The Tottenham manager says UEFA has treated his side unjustly for their Europa Conference League absence against Rennes.
Tottenham were not able to play against Rennes in their last group stage game of the Europa Conference League. The team suffered a COVID-19 outbreak, which postponed several of their league games too.
However, on Monday, UEFA announced Tottenham have forfeited their match against Rennes, eliminating them from the competition.
Ahead of his side’s next Carabao Cup match against West Ham, Tottenham boss Antonio Conte has spoken about the verdict.
“For sure this is an incredible decision,”Β the Italian said (via SPORTbible).
“This decision is not fair. Because all the world know that we are facing a big problem like Covid.
“We didn’t play because we had many players with Covid and the government decided to stop our training session, to stop our training centre and honestly, for me, for the players, for the club, for our fans, it’s incredible the decision that UEFA wanted to take.“
He added: “It’s unfair, for sure.
“We deserved to play the qualification on the pitch. Not in this way.
“I’m very disappointed for the UEFA decision and I don’t understand. I hope that in the future, in the next step, something can change.
“We deserved to play. It’s not our fault.
“UEFA have taken this decision but there is another step to confirm or not this incredible decision.”
Tottenham held Liverpool to a 2-2 draw as they displayed a much-improved performance on Sunday. Following the West Ham game, the Spurs will continue their league campaign with a match against Crystal Palace this weekend.
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