watched the game against Watford and he said to me: ‘I didn’t see you with the right anger, with the right passion. You finished the game with a voice and that is not for you’.
“Maybe in the future, when I become older, I have to try to stay more calm and live the game more relaxed.
“But, also, this is my strength — to stay on the touchline and to push my players, to push myself.”
Conte reckons his passion was passed down to him from his dad (right), who ran the show at his first junior football team, AS Juventina Lecce.
He added: “You have to know that my first owner, when I started to play football, it was my father.
“He was the owner, the coach, the kitman, the groundsman... I spent my life from the start on the pitch, following JOSE MOURINHO has dropped a huge hint that Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay is set to snub England and commit his international future to Scotland.
The 21-year-old Manchester United midfielder is wanted by both home nations after a breakthrough season at Old Trafford.
Mourinho has revealed that he has spoken to Lancaster-born McTominay – but suggested the pull of playing for his father’s the team of my father. For this reason, I have to thank him for this passion.
“Also, when I started as an assistant coach, I remember in some games I shouted more than the coach and at the end of the games, I had to say, ‘Sorry’. But this is my way to live the game.”
Big games are coming thick and fast country of birth is set to win his heart. “I have given Scott my advice but I think the advice of his parents is more important than mine,” the United boss said.
“His own heart is more important than my advice, because mine is purely from a career point of view.
“More important than his career is his feeling, his family’s feeling and also the overall situation with him. He’s going to have a very good career independently of his international choice.”
HORNET STING: Janmaat and Zeegelaar celebrate Watford’s hammering of Chelsea 19 GREAT SCOTT: United ace McTominay with Jose MANCHESTER UNITED are among the top clubs monitoring £80million-rated Lazio midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.But Old Trafford spies had a wasted trip to Rome on Thursday to watch Sergej in Europa League action against Steaua Bucharest.The 6ft 4in Serb, whose agent is former Chelsea striker Mateja Kezman, was stuck on the bench as Lazio won 5-1.Old Trafford boss Jose Mourinho is anxious to bring in a commanding midfielder with Michael Carrick retiring and Marouane Fellaini expected to leave in the summer.There are also doubts over the long-term future of record £89m buy Paul Pogba, so Mourinho has made strengthening his midfield a priority in the summer transfer window.Sergej, 22, is on a shortlist which also includes Nice’s Jean Michael Seri, who has a £35m release clause, and Napoli’s Italian international Jorginho. said: “Chelsea is like any normal game and probably playing Liverpool in a few weeks means more.“For my club – and everyone knows that the most important thing is not me – to play Liverpool has a special meaning.“That’s the way I have to look at things. I don’t have any bad feeling in relation to Chelsea to say, ‘Oh, I’m going to prove this and that against my former club’.“I’m not going to prove anything. In fact, every club I left – by my decision or by the board – I have very good feelings towards them.“I’ve never played against Inter since I left, but I’ve faced Porto, Real Madrid and Chelsea and the feeling is a good one. It’s not a special thing.“Liverpool is also three points. But the feeling for the fans is that they don’t have that extra bit of adrenaline for Chelsea.“For this club, it is more about Liverpool than Chelsea.”The ‘Special One’ guided Chelsea to two titles in three seasons after taking over in 2004 – and also lifted the League Cup twice and the FA Cup.Mourinho turned Chelsea into champions again when he returned to Stamford Bridge in 2013, winning the Prem crown two years later. Italian leaves. Van Gaal, 66, is looking for a shortterm job – and is desperate to have another crack at the Premier League after being axed by Manchester United in 2016, just a day after winning the FA Cup.If Chelsea and Conte part company, LVG would offer a safe pair of hands until the end of the season, when the Blues would make a permanent appointment.Van Gaal has said: “I’d be interested in a Premier League club where I’d have the chance to get one over on Manchester United.”He missed out on taking Australia to the World Cup when they appointed fellow Dutchman Bert van Marwijk.