Chelsea goalkeeper says Conte is more tactical than Mourinho

Chelsea goalkeeper says his current club boss spends more time on game management than those in charge at Atletico Madrid and Manchester United Thibaut Courtois claims current Chelsea boss Antonio Conte places greater emphasis on tactics than his predecessor Jose Mourinho.

The Belgium international also considers the Italian coach to spend more time on game management than Atletico Madrid’s Diego Simeone – who he spent three years working under during productive loan spells – and his former national team manager Marc Wilmots.

That should, perhaps, come as no surprise, with Conte having been schooledin a Serie A system that prides itself on being tactically astute.

In contrast, Manchester United boss Mourinho and Atletico stalwart Simeone are more reactionary in their methods, withgreater emphasis placed on spirit and rolling with the punches than following a set pre-game pattern.That is not to say that they do not have a plan, it is just that they go about their business in a different manner.Courtios would appear to echo that way of thinking, tellingLa Tribune: “Conte is the one that works most tactically. 

Then there is Simeone, then Mourinho and finally Wilmots."