[골닷컴] Reporter Park Moon-soo = Yesterday was a colleague, today is an enemy. How does it feel to play against a team you have been with for a long time, 8 years?
Sevilla’s Eric Lamela said it was “a different feeling” when he said he felt against his former club Tottenham.
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Tottenham Hotspur and Sevilla drew 1-1 in the second leg of the ‘Coupang Play Series’ held at the ‘Suwon World Cup Stadium’ on the afternoon of the 16th (Korean time).
Lamela played for Tottenham from 2013 to 2021. He moved from AS Roma as a replacement for Gareth Bale and played as a Tottenham winger for an extended period of eight years.
In 2021, he won the Puskas Award, which celebrates the greatest goal of the year. In the Premier League match against Arsenal in the 2020/2021 season, Lamela received the Puskas Award for her exquisite Rabona kick.
Although he won after moving to Sevilla, Lamela’s team was Tottenham at the time. Thanks to this, following Heung-Min Son in 2020, Tottenham were able to produce the Puskas Award for the second year in a row.
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After a year like that, Lamela faced her former team Tottenham. Lamela, wearing a Sevilla jersey, was able to reunite with his former teammates through the Coupang Play series.
After the match, Lamela, who appeared in the mixed zone (common coverage area), said, “It was a very strange feeling. It was a strange feeling to play against a club I had been with for 8 years. It was a different feeling.” answered.
He continued, “I was able to chat with all Tottenham players in the locker room, so it was good. I did my best as I faced a team I had been with for a long time.”
Tottenham also greeted Lamela, whom they met after a long time, through the official channel. The club’s channel expressed their pleasure, saying, ‘I’m seeing you again, Coco’. Lamela also said, “It was a good match. You’re going to do amazing things this season. I’m sure we’ll see you again.”
On that day, Lamela started as a right winger for Sevilla. He didn’t score points, but he still had his characteristic flexible dribble. After the whistle at the end of the first half, he also showed how to restrain the Sevilla players during the clash between Montiel and Son Heung-min.
After meeting an old colleague after a year, Lamela joined the Sevilla squad and completed her visit to Korea. He had to say goodbye again to his former team-mates, but his memories at Tottenham were still there.
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