International youth reports: Saturday and Sunday

Japhet Tanganga, Jaden Brown and Samuel Shashoua: England under 17’s qualified for this summers under 17 European championship as they defeated Finland 1-0 yesterday afternoon in a match that involved two Spurs academy graduates. Japhet Tanganga helped England keep a clean sheet as the commanding centre back completed the whole of yesterday’s match in Chesterfield, in addition our young left back Jaden Brown came on in the 74th minute. Whilst Samuel Shashoua was an unused substitute.

Charlie Owens: Spurs under 18 midfielder Charlie Owens was an unused substitute in Northern Ireland under 19’s 1-0 defeat to the Netherlands, yesterday.

Nya Kirby, Oliver Skipp and Reo Griffiths: England under 16’s were eliminated from the Montaigu tournament yesterday as they lost 2-1 to Brazil. Nya Kirby and Oliver Skipp started the match for the young lions.

Harry Winks: Harry Winks captained England under 20’s today at the Keepmoat
oat stadium in their shock 2-1 defeat to Canada under 20’s. Winks impressed in the
middle of the park as the youngster from Hemel Hempstead completed the full 90 minutes of the match.

Marcus Edwards and Alfie Whiteman: Marcus Edwards played the whole of England under 18’s 4-1 victory over the Republic of Ireland at St Georges park today. The young starlet again heavily impressed on the international stage as he scored yet another brace for England under 18’s as he put in another star performance. Edwards has now scored four goals in two games for the under 18’s this week, Marcus scored another brace earlier in the week against Austria. Young Spurs goalkeeper Alfie Whiteman was an unused substitute in today’s match.

Tuesday: Three of our under 16’s were involved for England under 16’s in the Montaigu tournament yesterday as the young lions squad defeated Russia under 16’s by one goal to nil. Young midfielder Oliver Skipp played the full match in the centre of the park whilst Nya Kirby got an important assist as he too played the whole game. Whilst Reo Griffthis came on as a substitute late on in the second half, as this trio had a fantastic start in this prestigious tournament and they face USA under 16’s at 6pm tomorrow in the second match of tournament which will be streamed live on YouTube. For those that are interested below is the link to yesterday’s match.

Wednesday:

Filip Lesniak- Our under 21 midfielder Filip Lesniak played the full 90 for Slovakia Under-21s in the  International Challenge Trophy fixture against Estonia, earlier today. Slovakia ran out 3-0 winners against Estonia, with Filip playing as a holding midfielder throughout the entirety of the match.

Marcus Edwards and Alfie Whiteman- Our two under 18 academy starlets Marcus Edwards and Alfie Whiteman played the entirety of England under 18’s 3-2 victory over Austria this evening. And it was young Marcus Edwards who starred in this encounter with the Austrian under 18’s side as the 17 year old  Tottenham wonderkid scored a brace in what was clearly a fantastic moment for the young Londoner, as the attacking midfielder continues his fantastic goal scoring run of recent on to the international stage. Further information is available  on the below link provided by the FA.

http://the-fa.com/avjQT8

It’s been a fantastic start for our youngsters as they represent their respective countries at youth level. I shall also report on tomorrow’s academy starlets involved in international matches, as Harry Winks, Nathan Oduwa, Joshua Onomah, Kyle Walker Peters,  Charlie Owens, Samuel Shashoua, Jaden Brown and Japhet Tanganga all look to be involved in tomorrow’s matches. COYS⚽️

Spurs u21’s 1-2 Norwich u21’s (Match report)

Our under 21’s will be disappointed that they couldn’t have got something out of this evenings match at the lane against a well set up and physically challenging Norwich side, as the canaries ran out two-one winners on the night. Spurs had a golden opportunity four minutes in as Sonupe’s shot was spilt for the nimble footed Will Miller to latch on to the stray ball, off balance the youngster couldn’t look down in time and his effort was hit well over the cross bar from close range. Norwich broke the deadlock a minute later after Lewis received a fine pass and the young canaries forward tucked his finish around the helpless McDermott to give the canaries the lead, 1-0 to Norwich. Norwich dictated the flow of the game in the preceding 20 minutes, and on 26 minutes Norwich almost doubled their lead as Seal was through on goal in the area as Christian Maghoma was forced into making a crucial intervention in the box to poke the ball away from danger. However just over 10 minutes afterwards Norwich doubled their lead, Grant deliciously curled the ball beyond McDermott in to the bottom corner of the net from the resulting free kick, 2-0 Norwich.

