{"id":387389,"date":"2025-11-18T10:57:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/387389\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T10:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:57:14","slug":"tottenham-star-mathys-tel-bags-winner-in-france-under-21-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/387389\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham star Mathys Tel bags winner in France Under-21 win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tottenham-hotspur-v-manchester-united-premier-league-1-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham Hotspur attacker Mathys Tel bagged the winner as France beat the Faroe Islands 1-0 to reclaim top spot in their European Under-21 Championship qualification group.<\/p>\n<p>Tel netted the opener for Spurs in the recent 2-2 draw with Manchester United and followed it up by scoring another vital goal that will boost his confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a tough start to life under new Tottenham manager Thomas Frank, he is quietly demonstrating his importance with back-to-back goals now.<\/p>\n<p>The winner on Monday evening takes his tally for the France Under-21 set-up to 12 goals in 20 appearances.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsview.co.uk\/2025\/10\/tottenham-duo-odobert-tel-star-in-france-under-21-rout\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">He had bagged in both appearances for France during the last international break<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tel has scored two goals in 249 Premier League minutes for Spurs, bouncing back from the disappointment of being dropped from the Champions League squad.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old will hope for more opportunities to prove his worth for Spurs, and his recent goal contributions will undoubtedly boost his chances.<\/p>\n<p>Tel will be eager to secure a starting berth on the left flank, but will also take opportunities to lead the line for Spurs if they arise.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs teammate Wilson Odobert also got valuable game time during the win, coming off the bench to give France a different threat.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Tottenham playmaker Xavi Simons scored to help the Netherlands book their place at the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Simons, who is yet to open his account for Spurs, bagged the third goal in the 4-0 rout of Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p>He will hope to carry that form back to Spurs as they prepare to take on arch-rivals Arsenal this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Simons has struggled to make an impact but will hope this goal sparks a turnaround.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SV_Logo_250x50_PNG.png\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/50;\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham Hotspur attacker Mathys Tel bagged the winner as France beat the Faroe Islands 1-0 to reclaim top&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":387390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-387389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115570347418772881","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}