The most disappointing thing for Mauricio Pochettino here, other than exiting the Europa League at the first knockout stage, was that it could have been so different. Tottenham’s first of two crucial games this week will be remembered for a dreadful miss by Roberto Soldado as much as it will for Fiorentina’s decisiveness in attack, La Viola advancing following a game that, like the first leg, started promisingly for Spurs but ended lamentably.
In many ways Pochettino’s selection backfired. He made seven changes and left Harry Kane and Andros Townsend on the bench until the 63rd minute. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, of course, and perhaps it will pay off against Chelsea at Wembley on Sunday but, as the goals flew in from Mario Gómez and Mohamed Salah during a devastating second-half spell for Fiorentina, there was an overwhelming sense that this was an opportunity squandered.
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