Spurs Women hit five in dominant pre-season win over London Bees
London Bees 0-5 Spurs Women
Wed 26 August 2020, 11:00|
Tottenham Hotspur
Angela Addison scored twice as Spurs Women cruised to a 5-0 win against London Bees in a behind closed doors pre-season friendly at The Hive last night (Tuesday 25 August).
Hannah Godfrey opened the scoring against the FA Women’s Championship side with her first goal for the Club, before Addison’s brace and a goal from Kit Graham gave us a 4-0 advantage before the interval.
Although she didn’t manage to get on the scoresheet, Siri Worm put in an excellent shift, assisting three goals in the first half.
Rianna Dean, who came off the bench at half-time, scored a penalty to make it 5-0 and wrap up a comfortable pre-season win for Karen Hills and Juan Amoros’ side.
We broke the deadlock after 13 minutes – Graham and Lucy Quinn combined in a short corner routine before Graham sent a delightful ball into the box which Godfrey headed with power into the bottom right corner – her first goal in Spurs colours since she arrived from the States in July, 2019.
Addison doubled our lead seven minutes later from another set piece.
Worm’s corner was headed across the goal by Kerys Harrop, reaching the Dutch international who arrived quickly into the box, before her strike was parried into the path of Addison by Bees’ goalkeeper Sarah Quantrill, leaving our number 14 to tuck it home from close range.
Graham extended our lead in the 38th minute when she peeled off her marker to head in a superb long ball from Worm and make it 3-0.
Addison scored our fourth on the stroke of half-time when she latched on to a long ball from Worm and fired it past Quantrill into the bottom left corner.
London Bees 0-5 Spurs Women
London Bees: Quantrill, Robert, Brooks (Pickett 45), Giddings, Gane, Dench, Gibson, McLean (Constantine 76), Estcourt (Hazard 45), Horwood, Taho. Substitutes (not used) Hazelton, Whinnett.
Spurs: Spencer (Mikalsen, 45), Leon, Godfrey, Harrop, Worm (Filbey 77), Peplow (Sulola 77), Green © (Neville 62), Quinn (Percival, 45), Graham (Williams 62), Addison (Davison 45), Ayane (Dean 45).
Karen and Juan made four changes at the break with Aurora Mikalsen replacing Becky Spencer in goal, while Dean, Gemma Davison and Ria Percival came on for Rosella Ayane, Addison and Quinn.
Six minutes into the second half, Lucia Leon was fouled inside the 18-yard box by Mollie Dench, before Dean stepped up to comfortably convert the spot kick into the top right corner and seal a comprehensive victory over Bees.
Karen and Juan’s side will be back in match action at The Hive in under a fortnight on Sunday 6 September for our behind closed doors Barclays FA Women’s Super League opener against West Ham.
