Micky van de Ven has revealed what he admires most about Cristian Romero and explains why the pair love playing alongside one another.
Perhaps the main reason for Tottenham’s defensive woes this season is due to the fact that they have not been able to keep both Romero and Van de Ven fit for much of the game.
Thankfully for Spurs, the pair look sharp in the business end of the season, helping the Lilywhites keep clean sheets away from home in the Europa League quarterfinal and semifinals.
The pair will know that Tottenham have a great chance of lifting the trophy in Bilbao if they can have another shutout against Man United in the final.
Micky van de Ven admits he loves playing with Cristian Romero
Van de Ven has now showered praise on his Tottenham teammate, insisting that Romero’s mentality and experience make him a huge asset to the side.
The Dutchman confessed that he and the Argentine enjoy playing together as they understand each other’s game inside out.
Van de Ven said (via Football.London): “Cuti’s an unbelievable player. You can see that mentality-wise. With the ball, without the ball. He knows how it is to play these types of games.
“You can see it in how he is, he shows so much to the rest, he helps the whole team. In my partnership with Cuti, we feel each other. He knows what to do, I know what to do. We back each other.”
Van de Ven is proud of Tottenham’s discipline and mentality
The 24-year-old feels that he and his teammates deserve a lot of credit for the discipline and organisation they showed in Norway against Bodo/Glimt.
Van de Ven admits that the Tottenham Hotspur players are now looking to take that confidence into the final, with their eyes firmly set on ending the club’s 17-year trophy drought.
He added: “The atmosphere in the dressing room is unbelievable. We’re in a European final, one game away from a trophy, and I think the mentality we showed was unbelievable.
“We showed a lot of discipline. Also the Frankfurt away game, we kept a clean sheet and won over there. Everybody had doubts when we came over here because Bodo/Glimt were doing unbelievably in their home games in Europe.
“So we knew from the beginning it was going to be a really tough game, but we showed discipline, mentality. We did what we needed to do, we got a clean sheet, and now we go to Bilbao.”
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