My father told me to beware of the touchline — Antonio Conte

In a tawdry tit-for-tat that ran for more than a week, Conte responded by accusing Mourinho of having “demenza senile” by forgetting his own back catalogue of touchline theatrics. Mourinho then bit back with an unsubtle reference to Conte’s suspension for failing to report match-fixing in Italy, prompting the latter to brand him “a little man” and a “fake” and challenge him to “meet me in a room, just me and him” at this game.
Conte refused to reignite their feud, threatening to walk out of his pre-match press conference if questions continued to be asked about it. Yet, he appeared eager to justify the kind of behaviour that led to them falling out in the first place, his celebration of Chelsea’s fourth goal in what was Mourinho’s heaviest Premier League defeat.
“Sometimes, when you score early, then you don’t celebrate a lot because you know there are 70 or 80 minutes still to play,” Conte said.
“If it’s near the end you understand that the win is very close, or if you score in the 90th or 91st minute, then it’s very difficult to control your emotions.”
And then?
“After the game, if we win, I think there is a great peace in myself,” he said. “This is the moment that I find peace completely in my mind, in my body. I’m tired, but if we win, it’s the best moment for me. I enjoy that moment. I know that, probably, the time is two hours, three hours - especially if we play [every] three days - to enjoy this moment, and then I have to start preparing another game.
“When we lose, it’s not a good moment for me. I prefer to stay silent. After the game, it’s not good to speak. Especially if you are angry, it’s dangerous, dangerous. It’s important to calm yourself and take a day, two days to recover and then restart.”