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Italian sports media abuzz after Inter coach Antonio Conte's latest outburst

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Football - Serie A - Atalanta v Inter Milan - Stadio Atleti Azzurri, Bergamo, Italy - August 1, 2020. Inter Milan coach Antonio Conte shakes hands with Alessandro Bastoni after the match. [REUTERS/Alberto Lingria]

When Inter Milan coach Antonio Conte faces the cameras after a match, it is a case of lighting the blue touch paper and standing well back.

In his first season at Inter, the 51-year-old former Juventus, Italy and Chelsea coach has railed against his own club's "poor planning" and an "insane" fixture list, and even blamed one poor performance on the opposition playing the wrong kind of football.

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