Result: Tottenham 1-4 Villarreal
by siempre_riquelme on Jul 29, 2010 4:55 AM CEST
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PrintUPDATE: A great result for Villarreal, as they went into north London and stole the show from Champions League-bound Tottenham with a 1-4 victory. Giuseppe Rossi stole the show for the Yellow Submarine with three goals, but as you can see in the comments, the likes of Borja Valero, Jefferson Montero, and Marco Ruben in the second half really gave us something to get excited about.
As Harry Redknapp said after the match, "They're a great side, I was very impressed with them. We had a good squad out, but they were sharp. They were different class."
Here are your highlights for those of you like me who did not get to see the match:
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After two successful friendlies against Irish opposition, Villarreal faces its first real test of the preseason on Thursday evening at White Hart Lane. With the Europa League playoff on the horizon, it's time for new signing Borja Valero to strut his stuff, among others.
Tottenham Hotspur has qualified for the Champions League for the first time since 1962. Congratulations. And the club just returned from two matches in New York City against New York Red Bulls (win) and Sporting Lisbon (draw). If the EPL weren't so overrun by money, then Tottenham's success might have been a bigger story. Similar to a smaller Spanish club that we all know and love?
Tottenham has some nice players, including the Croatian trio of Vedran Corluka, Nico Kranjcar, and Luka Modric, along with previously rumored Villarreal targets Adel Taarabt and Roman Pavlyuchenko. And shockingly for an EPL team, they have some talented young Brits: Tom Huddlestone, Jermaine Jenas, and Aaron Lennon. Should be a fun match, though both clubs have an eye on European competition.
Those of you able to watch at 3 pm Eastern Time (airing live in Spain on GolTV), please leave your comments and reactions in the thread. Hope to hear a lot about Montero.
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Sid said “Hope to hear a lot about Montero.”
Montero did not fly to London with the rest of the squad due to visa problems. Now likely to go straight to Poland.
http://www.elperiodicomediterraneo.com/noticias/noticia.asp?pkid=582965
by Kenez on Jul 29, 2010 7:58 AM CEST reply actions
da montero must have not passed da100 questionss 4 da Ecuadorians by da inglese
by jackson on Jul 29, 2010 6:08 PM CEST up reply actions
Saw garrido comments on altidore. It’s funny because the coach clearly thinks the player has some sort of a future at the club being only 20. From what I read he is in garrido plans and not Fernando riog jrs plans. I think roig wants to sell to make money on altidore because of the interest in him. Riog only cares about money. I don’t even like the player that much but I see what roig is doing and it’s just wrong. The player had a good cup give him a proper chance at the club. Altidore deserves at least that. But agin that’s just what I think because I think garrido comment says the boy has what it takes but riog wants money
by Mantle on Jul 29, 2010 11:39 AM CEST reply actions
What an unfair comment on Roig. Just shows you really don’t know much about Villarreal
by Aquafina on Jul 29, 2010 4:24 PM CEST up reply actions
If I were on the bid team for the Spain/Portugal 2018WC bid I would be publicizing Montero’s treatment as a reason NOT to give the WC to England. He’s travelling with his team to play a friendly match, and he can’t get a visa? Something is wrong somewhere.
by capercat on Jul 29, 2010 1:39 PM CEST reply actions
Mantle says:
07/29/2010 at 05:39
Saw garrido comments on altidore. It’s funny because the coach clearly thinks the player has some sort of a future at the club being only 20. From what I read he is in garrido plans and not Fernando riog jrs plans. I think roig wants to sell to make money on altidore because of the interest in him. Riog only cares about money. I don’t even like the player that much but I see what roig is doing and it’s just wrong. The player had a good cup give him a proper chance at the club. Altidore deserves at least that. But agin that’s just what I think because I think garrido comment says the boy has what it takes but riog wants money
trashing da vcf owners cas altidore is overhyped player is just wrong
if i were vcf owners i wouldn’t have bought altidore to begin with
by jackson on Jul 29, 2010 6:10 PM CEST up reply actions
I cannot find the link at the moment, but there was a revealing comment by Ian Dowie who managed Hull at the end of last season. He said Altidore was a real talent, but ‘needed to show it in training’—he has to learn how to work hard all the time, not just in games.
In hindsight I wish Jozy had gone into the B team and had the benefit of being able to settle in and learn some good work habits rather than being loaned out. Overall he showed his positives at the WC—really strong, able to hold the ball up well in attacking positions—but also his negatives—lack of finishing and immaturity.
