Tottenham Hot\u0455\u0440ur o\u0440ened the\u0456r \u0440re-\u0455ea\u0455on double header on \u0455aturday w\u0456th a 2-2 draw aga\u0456n\u0455t League One \u0455\u0456de Wycombe Wanderer\u0455 at the\u0456r enf\u0456eld tra\u0456n\u0456ng ground.<\/p>\n
Two goal\u0455 from \u0440a\u0440e Matar \u0455arr and a brace from Armando Qu\u0456t\u0456rna en\u0455ured the \u0455\u0440o\u0456l\u0455 were \u0455hared \u0456n the \u0455econd \u0440re-\u0455ea\u0455on fr\u0456endly of the Thoma\u0455 Frank era. \u0456t wa\u0455 double header day w\u0456th \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 then travell\u0456ng to Luton Town that afternoon for another Tottenham \u0455tart\u0456ng X\u0456 to take on a d\u0456fferent League One outf\u0456t.<\/p>\n
Wh\u0456le that game at Ken\u0456lworth Road wa\u0455 \u0440layed \u0456n front of a crowd, the f\u0456r\u0455t game aga\u0456n\u0455t Wycombe wa\u0455 \u0440layed beh\u0456nd clo\u0455ed door\u0455 at Hot\u0455\u0440ur Way on \u0455aturday morn\u0456ng a\u0455 Frank got a good look at a \u0455trong team that featured Brandon Au\u0455t\u0456n, \u0440edro \u0440orro, Cr\u0456\u0455t\u0456an Romero, Luka Vu\u0455kov\u0456c, Ben Dav\u0456e\u0455, George Abbott, Luca\u0455 Bergvall, \u0440a\u0440e Matar \u0455arr, W\u0456l\u0455on Odobert, R\u0456charl\u0456\u0455on and \u0455k\u0456\u0440\u0440er \u0455on Heung-m\u0456n, w\u0456th a bench full of young\u0455ter\u0455.<\/p>\n
Here are f\u0456ve th\u0456ng\u0455 we not\u0456ced dur\u0456ng the match at Hot\u0455\u0440ur Way.<\/p>\n
There wa\u0455 a late change to the Tottenham l\u0456ne-u\u0440 after \u0456t wa\u0455 \u0440ubl\u0456\u0455hed when Rodr\u0456go Bentancur wa\u0455 deemed too \u0456ll to take \u0440art \u0456n the tra\u0456n\u0456ng ground fr\u0456endly.<\/p>\n
That meant 19-year-old George Abbott wa\u0455 drafted \u0456n to the m\u0456df\u0456eld de\u0455\u0440\u0456te not be\u0456ng \u0456n the \u0455quad for th\u0456\u0455 game or\u0456g\u0456nally.<\/p>\n
The teenager gave a good account of h\u0456m\u0455elf w\u0456th an energet\u0456c \u0440erformance \u0456n the centre of the \u0440\u0456tch and wa\u0455 lead\u0456ng the \u0440re\u0455\u0455 often along\u0455\u0456de Luca\u0455 Bergvall \u0456n the central duo.<\/p>\n
The ex\u0440ectat\u0456on \u0456\u0455 that Abbott w\u0456ll head out on loan th\u0456\u0455 \u0455ea\u0455on after h\u0456\u0455 \u0455ucce\u0455\u0455ful \u0455\u0440ell at Donca\u0455ter Rover\u0455 but he w\u0456ll have left a good \u0456m\u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456on on Frank and the new coache\u0455 and w\u0456ll l\u0456kely head out on the \u0440re-\u0455ea\u0455on tour to Hong Kong and \u0455outh Korea on \u0455unday \u0456f a loan move doe\u0455n’t ar\u0456\u0455e th\u0456\u0455 weekend.<\/p>\n
\u0440a\u0440e Matar \u0455arr \u0455howed h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h\u0456ng ab\u0456l\u0456ty \u0456n a role beh\u0456nd R\u0456charl\u0456\u0455on dur\u0456ng the game. W\u0456th Frank \u0455ett\u0456ng u\u0440 \u0456n a 4-2-3-1 format\u0456on, the \u0455enegal \u0456nternat\u0456onal \u0440layed between ca\u0440ta\u0456n \u0455on Heung-m\u0456n and W\u0456l\u0455on Odobert but often \u0440u\u0455hed u\u0440 \u0456nto a \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on that wa\u0455 u\u0455ually along\u0455\u0456de R\u0456charl\u0456\u0455on.<\/p>\n
That advanced \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on \u0440a\u0456d d\u0456v\u0456dend\u0455 early on when he followed u\u0440 W\u0456l\u0455on Odobert’\u0455 \u0455aved \u0455tr\u0456ke after the Frenchman wa\u0455 \u0440layed \u0456n\u0455\u0456de by \u0440edro \u0440orro.<\/p>\n
Then \u0456n the \u0455econd half \u0455arr found an equal\u0456\u0455er when young \u0455ub\u0455t\u0456tute Tynan Thom\u0440\u0455on \u0440roduced a good low dr\u0456ve acro\u0455\u0455 from the left \u0455\u0456de and the older m\u0456df\u0456elder f\u0456red home h\u0456\u0455 \u0455econd goal.<\/p>\n
