Tottenham trio forced to wait for winner’s medal

Three players were waiting for their winning medal in the midst of the cheers that followed Tottenham’s victory in the Europa League.

Following their 1-0 win over Manchester United, manager Ange Postecoglou received a medal for the first time from Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin.

The injured trio of James Maddison, Timo Werner, Lucas Bergvall, Lucas Bergvall, and Will Lankshear, who were both on loan at West Brom during the second half of the season, were also in the line and had a medal emblazon their necks.

Son Heung-min, Cristian Romero, and Rodrigo Bentancur, the club’s captain, were able to wait until they entered the dressing room to get theirs, though.

Due to an unexpected discrepancy in the player count, as more team members, including injured players, than we had anticipated, we were unable to display any medals on stage during the trophy ceremony presentation, to our great dismay, according to Uefa.

The winning team received the missing medals right away in the dressing room, with our sincere apologies for the error.

The winning and losing teams are each awarded 50 medals in accordance with Uefa’s rules.

How are those medals distributed among players and staff is up to the club’s discretion.

Before Spurs won their first silverware award in 17 years, Uefa had prepared 30 medals to distribute on the pitch.

However, the ceremony included members of the 23-man matchday squad at Tottenham as well as the manager and the manager.

Son, who served as skipper, was patiently waiting at the back of the line to collect the trophy and present it to his teammates before lowering it into the air.