He’s only 20, but he really needs a settled situation so he can benefit from high-quality training and coaching. Given Hull’s travails last year, I’m not sure he got a whole lot of either one last year. 1 goal in 20+ appearances doesn’t impress much.
by capercat on Jul 29, 2010 8:00 PM CEST up reply actions
da coach @ xerez said altidore didn’t work hard in training either
& i recall da match v sevilla in 2007 were he was walkin around & sexta tv said it’s pathetic alitdore is not even trying.
da vcf lost tat match & tat was da last time he playeed 4 vcf.
facts r facts
by jackson on Jul 29, 2010 8:46 PM CEST up reply actions
Mallorca’s UEFA ban harsh but fair
http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/laligaloca/archive/2010/07/29/mallorca-s-uefa-ban-harsh-but-fair.aspx
by Kenez on Jul 29, 2010 6:36 PM CEST reply actions
I believe the team is: Lopez; Catala, Oriol, Angel, Musacchio; Senna, Bruno, Cani, Santi Cazorla, Fuster, Rossi.
Rossi GOAL!!! 21st minute.
by capercat on Jul 29, 2010 9:24 PM CEST reply actions
Rossi GOAL!! 31 min. Better not score again, Giuseppe, the Italians will come calling!!
by capercat on Jul 29, 2010 9:33 PM CEST reply actions
man u may show up 2
hat-trick 4 g.rossi v english team would b cool
by jackson on Jul 29, 2010 9:54 PM CEST up reply actions
2-0 at half… Commentator says we are justly ahead. Spurs put out a strong team incl. Jenas, Krancar, Lennon. Jenas came off injured though.
Excellent finishing by Rossi on the 2 goals, Fuster could/should have had 1 earlier as well. Very impressed with Catala at the back in particular.
Our passing game got going in spurts, but needed more width. Never really opened up much inside the box, or created enough width for crosses into the box. Goals came from longer passes through the middle rather than control play (Santi the 1st, Senna, I think, the 2nd).
First 5-7 minutes belonged to Spurs; after that we were superior, but our defense struggled a bit with pace down the middle.
I know it’s a preseason friendly, but there were a fair number of unforced errors, especially from Senna; fortunately they were not in dangerous positions. Fuster started brightly but drifted away as the half wore on, I thought; he did take a knock but seemed OK.
by capercat on Jul 29, 2010 9:59 PM CEST reply actions
…one great Spurs chance, another very good one in first 5 minutes. We’re on the back foot.
Kiko, Cristobal, Borja Valero, all on.
Spurs scored (Dos Santos)—our defense is getting carved apart in first 10 mins of this half!
by capercat on Jul 29, 2010 10:15 PM CEST reply actions
Montero is there! Montero, Ruben and Gaspar all on.
by capercat on Jul 29, 2010 10:20 PM CEST reply actions
Awesome for Rossi. Sucks that Tottenham pulled one back. Not trying to count chickens to early, but a victory in England to start the season off – even if it is just a friendly – could really set a good tone.
by maddi on Jul 29, 2010 10:22 PM CEST reply actions
Villarreal score again according to livescore.com…
by maddi on Jul 29, 2010 10:29 PM CEST reply actions
and it is a Rossi hat-trick!! (off a deflection, but still….).
by capercat on Jul 29, 2010 10:29 PM CEST reply actions
oh dear, our man Montero just missed an open goal…
by capercat on Jul 29, 2010 10:32 PM CEST reply actions
wat a miss by ruben, great pass from da montero
by jackson on Jul 29, 2010 10:37 PM CEST reply actions
goal for Ruben after wonderful work by Montero and perfect pass from Borja Valero!!
by capercat on Jul 29, 2010 10:45 PM CEST reply actions
Wow this feels good.
We need this momentum to get going early. If you look at our Liga schedule, the first ten matches are very winnable, and I think that if we want to compete for Europe at all, we will need at least 20 points from those matches. A start like last season would destroy us, considering that the last nine matches of the first half of hte season include Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Getafe, Madrid.
by maddi on Jul 29, 2010 10:54 PM CEST reply actions
I know it’s a friendly, but this could be a FUN year…in 2nd half we actually missed our 2 best chances (1 to Montero after a Spurs giveaway, the other Ruben after perfect Montero setup), and Cristobal hit the crossbar late on. 1st 5 minutes of 2nd half it could have been 2-2 (bad Angel got skinned for pace a couple of times there), but Rossi’s 3rd goal, albeit lucky, pretty much killed Spurs off and then it was all Villarreal.
2nd half: Montero…was on for 25-30 mins, managed to miss a sitter, create a sitter someone else missed, help set up the 4th goal, and generally create havoc.
Borja Valero…WOW. I was impressed. Tremendous field vision, pinpoint passing.
Catala (played nearly the entire game)—excellent.
And Diego Lopez in goal made one excellent save and closed down other opportunities very well—looked very confident and assured.
Commentator: “shell-shocked Spurs”, “could have been 6-1 or 7-1”…small crowd of Villarreal supporters looked very pleased, and so should they be.
ENDAVANT VILLARREAL!!
by capercat on Jul 29, 2010 10:59 PM CEST reply actions
Match report here:
http://diarigroguet.blogspot.com/2010/07/futbol-de-salon.html
by Kenez on Jul 29, 2010 11:14 PM CEST reply actions
I may have missed it with all the subs in the second half, but I don’t think Gonzalo played at all. He had started both of the matches in Ireland, so there may be some truth to what Kenez said earlier— he may want to go back to South America?
by capercat on Jul 30, 2010 2:21 AM CEST reply actions
I have a question for maddo
How did a MS boy grow up to like Soccer?
by Aquafina on Jul 30, 2010 4:27 AM CEST reply actions
more compliments from Harry (on the Spurs website, no less):
http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/villarreal-impress-harry-290710.html
Gonzalo didn’t play, no real reason given—kenez said he heard he might be going back to his old club, and Garrido basically talked up Mussachio, Kiko and Catala but didn’t really explain why Gonzalo was left out:
http://www.elperiodicomediterraneo.com/noticias/noticia.asp?pkid=583212
by capercat on Jul 30, 2010 5:25 AM CEST reply actions
The English view from The Guardian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/30/tottenham-hotspur-villarreal?
by Kenez on Jul 30, 2010 8:54 AM CEST reply actions
There’s plenty of soccer fans in Mississippi.
My favorite quote from Redknapp:
“They passed and moved and that’s how they play the game, the kids play like it, they all play like it and that’s perhaps how we should all be playing the game. They were very, very good, very impressive.”
by maddi on Jul 30, 2010 1:14 PM CEST reply actions
maddi says:
07/30/2010 at 07:14
There’s plenty of soccer fans in Mississippi.
I see.
Anyway, a classmate who was from MS, said that soccer wasn’t that popular in MS with general public. etc.
He said in MS soccer fans came mainly from Private schools, recent ethnic comunnities and where young people had parents/relative who were into it.
by Aquafina on Jul 31, 2010 8:44 AM CEST up reply actions
Great win, a real confidence booster, new guys are stepping up well. Particularly our centre backs. Remember we did beat Juventus by the same scoreline last preseason as well though!!
by Nick on Jul 30, 2010 1:33 PM CEST reply actions
But Juve were a mess last year,
There was a BIG a difference in stye of play between Juve win vs Tottenham.
by Aquafina on Jul 31, 2010 4:34 AM CEST up reply actions
UEFA’s Appeals Body has dismissed the appeal lodged by RCD Mallorca and upheld the Control and Disciplinary Body decision not to admit the Spanish club to the 2010/11 UEFA competitions.
http://en.uefa.com/uefa/footballfirst/matchorganisation/disciplinary/news/newsid=1509489.html#mallorca+appeal+dismissed
by Kenez on Jul 30, 2010 5:13 PM CEST reply actions
All righty then. I’d be very surprised if the CIS found any grounds to overturn the decision; they tend to be very reluctant to interfere in affairs like this.
by capercat on Jul 30, 2010 5:28 PM CEST reply actions
Really? Is there a link? Bought for 7.5, sold for 4. Not a great investment.
On a separate but related topic, has anyone (other than Rossi’s agent) actually indicated Italian clubs are considering a move for him? One of the British papers profiled six potential replacements in case Inter need a new striker and Rossi was not among them.
Again today I see a headline “Rossi ready to leave for Italy” but what Rossi actually says is Villarreal is a big club, he likes the area, etc., so it would take a move from a big Italian club like Inter to make him leave. Fair enough.
by capercat on Jul 31, 2010 11:52 AM CEST up reply actions
Italian media Says Benitez likes Rossi (He rates Rossi high) , however, since Inter love non-Italian Players, he could go for Kuyt (he likes him too) or Robino (part of the Balotelli exchange)
Benitez wants Inter to play more like Spain, or something like what we saw Villarreal
play again Spurs.
by Aquafina on Jul 31, 2010 4:52 PM CEST up reply actions
capercat says:
07/31/2010 at 05:52
Really? Is there a link? Bought for 7.5, sold for 4. Not a great investment.
Reports say that Alitdore could be sold for that range. He was actually bought for 6m ($10m) when the dollar was strong vs Euros back in 08.
by Aquafina on Jul 31, 2010 4:55 PM CEST up reply actions
Marchena will be the club’s last summer signing.
by sidarth on Jul 31, 2010 4:56 AM CEST reply actions
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