Follow usRicharlion has lashed out at manager Antonio Conte for benching him during Tottenham Hotspur’s hapless performance on Wednesday night, which saw them lose 1-0 to AC Milan on aggregate.
The Brazilian striker was left bewildered at the Italian manager’s decision to drop him out of the first team.
The 25-year-old did come on as a substitute in the 70th minute, but was unable to make an impact.
‘That’s what I didn’t understand, too (being a substitute). It was going well, in a good sequence, two wins against West Ham and Chelsea.” told Richarlison ESPN Brazil
“Suddenly, he (Cristian Stellini) put me on the bench, against Wolverhampton he put me on for five minutes. I asked why? They didn’t tell me anything.”
“And, yesterday, they asked me to take a test at the gym, that if I was good I would go to the game and, at the time of the game, they left me on the bench. These are things that it is not possible to understand.”
“‘Let’s see what he (Conte) will say tomorrow, but there are no fools here either, I’m a professional, I work every day and I want to play. There are minutes left, time left.”
The Brazilian striker is having a miserable first season at Spurs with only 2 goals in all competitions and has appeared as a first choice in only 12 of the 25 games in the Premier League.
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