Conte "Once, the Chelsea captain asked me to slow down the pace of training. I agreed, mainly out of respect to their culture. Well, we lost 2 games in a row and I risked being sacked. Since then,...

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Original Title: Conte “Once, the Chelsea captain asked me to slow down the pace of training. I agreed, mainly out of respect to their culture. Well, we lost 2 games in a row and I risked being sacked. Since then, I think that if I have to die as a result of the choices that have been made, I have to do it my way.”

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“And when I think back to how tough training was, I smile. Zidane and Del Piero trained much harder. Today, we do about a third of what we used to do.”