Chelsea head coach has given fans a rare in-depth view into his life, his tactics, his training and more with the Chelsea FC official site.
Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte has provided fans a rare insight into his life as the gaffer at Chelsea football club.
Here are some of his best, more revealing quotes:
‘My day starts with breakfast, sometimes at my house, sometimes in the canteen at Cobham,’ he tells us.
‘Then I prepare for the training session ahead with my coaching staff. After that, we organise a meeting with the players, to look at different tactical and technical aspects. Then we go out to training.”
“After the training session I run for 30 minutes, to keep my form in a good way, and if there is the necessity to play, I am ready!”
Conte also revealed that much of the video analysis sessions focus on his opponents in the next game, with particular emphasis on set-piece routines.
Conte also talked about how he got into management and how he started off managing a smaller team.
“Often a player who had a great career thinks they can become a manager quickly. But it is one thing to play, and one thing to be a coach. They’re totally different. You must try to have the right experience before you can reach a fantastic target.”
Conte added that managing a smaller team made him do a lot of ‘technical’ work.
‘You have to work a lot on tactics, on analysis videos, on technical aspects, and then you have to work a lot on the mentality of your players. It’s about trying to transfer your ideas and your mentality.”
And lastly, Conte admitted that he found playing football through Christmas ‘strange’.
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