Well, it's not over. Ange Posttecoglou will feel that Tottenham will remain firmly in this draw and will have the power of fire to turn London, but the mission of saving the season began with a performance as flat as the landscape of pancakes in this part of the Netherlands.
They failed to gather a single effort in the target against Az Alkmaar. Unless we told Lucas Bergvall's own goal, who established the first game in favor of the Dutch team, who deserved his victory and might think they deserved more.
Certainly there were possibilities to look back and the wheel if they leave in the second stage, when the spurs will be without Rodrigo Bentancur, who will be suspended after a yellow card.
Dominic Solanke could also be a doubt. Solanke returned after seven weeks with a knee injury, but lasted only 20 minutes before he left, clearly with great discomfort after landing awkwardly on his back.
Just when the injury crisis seemed to be relieved, Spurs fans could begin to wish to have given hope to Lent.
The Posttecoglou team was behind 18 minutes. And local fans jumped from top to bottom, singing the name of their former Spurs striker, Troy Parrott, who played his role in a goal that will become Lucas Bergvall.
Tottenham suffered a 1-0 defeat against Az Alkmaar in the first leg of his latest draw in the Europa League.
A goal by Lucas Bergvall put the hosts ahead, with the midfielder cutting his network
The defeat is a great blow to Ange Postecoglou while Tottenham tries to rescue his season
Parrott was on the stalking beyond the back post to meet a deep corner. He tried to help him return through the goal in the volley, but did not catch him clean, mixed and dragged him to the ground, which seemed to confuse Bergvall, who cut an attempt at free space outside his right boot.
The ball deviled towards his own goal on goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario and Djed Spence on the line.
Az was content to let the visitors dominate the ball and sought to hit them quickly in the rotation with combinations of walks and rapid algados Ernest Poku and Dense Karius, who entered to replace Mayckel Lahdo, injured in the first minutes.
The Dutch should have stretched their leadership before part-time when Karius picked up possession in their own half and beat Heung-Min son while carrying her well in the territory of Spurs before a pass to put Parrott clean in the goal.
There was no flag, but Vicar came to the rescue, leaving to close the angles and make a block while Parrott tried to squeeze a low shot on the network.
This was not the last scare of the first half. Tottenham's defenders protected their goal in a breathless fight from a corner. Archie Gray and Bergvall were among those who threw bodies in the line so that the fire avoids more damage before the interval.
Perhaps more disappointing was that they created so little in the future. They did not have a chance in the objective in the first half, since the veins of Az wouter center van and Alexandre penetrated easily neutralized Mathys Tel, who is struggling to have an impact as a front center and was replaced halftime by Wilson Odobert with a son moving by the middle.
The hope of Brennan Johnson from 20 yards was as close as the Spurs reached a goal in the first half.
Troy Parrott was prevented from scoring against his former club for an excellent Guglielmo Vicario Salvo
With Odobert on, they briefly offered an additional threat because their threat to run over the space created for creative midfielders. Bergvall advanced in space and hit a narrow one. Odobert linked to his son, whose end was disappointingly wild.
Meanwhile, the clearest opportunities went and left at the other extreme. Poku forced another salvation from Vicar and then skid a decent opportunity presented by a rare error in Gray's ball.
Penetra had another diverted shot before Postecoglou made a triple change, which included Solanke's return, but his night ended in pain and the Spurs have work to do in the second leg.