With most eyes on Tottenham Hotspur’s trip to Anfield to face Liverpool on Sunday afternoon, just over 40,000 fans made the trip to White Hart Lane for our second test event at our new stadium.
A team of Spurs legends took to the pitch as we hosted Inter Forever and with the likes of Paul Gascoigne, Jurgen Klinsmann and Rafael van der Vaart on display, it was a trip down memory lane for some fans, and a new experience for those of a younger generation.
Spurs ultimately lost out 5-4 on the day, but the game wasn’t about the final result, it was a nod to our past as we now look to the future with the first ‘real’ match returning to our home soil when we face Crystal Palace in the Premier League clash.
Second Test Event, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Spurs:
Thorstvedt, Carr, Bassong, Chimbonda, Tainio, Howells, Anderton, Nielsen, van der Vaart, Keane (c), Klinsmann.
Substitutions:
Nielsen (Freund 36 (Hazard 60)), Keane (Berbatov 41), Thorstvedt (Sullivan 46), Chimbonda (Perry 46), Tainio (Stalteri 46), Klinsmann (Nayim 46, Falco 74)), van der Vaart (Gascoigne 55 (Tainio 70)), Anderton (Ginola 59 (Keane 83)).
Goals: Tainio 7, Keane 16, Nielsen 31, Berbatov 67.
Inter: Julio Cesar, Zanetti (c), Galante, Blanc, Ferrari, Silvestre, Veron, Karagounis, Carbone, Berti Suazo.
Berti (Dabo 8), Ferrari (Bianchi 38), Suazo (Ventola 46 (Suazo 69 (Karagounis 86)), Julio Cesar (Castellazzi 46), Karagounis (Klinsmann 69), Kharja on 69, Carbone (Julio Cesar 83).
Goals: Suazo 12, 29, Veron 37, Ventola 61, Kharja 89.
Referee: Peter Bankes.
Attendance: 41,244.
FULL-TIME: It's all over at #SpursNewStadium. Inter take the win late on, but what an evening at our new home! #SpursNewStadium ⚪️ #COYS pic.twitter.com/gcHpbh5bC2
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) March 30, 2019