Van De Ven on Spurs Europa League delight after Utd win
21/05/2025
San Mamés Barria, Bilbao, Spain
uefa25 europa league final Tottenham 1-0 Manchester Utd
21/05/2025
San Mamés Barria, Bilbao, Spain
uefa25 europa league final Tottenham 1-0 Manchester Utd
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00:0025 UEFA Europa League winner.
00:02Congratulations.
00:08Good evening, congratulations on the winning of the title.
00:11You've achieved something that some of the Tottenham players have never experienced.
00:16How do you feel now and do you appreciate it?
00:20What do you have in your mind right now?
00:23Unbelievable feeling, of course.
00:26It's been a tough season for all of us.
00:28In the league, we didn't perform really well.
00:30Everybody was, of course, doubting us.
00:32But I think we all proved them wrong.
00:35Today we're here, we're lifting the trophy and we made some history for the club.
00:39That's, of course, an unbelievable feeling.
00:47Congratulations, Miki.
00:49How have you managed to keep the faith throughout the season
00:52and how much has the manager been a key part of that?
00:56Yeah, of course, what I said, the season was so tough in the league.
01:02But every time when we played in Europe, we showed our quality and we showed how we can play.
01:07And also, what you said, the gaffer was a big role in this success.
01:13He kept believing in us.
01:14The whole staff kept believing in us and he just made sure we stayed together.
01:17And we as a group, we stayed together also and we kept believing.
01:20And until the day of today, we kept believing that we could create history with this group.
01:26And we did it today.
01:31Congratulations, Miki.
01:32The manager has just said he wants to build on the success next season.
01:35Do you feel as a group of players that you can have more success under this manager going forward?
01:41Yeah, of course, we want to build on.
01:44And to be honest, now we just want to celebrate and we want to enjoy this moment.
01:49But yeah, of course, we want to do something special also next year.
01:55And of course, every year you want to be successful and every year you want to achieve something.
01:58But really haven't thought about it, to be honest.
02:02But what I said, now we just want to celebrate and we want to do beautiful stuff now.
02:09Hi, Miki. Congratulations.
02:11You guys have played an amazingly efficient, pragmatic game in the last few rounds to win this competition.
02:17Can you explain what specifically the plan was and how the manager convinced you to play this way?
02:23Of course, you have a plan beforehand, but everybody changed because, of course, you can say what you expect from the game.
02:30But the game is always going to be different. So we wanted to play our own game.
02:35And you saw the first half, they created some chances, we created some chances.
02:39The game was, I think, a bit 50-50 and we scored our goal.
02:42And then the second half, of course, they pressed us more backwards.
02:45I think that's normal also when you're 1-0 up and they needed to score.
02:48And I think we defended it really well.
02:51Yeah, I have to think about like the header from Shaw and then the header from Hoyland.
02:59But I think we defended it really well.
03:01And yeah, we kept the clean sheet again.
03:03Like what you said also in the last couple of games in Europe, we proved everybody that we are a really good side.
03:08And we played so well the last, of course, like I said, all my game away was a tough game.
03:13But all the other games, we performed so well and we showed everybody that what we could do.
03:16And we did the same today in the final.
03:18Hi, Miki, congratulations.
03:21You said before the game that you wanted to silence the banter people.
03:25Is the banter, does that now stop?
03:28And are Tottenham now no longer a banter club?
03:31Probably they will continue, but I don't care anymore.
03:35We proved them wrong and we won a trophy so they can say whatever they want.
03:40And we lifted that trophy today and that's the most important for us and for the fans and also for the club.
03:47Congratulations, Miki.
03:48Can you talk us through that goal line clearance?
03:50That looked painful as well.
03:52I can tell it was painful also.
03:55Yeah, I think Vic came out and the ball bounced on his head.
03:59I don't know, I don't know how to be honest, but the ball came to Hoylet and I was like,
04:04I need to go to the goal line because if he had it over Vic, then it's going to be a goal.
04:09And I saw the ball coming and to be honest, the ball was high and I was like, I don't know how I'm going to do this.
04:14But I just tried everything I could and I saved it and it was all worth it because we kept the clean sheet.
04:21Some back issues afterwards, but it's all worth it.
04:24George, final question please.
04:26Hi Miki, congratulations.
04:28The manager said back in September he always wins things in his second season and he still believes he can.
04:34Kind of now that you've actually done it, what did the squad kind of make of that at the time?
04:38And did that give you belief sort of during this run that if he can say that out in public, you know, we can definitely do it?
04:44Yeah, the Gaffer said this and I think he proved he's done it.
04:50So he won again something in his second year and everybody that was doubting him, everybody that was doubting us, we all proved them wrong this year.
05:00And of course it was a really tough season in the league.
05:03We didn't perform well and it was really poor from our side.
05:07Of course I can say something else.
05:09But in Europe we did so well and to be honest I'm really happy that he said I win always things in my second year.
05:18We made sure he could keep saying this.
05:20So yeah, we're happy for him, we're happy for the team and yeah, that's it.
05:25Thank you very much.
05:26Thank you very much.
05:27Thank you very much everyone.
05:28That concludes tonight's press conferences.
05:29Congratulations once again to Tottenham Hotspur.
05:32Safe journey home.
05:33Great job.
05:40Thank you very much.
05:42Warehouse.
05:44Well done.
05:45Connection.
05:46Let's pause.
05:47Thanks again.
05:52Yes.
05:54Okay, now again.