James Maddison Exclusive: Tottenham midfielder has proven that critics are not wrong while revealing Thomas Tuchel England Talks | Football news
Tottenham midfielder James Maddison sits solely Sky Sports News In order to talk about club fights in the Premier League this season, their Europe League hopes, as a target of criticism and its ambitions in England.
How does the team feel after Sunday’s 2-2 house against Bournemouth?
“A little mixed up. A club like Tottenham, when we play Bournemouth at home, even though they have a good season, you go into it thinking that this game we should win – no disrespect for Bournemouth, they have a fantastic season. Probably at home, what is a little enough in the game. We just need that in the end.
“This year, we lost a lot of games to one goal, where we just needed to find something. We managed to find it to get a point on Sunday, so it’s important that we look at the positive rather than negative. [against AZ Alkmaar] Because we are the goal behind it from the first leg, so it fits well with the character we have to show at the time. But it was a point and positive results to return. “
Why do you think the Spurs 13 are in the Premier League? Do you think it’s just up to injuries?
“Well, it’s a huge factor, and I don’t want to sound like a pile of pronunciation, but when you have such a long time in the most prominent part of the year you miss (Guglielmo) Vicario, (Cristian) Romero, (Micky) van de Ven, (fate), not dominant), not Sollicke.
“Of course, we are not naive not to look in the mirror and we think we could have been better here. We could be better there. The performances in certain games may be better, but this is the most important factor and it was a difficult year for failure with injuries in this club. That’s just a fact.”
As an older player you thought it was difficult?
“Yes, during that Christmas period when the Premier League picked up a little and we had a semi -finals of Carabao Cup, which is two legs and just a lot of games with a new European format, as well as eight games in the group. It’s a lot of football, and you need it, and we didn’t have it.
“The only blessing that somehow created it was the fact that we exposed ourselves to young guys and guys who didn’t play so much, so the characters of the DJA (Spence) got their opportunity and was phenomenal. Lucas (Bergvall) and Archie (Gray (Gray) entered them, and they played that football and more than they were.
“He is hard as an older player. I missed only a few weeks, but for guys like Romera, I know who is the type of person he, and Van de Ven, and Vic (Vicario), as I said, the names I listed, the older players who missed the months and that is difficult. Every football player will say that he is so difficult because you cannot help, you kill.”
Did the players talk about how important the Europa League last 16 against AZ Alkmaar is on Thursday?
“Yes, we know what this means to us, fans, we are all on the same page. The first leg is obviously not good enough, the difficult conditions in a heavy tone to play the way we want to play, but it is only 1-0, they have to come to Tottenham Hotspur stadium, and if fans become behind us and know that we know we can.
Is that a message to fans? “No, I think they were great, especially Europe, they are difficult in the middle of the week, because people have lives and jobs and children, I know all that, it doesn’t collapse and unnoticed. So, just more than that, more of what we have seen so far in Europe.
“I remember the game we played against them [AZ Alkmaar] In the group stage. We were pretty good, I was the captain on the side, and the atmosphere was great that evening, we won 1-0. We will need more of that and we have to give them something to yell at, and the guys will be ready for it and we will start quickly and hope that we will succeed. “
Despite your league position, could it be an amazing season if you raise the Europe league?
“The manager always talks about how it can still be special to us if we win it, and we are in a good position to do so.
“Listen, we have to work on the other leg, but we know that we are capable of it and we can turn it out, there is no one doubting the fact that we can do it. But we have to go and do it, we have to talk to the game and turn the defeat of the first, and beyond you, and if you are, you can, in that district, in the fourth, you, you A little in the fourth, this is what we strive for. “
Now Scapegoat may be a wrong word, but do you feel like you are too talked about?
“Yes, but that’s okay, I’d rather talk about Archie or Lucas. It doesn’t matter to me a little heat. I’m big and big enough to take hits now and take over criticize because I know what I’m capable of, I know what I can do, I know my personal level and what people don’t see behind and how much we work and how much we work and how much we work.
“Training today, the standard was amazing, and the guys worked hard because we attracted Bournemouth at home, the guys are not happy, so they don’t see that it hurts us and when we don’t work well in the league.
“I feel good, I actually feel pretty good, I feel pretty sharp, I look forward to Thursday and beyond, try to finish the season special as a team, try and finish the season strong personally, you still have a really good season in terms of goals and assists and try to look for positive and try and try to spread it through the locker room instead of focusing on the negatives and the dark.”
On your ambitions of England, did you call you the new head Thomas Tuchel?
“Yes, we talked. He’s a manager of England, I think he would talk to anyone who is in a possible choice of calls.
“It’s hard to think about personal [ambitions] When the team is not going well because you can score a goal and if you lose the game, it’s worthless. I have 10 goals this season, but I want it to be worth more because it’s a good return for a midfielder, I’m pleased with that return. When you start the season, you look like attacking midfielders, your job is to score a goal and create for it, and goals and assists are a big thing about it. But ultimately, if it causes the team to end up in the middle of the table and does not go deep in the League of Europe, then it is somehow worthless.
“Of course, England is another thing I have an ambition for. Fresh manager, Fresh start, I know I can play at that level, I have confidence for that, I play against these players every week in the Premier League and I know that I can be at that level and wider, so ambitious for everyone.”
Analysis: Open and engaged Maddison knows the importance of AZ on Thursday
Sky Sports News’ Michael Bridge:
“If Tottenham is eliminated from the Europa League on Thursday night, their season is as good as it is.
“The fans left scratching their heads with the first legs with regard to the importance of the game. However, I left Tottenham Hotspur Training Ground convinced that James Maddison knew how important the other leg was.
“He is an open and attractive person. He recognizes 13th place at the table is not good enough, but the opportunity is Thursday to send Spurs to the quarterfinals of the big competition.
“It was also clear that he was enjoying his higher role in the club. Public criticism of Roy Keane did not affect him and probably acknowledged that it did not mean any malice.
“If Maddison can help keep Spurs to the place in the last stages of the League of Europe, Thomas Tuchel may soon re -send his number to another call.”
