Conte hits back at Richarlison criticism

richarlison is dissatisfied with his season in TottenhamIt is Antonio Conte replied the Brazilian this Friday, the 10th. The striker gave a controversial interview after the elimination of the team in the Champions League and even complained about the lack of opportunities as a starter. The athlete made it clear that he would like to have more minutes and said that he cannot understand the position of the Spurs coach.

Two days after the Champions League crash and Richarlison’s outburst, Antonio Conte appeared to answer some questions regarding Tottenham during the press conference. The coach received questions about the criticism of the Brazilian striker and gave a surprising response. According to the Italian, he agrees with everything the gunner said.

“I watched Richarlison’s interview. He didn’t criticize me. He said his season was bad and he’s right. He had injuries, played and scored in the Champions League, then went to the Cup and had a serious injury. He has not scored any goals in the Premier League. He was very honest when he said that his season was not good. But it’s not over yet. If he deserves to play, I will give him the chance.“, said the Tottenham coach.

Even though he agreed with Richarlison’s criticism, Antonio Conte acknowledged that the Brazilian made a serious mistake during his speech. According to the Spurs commander, the attacker referred a lot to his own mistakes, but did not recognize his teammates as partners. Therefore, the Tottenham coach ended the controversy with the following response:

“For the rest of the interview, I think he made a mistake. When you talk about ‘I’ and not ‘we’, you are being selfish. I tell my players that if we want to build something important and win a trophy we have to talk to ‘us’ and not ‘me’, because otherwise we are only thinking about ourselves“, finished.