Conte: Tottenham's rebuilding will take time and there is a big gap between us and the top teams

In the semi-final of the English League Cup that ended in the early hours of this morning, Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0, and after the game Conte was interviewed by a reporter from the London Football Network.

About the game

As I said in my pre-match press conference, such a game can make us clearly understand the gap between us and a top team like Chelsea, who played a lot better than us in today's game. Of course, you will definitely be disappointed by such a result, but on the other hand, you can also clearly see the difference between the two teams. I know this very well, we need to improve in many ways, but we need to be patient with that. Honestly, I think Tottenham's level has dropped a lot over the last few years and now we have to rebuild and that process requires enough patience. We also need to know something about today's situation at Tottenham, especially for fans, and tottenham's problems are not a simple one. We need to continue to be competitive in the league now, but the current situation is that we are in a mid-range position in the league.

About conceding goals

I was disappointed in the way we conceded the ball. The first goal conceded came too quickly and it made the game more difficult for us. The second goal conceded was a bit unlucky, but that was football. We are also trying to improve ourselves, to make as few mistakes as possible in the game, not to have some stupid way of conceding goals. But I think these are all things that we have to face as we continue to improve. I want to repeat, in the games I've been playing in since I've been coaching, we've been struggling, every game is like that and we have to be clear about that. This season, it's difficult to get three points, we have to do our best in every game, and it's also inseparable from the support of the fans. But I hope the fans will also understand the current situation of the team, the team will take time to rebuild. We're going to keep working on it in the future because we still have a lot of work to do.

About reinforcements

Rebuilding is not something that can be solved by reinforcements alone, there is a lot of work to be done, it is not an easy task to recruit in the winter window, and you may not be able to buy the players you want. I think we should focus on trying to improve ourselves and of course if there is an opportunity to buy the right players, I believe the club will do something about it. But I don't think Tottenham's current problem can be solved by buying players, the first problem we have now is to improve ourselves, and the idea of just buying one or two players to solve the problem at hand is wrong.

About the future of Tottenham

Reconstruction takes time, it's not just a one-sided problem. If you want to keep a high level, you can look at Chelsea, who won the Champions League last season, but this season they have also invested a lot of money to improve the strength of the team, and I think that's enough to understand the difference between us and them. But now, what we may need more is time. Believe me, we need time to get back to where we were before, you can get back to that in 6 months or 1 year, but I have a little bit of experience to tell you that we need to stay united and try to provide a good environment for Tottenham's rebuilding. We should be accurate about our current positioning, we are now in the middle of the team.

in Ralph