{"id":1575,"date":"2019-02-28T10:09:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incirliseviye.com\/?p=1575"},"modified":"2019-02-28T10:09:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:09:00","slug":"no-trophies-in-12-years-why-is-contes-cup-record-so-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=1575","title":{"rendered":"No trophies in 12 years – Why is Conte\u2019s cup record so bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is a look into why the Blues head coach has fallen short in the cup competitions, despite being so successful at winning league titles <\/div>\n
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Antonio Conte not only has to get the better of\u00a0Jose Mourinho at Wembley on\u00a0Saturday, he also has to overcome his own personal hoodoo\u00a0as he looks to record his first cup success as a coach.<\/p>\n

Despite having numerous stars at his disposal with Chelsea, Juventus, and, to a lesser extent, Italy, Conte has always come up short in both European and\u00a0domestic cup competitions. His record shows him to be a league specialist, having won three Scudetti and one Premier League title in the past six years.<\/p>\n

As a result, he rightly considers himself among the best managers in the game today, alongside the likes of Pep Guardiola, Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp<\/p>\n

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However, while his cup record\u00a0may not be something that damages his reputation as a winner, it will be something that he will want to put to bed as soon as possible. This weekend’s\u00a0FA Cup final against Manchester United would be\u00a0the perfect place to start.<\/p>\n

Looking at Conte’s list of honours as a coach, four league titles and no cup wins is a big imbalance, especially when one considers just how dominant his Juve side were domestically, even racking up a record-breaking 102 points\u00a0in the 2013-14 Serie A season.<\/p>\n

Indeed, while the Champions League may be a difficult competition to win\u00a0\u2013 even for sides such as Juve and Chelsea, who rank\u00a0just below Europe’s elite \u2013 his\u00a0record doesn’t make for good reading. He has led a team into the tournament three times and has made the quarter-finals only once.<\/p>\n

Conte is undoubtedly a manager who focuses on the league, utilising his best players to win a competition of greater merit; one\u00a0that rewards\u00a0sustained excellence.<\/p>\n

This season, though, has been an unusual one for Conte, who has prioritised\u00a0certain cup games as it became clear by Christmas that there would be no catching runaway leaders Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table.<\/p>\n

La maledizione della Coppa Italia<\/em> (‘The curse of the Coppa Italia’) was put forward as an excuse for Conte and his Juve team’s inability to complete a domestic double during his three years\u00a0in Turin \u2013 interestingly, Massimiliano Allegri has racked up four in a row since taking over \u2013 but they did go in 2012 only to be\u00a0soundly beaten by\u00a0a Napoli side that had simply wanted it more.<\/p>\n

The next two years saw Conte rest players such as Andrea Pirlo, Paul Pogba, Claudio Marchisio, Carlos Tevez and Gianluigi Buffon in the Coppa Italia, as he chased record-breaking points totals in the league and overdue success in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Conte came similarly unstuck in the EFL Cup last season, as a Chelsea\u00a0side without Diego Costa, Eden Hazard or Nemanja Matic were beaten by a mediocre West Ham.<\/p>\n

The Blues also struggled\u00a0through what is now known as the Carabao Cup this season with a second-string side. He switched to his first-choice 11\u00a0for the semi-final against Arsenal, in what was again an uncharacteristic move based on his career to date.<\/p>\n

Chelsea still fell short in the semi-final and poor finishing, coupled with a tired looking group of players that struggled throughout January, saw them beaten by their London rivals.<\/p>\n

A second cup final in two years, therefore, makes the FA Cup the competition that Conte performs best in, outside of the leagues.<\/p>\n

He\u00a0rested players throughout the early rounds of\u00a0last season, even leaving\u00a0Eden\u00a0Hazard and Diego Costa on the bench for the semi-final against Tottenham at Wembley, but he\u00a0brought back the big guns for the final.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was all in vain, though, as Chelsea, despite being heavy favourites,\u00a0lost 2-1 to Arsenal, Conte’s bogey team. There were obvious similarities to the 2012 Coppa loss to Napoli, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Arsenal looked the more determined, hungrier team against a\u00a0complacent Chelsea side had been celebrating an unexpected Premier League title win in the weeks before.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The former Italy coach believes he is as good a coach as\u00a0City boss Guardiola, who has just added the League Cup and the Premier League to his already stellar resume.<\/p>\n

The Catalan\u00a0has had what Conte feels he\u00a0has never possessed:\u00a0large and\u00a0complete squads that have been capable of competing on numerous fronts. Despite this, Conte remains hugely disappointed that his side did not record a double last season, when Arsenal were clearly there for the taking.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast season we were in the best condition to win the FA Cup but we missed that chance and it was our fault,” he acknowledged. “At that moment we were stronger than them.”<\/p>\n

Going on league placings, United look stronger than Chelsea going into Saturday’s Cup final but Conte will be determined to get one over on his Portuguese counterpart.<\/p>\n

Mourinho said “Judas is still number one” as Chelsea knocked Manchester United out of the FA Cup last season in the quarter-finals. His response to being booed at Stamford Bridge was a typically direct barb, a pointed reference to the fact that he remains the manager with the most domestic titles in Chelsea’s long history.<\/p>\n

Manchester United will likely present a more difficult challenge than Napoli or Arsenal in Conte’s finals gone by, in a match that will likely represent his final game in charge of the club. A win in the cup may help his legacy at Stamford Bridge, especially if this match proves to be his last.<\/p>\n

History may not be on Conte’s side, but\u00a0he\u00a0and his players have the chance to change everything\u00a0over the course of 90 minutes on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a look into why the Blues head coach has fallen short in the cup competitions, despite being so successful at winning league titles Antonio Conte not only has to get the better of\u00a0Jose Mourinho at Wembley on\u00a0Saturday, he also has to overcome his own personal hoodoo\u00a0as he looks to record his first cup … <\/p>\n

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