Domenico Tedesco defends much-discussed tactical selections and confirms: “I wish to proceed with Belgium”

Gambled and misplaced. Domenico Tedesco got here up with a shocking strategy in opposition to France, however didn’t see it money in in 1 / 4 last. That his future with the Purple Devils is being questioned by some? “I wish to proceed with Belgium, however it’s not the time to speak about me.”

“It is a massive disappointment,” opened a dejected Domenico Tedesco. “We had a number of religion on this match. In case you look carefully, we did not danger a lot and we managed a number of conditions.”

The nationwide coach burdened that he supported the chosen strategy.

“You possibly can have completely different plans with optimistic issues and unfavourable issues. In soccer you by no means know upfront what’s going to occur. If we selected to place a number of stress, they’d get area within the again. Now we managed them very properly. Within the first half they often got here out, however not typically.”

Tedesco additionally shared within the ache of report worldwide Vertonghen.

“We did not say a lot to one another. Jan is an excellent individual and participant, an unimaginable character, I really feel very sorry for him. It is unhealthy to concede a aim like that. He would not deserve that.”

Encouragement for Lukaku

In lots of evaluation studios, Tedesco was instantly below hearth after the sport. “You recognize that whenever you signal a contract,” the German shrugged.

“Such feelings are there once we lose. I can solely say that I’ve a number of confidence on this group and that the consequence and the best way we performed are various things. It’s a disgrace that we solely scored twice from all the probabilities we created.”

“In some areas we are able to do higher, in some areas it was good. I wish to transfer on, nevertheless it’s not the time to speak about me. It is about Belgium, not about me. I care concerning the group and about Jan Vertonghen. It is actually not about me.”

Usually, Romelu Lukaku would have been on the high of the scorer’s chart.

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After the person interviews, Tedesco additionally joined the press convention. There the coach was not very talkative – questions concerning the techniques had been at all times answered with the phrase “that it’s troublesome to enter element now and that the evaluation will probably be made later”.

Tedesco was requested why he left a struggling Lukaku on the sector for the complete match.

“Now we have nice confidence in Romelu. He has proven prior to now that he can take a group to a different stage. There have been many causes to maintain Romelu on the pitch.”

“However I do know the place that query comes from – it was not a straightforward choice. Romelu had a troublesome match. Usually he was on the high of the scorer’s desk, now he began the match with 0 targets.”

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