Tottenham Hotspur have played their first pre-season friendly of the summer, albeit behind closed doors, and the game saw both Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall get their first minutes as Spurs players, while one established first-team player bagged a hat-trick.
Playing at the club’s Hotspur Way training complex, Tottenham invited League One side, Cambridge United to play a private friendly. The final score ended 7-2 to the Lilywhites.
A match report from Football.London reveals key details of the game, which saw Brennan Johnson score a hat-trick in the first half, while captain, Heung-min Son bagged two goals for himself.
Spurs went in 5-0 up at half-time, while the second half was more balanced at 2-2. Teenage sensation Mikey Moore added a goal for Tottenham, while Timo Werner was heavily involved in forcing an own goal to complete the rout.
It is said Ange Postecoglou “gave a run-out to most” of his players today with “varying amounts of minutes” throughout the squad.
New players Gray and Bergvall both pulled on a Spurs shirt for the first time, coming on in the second half.
Gray played at right-back, as he has for Leeds United fairly regularly, while Bergvall was reportedly operating as a “creative presence in the midfield.”
Notably, Manor Solomon got his first minutes since September after overcoming a knee injury. First-team regulars Pedro Porro, Yves Bissouma, and Dejan Kulusevski played in the first half, while James Maddison, Oliver Skipp, and Emerson Royal took to the field in the second.
Interestingly, with defensive options sparse, Jamie Donley filled in at left-back in the game. Meanwhile, youngsters like 16-year-old Jun’ai Byfield, Tyrese Hall, George Abbott, and Luca Gunter all got some minutes under their belts.
Spurs Web Opinion
This sounds like exactly the kind of win you’d want and expect from Spurs for this game, and it appears Postecoglou used the opportunity to get everyone on the pitch, try out some experimental positioning, and help players gain fitness. All round, a big success.
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