Mourinho: “All Leipzig substitutes would play for my team”

Tottenham said goodbye to the Champions League in the round of 16, after falling to Leipzig by three goals to nil in Germany and not being able to turn around the defeat also harvested in London. Despite all the injuries that plague the 'spur' squad, from England it has been considered a failure and Mourinho has been identified as one of the main responsible.

The Portuguese coach, however, assumes his share of responsibility, but explains with a significant comparison the state of alarm that Tottenham is experiencing right now: “All the players on the Leipzig bench would play on my team right now“Part of reason is not lacking, since it had capital losses such as that of Kane or They are, together with others of lesser importance such as that of Bergwijn, Davies, Foyth or Sissoko.

Thus, he included several men from the quarry in the call, played in attack point with Lucas Moura as usual emergency solution… Despite this, Mourinho's team made the cut, at least statistically speaking. He lacked forcefulness behind, but only finished twice less between the three clubs and fought ball control.

In any case, Mourinho had no qualms about recognizing the superiority of the rival: “Of course it was difficult and Leipzig deserved to reach the quarterfinals. All the teams in the world would fight the loss of five or six of their most important players. It's as simple as that. We have many problems and it is really difficult.

With the Premier's halt due to the spread of the coronavirus, a new way is opened for Tottenham to recover their footballers for the final stretch. Before hearing the news, 'Mou' remained firm in the spirit of dedication: “Our problems will not disappear tomorrow. We have no results where we have not been able to fight for the points. We lost 3-2, 2-1, 1-0, draws … It's not that we can't fight. We will fight to the end. “