Tottenham vs Inter Milan - Match Preview

Tottenham vs Inter Milan - Match Preview

In Tottenham last pre-season friendly, they take on a very strong Inter Milan side. Many people are looking forward to this friendly as these two teams have met I the champions league before where are star was born and his name was Gareth Bale. He scored a hat-trick as which could not save 10-men Tottenham but my himself a big name. This is the first time Tottenham and Inter Milan have met in Norway.

Past Meetings

Tottenham 3-1 Inter Milan

Inter Milan 4-3 Tottenham

Tottenham Preview

Tottenham had an alright campaign in Australia when there played Juventus and Atletico Madrid, they might of lost twice but it was a very young spurs team as all of the first team players

were left behind rest a bit longer. Hopefully Tottenham will take a stronger squad to Oslo to Face Inter Milan

Potential starting 11

Lloris, Walker, Wimmer, Alderwiereld, Rose, Dier, Wanyama, Alli, Lamela, Demebele, Kane

Inter Milan Preview

Inter Milan have struggled in their pre-season as they got battered by Bayern Munich 4-1 after a Juilan Green Hat-trick in the first half. They also lost 3-1 to Paris St Germain, who fielded a fairly strong team. Inter Milan started a strong team for both games and started a un-change team aswell.

Inter Milan have also been in the news for their transfer as their signed Candreva from Lazio and signed Ever Banega on a free transfer.

Potential starting 11

Handadovic, D'Ambrosio, Miranda, Ranocchia, Erkin, Biabany, Melo, Kondogbia, Ansaldi, Icardi, Jovetic

Date: Friday 5th August 2016

When: 4:00pm on ITV 4

Where: Ullevaal Stadion, Norway 

Next Big Football Stars!!

Next Big Football Stars!!

This season we have seen some of the young talent really shine on big occasion such as Dele Alli, Kinsley Coman and Joshua Kimmich. But who are the next young starts to really impress the football community. I will look at the likes of 16 and 17 years old who could emerge from their clubs youth academy in to the first team.

Barclays Premier League

Reece Oxford

Age: 17

Current Club: West Ham

Position: Centre Back/ Defensive Midfielder

Reece Oxford has already made it into West Ham First team this season with an impressive game at the start of the 15/16 season against Arsenal.  He only lost the possession once and was the second youngest premier league starter of all time. Oxford has played for England at Under 17 level and captain England Under 17 in the Under 17 European Championship.

Dominic Solanke

Age: 18
Current Club: Chelsea
Position: Striker

Solanke is an English nationality who can play upfront or can play on the wings. During the 2014-15 season, Solanke scored 20 goals in 25 games for Chelsea Under 18s and he also trained with the first team around about then aswell. He made his professional debut as a substitute for Oscar in the 6-0 win over NK Marbior in the champions league, making him the youngest ever player in the champions league for Chelsea.

La Liga
Martin Odegaard

Age: 17
Current Club: Real Madrid
Position: Attacking Midfielder

Odegaard is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder. He was youngest player to feature in Tippeligaen and became it youngest goal scorer. Odegaard signed for Real Madrid in January 2015. Odegaard made his international debut against the United Arab Emirates, becoming youngest debutant for senior team at 15 years old and he was the youngest player to feature in a qualifying match in the European championship.

Serie A
Gianluigi Donnarumma

Age: 17
Current Club: AC Milan
Position: Goalkeeper

At the beginning of the 2015-16 season, he was promoted to the senior team as a third choice keeper behind Diego Lopez and Chrisitan Abbaiti. Donnarumma made his competitive debut, starting and playing full 90 minutes against Sassuolo and he became the youngest goalkeeper to ever start a match. Donnarumma was the starting goalkeeper for Italy under 17 at the Under 17 European Championships and he also was called up to Italy Under 21 squad.

