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Tottenham had plenty to celebrate - as well as a few trademark shaky moments - as they won a game of huge consequence.
It gives boss Ange Postecoglou some breathing space for another month, with their games against Frankfurt on 10 and 17 April.
Spurs showed a good attitude in the second leg and scored from their first chance. Son blocked a clearance and Solanke squared unselfishly for Odobert to net his first goal since his £25m move from Burnley in the summer.
Solanke immediately grabbed the ball off the goalkeeper and ran it back to the halfway line as he looked to get things going again immediately.
Captain Son looked bright with a few runs at the AZ defence and shots.
They led the tie when they won the ball in their own half, and Maddison netted after a give-and-go with Son.
But just as things were looking comfortable, they let AZ back into the tie out of nowhere. Odobert let the ball run for Bergvall, who kicked the ball off his team-mate to let Koopmeiners in to score.
However it was then back to the good side of Tottenham as they scored a good 'Ange-ball' goal. Maddison ran forward with the ball and Djed Spence's cross was flicked on by Solanke for Odobert to score into an empty net from four yards out.
But Spurs are unable to sit back and see a game out comfortably. They left AZ striker Parrott, a former Spurs youngster, free in the box twice for late opportunities.
The first saw the Irishman and De Wit denied - and then Mexx Meerdink headed over instead of leaving the ball run for Parrott, who may have been better placed.
Tottenham are through, though, and in another boost first-choice centre-backs Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven were able to start together for the first time since December.
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