Ange Postecoglou points out that Guglielmo Vicario’s handball incident should not be considered a big turning point as it was not the denial of an obvious goalscoring opportunity.
Vicario’s moment of madness
While Vicario pulled off a couple of fantastic saves against Brentford, he also had a couple of poor lapses in concentration that almost cost his side.
One of those came in the second half with his side 2-1 up, with the goalkeeper coming out to intercept a long ball at the edge of the box.
His momentum then carried him outside the box, with the 27-year-old panicking and appearing to touch the ball with his hands just outside the area to take it away from a Brentford player.
VAR did not intervene and it has since been explained that they couldn’t do so since the incident was not considered a clear and obvious error leading to a red card (The Sun).
Postecoglou responds to Vicario handball
When quizzed about whether the decision was a turning point, Postecoglou has sarcastically joked that his side were lucky to get the win against the Bees.
When asked what he made of the handball incident, the Tottenham boss said (via Fox Sports): “I saw exactly what you saw.
“If it wasn’t an obvious goalscoring opportunity which means even if he’d been penalised it would’ve been a free kick and that’s a big turning point? I guess we were lucky to get the result.”
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While Vicario did get away with one there, Ange is right in saying that it was not an obvious goalscoring opportunity and the goalkeeper would have only got a yellow card, given how far away from goal the incident was and the fact that there were others covering behind him.
Guglielmo Vicario believes that Tottenham’s current style of play will lead the club to success over the long term, calling on his teammates to stick together and continue believing in the approach.
Can Tottenham’s style actually bring success?
There has been a lot said and written about Spurs’ style and whether it can bring them success at this level.
The one thing that is clear is that Ange Postecoglou will not change his principles, with the Australian having a deep-seated belief that this is the best way to bring success to the club.
Vicario too believes that the Lilywhites have not got the just rewards that their performances have deserved this season and called on his teammates to ‘believe more and more’ in the approach.
Vicario calls on his teammates to stick together
He said (Sky Italia via TuttoMercatoWeb): “If we look at the results, which is what catches the eye the most and what people look at, it’s normal to say that we haven’t started as we expected, but I can say with certainty that we collected less than we deserved.
“What we expressed is noteworthy, probably in key moments we were not so bad and determined as to make the wind turn in our direction and that is the problem and the explanation why we have few points.
“However, there are certainties on which we can rely, we must never lose them along the way and one of these is having our own identity, which must give us the strength to believe more than before in what football can be played in the next matches.”
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