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Despite it being a pre-season match, a red card is shown for denying João Pedro a goalscoring opportunity 🔴
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Setback in the fight for a spot: Danso sees red after error
A bitter friendly for Kevin Danso: Just three minutes after being substituted on, the Austrian international already sees the red card.
Austrian international Kevin Danso experiences a friendly to forget on Saturday!
The centre-back is substituted at halftime in Tottenham's friendly in Sydney against Chelsea and gets a chance to show what he can do.
But just three minutes after his substitution, the Austrian makes a costly error. Instead of controlling the ball, he lets it run past him.
João Pedro gets in between, Danso can only stop the Brazilian with a last-man foul and is shown the red card for it.
Fierce competition for places at Tottenham
For the 27-year-old, this is a severe setback.
Following the signings of Jan Paul van Hecke and World Cup finalist Marcos Senesi, Tottenham currently has five centre-backs in its squad with Micky van de Ven, captain Cristian Romero, and Danso. The competition for places is consequently high.
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Tottenham still wins the friendly despite Danso's gaffe. Richarlison scores the decisive goal to make it 2-1 in the 92nd minute.
Previously, Tonali (17th) scored for Tottenham and Estevao for Chelsea (21st).
