The Fiver | VAR sending Antonio Conte’s canopy spinning around at high speed

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Antonio Conte has seen it all as a manager. Things you wouldn’t believe. He’s won Serie A titles with Juventus and Inter, lifted Premier Leagues and FA Cups with Chelsea, even watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Turnpike Lane. But he’s never tasted glory in Europe. A single measly Big Cup quarter-final with Juventus in 2013 is the best he’s managed on the continent, if you don’t count nearly winning Big Vase in 2020 with a team containing Ashley Young, Alexis Sánchez and Victor Moses, which we probably should do, but for the ease of narrative, don’t. Either way, it’s all very strange. Oh oh Antonio!

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