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Wilson Odobert of Tottenham celebrates scoring the third goal.Alamy Stock Photo
€30 million man stars for Spurs, Chelsea and Rangers advance
A Wilson Odobert-inspired Tottenham earned a hard-fought 3-2 aggregate victory over Troy Parrott’s AZ Alkmaar.
10.03pm, 13 Mar 2025
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Tottenham 3-1 AZ (Tottenham progress 3-2 on aggregate)
Chelsea 1-0 Kobenhavn (Chelsea progress 3-1 on aggregate)
Rangers 0-2 Fenerbahce (Rangers win 3-2 on penalties after 3-3 aggregate result)
TOTTENHAM, RANGERS AND Chelsea progressed in Europe tonight.
Spurs earned a 3-2 aggregate victory over AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League, while Chelsea beat Kobenhavn 3-1 on aggregate in the Conference League.
Rangers, meanwhile, lost 2-0 to Fenerbahce in the Europa League on the night but the 3-3 aggregate result meant the game went to penalties, with the Scottish side prevailing 3-2.
Wilson Odobert scored his first two Tottenham goals to book a place in the Europa League quarter-finals.
Spurs’ boss Ange Postecoglou’s job was reportedly on the line with Europa League success the last chance this season for the Australian to win the club’s first trophy since 2008.
Odobert has been badly impacted by injury since joining from Burnley for a £25 million (€30 million) fee in August but produced a big performance when his manager needed it.
Spurs will face 2022 winners Eintracht Frankfurt in the quarter-finals.
Tottenham received a huge boost before kick-off as first choice centre-back pairing Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven were fit to start together for the first time since December.
The home side had dominated possession without being able to create a clear-cut chance until AZ played a big part in their own downfall on 26 minutes.
Son Heung-min blocked Wouter Goes’ attempted clearance and the ball rolled perfectly for Dominic Solanke, who calmly teed up Odobert to curl home from 12 yards.
The second period was only 149 seconds old when Tottenham made it 2-0 to go ahead in the tie for the first time.
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James Maddison made his case to new England manager Thomas Tuchel on the eve of his first squad announcement with a composed finish from Son’s pass.
Tottenham’s lead in the tie only lasted 15 minutes before a mix-up between Odobert and Lucas Bergvall presented the ball to Peer Koopmeiners, who blasted home to give the Dutch side hope.
However, Spurs rallied in the closing stages and got their reward 16 minutes from time thanks to a fine team goal.
Maddison’s spin away from his marker opened up the pitch and after Djed Spence was played in down the left, his cross was flicked on by Solanke for Odobert to tap in at the back post.
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UEFA Europa League results on Thursday (aet denotes after extra time):
Last 16, second legs
Lazio (ITA) 1 (Romagnoli 77) Viktoria Plzen (CZE) 1 (Sulc 52)
Lazio win 3-2 on aggregate
Olympiakos (GRE) 2 (Yaremchuk 53, 65) Bodo/Glimt (NOR) 1 (Hogh 36)
Bodo/Glimt win 4-2 on aggregate
Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 4 (Bahoya 7, Goetze 25, 82, Ekitike 67) Ajax (NED) 1 (Taylor 78)
Eintracht Frankfurt win 6-2 on aggregate
Athletic Bilbao (ESP) 3 (Williams 45+3, 82, Berchiche 68) Roma (ITA) 1 (Paredes 90+3-pen)
Athletic Bilbao win 4-3 on aggregate
Tottenham (ENG) 3 (Odobert 26, 74, Maddison 48) AZ Alkmaar (NED) 1 (Koopmeiners 63)
Tottenham win 3-2 on aggregate
Manchester United (ENG) 4 (Fernandes 16-pen, 50-pen, 87, Dalot 90+1) Real Sociedad (ESP) 1 (Oyarzabal 10-pen)
Manchester United win 5-2 on aggregate
Lyon (FRA) 4 (Mikautadze 14, 47, Nuamah 37, 88) FCSB (ROM) 0
Lyon win 7-1 on aggregate
Rangers (SCO) 0 Fenerbahce (TUR) 2 (Szymanski 45, 73) aet
3-3 on aggregate; Rangers win 3-2 on penalties
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