Tottenham first half player ratings vs Hoffenheim - Robertson, Bergvall, Tonali and Moore impress

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Here are our first half Tottenham Hotspur player ratings from their friendly match against Hoffenheim on Saturday afternoon

Tottenham lead Hoffenheim 1-0 in front of their supporters at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday and here are our first half player ratings.

Spurs are playing the first of two games against the Bundesliga side with the remaining group of Lilywhites players to face the rest of the German side's squad on Sunday in a behind-closed-doors match at Hotspur Way. Roberto De Zerbi is going to pick two strong starting XIs for each match with youngsters on the bench.

The Tottenham boss handed debuts in front of the stadium crowd to £100million man Sandro Tonali and £52million centre-back Jan Paul van Hecke as well as Marcos Senesi. There was no Cristian Romero and Djed Spence after their moves to Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan respectively.

World Cup winner Pedro Porro received a presentation from former Tottenham striker Fernando Llorente in front of the crowd before kick-off.

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Spurs opened the scoring on 35 minutes. Tonali took a lovely touch to beat his man and then surged forward before flicking the ball out wide to fellow summer arrival Andy Robertson and the Scot's first-time ball was smashed home by Richarlison.

Here are our first half Spurs player ratings:

Antonin Kinsky

Didn't have much to do until a save from Daghim late in the half. 6

Archie Gray

Captain once again in pre-season and did little wrong at right-back. 6

Jan Paul van Hecke

A couple of strong interceptions at the back in the first half. Going to be a talker in the backline. 7

Marcos Senesi

A little behind Van Hecke in his sharpness and some of his passing showed that, with a little hesitation at times, but still plenty of good little moments. 6

Andy Robertson

Curled in some dangerous early balls in the first period of the half and then did so again with his first-time ball to Richarlison to score. 8

Sandro Tonali

Showed that he's going to be the man who dictates the tempo. Took a lovely touch to beat his man and surge up the pitch before playing in Robertson for Richarlison's goal. 8

Lucas Bergvall

Really strong half, with plenty of good touches and turns in the midfield. Had a low shot on the run saved by Baumann. 8

Mikey Moore

A bright half with a couple of dangerous runs and balls across the face of goal, one of which Richarlison and Tel were inches away from. 7

Conor Gallagher

A trademark busy first half without impacting play too much. Kept coming out to the left rather than staying central. 6

Mathys Tel

Plenty of runs down the left without quite having the cutting edge. 6

Richarlison