all along that, you know,

04:29if we've got our own little bit of slice of luck

04:31in terms of just getting some players back that, you know,

04:34I really believe that this team, you know, could achieve.

04:38And that's what, you know, keeps driving me.

04:42It's not so much my belief in them.

04:43It's their belief in what we're doing and both, you know,

04:47and the players and staff have just been outstanding.

04:50Like I said, you know, I'm the front man for it,

04:55but, you know, they take responsibility for it as well

04:58for all my decisions and everything I do,

05:00but not at any stage have I felt that they've lost any belief in me

05:07or what we're doing.

05:08And that's just crucial when you're having a difficult season,

05:10but there's also a season of opportunity there.

05:14Ryan, to finish, please.

05:17Hi, Ant. Congratulations.

05:18I just wanted to ask about your own kind of personal feelings.

05:21Obviously, it's no secret it's been a tough season

05:23and coming into this game,

05:25it must have been quite tough having to deal with all the noise.

05:29So to win in the manner in which you did,

05:31how are you kind of feeling?

05:32Is there relief or...?

05:34I think I said yesterday,

05:36I'm the same manager today that I was yesterday.

05:38So if people think that us winning tonight makes me a better manager,

05:43whoever didn't think I was doing a good job yesterday

05:44should be feeling the same way today.

05:46I don't care.

05:47It doesn't bother me.

05:48It doesn't affect what I do.

05:52For me, it's always about the dressing room, you know.

05:57Do the players believe?

05:58Do the staff believe?

05:58That's much more important than what others may, you know, make of me.

06:03So unfortunately for a lot of you,

06:05you're going to have to put up with me for a little bit longer, mate.

06:07So we'll just see how that goes.

06:09All right.

06:10Thank you very much.

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