Van Devin: It s great to be able to make it to the finals, but I just want to win the UEFA Cup

May 16th News Recently, Van Dewen accepted an interview with Tottenham Hotspur’s official website and talked about the current situation.

Van Devin returned from injury and helped the team beat Bord Shine in the Europa League semi-finals to advance to the final against Manchester United. He started in his last five key games, re-partnered the centre-back with Romero, conceded only three goals and maintained a clean sheet in Germany and Norway.

This season hasn't always been so smooth for the Dutch defender. Van Devin recalls the tough times recovering from injuries against Chelsea (December 8) and Elfsburg (January 30) that left him unable to play in 27 games between the Carabao Cup injury against Manchester City on October 30 and the return against Bournemouth on March 9.

Speaking of this, Van Devin said: "It's really hard, I played against Chelsea and thought 'I'm back', but then fell down again. Psychically it's like being hit, you have to start getting back on recovery. I came back against Elfsburg, we won, and went to the quarterfinals, so there was only positive emotions at the time. But something was wrong afterwards, it was so hard to miss the game again. I was alone, away from the team, and trained over and over again. So after the game against Bode Shining, that emotion was like 'this is why I worked for it'. It's really hard, you'll be frustrated. It's very important for people around me to stay positive, and the people here are pushing me forward."

Van Devin had many highlights on the way to the finals, including the "Dare to act" banner that I saw when I first leg of the semi-finals against Bode Shining. Speaking about this, Van Devin said: “I looked right and saw it, it gave me strength to keep a clean sheet in Norway, “We said ‘you won’t score goals’ and we did it. ”

But Van Devin believes that winning 1-0 in Frankfurt was his most memorable moment. In response, Van Devin said: “They are an incredible team, of course, playing there is very difficult, and their fans are very enthusiastic, so we know it will be a very difficult game. They scored goals in every game in one year at home so keeping the clean sheet there and we did a great job as a team. That was a very important manifestation. ”

Finally, Van Dewen talked about the upcoming final in a week, saying: “It’s great to be able to make it to the final, but I just want to win the championship. You can make it to the finals, but if you lose, no one will mention it again. We will do our best to win this trophy. ”