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Tuesday, 20 August 2024, 21:50 |Tottenham Hotspur
Our U21s kicked off their Bristol Street Motors Trophy with a penalty shoot-out win over Bristol Rovers on Tuesday evening.
After betting an entertaining 3-3 draw at Memorial Stadium (Will Lankshear, Mikey Moore and Damola Ajayi were all on target), we won the shootout 6-5 for an extra point in the South G group, with Luca Gunter canceling out to Jake Garrett. Before the substitution, Oli. Irow converted the game-winning penalty kick in front of a passionate defender who provided vocal help to the team that night.
It was a useful check for our young players who were opposed to high-level Liga One matches in a festival that featured plenty of action. Lankshear scored the goal of the match with a very good shot from distance, but unfortunately limped away in the closing stages, while Moore, who was making his first appearance for the U21 team since May 2023 and his debut at this festival, scored practically on goal. Ajayi calmly shot through the legs of goalkeeper Matt Hall, before Ajayi calmly shot through a mistake at the back to make it 3-2. Luke McCormick’s header ensured the 90 minutes ended goalless, following earlier goals from Isaac Hutchinson and Kofi Shaw for the hosts.
Rovers needed just seven minutes to take the lead when Hutchinson, the only player to retain his position in the starting lineup following the League One draw against Rotherham at the weekend, stepped forward into the box and fired through the defender’s legs. The hosts had a few chances later, but we equalized in the 26th minute thanks to a glorious goal from Lankshear. The striker scored 32 goals last season, but it’s arguably more than any of them, as he won the ball after a fair run and a subsequent 50/50 shot from Moore on the edge of the surface, hit and shot brilliantly. top corner.
Hutchinson sent an angled shot over the other goal, but we made a wonderful start to the second half, Ajayi denied through goalkeeper Hall at the end of a clever team move before Moore beat the goalkeeper near the post when he shot through his legs and into the net from a tight angle on the left to put us ahead in the 50th minute.
Half-time substitute Ruel Sotiriou was a risk for the Rovers, heading towards the post and sending another aerial attempt over the crossbar before Shaw equalised in the 56th minute after a corner sent to him in the box. The pendulum swung back in the moment. The part continued, with Ajayi negated by Hall and Moore’s effort in the follow-up taken by Joel Senior before we regained the lead in the 70th minute. Moore conceded a free throw on the hosts’ side, but intercepted Hall’s misinterpreted free throw. kick and sent Ajayi running into the net unprotected, the striker kept his cool amid the retreating bodies to roll clinically into the back corner.
Once again, we were unable to maintain the lead when McCormick headed in a Hutchinson cross with thirteen minutes left to make it 3-3. McCormick, Sotiriou and Garrett attempted shots for Rovers, while Tyrese Hall denied through his namesake between the sticks, but with neither team able to find a winner, the spoils were divided and a penalty shootout ensued for a point. additional. Both groups scored their first five shots on goal, but after Gunter drove Garrett’s attempt to his left, it was up to Irow to convert and send. return to north London on a positive note.
The team was then able to meet with members of our official Somerset Spurs supporters’ club, who once returned in large numbers to the team in the south-west of the country.
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Goals: Bristol Rovers – Hutchinson 7, Shaw 56, McCormick 77; Spurs: Lankshear 26, Moore 50, Ajayi 70.
Yellow cards: Bristol Rovers – Forbes 50, Senior 90+7; Spurs: McKnight 53, Moore 69.
Referee: James Oldham.
Venue: The Memorial Stadium, Bristol.
Weather: Sunny, breezy, 15 degrees.
Participation: 1,584.