Many Tottenham fans believed that if they lost to Frankfurt in the Europa League quarter -finals, it would be an ending for the reign of coach Ange Postecoglou at Spurs.
Under the guidance of Postecoglou, "roosters" are experiencing one of the worst Premier League campaigns in their history. They reached a milestone of 17 losses in the tournament this season after the defeat against Wolves. If not soon improved his performance, Tottenham could completely break the record 19 losses of the Premier League club in the 2003-2004 and 1993-1994 seasons.
With an average of 1.15 points per game, Spurs are also expected to record the lowest score in the Premier League. If they do not win 7 points from the last 6 matches, including trips against Liverpool and Aston Villa, they will not be able to reach 44 points as the 1997-1998 season.
The 2-4 defeat was full of weaknesses at Molineux, causing them to fall to the 15th place on the rankings and only 2 points more than the 17-point West Ham. They are at risk of finishing with the lowest position in the Premier League in the club history.
However, Postecoglou still has the Europa League to save the bad campaign. The Australian strategist still has the opportunity to fulfill his promise "always win in the second year", when Spurs are really wanting to end the drought of the title lasting 17 years.
However, the postecoglou dynasty in Tottenham could only be calculated by the day. They will march to Germany after a 1-1 draw at home in the first leg.
History shows that Spurs only won 3 in the last 14 away matches in the European Cup. And their performance are also alarming numbers under the postecogou period.
Only 3 clubs at the end of the Premier League - Southampton, Leicester and Ipswich - lost more matches than Tottenham in the tournament. And also only 3 teams have lower expected goals and get fewer points away from Spurs this season.
In fact, since the 4-0 victory over Manchester City in November last year, only 3 teams ranked at the end of the Premier League table won less points than Spurs. "Rooster" has lost 12 out of 20 matches since defeating The Citizens.
Of course, Postecoglou can still become the most successful coach of Spurs in the 21st century if the Europa League championship. However, does the improvement of the trophy at Bilbao in May have changed the future of the 59 -year -old strategist?
The match between Frankfurt and Tottenham took place at 2:00 am on April 18 (Vietnam time).
