Roberto De Zerbi reveals joke ‘homework’ he gave Tottenham squad this week

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Roberto De Zerbi has revealed the advice he has given his Tottenham players to help them overcome their goalscoring drought after going six hours without a Premier League goal.Tottenham Hotspur’s goal drought in the Premier League has made headlines, and rightfully so given how long it has gone on for.The Lilywhites have played six hours of football in the English top flight without a goal despite spending significant sums on their attack in the summer transfer window.Roberto De Zerbi has looked to get on top of Spurs’ struggles in front of goal by trying different attacking partnerships, with the last game against Everton seeing Dominic Solanke come into the attack, while Omar Marmoush played off the left. Still, the issues persist.Credit: @gragrapix / InstagramRoberto De Zerbi reveals what he told Tottenham squad in team meetingSpeaking to the club’s official channels, De Zerbi has now revealed what he told his players in a team meeting today as he looks to address Tottenham’s struggles in the final third. He said: “Today in the meeting with the players we spoke about the last third of the pitch, and I said now I want to create individual clips for all players, for after dinner for the players to go home and work and improve as a joke.“But yes, if you analyse the first 30 minutes there are many, many chances where just one different detail, just better passes, just better decisions and it would change the history of that game. But they are words. The fact is to improve on the pitch and not lose the quality of the first 30 minutes.”When asked if he actually sent them home with homework, De Zerbi added: “No, no, I brought the homework to the players.”When asked if he shows clips to remind the players of how good they can be, De Zerbi said: “Yes, but it is a normal improvement, no? I don’t want them to think too much or they can be overloaded about this aspect. “I think if they enjoy on the pitch, they follow the instructions but not my instructions the instructions of the team, they are not rushed, they put attention and focus on the last pass or the last decision, I think the goal is natural for the players and for the team.”De Zerbi also addressed Tottenham’s goalless start to the Premier League and insisted that his squad has enough quality to find the back of the net. The Spurs boss pointed to the chances his side created against Everton, while admitting that they did not make the best decisions when those opportunities came.He added: “We have the qualities enough to score goals and we had the good enough chances to score on Saturday. We didn’t take the best decisions but the quality of the players is clear for me.”De Zerbi on confidence in the Spurs squadThe Tottenham boss also opened up on his belief in the group and how he views their progress so far, again speaking to the club’s official channels.He continued: “With a complete the squad, we started working 10 days before the Everton game. I think we are working well. In the first 25 minutes, we had the chance to score two goals. At the end, maybe we lost a bit of confidence because we didn’t score.“For sure, we have to improve. For sure I have big confidence in my player. They are very good players. We have to improve, yes. We can say the coach has the responsibility if we don’t score. Yes, I accept. No problem. We didn’t win any game so far. “Yes we have to improve. We are sorry. We are disappointed for that. But I think also we have other positive things. Like I said, we didn’t score goals (but) We didn’t suffer nothing in both game, in the last two games. And from the things we have to improve. But nothing change in my project, in my idea. I’m sorry for the result, yes. For the goal we didn’t score, yes.”READ MORE: Omar Marmoush gives goal drought advice to ‘very nice’ Tottenham teammatesThe post Roberto De Zerbi reveals joke ‘homework’ he gave Tottenham squad this week appeared first on Spurs Web.