Richarlison scores for Spurs Under-21s in EFL Trophy

What the report says

Tottenham Hotspur forward Richarlison scored for the club’s under-21 side in an EFL Trophy match at Cheltenham Town, according to BBC Sport Football. The game featured Spurs’ young team against League Two opposition, with the Brazil international coming in from the senior squad after falling out of favour at first-team level.

BBC Sport reported that the 29-year-old was not named in Tottenham’s 25-man Premier League squad and had made only one senior appearance this season, in the opening-day defeat at Brentford. His move to Everton and a separate proposed switch to Vasco da Gama both did not go through during the summer, leaving him outside the main squad.

In the match itself, Cheltenham took the lead through George Miller before Richarlison levelled with a first-time finish from a cross on the right. Miracle Adewole then put Tottenham’s under-21s ahead, but Miller scored again in stoppage time to force a penalty shootout. The result added another step in Richarlison’s search for playing time and highlighted how Tottenham are using the EFL Trophy to give minutes to younger players and fringe senior figures. That competition has often been used by league clubs as a bridge between academy football and the senior game.