NORWICH CITY (Away) Friendly Tuesday 22nd July 2003 |
Norwich City 0 Tottenham 3 (Half-time score : 0-1) | |
Friendly | |
Tuesday 22nd July 2003 | |
Venue : - Carrow Road | |
Kick Off : - 19.30 p.m. | |
Weather : - Warm, clear | |
Crowd : - 15,646 | |
Referee : - M. Thorpe | |
Teams : - Norwich City : - Green (Crichton 63), Briggs (Batt 46), Drury, Mackay, Shackell (Crane 84), Nielsen (Abbey 46), Mulryne, Holt (Sinclair 70), McVeigh (Jarvis 46), Rivers (Francis 46), Brennan (Easton 46 replaced by Roberts 76) Tottenham : - Hirschfeld (Burch 58), Carr (Marney 58), Taricco (c) (Perry 58), Toda, Bunjevcevic (Kelly 84), Gardner, Anderton (Ricketts 84), Postiga (Zamora 46), Davies (Poyet 58), Keane (Acimovic 58), Galbraith (Etherington 46) |
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Colours : - | |
Norwich City - | Tottenham - |
Scorers : - Norwich City - None Tottenham - Anderton 31, Davies 56, Zamora 78 |
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Cards : - Norwich City - None Tottenham - None |
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With the games progressing in difficulty,
this one looked a step backward for Spurs, as they were rarely
threatened by a lacklustre Norwich side. After an initial charge
towards the Tottenham goal, it was us who forced the pace of the game,
leaving the Canaries fluttering around in our wake.
Even then, Spurs could have been two goals up before Norwich produced an effort on goal. Galbraith was keen to get forward at every opportunity and produced an early cross that Postiga nodded too high, then Toda had a wicked attempt at volleying Anderton's corner, Teddy-like, which looked like it was going a mile wide, but the late curl took it just outside the post. Surprisingly, the Japanese midfielder had an impressive game, doing little wrong while prompting and pushing in the best defensive midfielder tradition. Perhaps he might get closer to his World Cup form than we saw last season. When Norwich did have a chance, it came
when Phil Mulryne teed up Malky Mackay, who hit a long range shot
narrowly over. Anderton was back doing some defensive work when
the next City attack came n and just as well he was. Hirschfeld
came for a cross, but only managed to get it to new signing Jim Brennan,
who had a go, but Hoddle managed to get a block in front of him. A
couple of other chances flew over and Spurs neutralised the home side's
energy, gradually beginning to knock the ball about comfortably.
Keane knocked the ball across to the right wing, where it was laid back
to Dazza by Carr and he moved forward a few yards towards the area and
then let fly. His 30 yard shot curved away from Green into the
inside of the side netting, leaving the keeper grasping at fresh
air. It was a well placed shot with just the right amount of pace
on it to beat the keeper all ends up. A minute later, we were all wondering how
it wasn't three-nil, as Matty's low ball in was missed by both Simon and
Robbie with the goal in front of them !! Other efforts in goal
failed to make Green work to hard, but then City started to push forward
a bit more. Jarvis' drive went wide of the mark and Burch, who had
come on for Lars, produced a fine reflex save in tipping over a volley
from close in by Zema Abbey. Anderton and Gardner were the outstanding figures for Tottenham in the match and the forwards were all involved in making it a tricky experience for Norwich. But the passing was good again and there were a few training ground moves, which were phased in to set-pieces throughout the game. When they come off, it is very pleasing for a coach. Even the movement and covering for colleagues was evident, something that is not always the case, but it bodes well for next season if everyone knows what they have to do within the team set-up. They now go off to South Africa, where
they might find the going a bit tougher ... in a physical sense.
Let's hope they come back without many injuries as they prepare for the
first day of the season. MEHSTG TOP MAN : - DARREN ANDERTON |
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Kirk Hammerton |