Tottenham Pre-Season Friendly Against Getafe: Building Momentum

Tottenham step back into pre-season action this afternoon with a low-key fixture that could carry high importance: a 70-minute, behind-closed-doors friendly against Getafe at Hotspur Way.

No cameras, no crowd. Just work.

Roberto De Zerbi’s squad have returned to north London after a sharp, encouraging tour of New Zealand and Australia, where the new regime began to take shape. Spurs are unbeaten across that trip and now chase a fifth straight game without defeat as the Premier League opener creeps into view.

The mood on the flight home was lifted by the manner of their final result Down Under. Reduced to 10 men after Kevin Danso’s dismissal, Spurs still found a way to beat Chelsea 2-1, Richarlison striking with virtually the last kick of the game. It was only pre-season, but the celebration told its own story: a group already buying into the demands of their new head coach, refusing to drift through friendly fixtures.

Now comes a different kind of test. No spectacle, no travel fatigue, just a controlled run-out at their training base against LaLiga opposition designed to stretch their structure and sharpness. For De Zerbi, it is another chance to drill his patterns, to stress-test combinations, to see who has really absorbed the work of the past few weeks.

Spurs look to be building momentum, yet the picture is not complete. There are still gaps to close, details to tidy, decisions to make. With Brentford away looming in two weeks, this quiet afternoon at Hotspur Way is less a footnote and more a checkpoint: another step in turning a promising pre-season into a team ready to hit the Premier League running.