What attracted you to Tottenham this summer to coach?
Tottenham is a big club and joining Tottenham is a great challenge and I am very excited about it. The team is excellent, the players have great potential, and I am looking forward to this season. I was naturally into this new role, of course, I knew there was a difference between coaching Brentford and coaching Tottenham, and we were likely to take the initiative in more games, which means that all stages of the game and the principles of how I approach the game need to be adjusted.
Obviously, over the past few years, this Tottenham has been playing very offensively and focusing on ball possession. There are great advantages in this regard. I want to do better on this basis, and to maintain our offensive football throughout the game while adding more balance and being able to defend better.
What is your football style?
I am a down-to-earth person, and I am an ordinary person who loves football. As a coach, I want to say that I pay great attention to details and I have mastered all the details and principles of each stage of the game and various situations. In recent years, I have learned how to play, but I have also been constantly inspired by new ideas. I like offense, but I am also very pragmatic and know that the team needs defense, too. In most games, you have half the time on defense, so that's also important.
Tottenham won the UEFA Cup last season, which was a wonderful experience for the team and the club. We have won this important trophy in the European war, and we need to continue to work hard on this basis, and we want to win the trophy again. What I want to say is that we need to fight better on multiple lines instead of just being good in one event, and that’s the biggest challenge. I have no doubt that we can show competitiveness in the competition, but we need to do it in four different events at the same time.
Please talk about the European Super Cup we will be in the final again, which is great, and hopefully we can take advantage of the experience we have gained in the last final against Manchester United. Paris Saint-Germain is the best team in Europe, they won the triple-champ last season and they are very strong in 11 starting positions. This is a huge challenge, but we believe in ourselves. We only have one goal in the final, and that is to work hard to win the trophy. We don't think it's a Test match, we think it's two great teams against each other and we want to win.
You will coach the team to participate in the Champions League for the first time in the new season
I am looking forward to it and am very excited about it. The Champions League brings extra focus and extra emotion, which is what we need to go through. But I have great people around me to help and I'm pretty sure we've done some good work to make sure we can do our best to perform well. Our goal is always to advance to the Champions League knockout stage, but there are also 8 games in the league stage, and we have to play one by one.
Tottenham need a captain as the leader
I want to say that the most important characteristic of a leader is that he needs to have good values and be good at communication, because if you can communicate well, you can guide the whole team in the direction you want. I want a captain who can unite the whole team and meet the standards, so if the captain is not the one who trains the hardest, he must be one of the hardest people. In addition, I hope he gets along well with everyone on the team.
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