Chelsea's Future is Out of Conte's Control

With a qualification for the Champions League looking more and more unlikely for Chelsea, Antonio Conte has accepted that his future with the football club is out of his hands. He has recognised that he may well not get the chance to lead the team into the next season thanks to the Blues’ Champions League non-qualification.

While it’s a possibility that Chelsea may still manage to end the season with glory, Conte, who has one year to go on his contract, is unsure of whether he will still be in charge when the next term comes around. He rather wearily stated that he’s been asked the question about his staying in the head coach position many times, but he still does not have any real answer. The club is the one in charge of the situation, he restated and deciding on whether to stay or go is ultimately simply not something he can do.

It’s a Matter of a Poor Finish

Conte felt that poor finishing was why Chelsea did not manage to boost their hopes for a Champions League qualification and the prospect of a fifth successive win. He added that the team’s intention was to fan the flames of hope, and the only way to do this was to win, and this they tried to do with all their strength.

He went on to say that a certain amount of chances were created, and the team had done their best to take them, but they had not been clinical over the course of this season, and it wasn’t the first time they had failed to do so, nor would it be the last.

He feels that there are multiple circumstances that influenced this, but the team is simply going to have to accept whatever the final result will be. As punters who stay up to date with statistics, including changes in AFL betting odds and more will know, luck is not always on a team’s side.

Not Enough Goals Made for the Season

Conte went on to say that there were many opportunities to score that Chelsea players hadn’t taken, but added that it was not simply a matter concerning strikers, it was the reality for the entire team. He stated that they had to focus on improving this in future games.

You Get What You Deserve

Conte said that each team deserved the points they had on the table at the end of the day, and the fact that Chelsea is at the fifth position is something that had to be accepted, because that is where they deserved to be.

Conte has said that there had been situations out of their control but, going forward, they were more than willing to perform at their best.

He spoke of a fantastic level of commitment from his players, and that it was the nature of the beast that football is. At the end of the day, winning requires that one team scores one more goal than the other one has been able to, and that Chelsea did not always manage to do this.