Thomas Frank said the ‘physical’ box was ticked after our back-to-back friendlies against Wycombe and Luton as pre-season preparations stepped up a gear on Saturday.
The two matches offered Thomas the chance to hand most players 75 minutes of match action and resulted in a 2-2 draw against Wycombe in the morning – Pape Matar Sarr bagging both goals – and goalless draw at Kenilworth Road in the 3pm kick-off.
Speaking to SPURSPLAY at Luton, Thomas reflected: “Overall, okay, happy. I would say the big take away on the positive side is that we got more or less 75 minutes into most of the players – that was the reason we played two mixed teams and subbed on all the youngsters in both games. So, the physical, minute-wise – box ticked. I’m happy with that.
“Let’s start with the Wycombe game, positives, I felt the high pressure and regaining of the ball was very successful in many ways throughout the game. We regained it I don’t know how many times, but we created six, seven very dangerous situations where we should have done even more and scored a good second goal through Pape. Also, in the first minutes, Wycombe’s runs in behind were good, so we were really focused on that. The big focus is that we defend well, and we gave away two goals we shouldn’t have given away against Wycombe, scored two good goals from Pape, who is another positive in that game.”
Highlights | Spurs 2-2 Wycombe
“We go into the Luton game, that was the game where I felt, ‘okay, there is a bit to be worked on’. That was two mixed teams a little out of sync. The boys put everything into it, they were positive, heads down working hard, but those connections, relationships, they definitely weren’t fluid, but it’s good to have something to work on.”
Next up, we fly out to Hong Kong and South Korea for our summer Tour with matches against Arsenal (Thursday, 12.30pm UK) – the first NLD outside the UK – and Newcastle United (Sunday 3 August, 12noon UK) – both live on SPURSPLAY.
Highlights | Luton 0-0 Spurs
