5-1 v Leyton Orient - 30 July 2008 - Away

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Spurs 5

Leyton Orient

Leyton Orient

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  • Demetriou
    4'
Details
Match Number

6704

Opposition
Leyton orient

Leyton Orient

Competition
Friendly

Friendly

Season

2008/09

Date

30th July 2008

Kick Off

19:45

Venue

Brisbane Road

Attendance

9,250

Weather at Kick Off

23.3° - Clear

Facts & Milestones
  • 6669th overall match (3157 wins, 1466 draws, 2033 losses)

  • 1528th non-competitive match (875 wins, 257 draws, 383 losses)

  • team

    65th match vs Leyton Orient (43 wins, 7 draws, 15 losses)

  • competition

    1020th Friendly match (607 wins, 161 draws, 240 losses)

  • 6132nd match in England (2851 wins, 1382 draws, 1886 losses)

  • 16th match at Brisbane Road (12 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses)

Report

THE ACTION AS IT HAPPENED...

Full-time: Leyton Orient 1, Spurs 5

86.11: SAVE - MORRIS. Orient keeper at full stretch to tip aside O'Hara's low drive from 18 yards.

79.33: Bent shot straight at Morris from 20 yards.

78.01: SAVE - JANSSON. Pires let fly from 25 yards and it needed the young keeper to tip over.

76.50: GOAL - SPURS. Bent's second hat-trick in three days. Dos Santos worked the opening in the box and the striker lashed home off the underside of the crossbar. Leyton Orient 1, Spurs 5

65.34: SUB - SPURS. Townsend for Bale.

59.43: SUBS - SPURS. O'Hara and Smith for Modric and Zokora.

59.02: GOAL - SPURS. Jenas threaded pass through to Bent who skipped around Morris and kepthis composure to finish well from a tight angle. Leyton Orient 1, Spurs 4

56.38: CLOSE - SPURS. Fine move almost capped off by a spectacular goal from Jenas, Lennon picked him out on the edge of the box, bicycle kick flew just over.

55mins: SAVE - MORRIS. Modric low drive turned away by the keeper.

51.41: GOAL - SPURS. Lennon turn of pace down the right to beat Granville, cross found Modric on the edge of the box, controlled and hammered home via slight deflection off Saah for his first Spurs goal. Leyton Orient 1, Spurs 3

47.07: GOAL - SPURS. Zokora dart down the right and clipped in perfect cross for Lennon to plant header into top corner from 12 yards. Leyton Orient 1, Spurs 2

45.47: GOAL - SPURS. Dos Santos inswinging corner from the right, Bale went for a flick at the near post and Morris could onlyblock into path of Bent, who smashed home from close range. Leyton Orient 1, Spurs 1

SECOND HALF KICKS OFF...

Orient friendly

Half-time: SUBS - SPURS. Assou-Ekotto, Jenas and dos Santos for Gunter, Taarabt and Gilberto.

Teams on their way back out.

Half-time: Leyton Orient 1, Spurs 0

41.47: SAVE - MORRIS. Taarabt released Bent through on goal, always 50-50 as to whether or not he'd get there before the keeper, he did but Morris able to smother with his legs.

40.28: Bent did well to get onto Huddlestone's header, squared for Taarabt who failed to connect under pressure from 10 yards.

31.54: CHANCE - ORIENT. Demetriou slipped pass into path of Mkandawire and it took a combination of Dawson and Jansson to force the ball away.

30.38: Zokora rose well to meet Bale's free-kick from the right but couldn't keep header on target.

22.32: Huddletone passed inside full-back Granville for Lennon, driven cross cleared away for a corner, which was also cleared.

17.23: Big shame as Simon Dawkins - our young striker on loan at Orient until January - is carried off on a stretcher.

10.28: OFF LINE - ORIENT. Bale outswinging corner met by Huddlestone's flick at the near post, ball looked to be creeping in and needed Demetriou to clear.

3.57: GOAL - ORIENT. Bolt out the blue. Orient won possession in midfield, Demetriou picked up the ball 30 yards out, looked up, realised he was under little pressure and curled into the top corner. Leyton Orient 1, Spurs 0

1min:Gilberto starts at left-back, Bale left midfield with Modric, Taarabt and Lennon all encouraged to get up and support lone striker Bent.

FIRST HALF KICKS OFF...

7.44pm: Teams on their way out - Michael Dawson leads the team out tonight.

7.41pm: Welcome to Brisbane Road! The lads have just disappeared back down the tunnel while Giovani dos Santos has just finished a signing autographs for fans on the opposite side of the pitch!

THE LINE-UPS...

Leyton Orient: Morris, Purches, Granville, Mkandawire, Saah, Melligan, Chambers, Dawkins (Boyd, 18), Terry, Demetriou, Jarvis. Subs: Gray, Giddins, Shields, Cave-Brown, Boyd, Palmer, Pires, Robson.

Spurs: Jansson, Gunter (Assou-Ekotto, 46), Bale (Townsend, 66), Zokora (Adam Smith, 60), Huddlestone, Lennon, Bent, Gilberto (Jenas, 46), Modric (O'Hara, 60), Taarabt (Dos Santos, 60), Dawson. Subs: Gomes.

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