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Friday, 16 August 2024, 23:20 |Tottenham Hotspur
Under-18 manager Stuart Lewis wants his players to continue pre-season work when the new Premier League Under-18 campaign kicks off at home at Crystal Palace on Saturday (11am). in the United Kingdom, live on SPURSPLAY).
Since returning from summer break, our new squad, which now includes thirteen new freshmen along with the sophomore squad, plus bolstered by some talented under-16s, has won four friendlies behind closed doors, scoring 22 goals and conceding just one. , while clinching the Premier League Next Generation Cup final in Birmingham, where we narrowly lost to Stellenbosch.
For Stuart, it’s for players to continue to progress when the festival kicks off this weekend.
“It’s been a productive pre-season era with two – an educational camp in York and a tournament weekend in Birmingham – and we’ve had some wonderful times in the educational arena,” he said. -Declared.
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“The new first-year players have adapted to their education and are progressing in the second-year group, so it’s really positive and we’re looking forward to the start of the season at home, unlike Crystal Palace. It will be a smart physical challenge for us: they are very intelligent on the counterattack, in transitions and they play with power, so we have to be on our feet and be more productive at all times. It’s vital for us to play well.
After enjoying a high-scoring pre-season, Stuart stressed the importance of dominating all spaces on the pitch if we want to continue progressing.
“The club’s philosophy is to play attacking football and I and we like to see the players going forward,” he said. “This is something we continue to implement, but it is vitally important that we protect our business together and with determination. We have that offensive taste that we like to see and that the Club demands, we have to play forward and with courage, but we have to protect one on one and also be brave in defensive moments.