FOOTBALL: Richarlison Reveals His Emotional Response After Scoring His First Goals For Tottenham

Richarlison Reveals His Emotional Response After Scoring His First Goals For Tottenham. Tottenham’s two-goal hero Richarlison revealed the presence of his family made impossible for him to hold back the tears following last night’s win over Marseille.

Spurs got their European campaign off to the perfect start after the summer signing plundered two late headed goals to see off the dogged Ligue 1 side who had held on impressively following the 47th minute sending off of Chancel Mbemba.

Richarlison has been forced to bide his time to make an impact following his big money move from Everton in the summer and was denied his first goal for his new club by a marginal VAR decision during last weekend’s victory over Fulham.

Richarlison Reveals His Emotional Response After Scoring His First Goals For Tottenham. The 25-year-old was delighted to get off the mark, especially on his Champions League debut in front of his watching father.

Asked about his emotional post match tears, he said: ‘My father was here, he has been with me through all my career, he helped me a lot to make my dreams come true. To have him here today was very emotional for me today because he is part of all my success.

‘After hearing the anthem I started to smile there. It was my dream as a kid. Being there, listening to the anthem, playing the match, I got very emotional and I was rewarded with scoring these two goals.’

Spurs boss Antonio Conte, meanwhile, heaped praise on his £60million summer recruit who displayed his predatory instincts and aerial prowess to power his side to a hard-fought victory.

‘First of all I am happy for Richy because he deserved to have a night like this,’ Conte said. ‘I remember very well when we signed him he said I can’t wait to play and listen to the Champions League music. Not many words but important words for me.

‘Today, this morning I remember him and said ‘Richy I remember what you say, tonight you have this opportunity and chance.

‘Enjoy this moment and try your best’. He did his best and helped us get three points in a difficult game because Marseille is a really good team.

‘We signed Richy because we tried to sign a player that was able to play in all three positions. For this reason we hadn’t had any doubts to sign him.

‘We did this quickly because our idea and vision was very clear, especially for this reason.

‘Richy is more of striker than Deki (Dejan Kulusevski) but at the same time he can play in Son’s position, in Harry Kane’s position and Deki’s position. For us this is very important because for sure when you make rotation, you don’t drop the quality.’

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