Just when you're starting to enjoy Tottenham Hotspur again so an international break comes along to spoil everything.
Spurs had finally broken the win-loss-win-loss pattern that had seeped through much of 2022 when international football decided 'nah, you're alright lads, I'll stop that momentum right there thank you very much'. Antonio Conte did not want the pause in the Premier League to arrive at all.
"Honestly it’s a pity to have the international break because in this moment we are in good form, in a good moment about the results, the performance, but I know very well there is an international break and with the players that have to go with the national team we will see them after nine days, ten days but with the others we prepared two different situations of rest," he said. "Before two days to rest and then to work and then another two days to rest and start work again, but for sure we want to try to exploit this period for those not going with their international teams to try to continue to improve on the technical and tactical aspects."
