No football 'games' in the bedroom for Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte (left) with daughter Vittoria and wife Elisabetta celebrate the win over Sunderland in May last year

Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte is struggling to sleep. The Blues' schedule means tomorrow's FA Cup fourth-round tie with Newcastle is their eighth of nine games in January. Conte said: "I live this job with great passion, with great love and for this reason sometimes I don't sleep." The Italian reviews his team's performances on nights when he cannot sleep.

"When I don't sleep I usually continue to work with the computer also because I don't want to create problems with my wife," he remarked. "I go to the living room and start to work, to watch the game or to try to find a solution. To watch the game is important - to understand positive things and negative things and to try to improve your team. For me, it is very important to understand quickly the reason we lost."

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