Igor Tudor says he was protecting Kinsky with Tottenham substitution at Atlético

Goalkeeper replaced in 17th minute of defeat by Atlético ‘It was necessary to preserve the guy, preserve the team’ Igor Tudor insisted that giving the 22-year-old Antonin Kinsky just his second start of the season and then taking him off again in the 17th minute of Tottenham’s humiliating 5-2 defeat at Atlético Madrid was the right decision, with the interim head coach saying he did so to protect the goalkeeper. Kinsky, playing in place of Guglielmo Vicario, was withdrawn after two dreadful...

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