“When I lose I don’t stay..” – Tottenham boss on displaying his emotions after bad results
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Tottenham boss Antonio Conte has admitted that he is very emotional after games and apologised for his extraordinary post-match interview at Turf Moor.
“For sure when I lose a game I am not the person to go and have a dinner,” he said. “I think that I am not the right person, when I lose a game my mood is very bad and I prefer to stay alone and live the defeat, to stay alone and metabolise the defeat.
“I need one day to recover at least. This is me. It is me. I don’t like to lose. If you ask me what I hate in life it is to lose games.
“My mentality is to prepare myself, to prepare the players and to avoid this type of situation. There are many coaches that don’t suffer. I wanted to be a little soft but at the same time to be this way makes me a person that in (my) career I won as a player and then as a coach.
“For sure when I lose, if you expect that I am happy or to come to a press conference and laugh, I am not this person. I am sorry if I show my disappointment because maybe it would be good to keep this inside and not show my emotion.
“I am an honest person, it is difficult for me to lie or hide the truth.”
Antonio Conte’s Tottenham tenure started with a pretty positive run of just one defeat in 11 matches, but it was only time before the cracks would start to show up. Tottenham’s recent form shows how poor they have been this season, having lost 4 of the last 5 matches with the latest loss coming against Burnley.
Tottenham boss says he is ‘much more committed’ to Spurs
Antonio Conte cast doubt over his Tottenham future when he suggested he was not “good enough” to fix their problems following the midweek defeat to Burnley – the fourth loss in five games – and the club would have to make an assessment on his position. But ahead of Saturday’s trip to Leeds, the 52-year-old has allayed fears he could leave the club following “great” support from Levy.
He said: “I spoke with Daniel. I don’t like that someone tries to create a problem between me and the club because this is not the truth. Believe me, this is not the truth.
“Our chairman Daniel Levy knows very well that I am here to help the club in every moment and I will help the club until the end. This is the reality and he knows this.
“He knows that we are working very hard and he has great consideration about my job, about the job of my staff. We speak.
“I want to help the club in every aspect with my vision and my idea, and my ideas about football for improvement. I repeat, there is no problem.”
Tottenham currently sit at 8th in the Premier League table with two games in hand and a very realistic chance of securing the top 4 spot.
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