Italy nation and soccer are under another scandal, but after “Calciopoli” scandal in 2006 that target clubs in Seria A Juventus, AC Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio and Regina this time scandal is involving their national team.
Everything started when Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio suffered knee ligament damage during the warm-up for Italy training session. After injury Marchisio return back to Turin for medical treatment and first thoughts were that he is out for the rest of season. But after medical test didn’t show any tear, Marchisio could be back in couple of days. Juventus boss John Elkann was furious on Conte; he said that perhaps Conte would like to be remembered as the coach with highest numbers of injuries.
Italy is currently in Sofia preparing for their game against Bulgaria in EURO 2016 qualifications. On the news conference Conte said that he wonder why Elkann didn’t ask him that when he was in Juventus. Conte said that they (Italy national team) don’t work hard, they work well. When asked about Marchisio injury, Conte said that Marchisio injured himself while warming up and running without the ball.
But that was not enough for some Juventus fans and multiple newspapers confirmed that Conte received death threats over online media. With all that in mind shaken Conte is thinking about leaving coach position for Italy national team. President of Italian football federation (FIGC) Carlo Tavecchio told Radio Rai that he saw Conte shaken this morning after yesterday controversy and once more confirmed that Conte received death threats over the internet.
Italy is playing in Group H with Croatia, Norway, Bulgaria, Malta and Azerbaijan and after 4 rounds they are holding 2nd place with same amount of points as first Croatia. Norway is on third place with only one point less. Before coaching Italy national team Conte was coach in Juventus for three years and brings them three Seria A titles.
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Antonio Conte thinking about leaving Italy national team after receiving death threats for Marchisio injury
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