Gone in 17 minutes! Drăgușin's coach bet on a new goalkeeper in the Champions League and immediately regretted it

Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Tuesday, March 10, 2026 10:52 p.m. / Updated Tuesday, March 10, 2026 11:02 p.m.
Antonin Kinskythe goalkeeper of the Tottenhamcommitted two huge blunders against Atletico Madridin the round of 16 of the Champions League. In the 17th minute, with the score 3-0 for Madrid, he was replaced by Igor Tudor.
Antonin Kinsky, in just his third game of the season and first in the Champions League, conceded three goals in just 15 minutes from the Madrid forwards, and the first and third goals were entirely his own mistakes.
Antonin Kinsky, huge mistakes in Atletico Madrid – Tottenham
The decision to substitute Guglielmo Vicario shocked all Spurs fans, but Igor Tudor assured: “Today I chose him because I thought it was the best for the team at the moment”, in the pre-match flash interview.

Igor Tudor was wrong about the goalkeeper, and in just 15 minutes the fate of the game was decided. The first goal came in the 6th minute. Marcos Llorente scored from Julian Alvarez's pass. Kinsky made a mistake and the ball went to the Argentine, who served Llorente perfectly.
The goalkeeper cannot be blamed for the second goal. Antoine Griezmann got to a ball after Mickey van de Ven slipped, and from the box executed Kinsky. It was only the 14th minute. On the third goal Kinsky made a mistake again and missed a simple pass, just after the ball was put back into play.

Igor Tudor, instantly regretting the decision, changed the goalkeeper in the 17th minute and threw Guglielmo Vicario into the fight.
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Antonin Kinsky was in just his third game for Tottenham this season. The goalkeeper has only played in the English League Cup in the victory with Doncaster, score 3-0 and in the defeat with Newcastle, score 0-2.
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Antonin Kinsky came last winter to Tottenham. The Londoners paid 16.5 million for his transfer. The Czech also played for Dukla, Slavia Prague, Vyskov and Pardubice.
13 million eurosis his market share, according to Transfermarkt.




