At a glance:
- Buffon speaks about Kinsky
- Tudor’s decision defended
- Kinsky impressed in recent weeks
Tottenham are running out of time to save their Premier League status.
With just five games to go, they are two points behind 17th-placed West Ham United and run the risk of getting relegated to the Championship.
However, Roberto De Zerbi’s arrival has breathed new life into the club as they prepare for a must-win game against Wolves.
Antonin Kinsky is set to start in goal again in Guglielmo Vicario’s absence.
And Gianluigi Buffon feels Igor Tudor was right to take the Czech goalkeeper off after his horror show against Atletico Madrid.
Tudor tried to protect Kinsky
After he was substituted against Atleti, Peter Schmeichel appeared to criticise Tudor for his decision.
However, Buffon feels the former Tottenham boss was only trying to protect the player from the firing line, which has actually worked out quite well for him.
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“Well, let’s say it’s a really difficult choice,” said Buffon on the Guardian’s YouTube channel.
“It’s a difficult choice for a coach because at that moment you know that any solution could be the wrong solution, in the sense that if he leaves the player on the pitch who is certainly in shock at that moment, he risks making the team and the player himself worse.
“If he does what he did and then replaces him, he attracts criticism because it’s not fair behaviour, right?
“I believe that at that moment, the truth is that Igor wanted to help the player, that is, to reach out to him and remove him from a situation that was becoming really difficult, and so he felt like making that kind of choice.
“If it had happened to me, I can’t say, I can’t say, because fortunately, something like that has never happened to me.”
Kinsky has impressed for Tottenham recently
As Vicario continues to recover from a hernia operation, the young goalkeeper has actually fared quite well for Tottenham.
After his horror show in Spain, it looked like he wouldn’t play for the club again this season.
However, things change quickly in football as he delivered two assured performances against Sunderland and Brighton, pulling off impressive saves and doing well with the ball at his feet in both games.
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Kinsky is clearly a talented goalkeeper and is set to keep his place in the team against Wolves.
Tottenham’s plans for him in the summer remain unclear, but it goes without saying that he has done incredibly well to bounce back after the worst night of his professional career.
