Lucas Bergvall and Archie Gray play in goal-heavy Tottenham behind-closed-doors friendly

Tottenham played a behind-closed-doors friendly against Cambridge United on Saturday afternoon at their training ground.

Manager Ange Postecoglou gave most of his Tottenham players their first pre-season run-out in this goal-heavy match. Spurs invited Cambridge United, who finished 18th in League One last season and started their pre-season training almost a week earlier. The match kicked off at the Hotspur Way training complex in Enfield at midday, with many players getting varying amounts of minutes.

New signings Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall made their first appearances in a Tottenham shirt, while Timo Werner, returning for an extended loan period next season, also played. Postecoglou used different teams in each half against the Football League visitors, with the first half ending 5-0 and the second 2-2.

Gray, who has impressed in training this week, played at right-back in the second half, while Bergvall played as a creative presence in midfield. In the first half, Brennan Johnson scored a hat-trick, and Son Heung-min added two more goals.

Pedro Porro, Yves Bissouma, and Dejan Kulusevski played in the first half, while James Maddison, Werner, Oliver Skipp, and Emerson Royal featured in the second half. Due to the absence of key defensive players like Cristian Romero, who is in the Copa America final, and Micky van de Ven and Radu Dragusin, who recently ended their time at the Euros, Postecoglou had to reshuffle the lineup, using youngsters and players out of position.

Spurs attacking midfielder Jamie Donley filled in as a left-back, while highly-rated centre-back Jun’ai Byfield, who only turned 16 in March, also got a chance to play in front of Postecoglou, impressing many within the academy.