SPURS GIVE BRAZIL THE BLUE'S; BLUE BRAZIL 1 SPURS 5

MCINTOSH WHIPS IN CROSS

J LEITCH GETS CROSS IN

CROWD WATCH GAME

BRAZIL ATTACK

ANOTHER SPURS ATTACK

BARCLAY GATHERS BALL FROM CORNER

BARCLAY SCREAMS AT DEFENDERS

DEFENDERS CLOSE IN

• SPURS GO CLOSE
  
  
  
  
  SPURS MOVE FORWARD
  

  
  
  

  PENALTY....THAW BROUGHT BOWN IN BOX BAND SCORES FROM THE SPOT
  
  
  
  

  STUBBS EFFORT HITS THE BAR
  
  
  

  THAW BATTLES FOR BALL IN MIDFIELD
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS AFTER MATCH
  
  
  
  

  SPURS WERE ON THE ROAD AGAIN ON SUNDAY THE 25th FEB PLAYING THE BLUE BRAZIL AT A VERY MUDDY FULFORTH PARK.
  BLUE BRAZIL STARTED BRIGHTLY FORCING THE SPURS REARGUARD IN TO ACTION SEVERAL TIMES. SPURS STARTED TO FIND THEIR STRIDE, KNOCKING THE BALL AROUND WELL, A LONG BALL FROM GUTHRIE FOUND RUTHERFORD, AND HIS RUN INTO THE BOX ENDED WITH A SHOT AT GOAL, WHICH THE BRAZIL KEEPER MANAGED TO PALM OUT, ONLY FOR THE INCOMING McINTOSH TO CONTROL THE BALL BEFORE SHOOTING PAST THE KEEPER TO GIVE SPURS THE LEAD.
  THE BLUE BRAZIL DREW LEVEL AFTER A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE SPURS BOX TOOK A SLIGHT DEFLECTION, BEFORE HITTING THE POST, WHERE BARCLAY THEN SAVED ON THE LINE, ONLY FOR THE REF TO GIVE A GOAL.
  SPURS WASTED NO TIME IN REGAINING THE LEAD, NEAT LINK UP PLAY ON THE RIGHT INVOLVING MATTHEWS & R LEITCH ENDED WITH RUTHERFORD PLAYING IN THAW WHO'S DRIVE INTO THE BOX WAS ENDED BY A CLUMSY CHALLENGE, BAND TOOK THE RESULTING PENALTY, FINDING THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET.
  THE COWDEN TEAM WERE STILL FIGHTING HARD, KEEPING THE SPURS DEFENCE BUSY, WITH SPURS CAPTAIN MATTHEWS HAVING AN OUTSTANDING GAME, ALSO GUTHRIE, BAND AND HERD PUTTING IN A GREAT SHIFT TO KEEP BRAZIL'S CHANCES TO A MINIMUM.
  THE STRENTH SAPPING PITCH WAS TAKING ITS TOLL ON THE PLAYERS, WITH SPURS SEEMING THE FITTER TEAM AND FINDING MORE SPACE IN MIDFIELD, STUBBS WAS WINNING MOST OF THE BALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK , WITH THAW BURSTING FORWARD AT EVERY OPORTUNITY. SPURS WENT FURTHER AHEAD, A GOOD RUN BY RUTHERFORD WHO THEN PLAYED IN THOMSON, AND THE SPURS STRIKER FINISHED WELL.
• SPURS BUSY MIDFIELDER MURRAY HAD TO RETIRE FROM THE MATCH WITH A THIGH STRAIN.
  MORE PRESSURE FOM BRAZIL PRODUCED TWO CORNERS, WHICH SPURS KEEPER BARCLAY COLLECTED WITH EASE.
  SPURS SCORED THEIR FOURTH AFTER SEVERAL QUICK PASSES FROM J.LEITCH & RUTHERFORD SPLIT THE COWDEN DEFENCE, DICK-MARNER WAS WELL POSITIONED TO KNOCK THE BALL HOME.
  ANOTHER BURSTING RUN FROM THAW FOUND HIM IN THE BOX ONLY TO BE BROUGHT DOWN BY THE LAST DEFENDER, WHO WAS BOOKED FOR THE CHALLENGE, THAW THEN TOOK THE PENALTY KICK HIMSELF, DRIVING THE BALL HOME LOW TO THE KEEPERS RIGHT.
  THIS WAS ANOTHER FANTASTIC TEAM PERFORMANCE FROM THE SPURS TO END BLUE BRAZILS WINNING RUN OF GAMES.
  
  MAN OF THE MATCH; SAM STUBBS ONCE AGAIN HAD AN IMMENSE GAME IN MIDFIELD, ALSO UNLUCKY NOT TO SCORE WITH SHOTS HITTING THE POST AND BAR.