As if this is enough to want a hardship… Conte criticizes player-club determination for “the situation does not change”

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[OSEN=강필주 기자] Heung-Min Son (31, Tottenham) is controversial following his team’s head coach Antonio Conte criticized the player and the club at the same time. To this extent, he meant to cut himself off.

Tottenham, led by coach Conte, drew 3-3 with Southampton on the 19th (Korean time) in the 28th round of the 2022-2023 English Premier League (EPL).

Pedro Poro scored the opening goal in the first half extra time thanks to Son Heung-min’s 50th assist, and Tottenham widened the score to 3-1 with additional goals from Harry Kane and Ivan Perisic in the 10th and 29th minutes of the second half, respectively.

However, Tottenham gave up a chase goal to Theo Walcott, and in the extra time of the second half, James Ward-Prowse equalized with a penalty kick, and had to be satisfied with one point. In the end, Tottenham stayed in 4th place instead of 3rd place with 49 points.

According to Britain’s ‘Daily Mail’, following the match, Conte expressed his displeasure in an exasperated voice for 10 minutes at a press conference. Attention is focused on the intention in that it was a content that criticized the Tottenham club as well as the players who played the game.

“It’s a completely unacceptable game. We lost by conceding two goals in a 3-1 situation,” Conte said. I see players who don’t want to help each other and don’t care.”

“Before today, I preferred to hide this situation and say something to improve the mentality and situation in many ways. It is not a tactical and technical aspect, it is a situation. If you want to be a strong team, if you want to be competitive, if you want to win, the most important thing is to It is a fire to have in desire, in the eyes and in the heart. You have to show this every moment.”

“Comparing last season to this season, it has to improve. Now it’s worse in this respect. Anything can happen at any moment without the team,” he said. “Again, many situations will not improve. And I am tactically I’m not talking regarding the human side or the technical side,” he added.

In addition, Conte said, “We have to play for trophies. We all have to play for the fans. We have to have a desire for trophies.” The manager and manager take responsibility every time. But is there no responsibility for the players? There were 11 selfish players,” he criticized the players resolutely.

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Conte has been engulfed in rumors of a return to Italy. This rumor, which started from the Italian press, is gaining more convincing following recent cholecystitis surgery. The fact that his residence is still in Italy and he is delaying renewing his contract with Tottenham also fuels these rumors. Tottenham are known to have already begun appointing a successor to Conte.

When asked regarding his uncertain future, Conte said, “You try to find excuses for the players. Okay, keep looking for excuses for the players. You only make excuses for the players.” I lost my confidence because of the future, I lost my spirit, I lost being a team. It’s all excuses. I try to protect the players every time, “he raised his voice to reporters.

“It’s the first time I’ve seen a situation like this in my career, so it’s unacceptable. Until now, I mightn’t change it. I didn’t change it. Compared to last season, it’s worse,” he said. “Because? They’re used to it. “Because. They don’t play for anything important. They don’t want to play under pressure, under stress. That makes it easy.”

Conte’s criticism was then directed at the club. “I’ve had owners for 20 years and they haven’t gotten anything. Why is that? The fault is only with the club and with the manager who remains here,” he said. “Until now I have tried to hide this situation but not anymore. “It’s not acceptable for them to follow us, pay a ticket, and see a team play like this next time. We have to think regarding this.”

Finally, Conte said: “The club, manager and staff, as well as the players, have to intervene in this situation. If Tottenham want change, it is time to change this situation. If the players want to continue this way, they will change the managers. It can be done, but even if the manager changes, the situation cannot change. Believe me.” /[e-mail]

Pilju Kang ([e-mail])