Tottenham 1-1 Sevilla: Antonio Conte’s facet are held to attract by LaLiga outfit in feisty second pleasant as Harry Kane’s third objective of pre-season is cancelled out by superb Ivan Rakitic strike in South Korea
- Tottenham have been held to a 1-1 pre-season draw with Sevilla on Saturday afternoon
- Harry Kane gave Spurs the lead earlier than Ivan Rakitic levelled with an excellent strike
- Kane notched his third objective of pre-season after simply two video games in South Korea
- Spurs subsequent tackle Rangers at Ibrox subsequent Saturday in third pre-season match
Tottenham continued their pre-season preparations with a 1-1 draw towards Sevilla on Saturday afternoon.
Antonio Conte’s facet took the lead on the Suwon World Cup Stadium due to Harry Kane’s strike earlier than seeing their benefit cancelled out by an excellent Ivan Rakitic effort within the second-half.
Although it wasn’t the polished and refined efficiency Conte had maybe hoped for, it is one other helpful 90 minutes for numerous the Tottenham gamers nonetheless adjusting to the Italian’s complicated system.
Harry Kane noticed a objective dominated out for offside earlier than grabbing the lead within the second-half
Kane scored his third objective of pre-season in only his second match in South Korea
Heung Min-Son didn’t get on the scoresheet however was cheered by all of the followers in Suwon
For the first-time in pre-season, Conte began the recreation with Kane, Heung Min-Son and new signing Richarlison spearheading his assault – as he exams potential strike partnerships for subsequent yr.
Richarlison, who performed his second recreation since becoming a member of Spurs this summer season in a £60m transfer from Everton, was sufferer to numerous chopping challenges within the first-half that stopped him from discovering any move within the match.
England captain Kane thought he’d damaged the impasse after 25 minutes when he rifled an effort previous Sevilla’s Marko Dmitrovic – however the striker was fractionally offside earlier than receiving the ball. Promising indicators nonetheless.
As they approached the half-time break, Tottenham almost went a objective down due to a well-known face when former winger Erik Lamela fired a first-time volley onto the submit earlier than watching it deflect extensive.
New signing Richarlison was on the receiving finish of numerous tough Sevilla challenges
Former Spurs participant Erik Lamela (proper) catches up with the membership’s captain Hugo Lloris
Tottenham will subsequent tackle Rangers at Ibrox on Saturday of their third pre-season match
After half-time, Spurs regarded quite a bit extra snug within the match. The introduction of Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur added some a lot wanted high quality within the midfield space and it paid dividends presently.
Bentancur received the ball earlier than setting it to Heung Min-Son, who pulled off a silky pirouette and dished a go to Kane – with the Tottenham No.10 making no mistake in notching his third objective of pre-season.
Their lead was quick lived nonetheless, with Ivan Rakitic levelling the scores with an excellent strike within the 63rd minute. After some neat build-up play from the Spanish facet, the ball was arrange for Rakitic who left Hugo Lloris with no likelihood.
With a perfectionist like Antonio Conte in cost, there remains to be a lot work to be achieved for this Tottenham facet, who’s subsequent fixture sees them tackle Rangers at Ibrox subsequent Saturday.
Observe Sportsmail’s stay weblog for this afternoon’s pre-season conflict between Tottenham and Sevilla.
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