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„Tottenham“ fate in the Conference League still hangs by a thread, and more precisely, UEFA has to make a decision regarding the future of the „Spurs“ in this tournament. On Thursday, the match with „Stade Rennais“ was postponed by the London team due to the coronavirus outbreak within the team, which simply could not be stopped in time. After that, UEFA and the teams looked for a date when the match could be replayed, and ultimately it was decided that the UEFA disciplinary committee will decide everything.
However, at a press conference, „Tottenham“ manager Antonio Conte announced that the team wants to continue playing in the Conference League: „We want to play the match. „Tottenham“ deserves to play these matches, to play the last match in the group.
„It is a strange situation, as we did not play not because of our fault, but due to a serious problem and because the government decided to close our training center, halting our training for three days. For this reason, we did not play. Not for any other reason.
„I say that we deserve to play these matches and have a chance to progress to the next stage,“ explained A. Conte at the press conference.
PA Sports journalist Jonathan Veal even confirmed that „Tottenham“ agreed to play the final group match against „Rennes“ in France, despite the fact that the „Spurs“ were scheduled to play the match at home.
The journalist also added that both the „Tottenham“ and „Leicester“ teams tried to postpone tomorrow's match, but the „Premier“ League did not allow it. The Leicester team is also dealing with COVID-19 and other illnesses, and tomorrow they do not have a healthy pair of central defenders.
🗣"I have seen a great desire to improve and it was a pity to have this problem now."Antonio Conte discusses what he has enjoyed most since he's joined Spurs but feels frustrated with Covid-19 interrupting their plans pic.twitter.com/qStlsanBBu — Football Daily (@footballdaily) December 15, 2021
