Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny said mentality and experience made the difference against Tottenham, whose fans “went missing.”
The first leg of their Champions League showdown ended 2-2 in Turin and it seemed to be over when Son Heung-Min put Spurs 1-0 up at Wembley.
However, Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala netted twice in under three minutes to win the game and qualification to the quarter-finals.
Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny said mentality and experience made the difference against Tottenham, whose fans “went missing.”
The first leg of their Champions League showdown ended 2-2 in Turin and it seemed to be over when Son Heung-Min put Spurs 1-0 up at Wembley.
However, Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala netted twice in under three minutes to win the game and qualification to the quarter-finals.
“I enjoyed it a lot,” former Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesny told reporters in the mixed zone.
“There were a couple [of Tottenham] fans – very vocal – next to my bench, who went missing after the 80th minute, so yeah, I enjoyed it. Plus winning at Wembley is always special.”
When it comes to the winning mentality, Szczesny assures the Bianconeri have it in spades.
“We’ve got players who have won the World Cup. They’ve won six league championships in a row and you see that makes a difference in the difficult situations. Where others crumble, we manage to get out on top.
“The players were relaxed throughout because we’ve been through it many times before. Even last weekend against Lazio we didn’t play the best of games and yet we stayed in it and in the 93rd minute, we scored the winner.
“That sort of belief right until the end gets you through games like Tottenham. The Tottenham people would probably say they were robbed, but we deserved it.”