The Antonio Conte era at Tottenham Hotspur is finally over.
Spurs have confirmed that they have now parted ways with the Italian head coach little over a year-and-a-half after he joined the club.
Conte was not expected to extend his stay at Tottenham beyond the summer, but after such a dismal run of results and performances, chairman Daniel Levy decided to cut the cord immediately.
While there were certainly highs for Conte’s Spurs, there were also terrifying lows. Here are the very worst moments of his tenure in north London.
The answer is no. You could be the biggest Football Manager nerd out there, you could even live in Slovenia – you did not know who NS Mura were until they beat Tottenham.
As Spurs were forced to forfeit the final game of the group stage due to a coronavirus outbreak, a 2-1 loss in Maribor effectively eliminated them the UEFA Europa Conference League – a competition they had a great chance of winning.
The Tottenham-Chelsea rivalry has become particularly one-sided in recent years, with the Blues consistently compounding Spurs’ misery.
Conte was given a great chance to get one over his former side when the two were drawn together in the semi-finals of the 2021/22 Carabao Cup, meaning Tottenham and Chelsea would meet three times in as many weeks.
Spurs lost all three, failing to score in any of their meetings.
With Tottenham out of Europe and falling to Chelsea in the Carabao Cup, their only hope of winning silverware in 2021/22 came in the FA Cup.
They were given a rather favourable draw away at Championship side Middlesbrough in round five. But despite playing their strongest team, Spurs were beaten 1-0 after extra-time.
Maybe it was for the best as they would have played Chelsea in the quarter-finals.
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The writers of Groundhog Day wouldn’t be allowed to get away with this narrative.
This season, Spurs were again drawn away at a Championship outfit in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Conte – at this point managing from Italy following gallbladder surgery – and his coaching team selected a weakened XI and were duly punished, again being dumped out following a 1-0 loss. A home tie with Blackburn Rovers awaited them in the quarter-finals.
Tottenham’s trophy drought goes on.
The moment that Conte…
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