Being a well-respected Premier League club, which is regularly competing for the Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur reluctantly accepted to play in the third tear of European football – The Conference League. And when they fell into the performance crisis, the need for losing time and personnel for this competition became even more annoying. Antonio Conte has a tough task to finish fourth in the Premier League, and along with Covid cases and two more cups, the Conference League is a distraction. And today, he got a little ’help’. UEFA rule that Tottenham forfeit their Europa Conference League match with Rennes.They have been handed a 3-0 loss and are out of the competition. pic.twitter.com/ciJArZc6rn— ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) December 20, 2021 A blessing in disguise came from UEFA. The European football governing body awarded Rennes a 3-0 victory in their final Europa Conference League group match. Spurs were unable to fulfil the December 9 fixture due to a swathe of Covid-19 cases in the squad.”The Uefa Appeals Body took the following decision: to declare the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage match between Tottenham Hotspur FC and Stade Rennais FC, that was initially scheduled to be played on 9 December 2021, as forfeited by Tottenham Hotspur FC, who is therefore deemed to have lost the match 0-3″ read the UEFA statement. The match in London had to be called off when Spurs manager Antonio Conte announced on the eve of the game eight of his players and five members of staff had tested positive for Covid-19.Spurs and Reds split points in an electric, intense four-goal dramaTottenham boss Antonio Conte wanted the game to be played, and the club tried to postpone the duel with Leicester in order to play against Rennes. „We deserve to play this game and to try to have a chance to go to the next round. We didn’t play through no fault of our own but because of a big problem and because the Government closed our training ground“ said Conte. Eventually, the game with Leicester was called off, but Spurs are nevertheless expelled and played a 2-2 draw at home with Liverpool on Sunday afternoon. And now they are out of Europe. The Spurs got more time to prepare for the tough schedule in the Premier League. They will moan about the decision, but secretly, they are relieved.
