Antonio Conte (70 Viewers)

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Stephan

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Nov 9, 2005
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Croatia have been underachieving for years. Havent done anything after 98.

2002: Group Stage exit
2006: Group Stage exit
2010: Didnt qualify
2014: Group Stage exit

2000: Didnt qualify
2004: Group Stage exit
2008: QF
2012: Didnt qualify
2016: Exit first knockout round


Their world cup record has been terrible considering the players they have.

Allegri would have gotten them to semi-finals in one of those tournaments at least. They should hire some foreign coach. Must be ego thing to keep hiring some croatian nobody coaches.
 

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PhRoZeN

Livin with Mediocre
Mar 29, 2006
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[video=twitter;863135752040984577]https://twitter.com/khaledalnouss1/status/863135752040984577[/video]

[video=twitter;863133474768789506]https://twitter.com/Chelsea_Related/status/863133474768789506[/video]

[video=twitter;863136928295780352]https://twitter.com/ConteTweets/status/863136928295780352[/video]

Congratulations conte. :touched:
 

PhRoZeN

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Mar 29, 2006
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When you look back at July last year the task looked very challenging, at the end he did it comfortably. It's not his fault the other WC coaches collapsed, he just continued to rile his team day after day. Well done. Now I wish him all the best in winning the fa cup.
 

Badass J Elkann

It's time to go!!
Feb 12, 2006
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same question to you as to everyone, how many teams had a better team on paper than Italy?

and ofcourse they are coaches tht would have gone further. Santos won the whole thing with an inferior team, Wales coach got to the semifinal. you just have to pick the best roster possible, find a formation that brings the most out of your best players, and play it smart in the group stage.
Compared to the other powerhouses and even England Italy were far weaker and much unfancied than the Italy teams of the past. Spain under performed but still had a very decent squad, France, Germany, etc..

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Why bother to reply to a name like that. Badass Dybala :lol: there are so many badasses in our team, Mario, Giorgio, Bonucci, and he picks Dybala hahahahahahhhhahhh
You haven't been around long enough to know kido
 

zizinho

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Apr 14, 2013
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Compared to the other powerhouses and even England Italy were far weaker and much unfancied than the Italy teams of the past. Spain under performed but still had a very decent squad, France, Germany, etc..

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You haven't been around long enough to know kido
England was crap as usual, Italy while not being on the usual level was still 4th strongest and favorites behind Spain, Germany and France, because none other than these teams was ever gonna kick them out
 

PhRoZeN

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Mar 29, 2006
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England was crap as usual, Italy while not being on the usual level was still 4th strongest and favorites behind Spain, Germany and France, because none other than these teams was ever gonna kick them out
Bookies had Italy as 6th favourite going in.

Heres some odds.
3/1 France; 7/2 Germany; 11/2 Spain; 9/1 England; 10/1 Belgium, 16/1 Portugal, Italy.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/euro-2016-betting-odds-latest-11444250

Historically Italy deserve to be in top 4 but Italy came out of pot 2 in the draw which highlighted their overall form going into the tournament.

In euro 2012, they came in as 4th favourites

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/939917-euro-2012-ranking-the-finalists-with-their-odds-of-winning

euro 2008 they were 3rd

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/bookies-odds/story-11576639-detail/story.html
 

zizinho

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Apr 14, 2013
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Bookies had Italy as 6th favourite going in.

Heres some odds.
3/1 France; 7/2 Germany; 11/2 Spain; 9/1 England; 10/1 Belgium, 16/1 Portugal, Italy.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/euro-2016-betting-odds-latest-11444250

Historically Italy deserve to be in top 4 but Italy came out of pot 2 in the draw which highlighted their overall form going into the tournament.

In euro 2012, they came in as 4th favourites

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/939917-euro-2012-ranking-the-finalists-with-their-odds-of-winning
lol those are terrible bookies, having England above them. Probably because of the group they were in
 

Juliano13

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May 6, 2012
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Conte: 3-4-3 changed season
By Football Italia staff

Antonio Conte claims his switch to a 3-4-3 formation “changed” Chelsea’s fortunes en route to the Premier League title on Friday night.

Consecutive defeats to Arsenal and Liverpool in mid-September prompted Conte to adopted his tried-and-tested 3-4-3, resulting in him becoming the fourth Italian after Carlo Ancelotti, Roberto Mancini and Claudio Ranieri to be crowned an English champion.

“Thank you, thank you. this is a great achievement for the players,” he told Sky Sports after the 1-0 win at West Bromwich Albion.

“I thank them for their commitment and work rate. They show me a great attitude to try to do something great this season.

“After this win we must be happy, we must be pleased. I thought that Hazard and Pedro were tired and we needed more energy.

“Michy paid me a lot with this change! It was great. It wasn’t easy for me to arrive in England and try different habits, a different language and inherit players after a bad season.

“The change to a 3-4-3? That decision changed our season. We had to change and find a new suit for our team.

“In my mind there was this option to play a 3-4-3 because I knew I had the players to do that.

“We were not lucky, we did a great job. It’s important to rest. It is a great season but now we can win the FA Cup.

“Every game I feel like I have played with my players! I show my passion and my will, my desire to stay with my players in every moment of the game. This is me, I am this.

"In the present, in the past, I stay with my players in positive and negative situations. We won this title together.”

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Translation:

"I took this mid-table team and with my brilliant tactics I made them champions."
 

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