Tottenham won the first game of their pre-season tour.
Tottenham Hotspur proved once again they can mix it with the big boys of European football with a friendly win over a star studded Juventus.
A long range Harry Kane winner gave Spurs a 3-2 win, against a team which boasted Cristiano Ronaldo and Matthijs De Ligt.
For ex-Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri, coming up against Spurs was a familiar if less than ideal way to begin his stint in charge at Juventus.
Speaking after the game he attributed the defeat to Tottenham down to Spurs’ togetherness.
He told Tuttomercatoweb: “It was a difficult game for us against a team that has been playing with this group for years and it was difficult for the level of physical preparation.
“In the second half they seemed faster and more explosive than us but it is normal. We must, if we want play our football, improve in defending.
“In the second half we moved the ball better, we did twenty minutes of good quality where we scored a couple of goals. We were naive in the lost balls and the three goals came from these situations.”
New Juventus signing Adrien Rabiot gave the ball away in the lead up to Tottenham’s winner, with Harry Kane lobbing Wojciech Szcesny.
Sarri’s point about Tottenham’s familiarity was a fair one, it’s one of their strengths, although Spurs did boast new signing Tanguy Ndombele and a number of youngsters.
Young right-back Kyle Walker-Peters acquitted himself well, continuing to build a case to be the club’s first choice.
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