Fuming Antonio Conte forces Tottenham squad into training after arriving back from shock Sporting Lisbon defeat
FUMING Antonio Conte ordered his Tottenham players in for training at 11am on Wednesday after their Champions League second half added-time collapse away at Sporting Lisbon.
Spurs came unstuck late on in Tuesday’s second group game from a corner as Paulinho headed home.
And thing only got worse just minutes later as Arthur doubled the home side’s lead.
The Brazilian collected the ball out wide on the left, made a driving run infield before slipping the ball through Emerson Royal’s legs and finishing low past Hugo Lloris.
According to The Telegraph, Conte issued some “stern words” to his Tottenham flops in the away dressing room at the Estadio Jose Alvalade.
The Italian was left so annoyed he ordered his team in for training on Wednesday at 11am to begin preparations for this weekend’s Premier League game against Leicester.
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However, Tottenham’s early start was nothing compared to the reaction of London rivals Chelsea after they lost their opening Champions League group game 1-0 to Dinamo Zagreb.
Thomas Tuchel was given the axe by Chelsea owner Todd Boehly and Co and the Blues’ stars didn’t train until 2pm.
Conte labelled Tuesday’s loss to Sporting as a “difficult result”.
He said: “When you lose the game you are not happy. I think that the game was unbalanced in the second half, we could score.
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“We tried to win the game and then in the last ten minutes we can do much better.
“They scored with a corner and we conceded the second goal after the 90 minutes.
“It is a pity. You have to try and feed the box and have accuracy and go strong to attack the goal.
“We had two or three situations where we can do much better. A difficult game for sure.”