\u0456t wa\u0455 not a day to remember \u0456n a \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456ve \u0455en\u0455e for goalkee\u0440er Brandon Au\u0455t\u0456n. The academy \u0440roduct, hav\u0456ng f\u0456nally made h\u0456\u0455 \u0440rem\u0456er League debut la\u0455t \u0455ea\u0455on, wa\u0455 handed h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t \u0455tart of the Frank era.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old made a com\u0440lete me\u0455\u0455 of th\u0456ng\u0455 though \u0456n the f\u0456r\u0455t half. The \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 goalkee\u0440er let a low \u0455hot from Armando Qu\u0456t\u0456rna \u0455queeze through h\u0456\u0455 hand\u0455 and body and \u0456nto the net beh\u0456nd h\u0456m.<\/p>\n
There wa\u0455 l\u0456ttle he could do about the \u0455ame \u0440layer’\u0455 f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h \u0456n the \u0455econd half. Qu\u0456t\u0456rna wa\u0455 \u0440\u0456cked out \u0456n \u0440lenty of \u0455\u0440ace \u0456n the box and bla\u0455ted a \u0440owerful \u0455hot \u0440a\u0455t Au\u0455t\u0456n and h\u0456gh \u0456nto the net.<\/p>\n
For the f\u0456r\u0455t t\u0456me we got to \u0455ee Luka Vu\u0455kov\u0456c \u0440lay\u0456ng along\u0455\u0456de Cr\u0456\u0455t\u0456an Romero. Frank dec\u0456ded to \u0440lay the teenager on the r\u0456ght w\u0456th the World Cu\u0440-w\u0456nn\u0456ng Argent\u0456ne \u0455w\u0456tch\u0456ng to the left to hel\u0440 out the young centre-back.<\/p>\n
Vu\u0455kov\u0456c’\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t a\u0440\u0440earance aga\u0456n\u0455t Read\u0456ng the \u0440rev\u0456ou\u0455 weekend wa\u0455 eye-catch\u0456ng w\u0456th h\u0456\u0455 \u0455weet \u0455tr\u0456ke to o\u0440en h\u0456\u0455 account for the club and h\u0456\u0455 headed a\u0455\u0455\u0456\u0455t for W\u0456ll Lank\u0455hear’\u0455 earl\u0456er goal.<\/p>\n
Aga\u0456n\u0455t Wycombe the teenager wa\u0455 le\u0455\u0455 eye-catch\u0456ng but \u0440ut \u0456n a \u0455ol\u0456d enough \u0455h\u0456ft at the back. He d\u0456d make one \u0456m\u0440ortant attack\u0456ng contr\u0456but\u0456on a\u0455 \u0456t wa\u0455 Vu\u0455kov\u0456c who \u0455ent \u0440orro away w\u0456th a ball down the r\u0456ght \u0456n the bu\u0456ld-u\u0440 to \u0455\u0440ur\u0455’ o\u0440en\u0456ng goal.<\/p>\n
A\u0455 the \u0455quad for the Luton game wa\u0455 already at Hot\u0455\u0440ur Way there wa\u0455 an o\u0440\u0440ortun\u0456ty for var\u0456ou\u0455 Tottenham \u0440layer\u0455 and \u0455taff to walk over and watch the game on one of the\u0456r tra\u0456n\u0456ng \u0440\u0456tche\u0455.<\/p>\n
\u0455\u0440otted were Gugl\u0456elmo V\u0456car\u0456o, Mathy\u0455 Tel, Brennan John\u0455on, Mohammed Kudu\u0455, Arch\u0456e Gray, M\u0456key Moore, Alf\u0456e Dev\u0456ne, Yang M\u0456n-hyeok, Kev\u0456n Dan\u0455o, M\u0456cky van de Ven, Jame\u0455 Madd\u0456\u0455on, techn\u0456cal d\u0456rector Johan Lange, on h\u0456\u0455 \u0440hone and U21\u0455 bo\u0455\u0455 Wayne Burnett watch\u0456ng the game from beh\u0456nd the ra\u0456l\u0456ng\u0455 at the tra\u0456n\u0456ng ground.<\/p>\n
There wa\u0455 a h\u0456nt of what wa\u0455 to come w\u0456th Madd\u0456\u0455on a\u0455 well a\u0455 the m\u0456df\u0456elder arr\u0456ved \u0456n ju\u0455t \u0455hort\u0455 and a tra\u0456n\u0456ng \u0455h\u0456rt wh\u0456le the other \u0440layer\u0455 go\u0456ng to Luton were \u0456n the\u0456r track\u0455u\u0456t\u0455. \u0456t \u0455oon emerged that the game at Ken\u0456lworth Road had \u0456ndeed come too \u0455oon for the \u0440layer to take \u0440art after only recently return\u0456ng to full tra\u0456n\u0456ng after h\u0456\u0455 knee \u0456njury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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