In Seoul, Harry Kane struggled and ended up throwing up as Tottenham coach Antonio Conte put his players through a grueling two-hour training session in the sweltering heat of a Korean summer.
Six thousand local supporters were allowed inside the World Cup Stadium in Seoul by Spurs, where they were given a preview of Conte’s harsh preseason schedule.
On Monday, this was the second session of the day. It began with the well-known rondo ball-possession warm-ups, featured a lengthy 10-on-10 game across the middle third of the field, and ended with a brutal running drill that no one had been warned about.
The running was taken over by white-haired fitness coach Gian Piero Ventura, who pushed the players who had been back in training for more than a week over 42 lengths of the field at a brisk pace—far faster than jogging.
The suffocating heat, temperatures that reached 30C, and lack of a breeze inside the 60,000-capacity bowl proved to be too much for Kane, who collapsed onto his knees and had to throw up at the end of one run.
