Great game for charity in North London

On Sunday, Spurs legends faced AC Milan legends in a charity game at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Many recognisable faces on the pitch for both teams, all for a great cause.  

The XI that Spurs put out was; Gomes, Chimbonda, Dawson, King (C), Kaboul, Sandro, Tainio, Lennon, Defoe, Berbatov, Keane. Meanwhile the bench consisted of; Vorm, Bassong, Assou-Ekotto, Perry, Brown, Nielsen, Freund, Sheringham, Falco.  

How things played out at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday

Very early on, Keane – currently manager of Ferencvaros in Hungary, though not at the time they played Spurs – opened the scoring, after a Berbatov touch set Lennon down the right, he squared the ball for the striker to tap home.  

Then, Kaboul fizzed a pass forward that was dummied by Keane to Defoe, who set himself before firing a low driven strike from the edge of the box into the bottom corner. Still an amazing finisher.  

After that, Keane managed to beat the offside trap to get on the end of a superb through ball from Tainio, and calmly finish past the goalkeeper. Then, Sandro scored a trademark goal from range to make it 4-0 to Spurs in the first half.  

Just before the break, Spurs won the ball back high up the pitch, leading the ball to be squared to Keane again, with the Irishman completing his hat trick within the first half. What a player.  

In the second half, Milan managed to fashion an opportunity, with Cafu squaring for Zaccardo, who picked the ball up to run back to half way like an official game. Huge respect for that, quite incredible love for the game.

Spurs then responded, as substitute Brown made it six, after brilliant work from Berbatov and Defoe. So nonchalant from the former, just like when he was a player. Oozes class and quality.  

Later on, Cafu was fouled just outside the box. From then, a moment of class, as legend of the game Andrea Pirlo curled the ball in, just like he did so many times during his career. Legend of the game, nothing but respect. What a player he was – and seemingly still is.  

That was how it ended, 6-2 to Spurs. Though, most importantly, a great day and event to charity, great from all involved. Let’s hope for another one soon enough. Finally, a shoutout to Falco for playing at 64 years of age. Would be happy enough being able to stand up at that age.