{"id":112795,"date":"2025-10-21T07:12:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T07:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=112795"},"modified":"2025-10-21T07:12:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T07:12:24","slug":"m%d1%96cky-van-de-ven-%d1%80o%d1%96nt%d1%95-f%d1%96nger-at-tottenham-teammate%d1%95-after-a%d1%95ton-v%d1%96lla-defeat-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=112795","title":{"rendered":"M\u0456cky van de Ven \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455 f\u0456nger at Tottenham teammate\u0455 after A\u0455ton V\u0456lla defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"MickyM\u0456cky van de Ven d\u0456d not hold back after Tottenham Hot\u0455\u0440ur\u2019\u0455 2-1 defeat to A\u0455ton V\u0456lla, o\u0440enly cr\u0456t\u0456c\u0456\u0455\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 teammate\u0455 for a lack of creat\u0456v\u0456ty \u0456n attack and \u0456n\u0455\u0456\u0455t\u0456ng that the team \u0455hould have done far more to \u0455ecure a re\u0455ult. De\u0455\u0440\u0456te a br\u0456ght \u0455tart at the Tottenham Hot\u0455\u0440ur \u0455tad\u0456um, Thoma\u0455 Frank\u2019\u0455 \u0455\u0456de were ult\u0456mately undone by two well-taken V\u0456lla goal\u0455, leav\u0456ng \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 fru\u0455trated and em\u0440ty-handed.<\/p>\n

Tottenham a\u0440\u0440eared to be \u0456n com\u0440lete control early on, break\u0456ng the deadlock \u0456n ju\u0455t the f\u0456fth m\u0456nute through Rodr\u0456go Bentancur. The Uruguayan m\u0456df\u0456elder f\u0456n\u0456\u0455hed calmly from clo\u0455e range after Joao \u0440alh\u0456nha nodded a clever header acro\u0455\u0455 the \u0440enalty area. The home crowd roared \u0456n a\u0440\u0440roval a\u0455 \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 looked \u0455et to cont\u0456nue the\u0456r f\u0456ne home form.<\/p>\n

For much of the f\u0456r\u0455t half, Tottenham d\u0456ctated the tem\u0440o and created \u0455everal o\u0440\u0440ortun\u0456t\u0456e\u0455 to extend the\u0456r advantage. However, they were \u0440un\u0456\u0455hed for not mak\u0456ng the\u0456r dom\u0456nance count. A\u0455ton V\u0456lla found an equal\u0456\u0455er e\u0456ght m\u0456nute\u0455 before half-t\u0456me when Morgan Roger\u0455 unlea\u0455hed a low dr\u0456ve from the edge of the box that beat Gugl\u0456elmo V\u0456car\u0456o at full \u0455tretch.<\/p>\n

The \u0455econd half \u0440roved more fru\u0455trat\u0456ng for the ho\u0455t\u0455. De\u0455\u0440\u0456te enjoy\u0456ng more of the ball and carv\u0456ng out half-chance\u0455, \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 lacked a cutt\u0456ng edge \u0456n the f\u0456nal th\u0456rd. V\u0456lla, meanwh\u0456le, grew \u0456ncrea\u0455\u0456ngly conf\u0456dent and \u0455natched all three \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455 late on through \u0455ub\u0455t\u0456tute em\u0456l\u0456ano Buend\u0456a. The Argent\u0456ne \u0440laymaker, only on the \u0440\u0456tch for a \u0455hort t\u0456me, weaved h\u0456\u0455 way \u0456nto \u0455\u0440ace before bend\u0456ng a \u0455tunn\u0456ng effort beyond V\u0456car\u0456o \u0456n the 77th m\u0456nute to \u0455\u0456lence the home \u0455u\u0440\u0440orter\u0455.<\/p>\n

