Antonio Conte, winning gene

Anthony Conte He is a coach with a lot of international prestige, recognized worldwide as one of the technicians who ensure your success.

The reason he is so highly regarded is that wherever he goes he plays ”metal,” he always wins titles or comes close to doing so. So he is Tottenham bet on him. He was selected for the London team to rise to the next level. This is a marriage condemned to understand each other. Spurs want to be champions in some competition and Conte knows the way to do it.

From the outset, the Italian coach made it clear that trophies are not won overnight, but the foundations for achieving them can be laid day by day. That was the first objective when he took office, to change the mentality of his footballers. It’s good to win to get to the top, but winning to get to the top is even better.

In this sense, the first requirement is to set a medium-long-term goal: enter the Champions. Along with this method it is important to establish a style, to know what is played, but what will be decided is the achievement of the goal or not. Antonio strongly emphasized that sometimes it is necessary to think more about the what than the how. It is necessary to enter the Champions League in any way. And they got it. The goal was accomplished. First phase completed successfully.

Entering the Champions, as if it were a video game, allowed to go to next stage: go for the metal. In that quest, the reinforcements of the transfer market are basic. There the coach is clear about the needs of the squad. On the one hand, the signings of a similar level to the best players in the team. On the other hand, footballers who add to the wardrobe.

The signing of Richarlison It’s a punch on the table, a way of saying that this year Tottenham are serious. Now the possible damages of Son or Kane they are serious, but not as decisive as before. That’s the goal. Increase the quality of the squad, add top players and win variety. If one day Kane or Son don’t appear, Richarlison, Kulusevski or Perisic will appear. Players who don’t lower the team’s level too much.

Antonio’s reflection at a press conference made his thoughts clear: ”Squads of 13-16 players win games. Squads of 16-20 players win championships. Until now we have followed a path, but something has changed in our ambition and it should be noted. Clear and concise. You don’t hang out with girls. Having a quality template has all the advantages. The competition increases, the load of minutes of each player can be better managed and one or the other can play depending on the rival. Group enrichment is one of the keys to success.

This season, Tottenham is third, 4 points behind the leader. In the Champions League he is first in the group and favorite to finish in that position. The results are close to the goals. Some goals have minimums, but not maximums. Game by game, following the ‘cholista’ steps which is a trend in football.

The future is unpredictable and Tottenham have both competition and ambition. Win or lose, the mentality has changed. Before, defeat meant a hard stick, entering a bad dynamic and everything was built to discourage. Nowadays, defeat is part of learning to achieve glory. If you fall one day, you get up the next. Success brings you closer to success and failure reminds you of what you never want to have again: failure.

Antonio Conte, winning mentality. Winning gene.