Bundesliga
Felix Passlack

Age: 18
Current Club: Dortmund
Position: Midfielder

Felix Passlack is a German footballer who plays as a right winger or a midfielder. Passlack made his debut in the Bundesliga in a 2-0 win over SV Darmstadt 98. He played 3 times for Borussia Dortmund in the 2015-16 season. He also played in a 3-1 win against FC Ausburg and a 3-0 win during 2015-16 season

Ligue 1
Jeremie Porsan-Clemente

Age:18
Current Club: Marseille
Position: Striker

Porsan-Clemente is a French striker who plays for Marseille and Porsan-Clemente is a youth exponent from Marseille. He made his league debut in a 0-2 home loss against Montpellier replacing Florian Thauvin. At the time he was the youngest player to play a competitive match for Marseille. 

Tottenham Hotspurs - Future is Bright!

Tottenham Hotspurs - Future is Bright

In 2014, Mauricio Pochettino took over a side that were struggling for form. He left Southampton to take over a tottenham side that needed change and a manager that knew what he was doing and the mentality to win. That's when we met Mauricio Pochettino. So why is the future Bright for tottenham?

New Stadium 

Tottenham Hotspur is currently in an advanced planning stage of building a new stadium at a site next to their current stadium White Hart Lane. Stadium with a 61,000 capacity, including single tier with 17,000 seats. Incorporating fully retractable pitch for NFL matches. Tottenham will now play at wembley for their champions league games in the 2016/17 season. But in the 2017/18 season tottenham will have to play all their home games at Wembley when White Hart Lane will be knocked down. So why is this such a big thing for tottenham? well Tottenham new stadium will be the largest stadium in London and will have the largest one single tier in England. So that something to look forward in the future.

Youth System

   

Harry Kane and Ryan Mason are the most recent players that have came out of Tottenham academy system. Harry Kane has been the most successful player to come out of the youth system recently by scoring 25 goals this season beating Teddy Sheringham’s and Gareth Bale 21 goals in one season. But who else has came through Tottenham Youth System? Ledley King, Jake Livermore, Glenn Hoddle and Sol Campbell. But who is Tottenham next academy superstar?

Josh Onomah

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Tottenham First team appearances: 7

Position: Midfielder 

Age: 19

Honours: called up for England in the European U19 championships

Kyle Walkers-Peter

Tottenham First Team appearances: 0

Position: Full Back

Age: 19

Honours: Called up for Englamd in the European U19 championships

Harry Winks

Tottenham First Team appearances: 0

Position: Midfielder 

Age: 20

Honours: He represented England at U20 Level

All three of these players could make an appearance for Tottenham this season.  They are some other players that could also make an appearance: Nathan Oduwa, Dominic Ball, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Shayon Harrison

Bigger Transfers

Tottenham over the recent years haven't made the best signings over the last 3 years. Signing flops such as Roberto Soldado, Stambouli and Federico Fazio. But last year after Mauricio Pochettino had the chance to change the team into what he wanted. So he signed players such as Eric Dier, Dele Alli and Toby Alderwiereld. After this season we have made big strides because we have finished third and now we can attract bigger players because we are in the champions league. One big player who we have been in contact with is Mario Gotze, a world cup winner and a world class midfielder.

Who should your team sign - part 2

Who should your team sign - part 2

Crystal Palace

This was one of the worst season for crystal palace and the fans weren't happy. The main reason for crystal palace poor season is the strike force. Crystal Palace had a really poor season upfront as they only scored 39 goals altogether and was joint third lowest goal scorers in the division. And one player to change this is Christian Benteke

Christian Benteke before his move to Liverpool was a well know and a fantastic striker for Aston Villa. But this season he was very poor in front of goal and lost his starting place this season after Jurgen Klopp came in. But dont worry palace fans he was one of the best strikers in the league when he was at Aston villa and possibly be back on form next season if he join Crystal Palace.

