Lo Celso Lamela gives pass Tottenham in front of Middlesbrough - Lo Celso Lamela gives pass Tottenham.
What could have been the first major disappointment of the Mourinho stage leading the Tottenham has finally ended in fright. The spur team got rid of the Middlesbrough (2-1) thanks to the goals of Lo Celso and Lamela, their Argentine midfielders, and the Gazzaniga stops, their goalkeeper also Algerian. Tango night in London.
Mourinho was afraid in the first leg: "We know what Championship teams are capable of in this Cup. The Villa has already fallen against Fulham, Arsenal had a bad time against Leeds ... and we need the replay to eliminate Boro .
Lo Celso Lamela gives pass Tottenham
With a more than recognizable starting team, where the criticized Eriksen was -Mourinho accused him of being more aware of his possible transfer to Inter than of playing well with Tottenham-, Tottenham was soon ahead on the scoreboard thanks to a goal from Giovani Lo Celso, who took advantage of a mistake by Spanish goalkeeper Tomás Mejías to put the 1-0.
Lamela, in the 15 ', put the 2-0 on the scoreboard and gave the pass to the round of 16 to Tottenham, which will be measured at Southampton on the 25th.
It is the first time since 2017 that two Argentine soccer players score in the same FA Cup match, after Agüero and Zabaleta did it against Huddersfield.
When the game was already dying, and already with Dele Alli and Son on the pitch, Middlesbrough approached through Saville (2-1), but there was no time for more and Boro was out of the FA Cup.
In this way, the whole of Mourinho reaches the round in which he fell last season against Crystal Palace (2-0) and can continue dreaming of repeating the semifinals, the roof of Pochettino in the competition during his years as a technical spur and The club's tradition continued: they add 40 straight games at home in FA Cup without falling to a smaller team. The last time was in 1975.
Mourinho already has his first signing at Tottenham: Gedson Fernandes
José Mourinho has a new signing in Tottenham and is not a forward. The 'spurs' announced the hiring of Gedson Fernandes. The 21-year-old Portuguese media, one of the great promises of Portuguese football, lands in London in this winter market. It will be ceded for the next 18 months and then Tottenham could exercise the purchase option it has to sign Benfica's talent on property.
U17 European Champion with Portugal in 2016 and absolute international with the 'Quinhas', Fernandes played 22 key games in the last NOS League key for Benfica to take the league title. This course has barely played 13 games, since he suffered a metatarsal injury in July.
After the signing of Fernandes, Tottenham could launch a '9' after Kane's injury, which will not return until April. Piatek (Milan), Benteke (Crystal Palace) ... sound loud.
The surprising decision of Manchester City with the future of Kun Agüero
Sergio Agüero converted a triplet against Aston Villa last weekend and became a foreigner with more goals in the Premier League, another record in his time in the Citizens. According to English media, grateful for his entire career at the club, they will let the striker go whenever he wants.
According to information from the Daily Mail, Agüero, who arrived in Manchester City in 2011, will be able to make the decision he wants in 2021, when he will turn 33 and end his contract with the club. The English will not complicate any decision of Agüero, in the form of gratitude for what has been done throughout their stay in the City.
Agüero always highlighted his intention to return to Independiente, the club in which he emerged. The 'Red' would have the opportunity to sit down and talk to the player and not necessarily negotiate an exit with Manchester City.
Meanwhile, the English club is already looking for hierarchy reinforcements for that area of the court. Names like Harry Kane and Lautaro Martínez revolve in the orbit of a club that knows it will not be easy to replace Kun.