First
Belgium, then Spain. Glasses are being chinked and backs are being
slapped red in the boardroom at Chelsea as Antonio Conte takes down the
best teams at Euro 2016.
As
the Italians asked their manager why he had to leave, the key movers
and shakers at Stamford Bridge will certainly be feeling smug.
Conte is going to be intense, quotable and watchable. They might just have to extend the technical area to accommodate him.
Antonio Conte celebrates after Italy secured their place in the quarter-finals of the European
Championship
Conte has led Italy to two outstanding wins over Belgium and Spain at Euro 2016 in France this summer
‘I’m
a real animal out there, as you’ve heard from my players,’ smiled
Conte. ‘All those on the bench play the game just as I play it on the
touchline. We all have a shower and we’re all exhausted at the end.
‘Our
fitness coach did suggest hooking me up on a GPS system to see what
distance I covered and what were the intensity levels. But I don’t feel
that fit because I don’t have time to train.’
Conte
did not rest for a second as his team replicated his game plan to
perfection against Spain, taking a first-half lead through Giorgio
Chiellini, defending with strength and organisation before Graziano
Pelle grabbed a late second.
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