The Archive | Spurs 5-1 Asteras Tripolis | 23.10.14
Tue 28 April 2020, 17:39|
Tottenham Hotspur
A first hat-trick for Spurs followed by a spell in goal - and still Harry Kane wasn't the story to come out of our Europa League group game against Asteras Tripolis back in 2014.
Instead, the headlines were made by Erik Lamela and his sensational 'rabona' strike in the first half of our 5-1 win against the Greek side at the Lane.
It prompted Jan Vertonghen to describe it as the best goal he'd seen live, while Harry, holding the matchball afterwards, talked about the 'unbelievable technique' needed to carry it off.
As we all know, Harry's season went from strength to strength with 31 goals in all competitions - the first Spur to do so since Gary Lineker in 1991/92 - and we were eventually knocked out of the Europa League by Fiorentina over two legs in February, 2015. We also reached the League Cup Final and finished fifth in the Premier League - the wheels were in motion...
Spurs 5-1 Asteras Tripolis - the highlights
Match data
Spurs: Lloris, Dier, Fazio, Vertonghen, Davies, Capoue, Dembele, Lamela (Eriksen 76), Townsend (Lennon 83), Kane, Adebayor (Chadli 77). Substitutes (not used): Vorm, Chiriches, Stambouli, Soldado.
Asteras Tripolis: Kosicky, Lluy, Sankare, Zisopoulos, Panteliadis, Munafo Horta, Mazza (Bakasetas 82), Usero, Rolle (Barrales 73), Tsokanis, Parra (Alberto Fernandez 80). Substitutes (not used): Theodoropoulos, Badibanga, Gianniotas, Kyriakopoulos.
Goals: Spurs - Kane 13, 75, 81, Lamela 29, 66. Asteras Tripolis - Barrales 89.
Venue: White Hart Lane.
Attendance: 21,428.
