Antonio Conte has named the Tottenham Hotspur team that he believes can bring three points back from Sporting CP in the Champions League on Tuesday evening.
The unexpected postponement of the Manchester City fixture at the weekend meant Conte had more time to recover players for this match which is then followed swiftly by a Premier League home game against Leicester. Conte has decided to make just one change to his team for the match against the Portuguese side.
At the back, the Italian has decided to bring Ben Davies back into the line-up rather than hand Clement Lenglet a third consecutive start.
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Conte also had a decision to make up front and said that he would have no issue resting Son Heung-min at some point. However, that is not the case yet with the South Korean remaining up front with Harry Kane and Richarlison, which means Dejan Kulusevski remains on the bench for the third straight match. Richarlison's two goals in the match against Marseille always made him an unlikely player to drop out.
Here's the team Conte has gone with in Portugal:
Lloris; Romero, Dier, Davies; Emerson, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Perisic; Richarlison, Kane, Son. Subs: Forster, Sanchez, Lenglet, Tanganga, Sessegnon, Doherty, Spence, Skipp, White, Bissouma, Kulusevski, Gil.
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