No one is entitled to start. But it's not the appropriate way to handle the situation. Especially if you consider the fact that the reports out of the training camp all agree on him working his ass off in the training sessions. If you [Conte] picked the player, if he is working hard to even make the bench and you chose to give him 0 attention - then you are doing it wrong. He had plenty of opportunities in the past three games to give him 10-20min at the end, but no a player of no offensive nor defensive quality ( Giaccherini ) makes the bench over Elia. He shouldn't have greenlighted the move if he is going to be a douchebag.