Tottenham faced the K-League Allstars, a team from the South Korean Championship, in a friendly match on Wednesday. At the World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, the English team won 4-3, with goals from Dejan Kulusevski, Son (twice) and Will Lankshear. Stanislav Iljutcenko (twice) and Oberdan Alionço scored for the home team.
With the result, Tottenham secured their fourth consecutive pre-season victory in four friendlies played. The London club returns to the field this Saturday, at 8 am (Brasília time), when they face Bayern Munich in a friendly, again at the World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea.
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Tottenham opened the scoring in the 28th minute of the first half. Swede Dejan Kulusevski took advantage of the rebound after Son’s shot and scored. In the 37th minute, Son received the ball from Jamie Donley, beat the defender and hit the top corner to score a great goal, extending the lead for the English team.
In the final stretch of the first half, Son exchanged passes with Kulusevski and slotted the ball past the goalkeeper to score his second goal of the match and Tottenham’s third, in the 46th minute.
In the second half, Stanislav Iljutcenko took advantage of a rebound from goalkeeper Brandon Austin and scored the first goal for the K-League Allstars, in the sixth minute. Soon after, in a play on the right side, Jae-hee Jeong crossed and Iljutcenko appeared to head in and score his second goal, in the ninth minute.
At 21, Timo Werner made a great play on the left wing and found Will Lankshear, who hit it first time and scored Tottenham’s fourth goal of the match. After a corner kick, Brandon Austin rebounded and Brazilian Oberdan Alionço took the first touch to score a great goal and reduce the deficit for the K-League Allstars, at 35 minutes.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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