Robert De Zerbi left 'happy' with Tottenham pre-season preparations after Chelsea win

[p]The Italian spent more a week in New Zealand and Australia with his squad as he builds towards the new Premier League campaign where they aim to do better than their 17th place last season.[/p][p]They head home after beating [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/auckland-fc/2J7jacL6/"]Auckland FC[/a] 2-0, recording a shootout win after a 1-1 draw with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sydney-fc/6JsBlXVI/"]Sydney FC[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/chelsea-4fGZN2oK/tottenham-UDg08Ohm/?mid=SKg88Q3T"]a gutsy victory over their London rivals on Saturday[/a] despite playing most of the second half with 10 men.[/p][p]"[b]I'm happy for a lot of things. First of all, because we have spent a very important 10 days together. We worked very well,[/b]" he said.[/p][p]"[b]I'm happy to work with these players. I'm looking forward to work with the other players who are in London - ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rodri/K0G8DB00/"]Rodrigo[/a]) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bentancur-rodrigo/nLRMnJtJ/"]Bentancur[/a], Pape [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sarr-pape/CSjTl5sR/"]Matar Sarr[/a], ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/senesi-marcos/tzX63L7E/"]Marcos[/a]) Senesi, ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kudus-mohammed/hzbcXxIG/"]Mohammed[/a]) Kudus.[/b]"[/p][p]Bentancur, Matar Sarr and Senesi all played at the World Cup while Kudus is recovering from an injury.[/p][p]The tour gave [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-zerbi-roberto/pYizckpN/"]De Zerbi[/a] an opportunity to give game time to a host of promising youngsters, as well as new signings [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tonali-sandro/fmQVO5TQ/"]Sandro Tonali[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/robertson-andrew/6e7Be9VI/"]Andy Robertson[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/palestra-marco/Y3DYaDdP/"]Marco Palestra[/a].[/p][embed guid="0e184080-20c3-49cd-afd2-d1227508f323" url="https://x.com/SpurOTM/status/2083709444421013741?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]He highlighted the importance of Tonali, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gray-archie/KKqePmhD/"]Archie Gray[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/davies-ben/65AlIpKT/"]Ben Davies[/a], Robertson and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bergvall-lucas/th3mAHj9/"]Lucas Bergvall[/a], who all played a big part in the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a] victory which was sealed by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/richarlison/K82Dz773/"]Richarlison[/a]'s 90th minute winner.[/p][p]But the Italian also pinpointed several future prospects.[/p][p]"[b]I am so happy for the young players because Malachi ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hardy-malachi/EXowHhQa/"]Hardy[/a]), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kyerematen-rio/ll5eHaog/"]Rio[/a] (Kyerematen), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hall-tye/xvBwj7tf/"]Tye[/a] (Hall), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/takai-kota/AyyHihWg/"]Kota[/a] (Takai), they have been in this period very important for us, very good players[/b]."[/p][p]De Zerbi was particularly pleased with the way [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Spurs[/a] kept their composure when defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/danso-kevin/z1MBQMNN/"]Kevin Danso[/a] was sent off for a reckless challenge three minutes into the second half against Chelsea.[/p][p]He wants to see similar fight when Spurs kick off their Premier League campaign against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brentford/xYe7DwID/"]Brentford[/a] on August 22.[/p][p]"[b]It's important to change the habits, because our habits in the last two seasons have been not good in terms of results,[/b]" he said.[/p][p]"[b]It's important for us to win the game, to win the duels, to win the second ball and to play well in every position of the pitch. But yes, a very good 10 days.[/b]"[/p][p]Spurs play back-to-back friendlies against German side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hoffenheim/hQAtP9Sl/"]TSG Hoffenheim[/a] at home before the season starts.[/p]