From Gazzetta dello Sport (The Italian sports newspapers are very intrigued and highly praise this Totthenam.)
Hurricane Conte:
'Passion and desire Tottenham now has my spirit"
"If you want to have ambitions you have to be organised, top, have quality"
Antonio Conte is in A good mood. "This is Antony, United's new signing," he says, patting Tottenham's press officer Anthony Marshall on the shoulder as he accompanies him for his conference ahead of tomorrow's match against West Ham. Conte's smile is that of the whole Spurs environment: the victory in Nottingham signed by Harry Kane means the best start in the Premier League since 2009. The 10 points in four games, the same as Guardiola's Manchester City and less only than Woolwich, are confirmation that Tottenham are on the right track. Even if there are important tests coming up.
Start Tottenham is not perfect, and Conte knows that. It still has room for improvement, especially in its approach to matches, as shown by the three first halves suffered against Chelsea, Wolverhampton and Forest. Kane's wonders turned early struggles into seven points, to which must be added the three won on debut against Southampton (where Spurs had gone down anyway). "I think we did well to overcome the difficult first half, then in the second half we improved a lot mentally, overcoming the pressure and insecurity that Forest caused us," the coach told Nottingham. Kane's four goals in four matches are the obvious secret of this sprint start for Tottenham: the 29-year-old English striker, besides rewriting records, is showing that he is in the best condition of his career, regenerated by the Conte cure and motivated by a technical project that convinces him, after the doubts he had a year ago. "We are talking about a player who is fundamental for us, it is clear that we all want him to stay here for a long time," Conte said of Kane, with whom the club have begun negotiations for the renewal of his contract, which expires in 2024.
Testa It is not only because of the striker's goals, however, that Tottenham are flying: it is clear how much the Conte cure has changed the team, especially on a mental level. "I have tried to transfer my passion, my desire to win and to fight to achieve it to the players,' said Conte. 'I have been told that Tottenham lacked this spirit in the past, but I think that if you want to have ambitions like we want to have, you have to be organised, have quality, be at the top tactically and physically and also have the right spirit. That is why the coach often repeats how the nine months of work with the group are the foundation for building his winning project. Conte has changed everything," said Son, who has yet to score in the Premier League but who, like Kane, has extreme trust in the coach. "The team is more stable with him, he puts more passion into it. And he gives us a lot of commitment. It is not a coincidence that Conte in these first four games, played one per week, has insisted on last year's group, with the sole exception of Ivan Perisic, a starter in Nottingham for the second consecutive game, facilitated in learning Conte's method by his common past at Inter. Even Richarlison, taken from Everton for 70 million, never started as a starter.
Commitments Tottenham's stability is about to be turned upside down: from tomorrow against West Ham to 17 September against Leicester, Spurs will play six games, with the first two Champions League matches in between and a visit to City on 10 September. 'So far I have chosen to rely on those who were already there because they know best how I work and I trust them,' explained Conte. 'We have had four very good results, but it is clear that there are changes to be made. We have a game every three days, the players must be intelligent and understand that they need to rest. We are certainly more complete than last season'.
Gap The depth of the group is also one of the reasons why Conte smiles, certain that the club in the last days of the market will respect his mantra that if someone leaves, someone must arrive. His Tottenham want to move forward at a slower pace, slowly closing the gap that separates them from the best the Premier League has to offer. In deed, however, Conte's dreamy spirit, that 'I would like to win, even if I have to be realistic', repeated in pre-season, has infected the team. And that is the first step towards doing something special, like these 10 points.
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