The Tottenham season announces in four days while Mauricio Pochettino does not take the FA Cup seriously

In the space of four days, the Tottenham season is over.

The two best chances of silverware faded when Crystal Palace eliminated Spurs from the FA Cup with more ease than it took Chelsea to exclude them from the Carabao Cup last Thursday.

Mauricio Pochettino was face to face in the dugout while Tottenham was upset by a palace team that seemed more hungry and determined.

And the lesson from all of this is that if you do not take the goblets seriously and you do not make them a priority, you will never win them. Yes, we all know Tottenham's injury list and tired players after a trying season.

But the fact is that if you do like Pochettino and you continually downplay the importance of national cups, how do you want players to prepare?

The Spurs came out uncomfortably while the players were playing as they had read Pochettino's comments. If the manager does not care, why should they? It is certainly what it looked like.

Pochettino even noted on Friday that Tottenham's glory days were all in black and white. Well, that's because the whole tradition of the club is to be a cup team. That's why they're famous.

We all know that football has changed and it is important to finish in the top four, but that's all that Tottenham should aim for, as it is not realistic to win the Champions League.

Pochettino decided to leave Toby Alderweireld and Hugo Lloris among his opponents while leaving Harry Winks and Danny Rose on the bench.

But those who entered did not seize their chance when Roy Hodgson's men never stopped running, working and running after. On the other hand, Tottenham was dismal in the first half and improved only slightly after the restart, but never really seemed to come back.

When the board came up with four minutes of extra time, the Spurs have long since given up. Much of the remote part of Selhurst Park has also emptied.

Meanwhile, Palace fans were still there, screaming in the air and savoring a cut as a sign of cut, which allowed them to pause in their fight in the low levels of the Premier League.

Connor Wickham, one of Palace's forgotten men, was an unlikely hero. He made his first start in 792 days and was rewarded with his first goal since November 2016. What a comeback.

It took only nine minutes for Wickham to make his mark. Jeffrey Schlupp dominated Davinson Sanchez in the box showing much more desire. The center of Schlupp was leveled by Spurs goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga and Wickham scored the rebound in goal.

Palace got his second goal after 34 minutes when rookie back Kyle Walker-Peters inexplicably treated the center of Wilfried Zaha's center. The referee Kevin Friend will never give a net penalty.

Andros Townsend missed the penalty, should have taken two minutes later, but Gazzaniga denied the blockade. But we had to forgive the palace winger, who has always been great.

Tottenham almost got back on track just before half-time. Georges-Kevin N'Koudou managed to put a free-kick on Kieran Trippier, but the veteran goalkeeper of Palace, Julian Speroni, refused him. The villain last week, the hero this time.

Then, Tottenham got a penalty one minute before the break, after Patrick van Aanholt's clumsy mistake on Juan Foyth. Trippier straightened up but Tottenham's back exploded.

Palace deserved it so much that he was trying his luck and defending himself well. It was exactly the opposite of Spurs. Tottenham had 19 shots, only four of them (they did not test Speroni enough), but they rarely seemed to score.

Tottenham has not won a trophy since 2008, nor the FA Cup since 1991 and, although Pochettino is on the rise, another year without silverware has pbaded.