Spears was “everything we need” in Europe, where Postecoglou says

Spears coach Angkoglu says his team will accomplish the mission in Norway after they took a big step towards a place in the European League final by beating 3-1 over Budo/Glimt.

Brennan Johnson took only 38 seconds to open the registration at home Thursday evening before James Madison achieved 2-0 in the 34th minute.

61 minutes away from the Dominic Solank penalty kick, there were supporters of the home singing around the final of this month in Bilbao, but Budo reduced the deficit with seven minutes survival via Ulrrick Solz to create an interesting tie next Thursday.

Budo boasts an impressive record at home in Asbamer Stadion, where they play on a artificial surface, yet postecoglou knows what to expect after he suffered from Earth with Celtic in 2022.

Postecoglou said: “I think it is putting us in a good position. I thought the players were great today.

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“I thought our performance was all that he needed, well organized, defensive and really calm to go forward, and we have created good opportunities for ourselves and maintaining pressure.

“It is clear that they scored the goal late, which I think reflects our hegemony in the game, but if we repeat this performance next week, this will be enough for us.

“I moved away from Budo away from difficult combinations, but (Eintracht) Frankfurt was far away and we went there knowing that we had to win to reach him and thought that the boys dealt with them well.

“I think in Europe this year that we were really good at managing any situation we were. We had some games as we lost AZ (alkmaar) away from home, but we had to return and showed real calm and tie to get here.

“I think all of these experiences give me the belief that we can go and accomplish the task.”

The England duo Madison and Solank were zigzag with knee and spinal injuries, respectively, in the second half to put some moisture at night.

Tottenham play West Ham on Sunday.

Postecoglou added: “Madders with a disk is on his knee, but this does not seem to be a dangerous thing,” Postecoglou added.

“Dom is similar in quadruple. Both did not feel that it was a very important thing, but he thought it was only wise to take them off at that point.”

BODO Boss Kjetil Knutsen believes that the late goal scored by his team can prove decisive yet.

“I think the goal is really important,” Knutsen said.

“First of all, if you see when Tottenham acknowledged a goal, they were very disappointed, so he lost energy and I think Budo/Ghulat gets a lot of energy because of the goal.

“I think we can take the energy from this game to the next game, then it is completely different for us to play at home.

“I think we still have a chance here. We are not the favorite but we will go to that and fight for it.”