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Watford U23s win with sons of Bergkamp, Wise and Pochettino in starting XI

Watford U23s featured a big name line-up last night against Swansea City.

Watford won with the sons of Mauricio Pochettino, Dennis Bergkamp and Dennis Wise all in the starting line-up.

Son of PSG boss Pochettino, 19-year-old Maurizio, scored the opening goal with a header inside five minutes.

Mitchell Bergkamp, 22, played 83 minutes too while Henry Wise, 21, played the full 90 minutes in the 2-0 victory in the Under-23 Pro Development League.

Pochettino and Bergkamp only joined the Watford academy a few months ago, with Maurizio making the move and signing a four-year contract after leaving Spurs' academy.

Pochettino had joined Tottenham's academy from Southampton in 2017 while his dad was in charge of the north London side - his goal on Friday was his third in four league starts since joining the Hornets from Spurs.

"He gets himself in nice positions and showed good instinct to put the ball in the net from a well-worked corner," said Watford Under-23 boss Omer Riza.

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