Diego Simeone: “Tottenham has been a few days here in Australia and has already played a match”.
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Victor Wanyama trained with his new Tottenham Hotspur team-mates in Melbourne ahead of Friday night’s clash against Atletico Madrid.
While the Dutchman, bought by Spurs from AZ Alkmaar this summer for a fee believed to be around £18m, was starved of possession in the Tuesday’s 2-1 defeat to Juventus in the International Champions Cup, he was a different prospect against Champions League finalists Atletico.
That proved to be the only goal of the game as Tottenham slumped to another pre-season defeat, but Pochettino only had praise for his side after the match. The boys are good for me.
“We are preparing for our season and it’s always important to deliver the plan”.
Skipper Gabi’s free-kick was flicked on allowing Godin to tap home from close range at the far post.
“It’s the first time Atletico de Madrid is going to Australia, it’s my first time as well, so I’m really excited”, said Torres.
I think we finished the game with nine players that came through our academy.
“I can’t explain what I thought after losing in Milan in the short time I have”, he told a media conference. How they play and how Tottenham respond to that will be a major indicator as to just how ready the two teams are for the upcoming season, not to mention a chance to see two very talented teams who rarely get to face each other in action.
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And although he did not score in either game “the performances of £17.5m new striker Vincent Janssen also seem to suggest that in the willing Dutchman, Pochettino has finally found someone to take some of the burden from Harry Kane’s shoulders”.
