The Scotsman

Kane upstages Ronaldo and Juventus with superb winner from halfway line

-

Harry Kane’s outrageous stoppage-time strike from the halfway line got Tottenham’s preseason off to a memorable start as Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus were upstaged in Singapore yesterday.

Fans were left rubbing their eyes in disbelief as an entertaini­ng Internatio­nal Champions Cup encounter at Singapore’s National Stadium came to a stunning conclusion. The friendly was heading for penalties until Kane’s moment of inspiratio­n in the 93rd minute.

Lucas Moura’s intercepti­on fell into his path and the striker unleashed a first-time rocket from just inside the Juventus half that flew over former Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny. “It’s probably one of the best goals in my career,” the Spurs striker said minutes after sealing Spurs’ 3-2 win.

Erik Lamela opened the scoring on the half-hour mark after Gianluigi Buffon parried Troy Parrott’s effort.

Juve levelled after the break through ex-chelsea striker Gonzalo Higuain, before Ronaldo fired his side ahead.

Lucas came off the bench to level with a smart effort and set up a grandstand finish.

Meanwhile, Sheffield United have paid an undisclose­d clubrecord fee for Bournemout­h striker Lys Mousset.

France Under-21 internatio­nal Mousset has put pen to paper on a three-year contract after the two clubs agreed a reported fee of £10 million.

The 23-year-old, who scored five goals in 71 appearance­s for the Cherries, is the Blades’ fifth signing since winning automatic promotion to the Premier League last season.

The Blades set a new transfer record when signing Luke Freeman from QPR and broke it again to bring Callum Robinson in from Preston earlier this month. They also signed ex-manchester United forward Ravel Morrison, while defender Phil Jagielka has returned to the Blades after his contract at Everton expired.

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United Kingdom