More worrying than Son Heung-min’s ‘goal silence’… Conte’s ‘head’ departure

[OSEN=노진주 기자] “Lack of oversight? Many things change.”

Tottenham manager Antonio Conte (53) had to watch the game from the audience after being sent off in the previous game. There are definitely downsides.

Tottenham Hotspur (England) played an away match against Marseille (France) at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France at 5 am (Korea time) on the 2nd at 5 am (Korea time) for the 2022-2023 season of the UEFA Champions League (UCL ) ) Group D final match group 6 away from home

Tottenham Hotspur, who played 5 games, is in first place in the group with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss and 8 points. But he is an unstable leader. The gap is only 2 points with Marseille (6 points, 2 wins and 3 losses), the bottom of the group. The result of the final game will decide whether to progress to the round of 16 or not.

While 2nd Sporting (Portugal, goal difference 0) and 3rd place Frankfurt (Germany, goal difference -2) are tied with 7 points, the cleanest thing for Tottenham to secure a place in the round of 16 is a win today.

Tottenham Hotspur playing without a ‘head’.

On the 27th of last month, in the UCL Game 5 against Sporting, Conte received a red card for protesting to the referee just before the end of the game. As a disciplinary case following today’s red card, he will not be able to sit on the coach’s bench against Marseille. Hischarlisson, Dejan Kulusevsky and Christian Romero are also out with injuries.

Tottenham head coach Christian Stellini told a press conference on the 1st that Conte would be watching the game alongside analyst Gianluca from the crowd, adding: “He will be working with us until just before we arrive the stadium.” ) We cannot continue to communicate, but we are preparing well for the game strategy.”

But he added, “We have to do more to fill his void.”

Even at half time, the coaches and coach Conte cannot speak directly. “We are not allowed to talk to coach Conte during half-time,” said Stellini. “We can meet and talk 15 minutes after the game.”

Finally, on the downside of the coach’s absence, “Many things change. Coach Conte’s presence before the game, the week before the game and during the game is essential, especially in a difficult game like this, when the game will be fierce until the final whistle.” “he regretted it.

/jinju217@osen.co.kr