Ange Postecoglou delivered an emotional speech in the Tottenham dressing room after Spurs secured their place in the Europa League final.
The Lilywhites set up an all-English final with in Bilbao on May 21 after beating Bodo/Glimt 2-0.
have not celebrated winning silverware since their 2008 League Cup success but now have the chance to end their 17-year trophy drought. has under two weeks to prepare for the crucial final and delivered an inspiring speech to his players in the away dressing room on Thursday night.
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"I've said it before that what you, as a group, players and staff have gone through this year... I've been in this game a long time, I'm very experienced, I've experienced it all, but I'm so proud of how all of you have just stuck together," the Australian told his players.
"Not one time have I felt like people are not believing or have lost what we have in here, and it's just outstanding. People will never realise what it's taken for you guys to be in this position, and you deserve all the credit for that.
"It's unbelievable what you've done. To come to this place, difficult place, win comfortably, but the whole time through, all the things we've had to deal with. There's people who aren't with us today, who are back home. Fraser [Forster] played a big part, Sonny's played a big part, Madders, Lucas [Bergvall], Radu [Dragusin], they've all played a big part.
"Everyone's contributed, and that's the main thing that's got us to this point. We've had problems for sure, but we've stuck together, and you deserve it. Now we've got two weeks, just under two weeks to prepare.
"Every day is important, every day, every training session, every game we have between now and then is about getting ready for that big game. You can change things, you saw what you did, 400 supporters here today, they'll never forget it. There's thousands back home, you can make it something really special.
"I keep saying to you, this is the group of players that are going to do it. So focus on that for now, but you deserve all the credit, it's been outstanding. So from tomorrow we focus, yeah? Tonight [big celebrations]."
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