Ange Postecoglou had given up on football gods and he has never had much affection for VAR.
The Tottenham boss has fumed long and hard about technology and ill fortune in a season where little has gone his way.
But they conspired in his favour at long last in Germany to reignite the dream that his second season might yet end with a trophy.
Spurs seized the initiative in the first half of this Europa League quarter final via a penalty awarded after a VAR intervention when Eintracht Frankfurt goalkeeper Kaua Santos poleaxed James Maddison.