Hitting 11 and 10, but only ending 1-1, Spurs pressed the forward pause button and were forced to draw by Southampton in the second game of the Premier League in 48 hours. Conte couldn't do anything about it either, spurs again showed the lack of depth on the bench in the Premier League Christmas Devils schedule, and when the team needed to score, Conte had no striker in his hands to change. This big trouble can only be solved by Chairman Levi.
In this game, Conte rotated three players, ali winks played at the same time, but the team formation was still 343, and Alli directly replaced Lucas Jr. as a right winger. After the opening, Southampton's high pressing was quite good, and Hasenhuttel's side once overwhelmed Tottenham Hotspur beyond half-time. Alli is in the right wing position, and he does not dare to fight slowly, coupled with the right winger Emerson does not dare to assist, so Tottenham is very passive.
Winks also made frequent mistakes as Southampton desperately fought with his body, and Wardpleus's goal was also related to his misalignment in the out-of-bounds defense. However, in the first half, Winks also showed his ability to pass the ball, and the straight ball sent to Son Heung-min caused the opponent to receive a red card, and Spurs equalized with Kane's goal.
On a 11-to-10 match, Spurs formed a siege, but Conte replaced Reguilon with a yellow card with a yellow card with Doherty, which also led to the team's left side of the attack was not smooth, unable to open up the space of the field. But what is even more fatal is the problem that the depth of Tottenham's bench is too thin, so that Spurs cannot tear apart the opponent's iron barrel formation when besieging. The lack of a core of forward organisation like Eriksen's back allowed Spurs to have the ball but were unable to form a fatal final pass.
And when a simple cross was needed to grab the point at the end, Spurs didn't have a substitute center to replace. Because of the 20 teams in the Premier League, only one forward team is Tottenham, Kane has no substitutes, and even Berwin, who can play as a guest center, has not been included in the roster, so he can only rely on wing-back Doherty to frequently rush into the box to compete for a header.
The 1-1 personnel shortage reflected in this 1-1 is something that Conte cannot solve through tactics and substitutions. It can only rely on Levi's shots, such as sending away Ndombelelo Serso, who spent nearly 120 million yuan in the summer of 19 years, sending away Ali, who cannot continue to perform in highlights, buying a substitute for Kane, and buying a left centre-back and a forward or right wing-back, so that Spurs can maintain enough rotation in multi-line operations to ensure that the rotation is also competitive.
Otherwise, if you look at the final stage of the second half, Son Xingyu is too tired to take off fully, and Lucas Jr. can't run around without the ball everywhere. Levi has long seen these things, but he is not willing to spend money to buy people, what is the way? No wonder Conte scratched his head on the sidelines.