Antonio Conte (128 Viewers)
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Not really my friend, he was already eliminated in his head in Europe before playing.
He even complained about his squad and the differences BEFORE Juve were knocked out. If I am a player and I feel my coach is playing Champions League just for the sake of it without even believing that he could win it, then he's no winner IMO.
Allegri hasn't done in Serie A as much as Conte so far but the man doesn't fear or play his card excuses before any CL match.
He even complained about his squad and the differences BEFORE Juve were knocked out. If I am a player and I feel my coach is playing Champions League just for the sake of it without even believing that he could win it, then he's no winner IMO.
Allegri hasn't done in Serie A as much as Conte so far but the man doesn't fear or play his card excuses before any CL match.
That I agree. But that was the stubbornness, ego mixed with weird sense of ambition talking. He didn't say that in first season, but later on when he couldn't adapt tactically it became an elaborate excuse, plus a way to put pressure on the board for having different ambitions to him when it came to kinda improvements he wanted to catch up to the bigger clubs. Kinda became a self-fulfilling prophecy...
I honestly thought Juve squad (Under Conte) specially in 2nd and 3rd season was a strong team, even stronger than Porto's Mourinho, Benitez Liverpool or aged Milan in 2006 or 2007 (At least physically much better than Mid 30's Ancelotti's Milan).
Take Atletico Madrid for instance and Diego Simeone, individually they don't have better players than Juve, but as a team they are slightly better and that's because Simeone fears no one and he planted this in his squad which is why they were only 1 or 2min away from winning CL last season beside La Liga which was already secured a week before.
Conte knew from the start what the management is capable of and their transfer strategy, yet he blamed the management indirectly every-time he lost in Europe.
Take Atletico Madrid for instance and Diego Simeone, individually they don't have better players than Juve, but as a team they are slightly better and that's because Simeone fears no one and he planted this in his squad which is why they were only 1 or 2min away from winning CL last season beside La Liga which was already secured a week before.
Conte knew from the start what the management is capable of and their transfer strategy, yet he blamed the management indirectly every-time he lost in Europe.
Not only management, but he pointed fingers at the team too. Not directly, but he did. Saying every possible time that the team is not good enough will not look good. Specialy when the team is used to the thought that they are good (serie a).
All in all, I thank him for what he has done in Italy and the he brought as back to relative team, but after that he has no sympathy from me.
All in all, I thank him for what he has done in Italy and the he brought as back to relative team, but after that he has no sympathy from me.
Not to throw jab at Conte, but Allegri did have a reasonable success with mid table side like Cagliari prior to getting appointed at Milan, where considering the unfavorable circumstances did his task rather well. Conte's noteworthy experience was Serie B promotion before we decided to take a gamble on him. Always thought that Allegri's work was underrated. Time will tell I guess.
Sorry about my post, just got tired of seeing all the nonsensical Conte-Allegri comparisons day in day out, and vented my frustration about it at a target that didn't deserve it.
Agree with your statements on Conte here btw.
No problem, man.
I figured that was residual contempt aimed at me because I preferred Stillmatic to Illmatic
Oh wait. That reminds me
