Antonio Conte's 'Elite' record in Champions League & Europa League w/ Juve, Chelsea & Inter Milan:

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12/13 (CL Q/F):

~Juve faced Bayern who cruised past lacklustre Bianconeri over 2 legs. Juve couldn't get going at all with rarely testing Neuer.

~Juve rode their luck with regards to Bayern's finshing. SCORELINE FLATTERED JUVE.

~Conte, as per, BLAMED THE REF

[BAYERN 4-0 JUVE]

13/14 (CL Group Stage):

~Conte's Juve started their quest for European Glory in abysmal way drawing against FC COPENHAGEN(1-1) & GALATASARAY(2-2)

~They picked only 6 points & won ONLY 1 of the 5 group stage matches.

~Still Juve only needed a DRAW in final GS match to qualify.

13/14 (CL GROUP STAGE):

~Juve, only needing a DRAW, put a spineless performance as 60 years old Drogba & 55 years old Sneijder combined to embarrass Conte & his team.

~Juve knocked out from a group that had Copenhagen/Galatasaray & were dumped to Europa.

[GALATASARAY 1-0 JUVE]

13/14 (EUROPA LEAGUE):

~Juve, embarrassed & humiliated, entered Europa League as FAVOURITES with the BEST SQUAD in the competition.

~The most fitting thing for Conte & Juve was that the EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL was to be held at JUVENTUS STADIUM.

~WRITTEN IN THE STARS ???

13/14 (EUROPA LEAGUE):

~Juve cruised past Trabzonspor (4-0 on agg) in R32.

~Juve, then squeezed past Fiorentina (2-1 on agg) in tight matches in R16 & beat Lyon (3-1 on agg) in Q/F.

~They faced Benfica in Semis & Juve got a CRUCIAL AWAY GOAL in the 1st leg.

[BENFICA 2-1 JUVE]

13/14 (EUROPA LEAGUE):

~Conte, with the best squad in Europa, needed only 1 goal AT HOME to fulfill the dream of playing EUROPEAN FINAL at HOME.

~Juve failed to score AGAINST 9 MEN Benfica as it ended in goalless draw at Juventus Stadium.

[JUVE 0-0 BENFICA; Benfica Go through]

13/14:

~In May'14, Conte infamously said that you can't enter €100 restaurant with a €10 note when asked about Juve's chances in Europe (JUVE WERE THE HIGHEST SPENDERS IN ITALY UNDER CONTE)

~He left shortly after.

~Since then, Allegri took Juve to 2 CL finals with €10 note.

CHELSEA 17/18:

~After winning PL, He switched off his phone which meant that Chelsea missed out on important targets like Tolisso etc & threw his toys out of the pram.

~Conte signed a new contract (declined an extension) which meant he'd be paid more

~Worst window under Roman

OFF TOPIC:

~Of all the Chelsea managers (who faced Wenger more than once) since Gullit, Conte had the worst record.

~Conte won only 1 of 8 matches vs 'Finished' Wenger

~Conte lost the FA CUP Final where he was TACTICALLY OUTCLASSED by Wenger

~DÉJÀ VU in Community Sheild

Chelsea faced Arsenal in League Cup Semis.

~1st leg at Home, Chelsea were held to a goalless draw.

~History was in Chelsea's favour to go through to the finals.

~But CONTE WAS A RECORD BREAKER as Arsenal won 2-1 in 2nd Leg.

~Conte was smiling at post match press conference.

17/18 (CL GROUP STAGES):

~Chelsea started the CL campaign in style as they thrashed Qarabag & then beat Atleti with the best performance of their season.

~Chelsea threw away a 2 goal lead vs Roma before Hazard scored the equaliser. ROMA UNLUCKY NOT TO WIN.

[CHELSEA 3-3 ROMA]

17/18 (CL GROUP STAGE):

~Chelsea were then spanked & humiliated in Rome as El Shaarawy & co. sank Conte's team.

~Chelsea put a spineless performance as Conte looked a shadow of himself.

~This was one of Chelsea's biggest defeats in CL.

[ROMA 3-0 CHELSEA]

17/18 (CL R16):

~Messi vs Chelsea in previous 8 matches:
1 WIN
0G & 1A

*ENTER CONTE

~Chelsea got convincingly beaten by Barca as Messi scored 3 goals & 1 assist

~Players & fans were rightfully upset but atleast Conte was ecstatic to meet Messi.

[BARCA 4-1 CHELSEA on agg]

DID YOU KNOW?

Conte, then the manager at Juve, was banned for 10 months by Italian Football Federation (FIGC) in 2012 after being accused of failing to report match fixing in 2 games involving Siena during 10/11.

Here's José Mourinho reminding the world of it.

DID YOU KNOW?

~Chelsea, at Stamford Bridge, had not lost a league match to Spurs for 28 years.

*ENTER CONTE

~Spurs came & thoroughly beat Chelsea. Conte was left frustrated as home fans drifted out of the stadium.

~Boos rang around the Bridge at FT.

[CHELSEA 1-3 SPURS]

INTER 19/20:

~Inter appointed 'Juve Legend' Conte as their manager making him one of the highest paid managers in the world, 2nd only to Simeone.

~He was reunited with Beppe Marotta who was tasked to give Conte "EVERYTHING".

~Icardi & Nainggolan were dumped for Conte's Project

INTER 19/20:

~Conte was backed heavily as Inter broke their transfer record TWICE in summer.

~In addition to his favourites like Lukaku, Alexis, Young, Godin, Moses, he was also backed with top players like Barella, Sensi, Biraghi.

~Eriksen, w/ 6months left, was bought for 20m

19/20 (CL GROUP STAGE):

~Inter began the CL campaign awfully as they got a LUCKY (1-1) draw vs Slavia Prague in Milan w/ last minute equaliser

~Inter threw away a goal lead as Barca smashed them all over the park in 2nd half.

~CONTE, AS PER, BLAMED THE REF.

[BARCA 2-1 INTER]

19/20 (CL GROUP STAGE):

~In Dortmund, Inter were LEADING (2-0) at Halftime.

~Surely Conte won't bottle this?

~Dortmund thumped Inter in 2nd half with 3 goals to complete the comeback as The Nerazzurri collapsed spectacularly.

~Absolute scenes

[DORTMUND 3-2 INTER]

19/20 (CL GROUP STAGE):

~Going into the last Group match, Inter needed a win vs Barca (MINUS MESSI, SUAREZ, MATS, BUSQUETS, DE JONG)

~Inter slumped to (1-2) loss AT HOME vs BARCA B.

~Conte was dumped in Europa AGAIN.

~CONTE, AS PER, BLAMED INTER MANAGEMENT FOR CL DISASTER.

19/20 (EUROPA LEAGUE):

~Conte, AGAIN, entered Europa with possibly the BEST SQAUD in the competition.

~Inter alongwith Manchester United were absolute FAVOURITES TO WIN the competition.

~Inter beat Ludogorets (4-1 on agg) & then comfortably beat Getafe (2-0) in R16.

19/20 (EUROPA LEAGUE)

~Inter squeezed past Leverkusen in (2-1) win in Q/F & smashed Shakhtar in Semis

~Inter vs Sevilla in Final. Sevilla outplayed Inter completely. Scoreline flattered Inter as they CONCEDED 3 IN THE FINAL.

~CONTE FAILED IN EUROPE, AGAIN.

[SEVILLA 3-2 INTER]

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