The workout proved highly beneficial for tactical integration, especially with senior players like Harry Kane needing precautionary leg strapping after suffering late cramps during Wednesday’s competitive opener.
Kane explained: “It was great. Great for the guys who didn’t get enough minutes yesterday to top up the tank. It was a good test. Thanks to Sporting for doing the game. They held themselves to a great standard. They got a nice free-kick goal themselves. Obviously from a football point of view, we knew it would be a game to score a few goals which we did. But they put a good test in and we got out of it exactly what we needed.”
