Lucas Moura put the earphones in and looked down at the iPad screen, the peak of his dark NYC cap obscuring his eyes. It was late on Wednesday night and the Tottenham forward, whose sensational second-half hat-trick had slain Ajax in the Champions League semi-final, had stopped to talk to Brazilian TV.
The journalist from his homeland wanted him to watch how the station had covered his final goal in the 96th minute, which gave Spurs an away-goals triumph after a 3-3 aggregate draw to set up a final against Liverpool on 1 June – the first time that the club have reached the showpiece.
Written by David Hytner
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/may/09/lucas-moura-tottenham-hero-champions-league under the title “Lucas Moura: from São Paulo prodigy and PSG outcast to Tottenham hero | David Hytner”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
