Plenty of challenges for Conte with Italy


Juventus' coach Antonio Conte greets supporters before the Italian Serie A soccer match against Atalanta at the Juventus stadium in Turin May 5, 2014. REUTERS/Max Rossi/Files

ROME (Reuters) - Unloved even in their own country, Italy's national team clearly need a radical overhaul and, if anyone can do it, then it is the steely-willed Antonio Conte who was named as their new coach on Thursday.

In three seasons as Juventus coach, Conte turned them from a floundering mid-table outfit into the dominant side in Italian football, winning a hat-trick of Serie A titles.

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