Hercules (Spain)   1   Tottenham Hotspur    1      (Half-time score : 1-1)

Unai Alba

Dani Carril      
Sergio
Camara
Javi Gonzalez      

Sendoa
Abraham Paz
Exposito
Moran

Adisson
Calero

Subs: 
Calatuyud
Ruz
Rodri
Farinos
Cesar
Dani Bautista
Sergio Diaz
Santacruz
Raul
Luisao
Sergio Serrano
Efren
Kiko
Celso

Gomes

Gunter
Dawson
Woodgate       (Zokora 62)
Assou-Ekotto (O'Hara 62)

Lennon       (Bostock 81)
Jenas (c) (Townsend 81)
Huddlestone      
dos Santos

Bent
Berbatov

Unused subs: 
Jansson
Archibald-Henville
Taarabt
Pekhart
 

Addison 5

Tottenham Hotspur

Bent 35

    
Dani Carril (foul) 13  
Javi Gonzalez (foul) 33   
 

    
Huddlestone (foul) 45
Woodgate (foul) 49
Lennon (foul) 79

Despite going 0-1 down in the fifth minute, Spurs dominated the latter stages of the match and pushed for a win at the end of the game on a warm, sticky evening.

Addison got to Javi Gonzalez's right wing cross first and was fortunate to see the ball come off his shoulder to loop high over Gomes and drop in to give the home side a fifth minute lead.  Gonzalez was finding space and forced Gomes to a save with a 20 yard shot.  Tottenham's first effort came in the 12th minute, with Dawson putting Bent in to play an exchange with dos Santos and curl a shot over the bar. Spurs came even closer in the 17th minute, with Lennon making good progress down the right to cross to Giovani, who headed down, but saw his effort kicked away by Exposito.  Another cross a minute later from Huddlestone saw Bent get over two Hercules defenders to head the ball wide from about 10 yards out.

Gonzalez once more had a good chance to get on the score-sheet, but put it wide from Moran's ball in and on 22 minutes, he fired a shot from 20 yards that Gomes pushed around the post.  The game moved to the other end of the pitch and with dos Santos and Berbatov setting up Tom Huddlestone, he hit a 20 yard drive with his left foot shot that keeper Alba dived to beat out.

A corner in the 35th minute from Aaron Lennon lead to the equaliser.  Both Jonathan Woodgate and Darren Bent jumped for the ball and it went into the top corner with the striker claiming the goal. 

After the sides turned round at 1-1, Heurelho Gomes was quickly in action, as he reacted well to push away a header by Santacruz from Gonzalez's free-kick.  Chris Gunter got forward from full back to attempt to meet Bent's cross, but was baulked, legally according to the ref, by Santacruz back in his defensive role.

With 20 minutes gone, dos Santos hit a shot wide after cutting inside from the right wing, with Bent almost getting a touch to Huddlestone's volley on the end of Lennon's free-kick to the edge of the box.  Dos Santos played in Gunter, coming up in support once more, who hit a shot sat the keeper with five minutes left and two minutes after that effort, Bent and Berbatov linked to provide Giovani with a shooting opportunity that he brought a good save out of Alba in the Hercules goal.

As the game went into time added on, Spurs continued to push to try and get the victory, as O'Hara put in a pacy free-kick, which wasn't cleared and it dropped for John Bostock, who took the shot hastily and put it wide.

A fair result despite the amount of possession Tottenham had and it was the work-out they were looking for before they return to England and the last few warm-up matches ahead of the new season.

PETE STACHIO