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The vacation must await Dejan Kulusevski and Alexander Isak.
Simply hours after the final league match, Tottenham and Newcastle are every on their very own airplane to Australia – to fulfill in a follow match.
– It’s not optimum, Spurs coach Ange Postecoglu mentioned at a press convention.
Newcastle and Spurs performed the final sport of the season on Sunday afternoon. Or did they?
Just some hours after the final Premier League sport, Tottenham posted a video of all of the gamers stepping onto a pitch towards Australia. A journey of roughly 22 hours.
They’ll face Newcastle on the Melbourne Cricket Floor on Wednesday.
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fullscreen Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison on the flight. Photograph: X
– It’s extremely brief between video games, Newcastle coach Eddie Howe informed Sky Sports activities earlier this week.
“Positively would not have allowed this…”
Alexander Isak’s Newcastle, who’ve performed 58 video games within the final 10 months, now face Dejan Kulusevski’s Spurs on the opposite aspect of the globe.
– Our state of affairs is a bit totally different from Newcastle’s. They’ve had the Champions League and lots of video games. We have not had that, mentioned Spurs’ Australian coach Ange Postecoglu at a press convention yesterday.
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full display screen Alexander Isak. Photograph: George Wooden/Getty Photos
He continues:
– I might undoubtedly not enable this if we performed in Europe this season and had extra video games. Then I most likely would have mentioned no, he mentioned.
Tottenham completed fifth within the Premier League and are prepared for the Europa League subsequent season. Newcastle completed seventh and nonetheless have an opportunity to play within the Convention League relying on the FA Cup end result.
