Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte, has revealed that his wife was not happy with him, after he flew to Italy to watch Juventus play Inter Milan in a Serie A clash.
Conte had given his squad three days off, following good results against Liverpool and Arsenal last week.
However, the Italian could not keep himself away from football, as he made the trip to watch his former club.
This drew the anger of his 47-year-old wife, Elisabetta, who he claims never watched football until they got married.
“When I told my wife I was going to watch the game between Juventus and Inter, she wasn’t happy,” he said at a press conference at Cobham Training Centre.
“She told me: ‘Why? Why don’t you stay with us, with your daughter and your wife?’
“Sometimes I try to explain to her that for me it is work also to watch games of the other teams, but sometimes it is not easy to explain to my wife about my choice, when I have a day off and go to watch a game.
“For example, on Sunday all day I watched the English games with the Manchester clubs, and then the Italian games, but the passion for the football is great. My wife didn’t know football before me.
“My wife and her parents never watched a game of football [before I came along] and on Sunday they went for a walk and on the bikes.”
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