00:01Hi Igor, I know Spurs are out, but were you very happy with that performance?
00:05The fans have gone home very happy tonight, what's your thoughts?
00:08That's nice, the sensation and feeling are mixed, of course, we are out,
00:15but in the same way as you said, it was a sensation of one very good team on the pitch,
00:22one very good performance of the players, energy as you said before,
00:30it was really nice, from the first moment they recognised that the team will try to do everything they can
00:37do,
00:38so from the first moment until the last moment they were with us, beautiful, thanks.
00:44I don't like to talk about individuals, but I have to tonight.
00:47Archie Gray, what a performance, what did you make of him?
00:51I agree, he's a guy, you know the positions he plays everywhere,
00:55so probably this position in the middle is, I believe, the best one for him,
01:03but he's playing continually in the right way, in a good way,
01:09it's a mix of quality physically and mentally,
01:15to choose to always do the right choices and be humble and have legs to do,
01:20so he needs to continue this, he's still young,
01:23so every day he needs to be in a new confirmation.
01:27Together with Pape, I see them very well, there is a quality in these two players,
01:31they make the last two games, they really make the difference,
01:35but also I think others, Xavi was very good, happy for him,
01:39he showed the talent, it was not easy, you know, to play there in the middle,
01:43where it's always difficult, in the front, Matis also, the different teams,
01:47Kolo as well, behind, so it was a sensation that even we can make it,
01:54when there was a foul on Xavi, the referee didn't give us a foul,
01:59that little bit changed the game, but as I said before,
02:05we take a good direction as a team and we need to continue.
02:11That attacking movement that was there tonight, you've created a lot of chances,
02:15what's clicked now, what do you feel, they feel like they're confident
02:17they can score goals again, your team?
02:19Yeah, you get work, you work, you work, you work,
02:22and then there is a game who shows what we work,
02:28the players, what was the key, they believed that we can pass,
02:32so they really believed that was the key, after 1-0 more,
02:37unfortunately what I said happened in that goal, but OK,
02:41as I said before, the performance in this moment where we are,
02:47it's very important that it happened, this kind of performance,
02:50three days after Liverpool.
02:53Obviously you had other chances to score that you could have done,
02:55but how important was that Atletico first goal and the foul on Xavi?
03:00Yeah, for me it was the key, it was obviously a foul on there,
03:04but OK, this is how is it?
03:08Hi, Igor. It was obviously a difficult first few results for you,
03:12but you worked a lot with the team, do you feel like you're starting to see
03:15the sort of fruits of your labours now with the way the team are playing?
03:18Of course, the last two games we improved, but as I said,
03:24the two games before, it's not impossible to judge these two games,
03:30because what happened in the first 20 minutes is Madrid,
03:34there is nothing about coach, team, tactics, training, there is nothing about.
03:39I believe Crystal Palace game before, we had 1-0, totally control of the game,
03:45red card as well, nothing about, you know.
03:52But in football, you know, you need to confirmation every day,
03:56every day, every day, every Sunday, so there is no Sunday important game as we know,
04:01but it will not decide nothing yet.
04:04As I said before, it will decide everything the last two, three games, I believe.
04:09We know that Tottenham won't be in Europe next season,
04:13from the way the league table is,
04:14so this could be the last European fixture for a while,
04:16but looking at the quality that your team showed today
04:19and the players in the squad,
04:21do you have confidence that it won't be that long before Tottenham are back in Europe?
04:26No, it should be next year, no.
04:28A year after that, they can go again, why not?
04:35Winning this trophy last season gave confidence to the players for sure,
04:39so they feel like the European competition, no,
04:43because as you know it's totally different if you have this experience
04:48in the European competition with a lot of players who win that,
04:53so this gave you more confidence when you play these European competition games,
04:58so we saw this even today, you know, when you win,
05:01when are you UEFA Cup winner and you come to play today,
05:07you feel strong.
05:09So they show this in the pitch from the first moment,
05:12so after seeing today there is even more question about the first game,
05:23if it didn't happen that would happen,
05:25I believe we have a good chance to pass against Atletico Madrid,
05:31even I need to repeat that today we have again 11 players and on the bench just one player.
05:40One player is Danso, so on the bench and all three players, Bergwal, Udoji and Connor,
05:47the doctor said they can play at least maximum 20-25 minutes.
05:53So you have only Danso as a substitute, you play against 11 plus Danso in this kind of game,
05:59and I don't count these two young players.
06:02So imagine the situation, imagine the value of this victory here,
06:05so you need to make a programmation of substitute,
06:09what happens if someone is out, you don't have midfiller,
06:13how we can deal with Bergwal, with Connor, you know,
06:16so it's a really particular moment,
06:20but you know how he's here in Tottenham better than me with these kind of injuries.
06:24So the value of this performance is even bigger because of these things.
06:31Igor, it's felt like losing has become a habit for this team for such a long time,
06:37how important was it for the team to feel that feeling of winning again before Sunday's game?
06:41Yeah, I agree, I agree it was important, that's why I was angry about the counter-attack
06:46last minute, we go with nine, I get a little bit angry there because,
06:51OK, when it's last minute at least you wanted to take this,
06:54but I understand the players, you know, they wanted to score a goal,
06:59but it was nice in the end to at least take the victory, you know,
07:03what you said, important also for a little bit of morale, yeah.
07:07And I know that it's more about sort of fighting and belief than systems and tactics,
07:12but it feels like you've kind of landed on the 4-4-2 system that seems to suit the players
07:16and has got these two good results.
07:19We will see, we will see.
07:22It's more and more other things than systems, of course,
07:26but especially in this moment the system is a mentality.
07:30OK, thank you very much.
07:32Thank you, guys, thank you.
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