Tottenham will face Manchester United in the Europa League final as they eased past Bodo/Glimt to stay in the hunt for a first European title in 41 years.Ange Postecoglou’s men went through a tricky semi-final second leg in Norway to reach their sixth European final – and first since the 2019 Champions League final.
Dominic Solanke and Pedro Porro both scored in the second half to seal a 5-1 aggregate win and confirm an all-English showdown with United in Bilbao on 21 May.
Tottenham’s trophy drought goes back to a League Cup triumph in 2008, but further back to 1984 in Europe when they won the Uefa Cup.
Tottenham started the game without the injured James Maddison, Lucas Bergvall and Heung-min Son in what was a historic game for the hosts, who had never reached a European semi-final before now.
The 3-1 home first-leg win last week gave Spurs an advantage and they managed the return leg, limiting the buoyed Bodo side to few opportunities on the artificial pitch.
The hosts, who knocked out Lazio in the quarter-final and beat Porto at home, needed an early goal but it never came, with Guglielmo Vicario stopping a Patrick Berg’s free kick.
Dominic Solanke put the tie further out of reach after 63 minutes when he scored from close range from a Cristian Romero assist.
Six minutes later Porro’s looping cross went in off the post to end any Bodo hopes, with the Norwegian side having an injury-time penalty overturned by the video assistant referee (VAR).
Ange Postecoglou’s bold statement back in September claiming that he always wins a silverware in his second season, looks to still be on as they are now one game away from ending their barren spell to prove the Australian right, despite their ill-fated domestic season.