00:00You started the game with such a fast, strong tempo.
00:03The first 20 minutes seemed fantastic.
00:06Why didn't that translate into golf?
00:11I'm honest.
00:12I'm always honest with you, no?
00:15Because when we play bad, I say we played very bad,
00:21but when I come in press conference,
00:2699%, I'm honest, like with the players, like with the club.
00:30I said we started this season late,
00:34for many, many reasons, but too late.
00:37Many players for the World Cup,
00:39many problems, injuries in Australia,
00:44Mateus Fernandes, Mickie van de Ven, Dominique Solancki,
00:48for not our responsibility or our club's responsibility,
00:54but we brought two players late, Savio and Marmouche,
01:04and I started to work with this group,
01:08not last Thursday, two Thursday ago.
01:12So I think we have not the right physical condition yet.
01:22and I think we played very well the first 30 minutes,
01:26and then maybe the energy.
01:28Maybe the fact we didn't score,
01:31maybe we lost in some players a little confidence.
01:36We have to be not positive, but realistic.
01:40If we extend that part of the game, 30 minutes,
01:44in 17, 60, 80, 90,
01:47for my opinion, for my belief,
01:53we're going to win many games.
01:55We have to improve in the last third of the pitch, for sure,
02:00the last decision, the last pass.
02:04We have to shoot more times,
02:07especially when we have space and time to do,
02:11we have to do with the right spirit.
02:22But I can't say nothing bad,
02:26because I know how the players are working very well.
02:30I think we are in the right way.
02:32It's tough to explain,
02:34because four games without goals is tough to accept.
02:38We are sorry for the fans,
02:40but the fans, they went today behind the players.
02:44When the players, in the first 30 minutes,
02:47they played very well,
02:48it was a hot, hot stadium.
02:51And then, like me, like every fan of Tottenham
02:56or the people inside of the club,
03:02we were sad,
03:06because 75 times in the goal area
03:11and not shoot enough to explain
03:15the quality of the play we did,
03:18also in the second half.
03:20Also in the second half,
03:21because I watched many, many, many games,
03:23winning teams creating less than us in the second half.
03:29But what is the problem?
03:31The problem is the goal.
03:33And the real problem,
03:35the most important problem,
03:36is the players have to be focused
03:39on the first 30 minutes
03:41and on the improvement we can do
03:45and we have to do.
03:46Not about the media, social media,
03:49not about the journalists,
03:51because today, if we would have won today,
03:58now we stayed in a different way,
04:01with a smile,
04:02great first half,
04:04great spirit in the second half,
04:06great, great, great,
04:08but the result changes the opinion.
04:13My opinion? No,
04:14because I'm a coach,
04:17I'm not a journalist,
04:18I'm not a fan.
04:20I saw you after the final whistle,
04:22going over to Matisse Tell,
04:23it looks like you were kind of coaching him.
04:25What were you saying?
04:26Yes, I coached him on the pitch.
04:27Yeah.
04:28What did you understand?
04:29What did you understand?
04:30Just trying to work it out.
04:31The body shape is a striker,
04:33the striker can't play
04:35with the shoulder on the goal.
04:38If we are playing with
04:42Madison, Kudus and Savinho,
04:44he has to play like as a striker.
04:46And the striker have to look the goal,
04:50no?
04:51Or on the cross of Robertson.
04:56He has to stay inside,
04:57because he started as a striker.
05:00Now he's playing as a winger,
05:02but he started in his career as a striker.
05:09But I love Matisse as a player,
05:14as a guy,
05:15there is not a problem.
05:18Roberto, you talk about confidence,
05:20the confidence of the players being an issue.
05:22How much of the fact that they haven't scored
05:25is starting to play on their minds?
05:27Yeah, yeah.
05:28I think there's a word in Italian
05:30that he knows.
05:31If we don't block ourselves...
05:32There's a word in Italian
05:34that literally translates
05:35if we don't block ourselves...
05:39I think the team is extremely strong.
05:41I think the team is extremely strong.
05:45And we can score goals
05:48and we can win games.
05:50And then we have to respect
05:51the history of the players in their career.
06:00Forget Solanki or Marmouche,
06:04the other players,
06:04they didn't score many, many games,
06:07many, many goals in their career.
06:09And we have to find these goals.
06:12I think we can find the goals
06:14with the quality of the play,
06:16with the full-back,
06:18because we have great full-backs.
06:21Robertson today played very well.
06:26I don't know if we believe on the cross
06:29and we prepare the game exactly in that way.
06:38Sorry, when you say unblock ourselves,
06:40this Italian word,
06:42do you mean like a mental block?
