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Rodrigo Bentancur has admitted that he enjoyed Tottenham's Europa League victory celebrations "to the fullest".

The Uruguayan has plenty of experience in the game, having won three Serie A titles with Juventus before arriving at in January 2022. However that night in Bilbao brought the midfielder's first European trophy as he helped side see off Manchester United in the Europa League final.

The 27-year-old certainly enjoyed himself in the aftermath, not least during the open-top bus parade with the trophy when he fully entered the spirit of the proceedings, which marked the third day of partying for the Tottenham players. admitted that after the nerves ahead of the final in Spain, he was able to let go and enjoy the experience as the Spurs fans could clearly see.

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"Those were very nervous and anxious days, but luckily everything went as planned, and here we are, after celebrating with the club after winning a European championship after so many years," the midfielder said in an interview on international duty with the Uruguayan FA.

"Before the final, you unconsciously said you had to stay calm, but it is tough to stay calm in a moment like that. It was my first European title; it was a return to victory with a club that hadn’t won a cup in a long time. I enjoyed it to the fullest."

Bentancur's team-mate Pedro Porro also spoke about the victory in Bilbao while on international duty during an .

“It’s more than 40 years since a European trophy. People’s reaction was lovely. When you get on the bus and go round London, you get a feel for how important it is," he said. "You change families’ lives. They had suffered. We had suffered too inside, day by day.”

“[Spurs had become] a meme”, he added. "That’s just, like, people’s opinion. Of course that reaches you, but we don’t care … actually, in fact, I would say thanks to them because it can be extra motivation, petrol to fuel you. And we won. Let them talk and do all the memes they want now."