Gold: Romero annoyed by Tottenham player during first half against K-League XI

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Alasdair Gold reports on Football London’s live coverage of Tottenham Hotspur’s win over the K-League XI on Wednesday afternoon that Emerson Royal annoyed Cristian Romero, during the first half of the 6-3 victory.

Tottenham secured victory in their first pre-season match of the summer in the sweltering heat at the Seoul World Cup Stadium. A brilliant game, in which Spurs took the lead three times to eventually secure a 6-3 victory.

Eric Dier opened the scoring with a gorgeous left-footed effort from 25 yards. Gue Sung Cho equalised with a brilliant header, Davinson Sanchez allowing the striker to get a run on him. It was 2-1 moments after the break.

The introduction of Harry Kane saw the England captain whip a low cross in with his right foot, turned into his own net by a defender. Lars Veldwijk made it 2-2, only for Kane to come up with a left-footed stunner of his own shortly after.

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Son Heung-min made it four, to the delight of the fans watching their captain in action – scoring from the penalty spot. Jun Amano made it 4-3 with a free-kick Lloris will be disappointed to concede, before Kane and Son got another.

But with the score at 0-0, Romero was not impressed, according to Gold, after Emerson missed a sitter. Good work from Richarlison saw the ball bobble towards Emerson. The Brazilian had to score, only to hit the side netting:

“It’s a sitter but he slides it wide. Romero does not look impressed, ” Gold reports.

Emerson annoyed Romero during first half of Tottenham win

It was some miss. Emerson should have scored and quite easily, should have hit the target. To actually miss the target is quite a remarkable feat. One that the defender will want to forget sooner rather than later.

The Brazilian was sacrificed just after the break to introduce Son and surely, that played a part in Antonio Conte’s thinking. It will be interesting to see if he retains his spot, with Djed Spence incoming and Matt Doherty in the mix.