“What happened between Sonny and me is just part of football, sometimes. But there is no problem at all. You saw it at the end of the match, we are more than happy to be in this team and to have taken the three points. In the wake of Tottenham's victory against Everton (1-0) Monday evening, Hugo Lloris had put on his “nice guy” costume to which he has accustomed us. An hour earlier, the captain of the world champions had surprised by attacking his teammate Son Heung-min when he returned to the locker room at the break.
Hugo Lloris & Son clashing with each other at half-time pic.twitter.com/jjVeKy36AR
- Football Daily (@footballdaily) July 6, 2020Not having appreciated the little involvement of the South Korean striker in defense, Lloris made him understand it forcefully. The images even suggested that he was looking for physical altercation. Several of his teammates, including Moussa Sissoko, intervened to avoid escalation. "Give an opportunity a few seconds before half time, because we did not press properly, yes it annoyed me. But it's part of football, it's not a problem, we move on, "said the French goalkeeper who had passed the towel at half time as shown by the images of the two players at the exit from the tunnel.
Hugo Lloris & Son hugging before the second half, all is forgiven pic.twitter.com/OHKAFjQNGD
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Surprising on the part of two players with exemplary behavior, this stroke of blood did not displease their coach José Mourinho. On the contrary. "It was wonderful," said the Spurs coach, even taking some responsibility for the incident. "If you want to criticize someone, it's me. I have criticized my players who are not, in my eyes, critical enough towards each other. I asked them to be more demanding and put their teammates under pressure so that there is this team spirit where we give everything for each other (…) There were a few bad words, I don't know not even if there were strollers or not, but it is something important for the team to grow, because it takes strong personalities, so I was very happy, "added the" Special One ”, specialist in provocation 'to relaunch its teams when they are in difficulty. This is the case of Tottenham, only 8th and far from a European Cup qualification at the moment.
Hugo Lloris & Son at full-time hugging it out after their half-time fight pic.twitter.com/t3yBkIFaOw
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