The start was good… ‘Tottenham’s Morinho’ undressed after 17 months

14th place → 6th place as a team during the 2019~2020 season

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After the game, coach Jose Mourinho encourages players such as Son Heung-min (right). /EPA Yonhap News

Tottenham, the team of Son Heung-min, broke up with manager Jose Mourinho. It’s been 17 months since I was appointed a manager.

On the 19th (Korean time), Tottenham announced on the club’s website that he was sterning coach Jose Mourinho and his coaching staff Joao Sacramento, Nunu Santos, Carlos Ralin and Giovanni Chera.

President Daniel Levy and Tottenham said, “Mourinho and his coaches have been with the club in the most difficult times. We thank them for their dedication.” I am sorry for the point,” he said. For the time being, according to the club, the team will be led by coach Ryan Mason as acting coach.

After coaching at Chelsea and Manchester United in England, Inter Milan in Italy, and Real Madrid in Spain, coach Morinho appeared as a “salvation pitcher” to save Tottenham, who fell to 14th place in the English Premier League (EPL) in November 2019. did. As expected, in the first season, he raised the team to sixth place.

However, this season, he was criticized for his performance that did not meet expectations. Tottenham, who led the league at the beginning of the season, is currently in the 7th place in the EPL (50, 14 wins, 8 draws, 10 losses). Last month, he was caught by Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia) in the final 16 of the Europa League of the European Football Federation (UEFA) and was eliminated early.

In the process of demanding active defense from Son Heung-min at the beginning of his appointment, Morinyu caused a’wing-back controversy’, and recently, he pointed out the scene where he passed instead of shooting inside the penalty box, expressing regret directly.

/ Reporter Yang Joon-ho [email protected]

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