Goodbye Tottenham.
Presented as one of the favorites of the brand new Europa League Conference, the English team will not even see the play-offs.
On Monday, UEFA confirmed Tottenham's defeat on the green carpet against Stade Rennais, de facto eliminating the London team from the competition.
Already assured of being first, the Rennais are directly qualified for the round of 16.
Second in the pool, the Dutch at Vitesse Arnhem will play a dam against Rapid Vienne.
The disillusion is great for Tottenham. Forced to do as well as the Arnhem players to secure second place, the English had to forfeit at the last moment due to the multiplication of positive cases of Covid-19 in their ranks. “Every day, there are people with Covid who were not positive the day before. The situation is not good, ”said coach Antonio Conte, without specifying whether he had enough players to lead the match. UEFA regulations normally state that one of the two teams must have fewer than 13 able-bodied players, or no goalkeeper, to obtain a possible postponement.
🔴⚫️ With 12 UEFA points acquired this season (3 against Arnhem, 4 against Mura, 3 against Tottenham including green carpet and 2 bonus points as first in the group), Stade Rennais will display - at least - a record UEFA coefficient "from 31,000 at the start of the 2022/2023 season.
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The Rennais had railed, arguing in particular that they had come for nothing on the eve of the meeting.
The match was officially called off after a failed search for a possible new postponement date.
Tottenham had counted up to eight positive players and five members of their staff.
After the postponement of the league games against Brighton and Leicester, the Londoners drew (2-2) against Liverpool on Sunday.
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