Tottenham asks to play against Rennes

Antonio Conte, Tottenham coach, asked to be able to play the last gameor in the group stage of the Conference League, against Rennes, in which both teams play for qualification to the next round.

The match, which should have been played last Thursday, December 9, had to be suspended due to the covid outbreak in the English team, which also forced postponement of this past Sunday’s game against Brighton.

This suspension gave rise to the possibility of the game being given up for Tottenham, which would mean their elimination from the European competition, as they need a victory against Rennes to access the next round. In this Monday’s draw, however, they were included in the hype alongside the Vitesse.

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“We want to play. I think we deserve it. It’s a strange situation because we couldn’t play, but it wasn’t our fault. It was a big problem because the government decided to close our training center and stop our training sessions for three days, “Conte said at a press conference.

“That is why we did not play, not for another reason. We are not to blame for what happened. We deserve to be able to play the last game from the group and try to qualify for the next round, “added the Italian.

Tottenham returned to training this Sunday with a small group of players, many of them from the reserve team.

“Today in training we had 16 from the first team and youngsters,” Conte pointed out.