Tired bodies may get break

Tottenham Hotspur boss Antonio Conte suggested on Sunday that he might rest his World Cup players in the game at Brentford on Boxing Day that marks the Premier Leaguersquos returnldquoFor the players who played at the World Cup itrsquos a big effort because they have never stopped and only now after one week 10 daysrdquo he said in a preview posted on the club websiteldquoI think that it is different for the players that played in the World Cuprdquo He said he would give a chance to those who had to stay behind and train ldquoFor the players who worked in these four weeks for sure it is a new start a fresh start like preseasonrdquoAntonio ConteTottenham had players representing Wales Uruguay and Denmark who were knocked out at the group stage as well as South Korea England Senegal and Brazil who went out at the quarterfinals or earlier in QatarPlayed every minute in finalArgentine Cristian Romero and French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris played every minute of the final and Ivan Perisic appeared for Croatia the day before as they took third place ldquoWe are really excited to be backmdashhonestly itrsquos not easy after the World Cup and only eight days when you played the final and semifinal to play so quickly but itrsquos okay itrsquos a positive on one handrdquo Conte saidFantastic XmasldquoOn another hand you have the players who played the World Cup in a different physical condition but itrsquos okay football during the Christmas period for sure is fantastic to play At the same time for many players we have to try to push them and to find a good physical conditionrdquoRomerorsquos father told La Voz a newspaper in their hometown of Cordoba on December 20 that Tottenham were eager to have the World Cup winner back ldquoHe wonrsquot have much time to enjoy himself We will see how everything goes But they already want him back in Englandrdquo Quito Romero saidConte said the players would be training on Christmas Day ldquoIt happened also last seasonrdquo he said ldquoWe played on 26 December and then also on the first day of the New Year You know in Italy for us Christmas is an important period to stay with the familyrdquo he said ldquoWe have to play and for this reason on 25 December we will have the training session then have lunch with our relatives then we have to go together to stay in the hotel because the game will be very early on December 26rdquoAlso ReadFIFA World Cup 2022 lsquoThis World Cup is my obsessionrsquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever