Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho believes that teams like Crystal Palace have the advantage of playing without tension and told how the `spurs` are preparing for Sunday`s derby with Roy Hodgson`s team.
While Tottenham are fighting for a place in the top 4, accepted as a minimum requirement for a club advised by football partners like them, Crystal Palace is in 13th place and far from the relegation zone. `They are a very good team and it will be difficult against Palace. We need more points than this game, because if their goal was to stabilize in the middle of the standings, they already have it, ` Jose Mourinho told reporters today.
`We have to win practically in any situation if we want to get to the places we are aiming for. And Palace - if they win, it will be great. If they lose, they will not have any tension from the fans or the media. It`s just thata great way to p lay and compete, `said the Portuguese specialist.
His Crystal Palace colleague Roy Hodgson would probably want to disagree with Mourinho`s opinion and explained that he brought Wilfried Zaha back for the derby after he was not available for a month due to a lower leg injury.
`He`s been training well this past week. There`s no reason for him to be out of the team. We`re really happy that he`s back on the team, as is Jeff Schloop. It`s good to see them back, as these are two of the important players we missed. in the last five or six games.
Tottenham is currently making a rather controversial season - a strong start, a collapse around the New Year, and the two consecutive victories in their last matches brought them again 5 points behind Chelsea, although they currently occupy the eighth place in the standings. But hard weeks await them, after they will have to deal with two matches with Dinamo (Zagreb, Croatia) in the Europa League, and a North London d erby against Arsenal awaits them.
`March will be so difficult for us, as it turns out that we only have one game at home and then it`s all away games plus two Europa League games, plus national teams with all the contradictions and dangers we will face with this break. `March will be very, very difficult. If we can add three points to our total asset, it will be good. `
Mourinho: For Crystal Palace, it doesn`t matter if he wins or loses Soccer predictions - more details and information: Soccer predictions
