Antonio Conte returned to the Spurs bench against Leicester but did not attend the press conference.
Antonio Conte will need time to fully recover. Despite his return to the Tottenham bench during the heavy defeat at Leicester (4-1), the Italian coach did not participate in the post-match press conference. Affected morally and physically by extra-sporting events including surgery, the 53-year-old technician is recovering little by little, his deputy Cristian Stellini told the media.
“He is fine. He is very disappointed right now. He needs to calm down and regain his energy, but he needs time.”
In addition, the number 2 of the Spurs returned to the rout of his people on the ground of the Foxes. Irregular in the league, Tottenham is 5th in the Premier League, two lengths behind Newcastle (4th) but under threat from Brighton, two points behind (and two games less).
“The approach to the match was not bad, we scored. At that time, we were in front. Our game has completely changed. We have struggled a lot, we have suffered. We are disappointed. We have to apologize because our performance was not good enough (…) We started well, but we have to play 90 minutes and we thought maybe it was easier than usual, but it’s the worst mistake you can make in this type of game.”