Monday, February 28, 2022

^*^ Chris Wilder sees Antonio Conte parallels as Boro meet Spurs in FA Cup

  • Boro manager joked about tactical similarities at awards night
  • Wilder says beating Spurs would be ‘incredible achievement’

When Chris Wilder got chatting to Antonio Conte at a recent awards night, Middlesbrough’s manager jokingly accused the Italian of copying his tactical blueprint.

At his former club, Sheffield United, and, albeit to a lesser extent, on Teesside today, Wilder has built teams around attack-minded wing-backs and a trio of sometimes overlapping centre-halves. It is not a million miles removed from the system Conte swiftly installed at Tottenham, favoured utilising at previous clubs and, like his FA Cup fifth-round opponents on Tuesday night, seems philosophically attuned to.

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