The Tottenham who presented themselves to RB Leipzig last night had little to do with the finalist in the previous edition of the Champions League. Handicapped by the many absences due to injury (including Kane and Son), the London club made a faint appearance in their first knockout round, largely dominated by a conquering German team and who could have left with a much more comfortable lead than the 1 -0 gleaned.
The Spurs’ disappointing collective performance was the main theme of the English post-match and José Mourinho did not cut questions. Asked at the microphone of BT Sport, he was asked why he had to wait until the last 20 minutes of the match to see the “real Spurs”. This gave rise to a new special Mourinho media release. “Come on, how are real Spurs?” Calm down. Let’s be honest and say the boys gave everything they could. Lamela for example, do you know how many training sessions he did with the team? Zero. Directly injured on the field, direct 20 minutes from the Champion’s League. This is our team. We can see it in two ways. The first perspective is to see a great group, with great guys who try everything. But on the other hand, you see how we are right now. You see the guys opposite, they play with Schick, Werner, Nkunku. Nkunku is tired? He leaves, places in Forsberg. Schick tired? He leaves, up to Poulsen. This is our situation. It’s like fighting with a pistol, but without bullets “replied the Special One.
And meanwhile, Chelsea …
Far from making an unfavorable observation, Mourinho congratulated his players and considered that his team had delivered a good match. “So we did what we could. You can tell me that we were lucky, but I do not agree. We have a great goalkeeper who made two fantastic stops. He’s not lucky, he’s a great goalkeeper. Their goalkeeper also made two incredible saves. We had our chances, we tried everything. I thank the supporters for their support ”, he launched, before returning to the physical state of his troops. “What worries me is not 1-0. It’s an open result. We can very well go there and win. What worries me is who will I have for the next matches. The next one is in two days. We can see that Lucas was completely dead, Bergwijn completely dead, Lo Celso dead. (…) We are in danger. “
And he talked about the rest of the calendar, with a very important match in the Premier League on the lawn of his former club, Chelsea, at 1:30 p.m. Saturday (and therefore 12:30 p.m. UK time). A schedule that clearly tickles the Portuguese coach, who did not fail to emphasize it. ” It’s like that. Meanwhile, the Chelsea players drank sparkling water with lemon while watching the game on TV. Saturday morning, thank you for choosing Saturday morning, we will still be there. “ And José Mourinho can already prepare his speech in the event of a poor performance.
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