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Antonio Conte: These are the two Chelsea men I blame for my injury
ANTONIO CONTE has jokingly blamed Chelsea coaches Carlo Cudicini and Steve Holland for his calf injury.
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Antonio Conte took the players for a run during a training session yesterday at the club’s Cobham base.
But the 47-year-old showed his age when he pulled up, clutching his calf.
Reports suggested it wasn’t nothing too serious.
Antonio Conte doesn't intend to sit in the dugout against Stoke
Antonio Conte reckons Carlo Cudicini was to blame for his injury
The fault is Carlo Cudicini and Steve Holland because I wanted to run with them and I paid for it
And when asked about how his calf injury came about, Conte said: “I have a big problem in my calf… but the fault is Carlo Cudicini and Steve Holland because I wanted to run with them and I paid for it because they ran very strong.
“I am getting better.”
But Conte doesn’t intend to put his feet up in the dugout during the game against Stoke tomorrow (3pm).
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When asked whether he will sit down, he added: “No, no, no, no, no!
"But during the game against Crystal Palace I suffered a lot by standing up.”
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