Italy's head coach Antonio Conte attends a news conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, in this October 9, 2015 file photo. Conte was named as Chelsea's new head coach with a three-year contract, the outgoing Premier League champions announced on April 4, 2016. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili/Files - RTSDHUK
CREMONA, Italy (Reuters) - Antonio Conte, future coach of English Premier League club Chelsea, was cleared on Monday of any role in a 2011 match-fixing scandal while he was in charge of Italian second division football team Siena.
Conte, who will coach Italy's national squad during this summer's European Championship before taking up his new post at Chelsea, was acquitted by a court in the northern Italian city of Cremona.
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