It’s gone too VAR for Spurs manager
I COULD DO IT BETTER MYSELF FROM HOME RAGES ANTONIO
SPURS boss Antonio Conte insists VAR is killing the emotion of football and joked he could make better calls than the refs from his sofa.
Spurs were left furious in the Champions League fixture with Sporting Lisbon when Harry Kane was denied a stoppagetime winner after he was adjudged to be marginally ahead of the ball and therefore offside.
Conte lambasted the technology.
He accused it of being dishonest against his team following the draw with Sporting, which means Tottenham still need a point in Marseille on Tuesday to qualify for the Champions League last 16.
He remains unhappy about what happened and said: “What happened in the last game was incredible.
“You score, you are qualified for the next round, you are celebrating and you have to stay for five minutes to look at VAR and you take the decision and you don’t know if it’s right or wrong.
“This is not football in this way also because you cut the emotion, the emotion of everybody and especially the players because you don’t know.
Disallow
“You score a goal and you don’t know what happens later. Did someone commit a foul one minute before? Or discover a foul one minute before and then they go to disallow this? It happened this. It happened but it only happened when they want ( it) to happen. This is the difference.
“But when I stay at home and I see the image, I am watching another game and I see the image, the VAR, then for me it is easy to take the best decision.
“Instead then you see for example they take the opposite decision. Oh, I don’t know football or maybe who stays in the VAR, they are seeing another image.”
The Italian reiterated in his mind it was “impossible” for VAR to make mistakes given the extra images the official gets to view.
He was more positive about his time at Tottenham ahead of the anniversary of his appointment next week.
Conte added: “I’m enjoying Tottenham. I think in one year we had a great path together with the club, the players and the fans. I’m enjoying every single moment with my adventure in Tottenham.
“I discovered a modern club, with fantastic training ground, amazing stadium, the passion of our fans and at the same time also the demands of our fans. Yeah, I continue to enjoy every day to stay here, to work here for this club.”
Bryan Gil made another strong impression from the bench in midweek but is yet to play in the Premier League this season.
The Spain international was likened to Bernardo Silva by his manager, who has used the attacker three times as a substitute in the Champions League.
“Bryan Gil is a player
that I always said to you is a really good prospect but physically is not so strong,” Conte said.
“I believe in him, otherwise I don’t risk playing him in the Champions League.
“But I try to find the right moments when he can be useful for the situation we’re facing at that moment.
“I’m sure about Gil’s future because we’re talking about a player who sees football. When I ask him something in the training session, he understands quickly and also his desire is to become an important player.
“If I have to compare him with someone I can see him like Bernardo Silva at ( Manchester) City in his structure.
“But, for me, at this moment Silva is physically stronger than him but we are talking about this type of player.”