“I’m happy with the way we played against Juventus, we need to repeat our performance for tomorrow. We expect some activity, yes”, Pochettino told a news conference.
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The duo endured a tough opening half-hour against Paulo Dybala and Roberto Pereyra and were both guilty of mistakes in the build-up to Dybala’s fifth-minute opener.
Mauricio Pochettino has another chance to test his touring squad, made up of a mixture of talented youngsters and first team members, against a side that has become one of Spain’s regular league contenders in recent years under his compatriot Diego Simeone. He did very well with Sunderland last season on loan, but with Sam Allardyce leaving for the England managerial post he doesn’t have a place to go back to there. Wimmer, Alderweireld and Eric Dier and Victor Wanyama can play centre-back.
“And then we have young players like Carter-Vickers and Ball. But, if it’s not possible, we have enough players to replace him”.
Pochettino’s side were beaten 2-1 by reigning Serie A champions Juventus at the MCG on Tuesday (26 July) and return to the same venue for Friday’s meeting with Atletico Madrid.
The Hot Spurs take on the Champions League runners up, Atletico Madrid tonight in Melbourne at 3:00 GMT. A good example from last season is Dele Alli, who came from league one.
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The Lilywhites will start the 2016/17 Premier League campaign with a hard trip to Ronald Koeman’s Everton side at Goodison Park on 13 August. And you know what happened after. He needs to take whatever opportunity he can muster in this match and run with it in order to earn a job, be it with the Spurs or someone else.
