After watching his team lose to AC Milan in the Champions League semifinals, Antonio Conte says he is glad to continue leading Tottenham.

After a scoreless second leg in North London, Spurs lost 1-0 overall, and the Italian coach was booed by the home crowd as soon as the game ended.

In addition to losing to Championship team Sheffield United in the FA Cup last week, Spurs will have another trophyless season in 2022–23, and their top–four position is also quite vulnerable.

Although there has been growing talk about the 53-year-future, old's there was no indication of an impending departure in his post-game press conference.

Conte said: "This is not the right day to talk about my future, but I have a contract with Tottenham.

"Tottenham know very well my thoughts. At the end of the season, we will meet and then we will make a decision.

"I think the situation is really clear. One year and three months since I started to be the coach of Tottenham and I always say the same thing — we need to have time and patience.

"At this time, we don’t have a solid foundation to be competitive and to win, in my opinion. W

"We try to work and understand who are the right players to create that foundation and improve the team. But at the moment, the club knows very well what are my thoughts.

"I have a great relationship with my chairman and Fabio Paratici. But it doesn’t mean I don’t tell them what is my vision."

Incomparable exits

Conte believes Tottenham's FA Cup and Champions League exits should not be compared

Though the former Chelsea boss confessed he was disappointed to exit Europe's premier competition, he reaffirmed his belief that Spurs were heading in the right direction.

Conte also urged the club's supporters to not compare the Milan loss with their embarrassing cup defeat to the Blades, which he said was considerably more frustrating.

He explained: "I think we’ve made a step forward from last season. Last season we ended up in the Conference League and lost games to teams like Vitesse and Pacos Ferreira.

"This year we made the Champions League knockouts and lost to a team who, we shouldn’t forget this, won Serie A last season.

"The FA Cup game was really bád, really really bad. The players know very well that we missed a big chance to fight for a trophy then.

"Today, I think in this type of game, there is a big difference in the opponent.

"We are talking about a big team with big history. A great team. We cannot do comparisons about these two defeats.

"It is not easy but at the same time, we have to continue to work. I’m really sorry to the fans but we cannot invent a win that in one day, a trophy goes into our training ground.

"We have to build. We have to have patience.

"I understand it for the fans, they don’t have patience because for a long time Tottenham is not winning but what I can promise is that we will work really hard for this club."

Conte and Spurs must now bounce back quickly from this damaging defeat, with Nottingham Forest visiting North London in the Premier League this Saturday.