Fitness, fitness, fitness. This is what Antonio Conte likes. There is nothing more important than fitness for the new Tottenham coach. And the reason for that is simple: his tactics are built around constant pressure on the pitch, and that is possible only if a player is 100% fit. Conte is also a detail freak and holds regular team meetings with video analysis. A healthy way of living is also very important to him, as he oversees players meals but also gives advices about sex life. Welcome to Conte’s world!🚨 NEW: Antonio Conte banned ketchup and mayonnaise from the players, and has also cut down on fruit juice and cooking with oil and butter, he wants the players to eat more fruit. [The Athletic] pic.twitter.com/I1wgdak1LZ— The Spurs Web ⚪️ (@thespursweb) November 10, 2021 After success he had with Juventus, Chelsea and Inter, it is only natural that everybody expects future success with Spurs, as Conte proclaimed himself as a ‘serial winner’. But, that means that Tottenham players will have to ‘spill the blood’ (another Conte’s quote) in order to play the Italian’s style. Having arrived in mid-season, and without a proper training camp, the Italian tactician had to speed up his process, which means even more fitness. As per The Athletic, Spurs stars were ‘dead’ after a training session last Friday despite beating Vitesse the night before, such is the priority Conte puts into work on the training pitch. He also treated his stars to a 75-minute video analysis session of the win over the Dutch side, despite the meeting being initially pencilled in for 20 minutes. Conte did not hold back about his players’ physical condition in the aftermath of the European win, too. He told them some of them were overweight and insisted their mentality had to change. So, out with heavy food, sandwiches, ketchup and mayonnaise and in with more fruit, for starters.If any of Spurs players wanted to know their new coach, they only needed to find out stories from his former players, like Giorgio Chiellini.“It is not only in the match with Conte. It is all day, every training session. He is like a police sergeant. When you finish training, you are dead. Not tired — dead. You can do it only because you believe in what he does. We had 40 days in France and it was like entering another world. You are 100% with him. He creates an atmosphere, everyone gives energy to each other. For sure he is one of the very best” said the Juve defender for Daily Mail few years ago.Conte’s arrival excites the forgotten Harry Kane – Rio Ferdinand can’t wait to see the new TottenhamFormer Inter goalkeeper Tommaso Berni was on the sidelines with Conte during his time and witnessed another Antonio. “When the results come, everything is quiet, but tension grows when they are missing. Conte is definitely a tough coach, not someone you would play five-a-side football with. He always demands the maximum from each one of his players because he does the same, every time” said Berni.During his time as a manager, Conte had a number of interesting quotes, and one of them is about having sex during the season.“During the season, I advise my players to have sex for short periods and with the minimum of effort. And they better use positions where they are under their partners. And preferably, with their wives, because if with others, well, that needs extra action” he once told L’Equipe. So you see, fitness is everything.
