{"id":155737,"date":"2018-08-04T20:50:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T20:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soulcentralmagazine.com\/spurs-thumped-in-final-pre-season-friendly\/"},"modified":"2018-08-04T20:50:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T20:50:11","slug":"spurs-thumped-in-final-pre-season-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulcentralmagazine.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/04\/spurs-thumped-in-final-pre-season-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs thumped in final pre-season friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__headline-section\"><span class=\"article__kicker theme__copy-color\">MATCH REPORT<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"article__subdeck theme__border-color\" wp_automatic_readability=\"32\">\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino fielded a young side missing key players<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"58.266028708134\">\n<p class=\"article__content article__content--intro\">Tottenham were thrashed 4-1 by Girona in their final pre-season friendly on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The LaLiga side shocked Spurs, who were missing multiple key figures including Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Hugo Lloris and Jan Vertonghen.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"0\">\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"\/\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thesun-article-image wp-image-407577\" alt=\"Heung-min Son looked dejected as the Spanish side celebrated\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/TottGirona.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960&amp;quality=100\" width=\"960\" height=\"672\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\">\n\t\tHeung-min Son looked dejected as the Spanish side celebrated\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite their absentees, <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113181\/tottenham-hotspur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the English side<\/a> took the lead on 13 minutes through a beautiful Lucas Moura free kick, which found the net against the run of play.<\/p>\n<p>However, nine minutes later the La Liga side were level.<\/p>\n<p>Juanpe headed home the equaliser after a free-kick rebounded off the post. His side were ahead before half time as a low cross from the right was slotted into the Tottenham net by Anthony Lozano.<\/p>\n<p>\t<!--googleoff: all--><\/p>\n<div class=\"sun-grid-container sun-grid-container--white\">\n<div class=\"sun-row \">\n<div class=\"col sun-col-6\">\n<div class=\"rail rail--classic  rail--trending theme-main\" data-slide-count=\"4\" data-slide-count-tablet=\"4\">\n<div class=\"swiper-container\">\n<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\" wp_automatic_readability=\"18\">\n<div class=\"rail__item swiper-slide\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .rail__item-image --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"rail__item-headline theme__copy-color\">\n\t\t\t\tNEW CLUB\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rail__item-sub\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tEx-Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart signs for tiny Danish club\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- .rail__item-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<a 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theme__copy-color\">\n\t\t\t\tcoming soon\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rail__item-sub\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tRevealing the transfers that could still happen before the window closes\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- .rail__item-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/406847\/transfer-news-huge-deals\/\" class=\"rail__item-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .rail__item .swiper-slide --><\/p>\n<div class=\"rail__item swiper-slide\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .rail__item-image --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"rail__item-headline theme__copy-color\">\n\t\t\t\tMILES APART\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rail__item-sub\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tVilla and Spurs &#8216;nowhere near&#8217; deal for Grealish as deadline rapidly approaches\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- .rail__item-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/efl\/407085\/tottenham-transfer-news-grealish-villa-valuations\/\" class=\"rail__item-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .rail__item .swiper-slide --><\/p>\n<div class=\"rail__item swiper-slide\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .rail__item-image --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"rail__item-headline theme__copy-color\">\n\t\t\t\tTRANSFER WATCH\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rail__item-sub\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tEvery confirmed Premier League transfer window signing this summer\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- .rail__item-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/387190\/premier-league-deals-completed-confirmed-signings-transfers-window\/\" class=\"rail__item-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .rail__item .swiper-slide --><\/p>\n<div class=\"rail__item swiper-slide\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .rail__item-image --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"rail__item-headline theme__copy-color\">\n\t\t\t\tDON&#8217;T PANIC\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rail__item-sub\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tSpurs boss 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href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/406562\/transfer-news-rumours-gossip-tottenham-spurs-chelsea-liverpool-manchester-united-west-ham-crystal-palace\/\" class=\"rail__item-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .rail__item .swiper-slide --><\/p>\n<div class=\"rail__item swiper-slide\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .rail__item-image --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"rail__item-headline theme__copy-color\">\n\t\t\t\tfine by me\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rail__item-sub\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tAston Villa team-mate: &#8216;We can&#8217;t criticise Grealish if he moves to Spurs&#8217;\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- .rail__item-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/efl\/406797\/tottenham-transfer-news-jack-grealish-aston-villa-james-chester\/\" class=\"rail__item-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .rail__item .swiper-slide --><\/p>\n<div class=\"rail__item swiper-slide\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .rail__item-image --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"rail__item-headline theme__copy-color\">\n\t\t\t\tGERMANY BOUND?\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rail__item-sub\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tAnother young English footballer could be about to leave the Premier League\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- .rail__item-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/406743\/tottenham-starlet-marcus-edwards-linked-permanent-transfer-bayer-leverkusen\/\" class=\"rail__item-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .rail__item .swiper-slide --><\/p>\n<div class=\"rail__item swiper-slide\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .rail__item-image --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"rail__item-headline theme__copy-color\">\n\t\t\t\tPacking them in\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rail__item-sub\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tThe record home attendances in English league football revealed\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- .rail__item-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<a 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