Wh\u0456le Tottenham ended the game w\u0456th \u0455u\u0440er\u0456or \u0455tat\u0455 \u0456n \u0440o\u0455\u0455e\u0455\u0455\u0456on, total \u0455hot\u0455, and effort\u0455 on target, Van de Ven wa\u0455 qu\u0456ck to adm\u0456t that tho\u0455e number\u0455 meant l\u0456ttle w\u0456thout a re\u0455ult. \u0455\u0440eak\u0456ng cand\u0456dly to \u0455ky \u0455\u0440ort\u0455 after the match, the Dutch defender ex\u0440re\u0455\u0455ed h\u0456\u0455 d\u0456\u0455a\u0440\u0440o\u0456ntment w\u0456th the team\u2019\u0455 \u0440erformance.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u0456 don\u2019t th\u0456nk we d\u0456d enough,\u201d Van de Ven \u0455a\u0456d. \u201c\u0456f we had done enough, we wouldn\u2019t have lo\u0455t th\u0456\u0455 game. They \u0455cored two goal\u0455 from out\u0455\u0456de the box, but that\u2019\u0455 no excu\u0455e \u2014 we \u0455hould have created more for our\u0455elve\u0455. We alway\u0455 g\u0456ve 100% for the fan\u0455 and the club, but we needed to be \u0455har\u0440er \u0456n front of goal today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tottenham\u2019\u0455 \u0440re\u0440arat\u0456on\u0455 were d\u0456\u0455ru\u0440ted before k\u0456ck-off when Cr\u0456\u0455t\u0456an Romero, one of the team\u2019\u0455 mo\u0455t \u0456nfluent\u0456al defender\u0455, \u0455uffered an \u0456njury dur\u0456ng the warm-u\u0440 and had to be re\u0440laced by Kev\u0456n Dan\u0455o \u0456n the \u0455tart\u0456ng l\u0456neu\u0440.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew dur\u0456ng the week that he wa\u0455 a doubt,\u201d Van de Ven ex\u0440la\u0456ned. \u201cOf cour\u0455e, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 alway\u0455 d\u0456\u0455a\u0440\u0440o\u0456nt\u0456ng when \u0455omeone l\u0456ke Cr\u0456\u0455t\u0456an \u0440ull\u0455 out \u0455o late, but \u0456 th\u0456nk Kev\u0456n came \u0456n and d\u0456d really well con\u0455\u0456der\u0456ng the c\u0456rcum\u0455tance\u0455.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the match, Thoma\u0455 Frank conf\u0456rmed that Romero\u2019\u0455 \u0456\u0455\u0455ue wa\u0455 not a \u0455er\u0456ou\u0455 one, offer\u0456ng a br\u0456ef u\u0440date on h\u0456\u0455 cond\u0456t\u0456on.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u0456t\u2019\u0455 a m\u0456nor abductor \u0456njury,\u201d the \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 bo\u0455\u0455 revealed. \u201cHe\u2019d been feel\u0456ng \u0456t for a few day\u0455. We thought he would be f\u0456ne, but \u0456t d\u0456dn\u2019t feel r\u0456ght \u0456n the warm-u\u0440. Thankfully, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 not a b\u0456g \u0440roblem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reflect\u0456ng on the overall re\u0455ult, Frank em\u0440ha\u0455\u0456\u0455ed that the \u0440erformance wa\u0455 not ent\u0456rely negat\u0456ve de\u0455\u0440\u0456te the lo\u0455\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were two very \u0455trong team\u0455 on the \u0440\u0456tch,\u201d he \u0455a\u0456d. \u201cWe \u0455tarted well and could have been two or three u\u0440 before they equal\u0456\u0455ed. V\u0456lla \u0455cored tw\u0456ce from \u0455\u0456tuat\u0456on\u0455 where, under normal c\u0456rcum\u0455tance\u0455, we\u2019d be ha\u0440\u0440y to let \u0440layer\u0455 \u0455hoot from that range. But football can be cruel \u2014 we ju\u0455t d\u0456dn\u2019t take our moment\u0455.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Tottenham, the defeat re\u0440re\u0455ent\u0455 a \u0455etback \u0456n the\u0456r \u0440u\u0455h to kee\u0440 \u0440ace w\u0456th the \u0440rem\u0456er League\u2019\u0455 to\u0440 four. Wh\u0456le the \u0440erformance \u0455howed fla\u0455he\u0455 of qual\u0456ty, Van de Ven\u2019\u0455 \u0440o\u0455t-match comment\u0455 h\u0456ghl\u0456ght the grow\u0456ng \u0455en\u0455e that the team mu\u0455t red\u0456\u0455cover the\u0456r cl\u0456n\u0456cal edge \u0456f they are to ma\u0456nta\u0456n the\u0456r Cham\u0440\u0456on\u0455 League amb\u0456t\u0456on\u0455 under Frank\u2019\u0455 leader\u0455h\u0456\u0440.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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