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Sat. July 23, 2022, 11:00 PM| Tottenham Hotspur
Antonio Conte said he was “delighted” with the performance, the intensity of the team and the way we recovered to beat Rangers 2-1 at Ibrox on Saturday.
Five players made their debut in the current part: Yves Bissouma, Fraser Forster, Clement Lenglet, Ivan Perisic and Djed Spence, when we returned from 1-0 at halftime to secure victory and lift the Walter Tull Memorial Cup in front. More than 43,000 enthusiasts in Glasgow.
Antonio Colak led the Rangers 1-0 in 24 minutes, we created a multitude of chances before and after that to replace the course of the game in halftime. We lost 1-0, but our intensity went up another level in the first moment The moment began and two goals in six minutes from Harry Kane (50, 56) in form turned the situation around: Harry’s fourth and fifth goals in our 3 pre-season matches so far.
How impressive, however, the intensity of the demonstration against a Rangers team a week before the start of their SPL crusade and 10 days before a UEFA Champions League qualifier against Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. We have a fortnight before our big start in the Premier League when we face Southampton at home on August 6 (15:00).
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Speaking to SPURSPLAY in Ibrox, Antonio told us: “This adjustment was, in my opinion, a real match. Rangers are a great team, they are fighting to win the league in Scotland, they reached the Europa League final and in their last friendly they won 3-1 against West Ham. Then we saw a team, quality.
“I’m delighted, because I saw a smart intensity, I saw a lot of conditions that we checked in training, the smart tension. Of course, especially in the first half, we created a lot of scoring chances. I also perceive that we are a little tired, because we work, but at the same time, when you have so many opportunities to score, you have to take a look at scoring because you know very well that if you do not score, you run the risk of wasting the game.
“My players know this very well, each and every game we have to watch to win, a friendly game or a game to get 3 points. It is very important because in this way we also paint in our mentality: each and every game is vital.
“We examine each and every day the works with that mindset, to build something vital, and every game becomes vital for us. It’s different with a draw, with a loss, with a win. It’s completely different. You have to start thinking about it, and I’m happy, because I have an organization of players who need it.
“Today, I repeat, was not a friendly match, and that’s why I’m happy because it was a smart game for us, many players played more minutes than in the last game, other players came here like Lenglet, Spence. I’m happy because the players paint very hard and having this type of functionality is positive. We will have to continue on this path. “
Then our last pre-season adjustment and a trip to Israel to face AS Roma in the I-Tech Cup next Saturday (July 30, 7:15 p. m. m. ), again, exclusively live on SPURSPLAY.