Everton
This was again one of the worst season for Everton. This was Everton lowest season finish in 11th and the last time there finished 11 or lower was in the 2005-06 season when there finish 11th. Also  this season Everton won 12 games which is the lowest since the 2003-04 and lost 15 games which is also the most games lost since 2005-06. Who do Everton need to change their fortunes this season?
Neven Subotic 

The Serbian had an impressive season at Dortmund this season but he wants to leave Dortmund for a move to the premier league preferably and would be an excellent signing for Everton. Especially with the likely hood of John Stones leaving the club. He's 27 years old and is valued at £9.35m, he also won 2 Bundesliga titles and 1 super cup champion. He would be an excellent signing for Everton but clubs like Arsenal and Liverpool want his signature.

Hull City

Hull are back in the big time after a very impressive season in the championship to get promoted back to the Premier League. Hull finished 4th last season but got promoted after winning 1-0 against Sheffield Wednesday in the play-off final. So who do Hull need to sign for a strong campaign this season. And his name is Ryan Mason

Ryan Mason did not have the season he wanted after being injured for a major part of it whilst struggling to get in the tottenham team this season. But after coming through the tottenham youth system, he shows a lot of passion for the club and would be sad to see him leave. But Hull will benefit a lot from Ryan when he's on form and can show a lot of potential on the field.

Leicester City
Well what can i say, Leicester beat all the odds by winning the premier league when there were 5,000-1. Leicester don't really need to improve the squad after the winning title but there are a likely chance of Kante leaving which could be a big blow for Leicester. But who's really on Leicester radar Ahmed Musa

Ahmed Musa could be Leicester record signing at reported £16.6 million. But who is he? He's a Nigerian striker from CSKA Moscow and scored 18 goals in 44 games whilst scoring 42 times in 125 appearances. He can play at upfront or LW,RW or RM. So why do Leicester need him? preferably for a backup striker to Vardy or to start out wide.

Who should your team sign - Part 1

Who should your team sign - Part 1

AFC Bournemouth 

AFC Bournemouth had a very good campaign after getting promoted from Championship. Bournemouth scored the goals but the only problem Bournemouth had was defending. They conceded 67 goals, which is the joint 2nd highest in premier league history. Just by that Bournemouth do need to bring a defender in that has had experience at a big club but it available at a cheap price. One they should sign is:

Nicolas N'koulou

Age: 26

N'Koulou is a french defender who played for Marseille. But when July 1st 2016 hits he will be a free agent and will be able to sign him on a free transfer.Why is he the right man?

N'Koulou before he moved to Marseille, he played for AS Monaco when they where in the Ligue 2. This season for Marseille he made 41 appearances and has made 68 appearances for His National Team Cameroon. He has played in the world cup and has won the french league cup. He will be a great signing for Bournemouth especially for a free transfer.

Arsenal

 Arsenal had a good campaign finishing the highest in the premier league since 2004-05 season. But the one main problem for Arsenal is the lack of world class strikers. They do have Danny Welbeck but he has injuries throughout the season and Oliver Giroud who had a great start to the season, went on a goal scoring drought. So who should they sign?
Alvaro Morata

Age: 23
Alvaro Morata scored 12 goals in 42 games with also 12 assists for Juventus. Morata might not be a world class striker yet but at such at young age he is one for the future. He was signed from Getafe FC in 2008. He played for Real Mardid first team with 37 appearances scoring 10 goals. Morata has also won the Champions league and can bring that experience to Arsenal as there look to win the premier league and champions league.

Burnley
 After Burnley relegation in 14/15, Burnley have came straight back up with an impressive season in the championship with top scoring team in the league. One problem Burnley do have now is the lack of experience in it team after the departure of Joey Barton. So who could they bring in?
Ashley Westwood

After Aston Villa dreadful season and getting relegated most of the player might want to leave. This means the players can leave on the cheap and one player Burnley can benefit from this is Ashley Westwood. Ashley Westwood has played 121 times for Aston Villa in premier league so he has plenty experience in the league and would help Burnley stay up next season.

