Pre-Season 14/7/06 - Nice 0 Spurs 1

Ledley King completed 70 minutes on his comeback as Lee Barnard bagged the winner against Nice on Friday night.

It was defensive kingpin Ledley's first match action since breaking a metatarsal in his foot in Premiership action against Everton on April 15.

Nice provided a decent test for the skipper as well with pacy striker Moussilou a threat especially in the first half - but he couldn't find a way past Marton Fulop, who was inspired in goal as we completed back-to-back wins after Thursday night's success against Bordeaux.

'Barney', who has a nice habit of scoring in these continental friendlies (he did the same in Sweden and Mauritius), struck just before half-time, turning home Jamie O'Hara's cross from close range.

Fulop was the star though with a number of saves right out of the top-drawer in the first half. The pick of the bunch was his first notable action, somehow reacting in time to push out Moussilou's stab from eight yards out after 15 minutes.

He denied the same player three times, low down to his right from 18 yards after 35 minutes and then, seconds after Barnard's goal, flicking out a leg to turn a one-on-one chance around the post.

Jermain Defoe entered the fray for Wayne Routledge at half-time and we took more control of the game in the second half.

However, it took until the 63rd minute for the next goalmouth action as Teemu Tainio squared a clever pass to O'Hara who arrowed a shot towards goal that Lloris saved comfortably.

Defoe - who else - provided the next spark after 70 minutes when he turned away from Yahia and drilled in a shot from 25 yards that Lloris did well to cling onto low to his right.

King departed soon after, replaced by Danny Murphy, and O'Hara tried his luck again, this time a curler from 25 yards that was heading into the top corner until Lloris clawed away.

Nice hit back late on but fluffed their lines in front of goal - most notably when Camara glanced a good headed chance wide.

Line-ups:

Nice (squad)
Gregorini, Onyekashi, Fanni, Abardonado, Yahia, Echouafini, Balmont, Rool, Hnondrato Campos, Camara, Moussilou, Bellion, Diakite, Gace, Kante, Scotto, Toure, Traore, Lloris, Moreaua.

Spurs:
Fulop, Stalteri, Ziegler, Huddlestone, King (Murphy, 72), Davenport, Routledge (Defoe, 46), Ghaly, Barnard (McKenna, 85), Tainio, O'Hara. Subs: Cerny, Defoe, Ifil, Lee, Barcham.