When Antonio Conte was first announced as Chelsea’s new head coach, taking over from Jose Mourinho, nobody quite knew what to expect.
After a disastrous title defence under Mourinho, Conte arrived at Cobham with a rebuilding job on his hands and in his first season in charge he has done just that.
The former Juventus and Italy boss lifted the Premier League trophy in his debut campaign as well reaching the FA Cup final and Mark Worrall captures the spirit of Chelsea’s season brilliantly in his new book, ‘The Italian Job: A Chelsea thriller starring Antonio Conte.’
Worrall, an established Chelsea author takes you through the season month by month channelling the Italian spirit that surrounded the club throughout the campaign.
From Conte’s Italian journey at the 2016 European championships to the first pre-season game against Rapid Vienna to the moment that Conte lifted the trophy on the final day of the season.
By breaking down the events of the season into individual days and months you can get a real sense of how far the Blues have come over the last season. It’s not until you read back through the report from the game against Vienna, with a starting XI that included the likes of Asmir Begovic, Branislav Ivanovic, John Terry, Papy Djilobodji, John Obi Mikel, Oscar and Cristian Atsu, all of whom have since left the club, that you can begin to grasp what a season it has been.
This is much more than match report after match report after match report though, the book provides the view of a regular match going fan with brilliant anecdotes thrown in along the way for good measure.
Worrall captures every moment of the season brilliantly and the book makes for a must read for any Chelsea fan that wants to remember what was a historic season.
The book is officially published by Gate 17, released on 13 June and is available worldwide in paperback and ebook via Amazon: http://amzn.to/2qUX35f.
The Italian Job: A Chelsea thriller starring Antonio Conte is priced at £8.95 and will also be available to buy from the cfcuk stall before match days.
