Journalist Xu Danlei reported that Conte lost to Juve C. Ronaldo in Serie A but won the title. In the Premier League, Conte's Spurs lost to C. Ronaldo's Manchester United, but they did not know what "champions" there were to fight for. After the Old Trafford match, Conte hugged C. Ronaldo, who was wearing a hat in this game, and couldn't help but mutter: Even if Tottenham Hotspur still has a championship to fight for this season, how to fight for this god's ghostly state?
Tottenham Hotspur 2-3 Manchester United, far from the "champion" in Conte's mouth in the top four. Two fewer games than Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur are now five points behind the Red Devils, and two more games than Arsenal, three points away from the Gunners. As a side effect of the loss, Tottenham's fluctuating symptoms reappeared, resulting in the inability to cash in on the schedule advantage of the one-line battle, which is likely to have a negative psychology for the rest of the season.
Since the beginning of this year, tottenham's "miracle flight" in all competitions is obvious: in January 6 games, the round robin of winning one game and losing one game is carried out three times on a regular basis. 6 games in February, win one game and lose two games, then win or lose. In March, he has played three games, and between the two losses, one win is sandwiched.
Tottenham Have seven wins this year followed by defeats. The team's best performance so far in the season was 3-2 Manchester City, with Kane scoring 95 minutes. After that game, Conte, who won the league with Juve, Chelsea and Inter, Quahotspur was one of the best teams he ever played. But a few days later the team lost 1-0 to Burnley, leaving Conte skeptical about his life.
Two consecutive league wins against Leeds and Everton were the team's first in three months, with nine goals and one goal conceded. With this kind of favorable visit to Manchester United, Spurs are full of a desire to wash away the grievances. Statistics show that under Conte's rule every Monday (at least 5 days before the game), Spurs won 7 games and 6 wins, including a win over Manchester City and Liverpool. With only two games a week (with only 4 days or less to prepare for each game), Spurs lost six of their previous eight games against Manchester United, five of which went uncored.
Tottenham's last two matches were against Everton on Monday and Manchester United on Saturday, which have been close to a single line. But at Old Trafford, C. Ronaldo's hat-trick made Conte's team doubt itself again. After manchester United, Tottenham have only two weekly doubles on their remaining fixtures, away to Brighton and home to Arsenal. With 11 league opponents remaining, in addition to Arsenal and West Ham competing for European qualification, Spurs will also face Liverpool away in May.
One of the prerequisites for the team to play steadily is to start steadily. Tottenham's start against Manchester United, compared to Everton, only Reguilon replaced Sessegnon with an adjustment, which is the benefit of the single line. Dale stood in the middle of a three-back line, and in the previous 12 league games where he was so positioned, Spurs won 8, drew 3 and lost 1, conceded only 7 goals and kept 7 clean sheets.
Add to that Kane, who has scored nine goals in their last 12 league games, and Tottenham have a reason to win at Old Trafford. From the comparison of data, Tottenham Hotspur is not like a loser in this game: 56% of the ball is controlled, the main opponent is the main guest; 10 shots on goal, the same as Manchester United, but the number of frames is less than 3. In addition, Tottenham's pass success rate is close to 90%, which is higher than Manchester United, and there are more corners than the home team.
Apart from scoring one less goal, Tottenham almost did everything right? The truth is that in the 90 minutes of the game, Spurs kept exposing what Conte called "immaturity". If C. Ronaldo did not defend the first goal, then before Tottenham's defense conceded the second goal, the overall pace of the defense was uneven, and sancho successfully sent an assist against the offside position, which was a problem with the defense led by Dell. The third goal conceded was Doherty, whom Conte had praised before the game, who was pressed by Cristiano Ronaldo.
A game is full of variables in various offensive and defensive conversions such as gains and losses, advances and losses, and tails and tails before the score is frozen. Even being on offense or defense for a while implies options about how to speed up or slow down. This is a detail that tests the maturity of the team even more.
Tottenham trailed twice, relying on Kane's penalty and Reguilon to make Maguire oolong, making it 2-2. Since you came with the purpose of taking all 3 points, you should be angry. But Keane questioned the slack in the last 20 minutes of the away game: "They pulled back and let United embolden to attack and win. Spurs want to catch their breath, lose focus and reduce the intensity of the game, which will be punished. ”
This season, Tottenham hotter has been stronger than weak, and the representative work is a double-elimination Manchester City. When not optimistic, Spurs play better because the team can adapt to the psychology of the two teams and operate their familiar defenses in the game. But Manchester United, the "injured beast", is appropriately low-key in this game, and Spurs are overwhelmed. 'At 1-2, Conte calmed down the team with the ball at his feet and organized patiently, which was unconventional.
Why did Tottenham's season look like a roller coaster? At the end of October last year, Manchester United, who had just been scored five by Liverpool, visited Tottenham hot spots and won 3-0 with just over 40% of the ball. The lesson left by Nuno, Conte did not learn.
After the game, both Conte and Lowry said United were lucky to have C. Ronaldo. Conte, who believes that the team should not have lost, also said sincerely: "A game, when to advance, when to press, when to calm down, we still have a lot of room for improvement in these aspects." "Why don't Tottenham Hotspur get bumpy? Taking over the team for 4 months, Conte's mentality is full of ups and downs, and with Tottenham, to the current situation he is not familiar with.
After being eliminated by Miburg in the FA Cup, Tottenham Have no chance of competing for the title this season. At least in the Premier League range, it is certain that it is impossible to fight for the title before the end of the season, which is a new experience for Conte to accept. He coached Chelsea, won the league the year before winning the fab at the end of the season, and the following year, although he was powerless, won the FA Cup at the end of the season. "I'm used to fighting for something important (the championship). I have the ability to win the league. ”
As soon as the box opened, Conte couldn't help but talk about the Inter period. He remembers the blue and black club executives coming to his home, inviting him to coach, setting him a two-year goal of winning the title, and compliing with his requirements provided "a lot of possibilities to win the title". "At Tottenham, I didn't talk about that." He said it was possible that Serie A would be different from the Premier League. Serie A is Juve's perennial dominance, and other strong teams take turns challenging the old woman. "When you challenge a team, you think that in two years and three years I must win the championship. Sure enough, inter won the title two years later. My situation at Tottenham now is completely different from when I was at Inter. ”
Returning to Tottenham, Conte pointed out that the ups and downs of the team's season are the consequences of the club's accumulation over the years. "Tottenham have been up and down for 20 years. In the short term, it is impossible to change. In the past, many coaches came to Spurs and did not change in a second. This is also Levi's 20 years at the helm of Tottenham.
The FA Cup is out, Spurs have not won for 15 years, and it is Conte who is even less accustomed. Seeing that Sesseignon and Skip were injured, the Italians became angry with the medical team. "The Premier League should arrange a press conference for the medical department because the threshold for team doctors is too low. They don't talk, they don't explain how they take care of the players. ”
The team doctor is just another outlet for Conte's anger. He changed his habit of not taking over the team halfway, came to North London with a whole bunch of transfer plans, and knocked Levi at the first opportunity. Why did Conte question Levi? Colombian winger Díaz quickly adapted to Liverpool. The Reds signed Jota and Díaz to show the action of a championship-winning team. "The only reason Liverpool decided to sign Díaz in January was that Tottenham wanted to sign him. Thanks Daniel (Levi)," Carragher tweeted.