Tottenham manager Antonio Conte back in dugout for Champions League clash with AC Milan

08.03.2023 - 05:57 thenationalnews.com

Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte will be back in the dugout for their Champions League last-16 second-leg clash with AC Milan on Wednesday.

The Italian is back in London after spending two and a half weeks with his family in Turin as he recuperated from an operation last month to remove his gallbladder.

Spurs are trailing 1-0 after the first leg in Milan and, after the defeat at the San Siro last month, Conte was ordered to rest by his doctors.

In his absence, Spurs have been knocked out of the FA Cup by Sheffield United and lost to Wolves in the Premier League. But the 53-year-old dismissed talk of pressure and said he was looking forward to the crunch match against the Italian giants. “The pressure?

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