sport news Antonio Conte pleads with Premier League for lighter fixture schedule trends now
Antonio Conte wants his Tottenham bosses to lobby the Premier League for a kinder fixture schedule as his team embark on a 'crazy' period of three games in six days.
Spurs get their Champions League campaign underway on Wednesday when they host Marseille, managed by Conte's former Juventus team-mate Igor Tudor.
The clash will be Tottenham's first of three in less than a week; they travel to Manchester City on Saturday before flying to Portugal to face Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday night.
Tottenham manager Antonio Conte has asked for a kinder fixture schedule for his side
Spurs will play three games in less than a week for the second time this season already
This comes after the north London club endured a similar stretch of three Premier League matches in six days - two of which were away from home.
And Conte has slammed his team's schedule, saying: 'Honestly, to see this schedule about Tottenham is incredible, it's crazy because we played three games in six days against Nottingham Forest, West Ham and Fulham.
'Now we are playing after four days, but we are starting to play again three games, three important games against Marseille in the Champions League, City away and Sporting Lisbon away in six days.
'I think maybe this is the first time in my career to see a schedule like this. Honestly, I try to check the schedule of the other teams and I have seen that in this situation Tottenham are penalised a lot, they penalise a lot our club and our team.'
Tottenham are preparing to host French side Marseille in the Champions League tomorrow
Of the top-flight's other Champions League representatives, Chelsea and Manchester City both played three domestic fixtures in seven days, before three matches in the next eight days.
Liverpool's fixture list has been slightly easier than Tottenham's because they played three games in seven days ahead of their own stretch of