{"id":8544,"date":"2022-02-05T18:02:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T23:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/05\/antonio-conte-explains-heung-min-sons-early-spurs-substitution-vs-brighton\/"},"modified":"2022-02-05T18:02:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T23:02:35","slug":"antonio-conte-explains-heung-min-sons-early-spurs-substitution-vs-brighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/05\/antonio-conte-explains-heung-min-sons-early-spurs-substitution-vs-brighton\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonio Conte explains Heung-min Son\u2019s early Spurs substitution vs Brighton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham Hotspur boss Antonio Conte has provided an explanation for his decision to haul star attacker Heung-min Son off prematurely during the club\u2019s meeting with Brighton &amp; Hove Albion.<\/p>\n<p>South Korean international Son was handed a starting berth this evening, as Spurs welcomed Graham Potter\u2019s Brighton to north London for an FA Cup 4th-round clash.<\/p>\n<p>And the gifted wide-man went on to impress, looking lively throughout, and even setting up strike partner Harry Kane\u2019s 2nd of the game courtesy of a trademark surging run through the heart of the Seagulls\u2019 backline:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The run from Son! \u26a1\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s back.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpursOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpursOfficial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EmiratesFACup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EmiratesFACup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AjghQCcdqX\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/AjghQCcdqX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmiratesFACup\/status\/1490075170119163905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Son, though, as alluded to above, was pulled from proceedings by boss Antonio Conte with 20+ minutes remaining in proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in his post-match press conference, Conte was therefore inevitably drawn on the reasoning behind his call.<\/p>\n<p>And the Italian went on to cite Son\u2019s recent spell on the sidelines as key, with Spurs\u2019 head coach having evidently been wary of the possibility of his star attacker suffering a relapse if overworked:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Conte on Son: \u201cSonny is an important player for us, he\u2019s decisive. He knew I wanted to give him 65-70 mins because when you come back from a serious injury, I prefer to manage Son and also Romero.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/THFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#THFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Eccleshare (@CDEccleshare) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDEccleshare\/status\/1490086147611107330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Kane at the double<\/h2>\n<p>Son\u2019s withdrawal prior to the 70th-minute, though, ultimately had little impact on the final scoreline at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with Conte and co., owing to a solid all-round display, having eventually emerged on the right side of a 3-1 scoreline.<\/p>\n<p>The aforementioned Harry Kane proved the star of the show, bagging a brace either side of the interval, with under-fire right-wing-back Emerson Royal having also managed to find the net (courtesy of a hefty deflection), to guide Tottenham to an altogether deserved spot in the FA Cup\u2019s Last-16.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HKane?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HKane<\/a> double that included a rocket of a strike saw <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpursOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpursOfficial<\/a> into the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EmiratesFACup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EmiratesFACup<\/a> fifth round ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EmiratesFACup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EmiratesFACup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oi9kRDt5Ku\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/oi9kRDt5Ku<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmiratesFACup\/status\/1490086261050286085?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/antonio-contes-lofty-tottenham-ambition\/\">Antonio Conte\u2019s lofty Tottenham ambition<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/antonio-conte-hints-at-surprise-tottenham-role-for-dejan-kulusevski\/\">Antonio Conte hints at surprise Tottenham role for Dejan Kulusevski<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Tottenham Hotspur boss Antonio Conte has provided an explanation for his decision to haul star attacker Heung-min Son off prematurely during the club\u2019s meeting with Brighton &amp; Hove Albion. South Korean international Son was handed a starting berth this evening, as Spurs welcomed Graham Potter\u2019s Brighton to north London for an FA Cup 4th-round [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-8544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}