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Former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte could replace Julien Lopetegui at Real Madrid

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Real Madrid boss Julien Lopetegui (left) and former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte [Courtesy]

Call it what you want, but football sometimes can be a game of really fine margins. So fine that one slip up at dire times could mean the end of a manager’s job or a player’s glittering career.  

Former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte serves as a lesson to the football world. He got sacked two seasons after winning the Premier League and the FA Cup. That shows you how big the club game has become – no proper team would risk having an outdated manager, even if the manager had just won the treble in the previous season.

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