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Spurs Start Preparations With 3-1 Win

Date: 7-7-2007
Wrote: EP's webmaster

Spurs won this afternoon versus Stevenage Boro. The game was the first preparation match in the preseason and many players missed the game including Ghaly.

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  • Just a few days from the start of the preseason phase, Spurs faced Stevenage Boro in a friendly. The game ended in a comfortable 3-1 win.

    Martin Jol made his selection from the players who started training last monday and so, many players didn't feature in the game.

    Spurs formation included Cerny as goalkeeper, Ifil (Riley, 87), Daniels (Hughton, 87), Rocha (Mills, 62), and Gardner in defense, Murphy (Livermore, 80), Malbranque, O'Hara (Maghoma, 72), and Taarabt in midfield and Keane, Bent (Barcham, 67) as forwards while both Egyptians Mido and Ghaly weren't included in the match squad.

    The first half ended in a 1-1 draw. Spurs took the lead first through Robbie Keane who scored from the spot but Stevenage Boro managed to pull level through a low shot from inside the box.

    In the 2nd half, Tottenham's new signing Darren Bent scored on his debut after receiving a fine through opass from Malbranque.

    The 3rd goal came through Adel Taarabt who scored from a shot from outside the box, the goelkeeper made a fatal error as he let Taarabt's weak shot to beat him to make the score 3-1.


    "We had a number of players not involved and had a lot of younger players in the squad who all got on, so that was positive for us," said Martin after the match.

    The Spurs coach also added: "We were able to play some younger players and show our fans the likes of Jamie O'Hara, Jacques Maghoma, Jake Livermore and Chris Riley, so that was positive.

    "Darren Bent also scored his first goal, we won the game and we came away with no injuries, so that was all positive for us as well. It was our first friendly, the sun was out and overall, it went well." Jol concluded.

    It should be noted that Spurs 2nd friendly match will be in Dublin (Scotland) as they face St Patrick's on the 12th of July.

    EP will keep you updated...