Son Heung-min, 31, wore the captain’s armband for the first time, but conceded a penalty.
Tottenham hosts Brentford in the opening game of the 2023-2024 Premier League (PL) season at 10:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday at the Wembley Community Stadium in London, England. At the end of the first half, the teams were tied 2-2.
Tottenham came out with a much different look. New manager Enzi Postecoglou has opted for a 4-3-3 formation.
Son Heung-min-Hisselisson-Dejan Koulousevski, Madison-Yves Bissouma-Oliver Skipp, Destiny Udoji, Van der Vaart, Christian Romero, Emerson Royal, and Vicario started. Eric Dier didn’t even make the bench as he was left out of the starting lineup.
Brentford lined up in a 5-3-2 formation. Ioan Wissa-Brian Mbemo, Matthias Jensen-Christian N’Giorga-Vitali Janelt, Rigo Henry-Christopher Ayew-Ethan Pinnock-Nathan Collins-Aaron Hickey and Marc Flecken will take the field first. Defender Kim Ji-Soo, born in 2004, is not included in the starting lineup.
Tottenham struck first. In the 10th minute, Maddison sent in a sharp free kick from the left side of the box that Romero dived to head home. It was Romero’s first goal under Postecoglou.
Then came the big twist. Shortly after the goal, Romero suddenly felt uncomfortable and left the field. Postecoglou immediately pulled him off and brought on Davinson Sanchez. Romero sat down in the stands with a disgruntled look on his face and walked off the pitch.
Brentford equalized. In the 22nd minute, Son Heung-min touched Jensen’s ankle while defending in the box and a penalty was awarded after video assistant referee (VAR) review. Mbemo stepped up to take the spot kick and fooled the keeper to equalize.
Brentford quickly turned the game around. In the 36th minute, Henry outpaced Emerson and drove down the left flank before releasing a cutback pass. It was met by Wissah, and the ball deflected off Van der Vaart’s foot and into the back of the net.
Son Heung-min had the first shot on target. In the third minute of first-half stoppage time, he collected a deflection off a defender’s head in the box and connected with a left-footed volley. It was a powerful shot, but it went just wide of the side netting.
Tottenham equalized again. In the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time, Emerson fired a sharp right-footed shot from near the arc that found the corner of the net. The two teams went into halftime with the score tied at 2-2. 카지노사이트