After a week's break, Conte is back at Napoli's training HQ today.
The decision to leave training to his staff last week sparked speculation of Conte considering his future as Napoli coach.
But Sabatini told La Repubblica: "Honestly, this decision doesn't seem that surprising to me. He must have built up a lot of tension, and a few days to unwind are definitely necessary.
"It seems like a shared path with the club. I don't see anything strange about it. There's a lot of pressure in Napoli right now. I see a lot of it due to the lack of results. It's never easy to manage a post-Scudetto era.
"They probably thought they could win it back easily. But that's not the case. Conte knows this well and has reiterated it often in recent months. Reaffirming oneself is increasingly difficult, and Napoli is experiencing this dynamic."
He added, "You have to consider many aspects, often you don't sleep much because you think about what happened and sometimes I think you need to recharge."