Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: March 09, 2023, 08:26 IST
Tottenham Hotspur supervisor Antonio Conte (AP)
Antonio Conte has solely managed to achieve the Champions League quarter-finals as soon as in six campaigns with Juventus, Inter Milan, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur
Antonio Conte’s dismal file within the Champions League continued as his Tottenham Hotspur facet exited the competitors within the final 16 after a dreary 0-0 draw at house to AC Milan on Wednesday.
Tottenham by no means actually threatened to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the primary leg and went out with a whimper and boos from the house followers whose persistence is operating out.
Conte returned to the technical space after lacking the final 4 video games following gallbladder surgical procedure however was as subdued as his group on a freezing night time in north London.
In six Champions League campaigns with Juventus, Inter Milan, Chelsea and Tottenham, the Italian has solely managed to achieve the Champions League quarter-finals as soon as.
And along with his contract up in June, Wednesday’s defeat felt like the start of the top of an period even when his facet stay in rivalry to complete within the Premier League high 4.
Whether or not Conte stays for the remainder of the season shouldn’t be sure, judging by his feedback to Italy’s Amazon Prime.
“I proceed to work, I’ve a contract with Tottenham. I respect the contract. At the top of the season, assessments will likely be made with the membership in essentially the most serene approach,” he said.
“Let’s see how the season ends. Maybe they can send me away even earlier. Perhaps the expectations were higher and may be disappointed. What matters for a coach is trying to work and raise the bar. This year we are struggling to raise the bar.”
Conte tried to speak about Tottenham’s last-16 exit as progress, arguing that final season they have been within the Europa Conference League, however the followers are unlikely to agree.
“We performed within the Europa Conference League final yr and weren’t in a position to get out of the group levels. Now we took a step ahead however it’s not sufficient and if we wish to be aggressive,” he said. “We have to fight.”
Tottenham have now failed to attain of their final three video games, shedding within the FA Cup to second-tier Sheffield United, to Wolverhampton Wanderers within the Premier League and now barely laying a glove on a median Milan facet.
In his information convention later, Conte stated he was sorry for the followers however that the membership wanted to go “step-by-step”.
“I think the situation is very clear. I always say the same things we need time and patience. We don’t have solid foundations to fight and win,” Conte, who dragged Tottenham into fourth place within the Premier League final season, advised reporters.
“We can’t make a miracle and I can perceive the followers shedding persistence as a result of for a very long time Tottenham haven’t received something,” he said. “I’m really sorry for the fans but we cannot invent the win. It’s important to know this.
“We have to build step by step.”
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