I didn't think much of Antonio Conte when he was appointed the manager of Juvent us.

All I'd known and remembered was that he was a part of that glorious Juventu s squad that stepped over with ease the Inter that I supported before the Calcio poli blew up. He takes Juventus through the whole of the season of 2011-2012 unbeaten. Their o nly loss in Italian competitions was that loss to Napoli in the final of Copa It alia. The question to ask then is, was that a great achievement. We have seen a general wane in the Italian league, still recovering from the match fixing, and chronic crowd trouble. Clubs in Italy have all diminished in their soft power, s till missing big name signings. They have all retracted in a way. Europe is goin g to be difficult for both the Milanese clubs. But Juventus seems to have been c ut from a different cloth. And the primary reason for that is Antonio Conte himself. Not only has he brough t some great attacking football back, he seems to be a man dead serious in his m ission with a passion that exudes from every molecule. Like fine Italian enginee ring, he seems to exhibit all of the expressive body expressions, a pulsating ce ntre to the flow of energy that seems to conclude to the Juve rhythm. Even when he was absent from the touchline ban that he got for an alleged match fixing inc ident, everybody knew who was running the show. Their Champions League was by no way easy consisting of the Champions Chelsea and a very impressive Shaktar Done tsk, but they made it through and I feel are a genuine threat to go all the way. If we look at a simple statistic of Juventus' performance under him, we see tha t they have just lost three games while under his leadership. He has a win perce ntage of almost 65%. There are suggestions of his likeness to the Special One. He is known to have a great addiction to the minute details and tactics. But above all, the main reaso n I think he has a great managerial career ahead of him is because of his motiva tional and man management skills. I came across the 'Spit blood' video delivered when Juve where leading the league last season and asking his players to stay f ocused. It had me in goosebumps because it even though might have been scripted was not acted, and was meant to be private. Watch the video, will give Russell C rowe's Gladiator a run for the money and then let your mind make up if its the b irth of a new special one.