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The 62,000-seat arena, near the former home of the North London club, White Hart Lane, has been plagued by delays and reports of exorbitant costs which, according to some estimates, have reached 1 billion pounds ($ 1.32 billion, 1.17 billion euros). On Sunday, the club was the host of a first test: the under 18s of Tottenham beat their counterparts of Southampton 3-1.
Club officials hope the Spurs senior team will play its first match on April 3 on a new pitch, a Premier League matchup against Crystal Palace. Sunday's match was the first of two test events required to receive the relevant security certificates from the Haringey board. with the second of these coming when a team of "legends" plays Inter Milan the Saturday.
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Pochettino has been badociated with vacancies at Real Madrid and Manchester United, but the Argentinian has repeatedly repeated his still wants to be in charge when the senior side of the Spurs plays on the new pitch. "I think it's amazing, it's so hard to explain in just a few words," he said while reviewing the scene Sunday. "We all feel the same, so excited, I had the same feeling when we left White Hart Lane on the last day, we were crying and now, the first day in the new stadium, we feel the same emotion. We must cry because our dream has come true. "
Should everything follow the revised plan and the match against the palace unfolds as planned on April 3? Tottenham to play home game in quarter-final of Champions League against Manchester City on their new land rather than in Wembley, which was a temporary base during the construction work.
"We are in a very good position in the Premier League and we have of course a big challenge in the quarterfinals of the Champions League and I think with all our supporters, 62,000, it's going to be fantastic to play and we can make our dream possible to be in the semifinals, "said Pochettino. Why not? "
Meanwhile, Pochettino praised the patience of Tottenham supporters during the 679 days since the last game at White Hart Lane, the scheduled opening of the new pitch at the beginning of this season has been delayed until a new date in September is also set apart as a result of the failure of "critical alarm systems".
"Thank you very much to the fans for your patience, because over the past two years we have moved to Wembley and have had all the problems that involves moving from your home to Wembley," said Pochettino. "But now all the efforts have borne fruit and it's going to be amazing. "
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