The second half began slowly with both sides battling for possession, there were long periods in play without there being any real chances, although the young Lillywhites did enjoy fine periods of play through the skill and pace of Edwards. Norwich almost put the game to bed on 77 minutes after Seal was found via a through ball and the forward was desperately unlucky with his effort, as his shot powered off the right post. Shortly afterwards the young starlet Kyle Walker-Peters was sent of for Spurs contradictory to his fine performance the fullback received his second yellow after a strong tackle resulted in his dismissal. McDermott made a string of fine saves in the following minutes, as the talented Northern Irish man managed to keep 10 man Spurs to just the two goals conceded. The talented Marcus Edwards had created much excitement amongst the fans in the second half and the wonder kid helped Spurs grab a late goal back as he embarked on a weaving run all the way in to the Norwich box, and the England under 17 internationals shot was blocked in to the path of Miller who volleyed home with an excellent finish, Spurs 1-2!

There was to be no late equaliser in this one as it finished Norwich two Spurs one on the evening, in a game that the Spurs players should be proud of. Despite the scoreline the lads played a fine game of football against a technically good Norwich side, it will have a positive effect on the players in the long run as they played at the lane In front of a big crowd. Our lads were missing a number of regular under 21 players as they’d traveled to Dortmund with the senior side. However the numerous under 18 selections impressed on the night, and none more so than highly sought after Marcus Edwards who exhibited his dazzling skills and flare in the second half. Ugo will be happy with the performance from the lads under such circumstances as at the end of the day it’s about progress not points, and this evenings match will be highly positive for each players development. COYS⚽️

Spurs U21s: McDermott, Walker-Peters, Stylianides (Goddard 78), Lesniak, Walkes, Maghoma (Edwards 46), Sonupe, Amos, Miller, J Pritchard (Loft 54), Georgiou. Substitute (not used): Whiteman (GK).

Our under 21’s drew one all at St Mary’s against a fine Southampton side earlier this evening. As Ugo Ehiogu bolstered our starting 11 with the inclusion of Nabil Bentaleb,Joshua Onomah,Luke McGee and Harry Winks. However a draw was the fair result with both sides having a fair share of opportunities, we impressed on several fronts,our defence looked far more comfortable than in recent outings as well as a cluster of impressive individual performances,so their are plenty of positives to take from this evenings draw. Southamptons young starlet Jake Hesketh scored a most glorious of goals, as he curled a finessed effort past a helpless Luke McGee to give the saints the lead. However our persistence and midfield prowess shone through as we equalised in the 76th minute courtesy of a fine run from Sonupe who’s cross rebounded out to Nabil Bentaleb who fired home from inside the box, 1-1! The Algerian internationals effort will go down as a Will Miller goal, after it clipped Miller just before it hit the back of the net. 1-1 it finished on the south coast tonight. If you would like to watch highlights of the game do check out  the Southampton YouTube page or the Spurs website. 

Southampton U21s: Gazzaniga, Martina, Debayo (Vokins 6), Reed, Mugabi, Jones, Sims, Gape (c), Gallagher, Juanmi, Hesketh. Substitutes (not used): Olomola, Little, Bakary, Lewis (GK).
Spurs U21s: McGee, Walker-Peters, Georgiou, Amos, Carter-Vickers, Bentaleb (c), Miller, Winks (Lesniak 81), Harrison (Sonupe 70), Onomah (Goddard 81), Walkes. Substitute (not used): Voss (GK).

 5 interesting facts on Spurs u21 starlet Kyle-Walker Peters:
* Kyle is a local lad and he grew up a stones throw away from White Hart Lane in Edmonton, North London.
* He started out as a striker, but now plays as a full back being versatile he can play as either a right or left full back, although he is predominantly used on the right.
* Kyle has played every minute of every game in both the u21 premier league and the premier League International cup in this campaign.
* Kyle’s excellent form at right back this season was rewarded with him winning the Barclays under 21 player of The month in December 2015 and being awarded a new contract by Spurs in the same month
* Kyle is currently a regular for England u19’s but did you know that he is also eligible to represent Antigua in international competition.

.Our under 21 side played Liverpool u21’s earlier tonight on a cool winters evening in Chester. And it was the reds who took an early lead, a free kick on the edge of the penalty area, a whipped shot from Ryan Kent deceived Tom glover as the ball slid through Glover ‘s legs at the near post, with those in the box anticipating a cross it came as an unfortunate surprise to Tom.
However the rest of the first half was dull with no clear cut chances, with the exception of a surging run from townsend on the right wing and a neat pass across to Will Miller who spun and shot off balance seeing his effort fly over the bar.

The second didn’t start well either, 56 minutes in and Sheyi Ojo
Put a low ball in to the box and Jerome tapped home to put Liverpool 2 up. And fortunes didn’t prove at all as The game progressed, we lacked creativity and didn’t have the strength in midfield to mount an attacking threat against an experienced Liverpool side. Former Spurs man Kevin Stewart was sent of late on but it didn’t make a difference we simply couldn’t break Liverpool down, and are barren form of late continues, although we fielded a significantly younger side to Liverpool’s. The game finished 2-0 to Liverpool, here’s hoping our youngsters can get a decent run of results together in the upcoming u21 games.

Elsewhere Spurs loanee Dominic Ball played the last fifteen minutes of Rangers 2-0 victory over Morton in the Scottish championship.