Whilst I guess the vast majority of Tottenham Hotspur eyes were on first team matters yesterday evening, in the afternoon our Under 19 side battled to a 1-1 draw with Inter Milan in the Youth League clash.
It was a mixed affair, Spurs did fall behind initially in the tie in the first half of the game, but a second half penalty from Jack Roles drew us level and that was where the scoring ended.
The second period also saw us reduced to ten men as Troy Parrott again saw red in the 66th minute as he clashed with the opposition goalkeeper.
The stand out from the game was 18-year-old Oliver Skipp and his individual performance.
Oliver skipp is good. very good. ???????? #thfc
— DonMaurishio (@MayureshForever) September 18, 2018
Skipp looks the real deal here in the U19s,strong on the ball,carries it well.Just what we will need in a year or two.
— colin (@skiathospurs) September 18, 2018
How is Skipp still running at top speed after playing for 85 mins! ???? #thfc #UYL
— Adhithya (@adhithya35) September 18, 2018
The best thing about Oliver Skipp is his awareness not something you can teach. Always passes at exact right moment ????⚽️
— TAS????⚪️ (@coys100) September 18, 2018
On that score, the negative was clearly the red card (two yellows) shown to Parrott as I believe he’s now racked up two reds in his last three games so he obviously has things to work on in terms of learning to control what will quickly be tagged a reckless attitude. He’s still young at 16-years-old though, and that can be quickly worked on as my guess is he’s probably a little over keen at the moment as opposed to anything most would consider malicious or dirty.
He needs to check his attitude.. Rough tackles isn't good for the game.
— Komla Tandoh (@kplorla91) September 18, 2018
It finishes 1-1 at the end.
Parrott's red hampered our momentum, but we did well to get a point out if it.
Both sides will think that they could've gone on to get the full 3 points.#COYS #UYL— India Spurs ???????? (@IndiaSpurs) September 18, 2018
Another red card for Troy Parrott today, I wouldn't worry about it too much, but it shows how aggressively he plays despite consistently being one of the youngest players on the pitch. A strength, rather than a weakness for now.
— Rowd (@RowdenJRSG) September 18, 2018
He’s incredibly highly rated given his age, and other comments prove his performance was okay short of those two moments, so it’s just about learning that when on a yellow you have to curb yourself for the good of your colleagues.
A notion that plenty of senior professionals still struggle with when they pass 30.