I’m in Spain at the moment, staying with friends in Andalucia for a week. Admittedly most of the time has been spent in their wonderful hillside pool, overlooking the lake at Iznajar. However, they seem to have every satellite channel known to man, so I asked them if they could find the West Ham match for me. Premier Sports wouldn’t load but they found it somewhere else.
If I am honest I missed the second goal from Ashley Fletcher as I fell asleep!. Friendlies never excite me, although there were a few interesting performances that I spotted while I was actually awake.
- Standout performance in the first half was from Sofiane Feghouli. He showed brilliant trickery and skills down the right and his crosses were superb. I really like the look of him.
- Martin Samuelsen provided the pass for Mark Noble to score and he also looked impressive throughout. He still looks like a gangly teenager, though, and needs to gain some upper body strength.
- Domingo Quinna looks the real deal. Strong, skillful and persistent. A real prospect.
- Sam Byram put in a good shift at right back.
- Marcus Browne and Josh Cullen were solid in midfield and Declan Rice and Reece Burke looked really good in central defence in the first half.
- The result flattered Slovacko who got two goals in the last ten minutes. Antonio didn’t get lose enough for the second goal and to be honest Raphael Spiegel was all over the place.
Right, back to the poolside.