06:43You've got to try and...
06:44A mental block,
06:45because for games,
06:48no...
06:48any win,
06:50any goal scored,
06:52it's tough also for the players,
06:53because they are human and they are very good guys.
07:01And I ask them to follow me.
07:05Because if the last season I was positive,
07:10I can't understand why I have not been the same this season.
07:19In Italy, for example,
07:21now I should be the best coach,
07:24no?
07:25Two games,
07:27too clean shit.
07:28Huh?
07:29Or no?
07:31The Gazzetta of Sport.
07:33Yes or no?
07:33Too clean shit.
07:35Tomorrow what do you write?
07:38Clean shit or no goal?
07:40Explain me what you want to...
07:41You have the passport or Italian or...?
07:45Whatever right is different from what you have different right.
07:48Ah.
07:49Oh yeah, you're right.
07:51I'm right.
07:53Yes.
07:56You said you're late,
07:57but you're very late now.
07:59It's five games in,
08:00you know,
08:00I guess some people will say it sounds a bit like excuses,
08:03you know, pre-season,
08:04World Cup,
08:05new signings,
08:06lots of clubs have the same thing.
08:19First of all,
08:20four games,
08:22not five.
08:23We didn't play a game with Aston Villa,
08:26after Aston Villa,
08:27we played five games.
08:29With the Cup as well five?
08:30Yes, but 5-0.
08:315-1.
08:32And we scored five goals with Charlton.
08:36Because Charlton,
08:37we won,
08:38scoring five goals.
08:40So,
08:41we speak about the Premier League,
08:43four games.
08:44I think the people,
08:48and the fans,
08:49I think they already understood
08:51if I take excuse or not.
08:56I,
08:57I came last season when the shit was like this,
09:02you know,
09:03the shit.
09:04I repeat the,
09:05and,
09:06and,
09:07I always been,
09:10not positive,
09:11but realistic.
09:14Now,
09:15I explained,
09:19I'm sorry for the results,
09:22but,
09:25it's not,
09:28immediately,
09:29not the improvement,
09:30not the,
09:31immediately,
09:34to make a team.
09:36Today,
09:36we played as a team.
09:38We didn't score,
09:39we didn't win,
09:39but,
09:40but today,
09:41and Nottingham,
09:42I think we played,
09:43as a team.
09:46And,
09:46I can't,
09:47I can't say,
09:48nothing,
09:49as a attitude,
09:51as a behavior of the player,
09:52no, no.
09:53I said to stay calm,
09:55maybe,
09:55to don't lose,
09:57the confidence,
09:59because we are not scoring,
10:01we are not winning.
10:02Stay calm,
10:03improve,
10:04work,
10:07hard,
10:07and,
10:09and,
10:10individually,
10:11try to understand,
10:13where is the improvement.
10:15Now,
10:16I spoke with Matisse Tell,
10:18immediately,
10:19after,
10:20just,
10:21at the end of the game,
10:23to explain,
10:24what,
10:24what,
10:25was,
10:26his,
10:29position today.
10:34how far away are Tottenham from being at their best,
10:38physically,
10:39do you think?
10:46I don't know,
10:49now we play,
10:51Tuesday,
10:52in Liverpool,
10:54and we play with,
10:58all other players,
10:59players,
11:00but,
11:01it will be,
11:01a,
11:03very important game for us,
11:06we can improve,
11:07playing the games,
11:09we can improve,
11:09working harder,
11:11during the week,
11:13I don't know,
11:15I think,
11:16Rodrigo Betancourt,
11:17he came,
11:19late,
11:20after work-up,
11:22and,
11:23is a crucial for us,
11:25and I didn't want to,
11:26to change,
11:27him today,
11:28but,
11:28I,
11:29I thought,
11:33maybe,
11:33he finished,
11:34the,
11:34the energy,
11:36in that moment of the game.
11:38Sandro Tonari,
11:39for example,
11:39played better in the second half,
11:42Robertson,
11:43JP Van Eycke,
11:46they stayed,
11:47directly,
11:48in,
11:49for the first period,
11:50of the pre-season,
11:53and,
11:53Mickey Van de Ven,
11:54suffered an injury in Australia,
11:55Domi,
11:57Domi Solanke,
11:59the same,
12:00Madison,
12:01the same,
12:01Savinho and Marmouche,
12:03they came,
12:03ten days ago,
12:05and,
12:06Matheus Fernandez,
12:08suffered an injury in Australia,
12:10he lost,
12:11fifteen,
12:12days,
12:13and he's not so,
12:17so,
12:18quick.
12:21Okay,
12:22thank you.
12:27What's the Italian word?
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