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- Updated: August 22, 2014
Tottenham Hotspur hit back from a goal down to win 2-1 away at AEL Limassol in the first leg of their Europa League playoff.
Cypriot outfit AEL looked set to inflict a shock defeat on Mauricio Pochettino’s side, as Adrian Sardinero fired them into an early lead, but Erik Lamela’s game-changing introduction in hot and humid conditions altered the course of the tie as he assisted second-half replies from Roberto Soldado and Harry Kane.
It is fair to say neither club nor player will have been pleased with the way things have gone since Lamela arrived at White Hart Lane last summer in a club-record £30million deal.
The Argentine forward managed just three league starts for Spurs in an injury-disrupted debut season but at last he is showing signs of promise, with his introduction here the catalyst to Tottenham’s victory.
Soldado should have given Spurs the lead after five minutes, only to shoot horribly wide from close range, albeit off-balance, after Karim Fegrouch parried a Kane strike into his path.
Things could have got better still for the 22-year-old, directing a Kyle Naughton cross just wide before being denied by the AEL goalkeeper towards the end of a game which could be the making of him.
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