Richarlison takes aim at Antonio Conte after Tottenham’s Champions League exit: ‘I’m wasting my time, this season is shit’

The removal of Tottenham in the hands of Milano in the knockout stages of the Champions League turned out to be blow for Antonio Conte’s teamwho couldn’t resolve a home game they lost by the minimum.

The first criticisms against the Italian coach were not long in coming, but no one would have imagined that they would come out of the mouth of one of the team’s stars as soon as the match was over. “We have come out of maximum club competition. The team can’t play like this without scoring a goal. We have to push the team forward, especially in the second half.”said a very upset Richarlison with his coach’s approach in the mixed zone.

Since his arrival at Tottenham, the Brazilian striker has not been able to integrate into the team, in particular because of the presence of Harry Kane as a central striker. For that duel, Conte brought him on in the 70th minute for Emerson Royal and the player was candid: “There’s not much to say. I think I should have played and not cried by now.”

“I did not understand Conte’s decision to leave me out of the starting team. I was in a great moment, I played well against West Ham and Chelsea, but he put me back on the bench. On Tuesday, he tried me in the starting lineup and then on the bench, again…”, he commented.

“This season is… excuse the word, it’s shit because I don’t have minutes. I also had an injury, but when I enter the field I give my life”, he remarked and added: “I am a professional, I work every day and I want to play . But I don’t have minutes, I’m wasting time.

“We only have the Premier League left. He trains more and tries hard in the next game. There are more or less 20 games left to play, focus on these games, score as many goals as possible because the club paid me dearly (58 million euros) and I did not return the favor on the pitch . Now go home, rest, tomorrow we have training and we’ll see if I start the next game,” he said.

will be 16 years that Tottenham will be without winning a single trophywith all competitions lost in March and with the sole objective of trying to secure a fourth place in the Premier League to qualify for the next Champions League.

On Wednesday, with the cold and the rain worsening in the English capital, Tottenham believed that their supporters and their artillery would be enough to overcome a Milan which brought back a remarkable 1-0 in the first leg and which played to lock up all day. .game, however, at Hotspur Stadium they did not go beyond 0-0.

On the other side, eleven years later, Milan finds the quarter-finals of the Champions League, He felt like a big man again and was fighting for a title that had resisted him since 2007.

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