Spurs rounded off their tour of China with a disappointing defeat on Sunday to South China by two goals to nil.
Redknapp decided to hand a few promising youngsters starts, with Jon Obika up front and John Bostock, Jake Livermore and Danny Rose all starting in midfield.
Bostock and Russian international striker Roan Pavlyuchenko both had good chances in a closely fought first-half that the Premier League side jsut edged.
Despite Defoe coming on for Obika and Keane coming into an attacking midfield role at the break, it was the hosts that took the lead after 51 miuntes, when Chan scored a great goal, haviong brought the ball down neatly from a throw-in.
Keane hit the woodwork shortly afterwards, but South China extended their lead with 20 minutes remaining from the spot as Jake Livermore brought down Chao Peng Fei. It was a soft decision but, nevertheless, home skipper Li made no mistake and the game was up.
A shock 2-0 defeat, but the performance was better than the woeful scoreline suggested. The humidity and two previous firendlies clearly got the better of some Spurs players, whilst the youngsters failed to really impress manager Harry Redknapp.
Spurs entertain Olympiakos on Sunday at White Hart Lane in their last pre-season friendly, hoping for a better performance and a win.
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