The 22-year old Argentine, who made just nine Barclays Premier League appearances in an injury-hit campaign last season, has vowed to recreate the form which made him Serie A top scorer in 2012-13 with Roma.
And Lamela looked as good as his word, firing his first on 18 minutes with a Gareth Bale-esque finish from just inside the box, and his second with equal aplomb five minutes before the break.
Match facts
Toronto: Konopka (Roberts), Hall, Orr (Hagglund), Henry (Richter), Morgan, Oduro (De Rosario), Warner (Osorio), Bekker, Lovitz, Gilberto (Hamilton), Defoe (Wiedeman).
Goals: Wiedeman, Hamilton.
Tottenham: Friedel, Naughton (Walker), Kaboul (Dawson), Veljkovic (Fryers), Davies (Rose), Capoue (Carroll), Mason (Holtby), Lamela (Ceballos), Lennon (Townsend) Eriksen (Falque), Soldado (Kane).
Subs not used:McGee, Fredericks.
Goals:Lamela 18, 40.
Roberto Soldado was provider for both in the pre-season friendly at BM Field, giving further optimism to Spurs fans.
Lamela's opener came after Christian Eriksen launched a swift counter-attack on the right, bursting into the Toronto half before feeding Soldado.
As the Spanish forward approached the area, he looked up and sprayed a pass across the area.
Aaron Lennon unselfishly left the ball for the advancing Lamela, whose low left-footed shot whistled past Chris Konopka and into the bottom right-hand corner.
Lamela started the move which led to his second, finding Lennon and making a lung-busting run into the box.
Lennon slipped the ball to Soldado on the edge of the area. Spotting the onrushing Lamela, his perfectly-weighted pass was controlled by Lamela before he blasted home from a tight angle with another clinical left foot effort.
Source:DailyMail
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