Chelsea

After a very poor season for Chelsea, just finishing 10th they need a revamp at Chelsea especially after getting a new manager. Chelsea whole team had a very poor season but the defense was one of the main reason of their poor season. So they need to bring in a world class defender to fill in  the gap at the back.
And Kostas Manolas could help them out.

Manolas is a defender who plays AS Roma and a Greek international. He played 67 times this season for AS Roma and can play left and right sided centre back for AS Roma. He is valued at £18 million and would be a good buy for Chelsea. 

Forest Green Rovers 1-3 Grimsby Town - National League Play off final

Forest Green Rovers 1-3 Grimsby Town 

 National League Play off final

Key Stats:

• Forest/Grimsby
• Possession: 35%/65%
• Shots: 12/14
• Shots on target: 4/10
• Corners: 6/1

Key Events:

•  Goal: Bogle (42) Grimsby 
• Goal: Bogle (43) Grimsby 
• Goal: Marsh-Brown (60) Forest Green Rovers
• Goal: Arnold (90+4) Grimsby

150 Word Match Summary

Grimsby returned to the football league after a six year absence with victory over Forest Green in the play off final.Grimsby, who lost on penalties last year to Bristol Rovers, had seen Arnold long range shot was tipped on to the post before taking the lead at wembley. Two quickfore goals from Omar Bogle put Grimsby in the lead just before half time. Bogle glanced from Jon Nolan's free kick to open the scoring. Shortly after that, Bogle volleyed in from six yards to double Grimsby lead.
Parkin only hit the side netting from Forest Green best chance, before Marsh-Brown's dipping shot gave Forest Green Rovers hope. But Grimsby, fourth consecutive play off final, scored a late third goal from Arnold. Arnold, who had a low shot saved 15 minutes from time, completed the win in stoppage time, tucking in to the rebound to end Forest's hopes.


Forest Green Rovers (4-4-2): Arnold; Bennett, Clough, Racine (c), Jefford (Jennings 71); Marsh-
Brown, Pipe, Carter, Frear; Guthrie (Jeffrey 78), Williams (Parkin 46)

Grimsby Town (4-4-2): McKeown; Tait, Nsiala, Gowling, Robertson; Arnold (Pearson 90+6), Disley (c), Clay, Nolan; Bogle (Hoban 89), Amond (Pittman 80)

Forest Green 1-1 Dover - Play off semi final

Forest Green 1-1 Dover

Play off semi final - Match Report

Key stats:

Forest Green/Dover

Possession: 48%/52%

Shots: 10/15

Shots on target: 3/4

Corners: 2/8

Key stats:

Goal (49): Miller - Dover

Goal (54): Marsh-Brown - Forest Greem 

100 word Match Summary

Forest Green reach the  National League final after a 2-1 win on aggregate against Dover.

A spirited Dover created enough chances to take the playoff in to extra time. As Miller blazed wide of the post and Sam Magri struck the inside of the post. But Dover did take the lead in the 49th Minute from Ricky Miller. Ricky Miller deflected goal brought the tie level on aggregate with 41 minute to go. 

But Marsh-Brown's curler for Forest Green in the 59th minute sent the Rovers through. Marsh-Brown goal was nearly a replica of the first leg goal against Dover.Forest Green sacked manager Ady Pennock on the 27th of April, gave them a better chance of going through.

  

Line up;

Rovers: Arnold, Clough, Bennett, Marsh-Brown, Frear (Moore 50mins), Racine, Guthrie, Sinclair, Carter (Kamdjo 88mins), Williams (Parkin 77mins), Jefford. Subs not used: Pidgeley, Pipe.

 

Dover: Walker, Magri (Marsh 90mins), Kinnear, Raggett, Orlu, Modeste, Miller, Deverdics, Parkinson, Thomas, Payne. Subs not used: Bellamy, Grimes, Sterling, Rafferty.