Tel scores stunner with Spurs held to draw by Sydney FC in pre-season clash

[p]Frenchman [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tel-mathys/drANB1N8/"]Tel[/a] produced a glorious strike on 29 minutes, but Roberto De Zerbi's team failed to capitalise, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/western-sydney-wanderers/l00pXxBN/"]Sydney[/a]'s new Japanese signing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sekine-takahiro/fubnOKXo/"]Takahiro Sekine[/a] levelled early in the second half.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/sydney-fc-6JsBlXVI/tottenham-UDg08Ohm/?mid=Kfj0AnZG"]They played a penalty shootout[/a], which [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Spurs[/a] won 4-2.[/p][p][b]"It was a good goal. I also want to congratulate the team because we worked and we fought to the end, even in a friendly game. We just keep going all the time,"[/b] said Tel.[/p][p][b]"Sydney played very well on the ball; they also played very well off the ball, and it wasn't that easy against them."[/b][/p][p]De Zerbi used a host of youngsters and gave his top stars a rest after a long trip to New Zealand in their [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/auckland-fc-2J7jacL6/tottenham-UDg08Ohm/?mid=vwahf3TQ"]2-0 win over Auckland FC on Sunday.[/a][/p][embed guid="7e17bbc3-0ef0-45ea-b9ea-442156f46e1e" url="https://x.com/SpursOfficial/status/2082433328595300479" social-type="twitter" /][p]It was a similar scenario at the Sydney Football Stadium, although first-teamers [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gray-archie/KKqePmhD/"]Archie Gray[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/richarlison/K82Dz773/"]Richarlison[/a], Tel, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/davies-ben/65AlIpKT/"]Ben Davies[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/solomon-manor/v5LRVtuB/"]Manor Solomon[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dubravka-martin/dp3dkdsI/"]Martin Dubravka[/a] all started.[/p][p]So did Swedish midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bergvall-lucas/th3mAHj9/"]Lucas Bergvall[/a], who has been heavily linked with a move away, with Newcastle and Nottingham Forest reportedly interested.[/p][p]Among those getting a second-half run was record signing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tonali-sandro/fmQVO5TQ/"]Sandro Tonali[/a] after missing the first tour game with a niggle, but he made little impact.[/p][p]Lively fellow new recruit [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/robertson-andrew/6e7Be9VI/"]Andy Robertson[/a] was given 25 minutes, making his debut.[/p][p]But there was no appearance from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandes-mateus/rFdshPHI/"]Mateus Fernandes[/a], who moved from West Ham last month.[/p][p]He played the last half an hour in Auckland, but British media suggested he may have suffered an injury and the Portuguese midfielder was not among the matchday squad.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/maddison-james/YwP0q0m8/"]James Maddison[/a] was another absentee along with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/udogie-iyenoma/ERi6Ggec/"]Destiny Udogie[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-de-ven-micky/rotN6HH8/"]Micky van de Ven[/a], and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-hecke-jan-paul/WG59HGIH/"]Jan Paul van Hecke[/a].[/p][image alt="Tottenham player ratings" id="d0b86315-7319-4407-915e-08563bbabbbd" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="e8938a16-fffd-40f3-bc9a-99508a3cc02c" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p]With 20-year-old Gray captaining the side for the second match running, Tel and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gallagher-conor/dtbJO8B3/"]Conor Gallagher[/a] both had early opportunities as they dominated possession and moved the ball quickly.[/p][p][b]Tel got the reward with a wonderful curling free-kick into the top corner after Solomon was hauled down on the edge of the box.[/b][/p][p]Gallagher almost got another when he hit the post soon after, and they went to the break with a 1-0 lead.[/p][p]Spurs substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-barnett-luca/0r3tmYaC/"]Luca Williams-Barnett[/a] rattled the crossbar soon after the restart, but the hosts hit back against the run of play when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/takai-kota/AyyHihWg/"]Kota Takai[/a]'s pass was deflected into the path of Sekine, who rifled home on 55 minutes.[/p][p]Tottenham winger [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yang-min-hyuk/b7juIAQ4/"]Yang Min-Hyeok[/a] missed a sitter from close range after a Robertson assist and again with a header not long after, and the winner never came.[/p][p]Spurs, who narrowly avoided relegation on the final day of last season, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/chelsea-4fGZN2oK/tottenham-UDg08Ohm/?mid=SKg88Q3T"]next face Chelsea in Sydney on Saturday[/a].[/p][p]Chelsea kicked off new manager Xabi Alonso's reign with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/chelsea-4fGZN2oK/ws-wanderers-l00pXxBN/?mid=KEhTuK7d"]a 6-4 win over Western Sydney Wanderers[/a] on Tuesday.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/sydney-fc-6JsBlXVI/tottenham-UDg08Ohm/summary/stats/?mid=Kfj0AnZG"]Catch up on all the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]