Bruno Lage manager
Wolverhampton Wanderers will welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Molineux on Sunday. The encounter will be marked by the battle of Portuguese coaches Bruno Lage and Nuno Espirito Santo, with the pair well familiar of each other. Following the 1-0 defeat at the hands of Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on Saturday, Lage explained how he and his assistants analyse games in order to rectify mistakes..
Bruno Lage said: “My way to work is very simple. After the match I analysed it with our analysts, that’s why I bring two, and there are also four already in the club. We analyse everything. We analysed the game and after we do one short video for the players, on what they did well and what they need to improve. That’s it. We analysed the game the next day, we saw the good things and the things we need to improve and then we start working on top of that game. We weren’t happy about the result, we want to win. We create a lot of chances and we deserved to score. But we are confident with the process, one more week to train and to improve our skills, especially shooting at goal, creating chances and scoring goals. That’s the way; to see, analyse, show a video to the players, and after that, we continue to work. That’s why I think we did another good week of training and we are ready to do another good game like we did against Leicester.”
With the uncertainty over whether striker Harry Kane will feature on Sunday, Lage’s approach to Sunday’s game is one that ‘will not change regardless of Kane.’
Bruno Lage added: “For us, we need to try to understand what Kane does as a striker and in the moment, for what I saw in the last game, what Son can do as a striker. Both try to link the game between the lines, both they run in behind the defenders, great skill, and if they play together, they play well, not just for this season but the seasons before.”
Although there is still the possibility of facing Kane, Lage regards that as a good opportunity for his group of players.
Bruno Lage said: “Every time is a good opportunity for us. I don’t care what happened with the opponent, what I care is about the way we want to play and the best strategy to win.”
