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Antonio Conte BRUTALLY reacts to Richarlison’s ‘sh*t season’ comments.
Tottenham boss Antonio Conte responded harshly to Richarlison’s remarks about having a “sh*t season,” stressing the Brazilian’s poor record.
The Italian manager of Tottenham had one of his worst weeks as his team was ousted from the FA Cup and Champions League quarterfinals in the same week, with a disastrous 1-0 Premier League loss to lowly Wolves sandwiched in between. One of the harshest among the many nasty remarks was from his own player.
Richarlison lashed out at Spurs’ “sh*t season” and at Conte in particular for benching him for all but 20 minutes of the game following Wednesday’s European loss at the hands of Milan. But, the Italian strategist has since emphasized that the Brazilian was really talking about his own disappointing performance during the interview, and Conte concurs.
“I watched Richarlison’s interview. He didn’t criticise me, he said ‘my season is sh*t’ and he’s right, his season is not good,” the Spurs manager said in a press conference. “He had a lot of injuries, he went to the World Cup, he had another injury, then back and one month out, then other injuries. He scored zero goals with us, only two in Champions League. But our season hasn’t finished. He has the time to recover and if he deserves to play I’ll give him the opportunity.
“The rest of the interview… the guy understood well he made a mistake. When you speak with; ‘I, I, I’, and not with; ‘Us’, you’re thinking only for yourself and you are selfish.
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I repeat to my players, if you want to do something important and fight and be competitive to win a trophy, you have to speak with; ‘We’. Not with; ‘I’. He understood his mistake he apologised and that’s good because I had an opportunity to clarify (to him) the importance of the spirit of the team.”
Alongside a string of poor recent results, which has extended their quest for a significant prize, critiques of Tottenham’s recent performances have been fierce.
A substantial portion of the fan base has become disillusioned by the uninspired pragmatic performances, which are a long cry from the exhilarating type of football promoted by Mauricio Pochettino only a few years ago. Conte once more emphasized the weaknesses of his team while drawing criticism for his leadership style.
“We can’t do miracles,” the Italian added. “If I am to take the people as a target. We’ll see what happens in the future. I’m not stupid to kill myself. Until the end though I am ready to die for this club but then we’ll see, I’m not too stupid to keep killing myself”.
Spurs have miraculously maintained their position in fourth place despite a terrible run of results, moving three points ahead of Liverpool despite having played one more game.
When Nottingham Forest visits on Saturday, the Italian will be hoping his team can widen the margin. But, another loss would undoubtedly put Conte’s job at the club in jeopardy.