We think it’d be good, but it’s too risky. In what will prove to be the final warm-up for both sides before resuming Premier League play next Friday, Tottenham Hotspur hosted Norwich City on Friday in a weirdly non-traditional friendly match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Spurs took on their fellow Premier League side at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in what was meant to be the first of two friendly matches within 24 hours. Jose Mourinho has lined up a friendly for his Tottenham side to face Norwich on Friday as he steps up plans to resume the season later this month. It was very important to do it this past week without any injuries because we all know that in these first matches, even with all the friendlies, there’s always a risk of getting a few injuries. The Lilywhites take on Norwich City on Friday before facing off against Reading on Saturday. Have something to tell us about this article? Learn how your comment data is processed. Tottenham Hotspur are full steam ahead with their preparations and, according to The Telegraph, have scheduled a friendly with fellow EPL side Norwich City as … Tottenham Hotspur's friendly match against Norwich on Friday afternoon was not quite all that it seemed to be. The two sides engaged in a friendly match ahead of their return to competitive football in just one week. We needed minutes. Tottenham Hotspur Daily Links: The Hoddle Of Coffee, Burnley 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur: Community Player Ratings, Former Spurs keeper Michel Vorm announces retirement, The Hoddle of Coffee: Tottenham Hotspur news and links for Monday, October 26. However, he did add that it may have been more of a training exercise than a normal 90-minute match. We’re about two weeks away from the English Premier League restarting the 2019-2020 campaign in an effort to finish it on the pitch and not via video conference. Norwich midfielder Mario Vrancic posted this video on his Instagram stories — this outrageous long-range free kick goal is pretty dang spectacular and even Spurs fans should enjoy it. “We’re not going to have any more friendlies. And after that two more days and we get West Ham, so the next ten days are going to be busy. Norwich are currently bottom of the table and seven points from safety, so they’ll be fighting for every last point they can muster.
Spurs are also due to play Reading in a second friendly tomorrow (Standard). Even [George] Marsh who was playing for Leyton Orient but joined us for this period of preparation where we need numbers. Both clubs have played in-house 11 v 11 matches since practice matches were granted during Step 2 of Project Restart but the fixture is one of the first arranged for Premier League opposition to face each other. Near as I can tell there are no extended highlights from the friendly, so there’s not much we can analyze. Photo by Tottenham Hotspur FC/Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images In what will prove to be the final warm-up for both sides before resuming … Jose Mourinho opted to play a number of youth teamers in the final quarter, and Norwich scored two goals late to take the “win.”. While Football London’s Alasdair Gold was keen to urge that reports are unconfirmed at this stage, he revealed that sources had informed him of the scoreline. We have to think that the points are there to fight for and with fans, without fans, the points are on the pitch. Early summer pre-season friendlies behind closed doors at Spurs sometimes consist of three 30 periods of football with different players coming in. “We decided to mix [the teams] and to give almost the same amount of minutes to everyone. “[It was] a good training session. Spurs get in on some Monday night Premier League action. Tottenham initially were planning to split their squad into two groups, playing one starting 11 against Norwich and another on Saturday against Championship side Reading. All of Tottenham’s recently-injured players got extended minutes in the friendly, including Harry Kane, Son Heung-Min, Moussa Sissoko, and Steven Bergwijn. TOTTENHAM lost at home to Norwich, again, as the Canaries ran out 2-1 winners in their friendly match on Friday. We didn’t want to bring players into the limits of fatigue, so nobody played all four periods because that would be too much. Spurs Web – Tottenham Hotspur Football News, Opinion: Tottenham player ratings from the 1-0 win over Burnley, ‘Nice man’ – Sissoko admits he misses departed Spurs star, ‘Loaded’ – Some Spurs fans do not like midfielder’s latest Tweet, Video: Arsenal legend insists Tottenham have ‘zero chance’ of winning the…, Opinion: How Dele needs to reinvent himself to be a key…, Opinion: Five key takeaways from the win against LASK, Opinion: Mourinho’s response to Spurs’ late capitulation proves there’s method to…, Video: Arsenal legend insists Tottenham have ‘zero chance’ of winning the league, Report: Spurs-linked striker has scored more goals than Kane and Son this season. However, this one brief highlight did show up on social media. Spurs get in on some Monday night Premier League action. Spurs are also due to play Reading in a second friendly tomorrow (Standard). We needed to know the feeling of playing here without our supporters.
Tottenham Hotspur are full steam ahead with their preparations and, according to The Telegraph, have scheduled a friendly with fellow EPL side Norwich City as a final tune-up before taking on Manchester United. While there are genuine concerns about safety due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this is going to happen and the clubs are preparing. Gold claimed that although Spurs went 1-0 up, they eventually lost 2-1 to the Canaries.
Norwich isn’t too far of a jaunt from London so it makes sense to have this match as prep. There was a question as to whether the friendlies could be scheduled given the national guidelines on safety surrounding the pandemic, but last week the clubs were given the green light to schedule if both sides agreed. Jose Mourinho’s men took to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium pitch once again today as they welcomed fellow Premier League outfit, Norwich City. Also worth noting that it’s a friendly that’s also a training exercise so it may not take the form of a normal 90 minute game. While Top Four might seem a daunting task, fifth might be attainable. Ornstein: Dele left out of Tottenham squad for Burnley match, Tottenham Hotspur Daily Links: The Hoddle Of Coffee, have scheduled a friendly with fellow EPL side Norwich City, Burnley 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur: Community Player Ratings, Burnley 0-1 Tottenham: Kane and Son combine again for late win at Turf Moor, Former Spurs keeper Michel Vorm announces retirement, The Hoddle of Coffee: Tottenham Hotspur news and links for Monday, October 26. “Today was much more about competing, minutes, competition, intensity. After the match, Jose Mourinho gave a video interview for Spurs TV where he talked about the friendly Tottenham’s preparations for next Friday’s match against Manchester United. With Manchester City’s hearing regarding their European ban taking place this week, Spurs will know within a few days if fifth place will get them Champions League qualification or not. Spurs are currently in eighth place and seven points out of fourth. — Alasdair Gold (@AlasdairGold) June 12, 2020. GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images Tottenham Hotspur are set to play two friendly fixtures within 24 hours this week as they prepare for a Premier League restart. Ourselves and United, we have to fight for them.”, Spurs fall 2-1 to Norwich in non-traditional friendly at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Burnley vs. Tottenham: match thread & how to watch. Ornstein: Dele left out of Tottenham squad for Burnley match, Burnley 0-1 Tottenham: Kane and Son combine again for late win at Turf Moor.
The reason I say the latter is because there are some suggestions it went on for far, far longer than a normal 90-minute plus 15 minute half-time break period of time, indicating more of a training exercise element to it.
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“We have to adapt to this new reality, which is what we tried to do today, which is a feeling of playing with an empty stadium. Jose Mourinho’s men took to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium pitch once again today as they welcomed fellow Premier League outfit, Norwich City. Manchester United currently hold that spot at 45 points, meaning the restart of the league could see a crucial six-pointer in the race for Champions League football next season. The last period we played some of the young boys. The match was played in four 30-minute periods with massive substitutions and rotation, making it much more about fitness and feeling than competition.
So we’re going to do a normal preparation week starting on Monday and going through Friday. From Tottenham’s match report, Spurs played well and were the better side in the opening two periods.