Former Milan head coach Sergio Conceicao says that he feels he was not adequately supported by the Rossoneri senior administration throughout his short-live spell within the San Siro hotseat final season, and has pointed to ‘club-wide instability’ that hindered his facet’s performances: ‘That’s why I take delight in what we did’.
Conceicao was as head coach of Milan on December 30, 2024. The latter was dismissed with the crew sitting in eight locations within the Serie A desk and at critical danger of lacking out on the European spots.
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Conceicao’s tenure bought off to the absolute best of begins: Defeating Juventus 2-1 after which Inter 3-2 in his first two matches in cost on his approach to profitable the Supercoppa Italiana trophy.
“I bear in mind these days, intense work with video evaluation and motivational talks to get into the gamers’ heads. We beat my son Cisco’s Juventus, after which Inter in a comeback, I cried,” Conceicao stated in a latest interview with
The Portuguese advised La Gazzetta why he determined to smoke a cigar within the dressing room after defeating Inter within the Supercoppa Italiana ultimate, a second which has since gone viral throughout varied social media platforms.
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“It was a promise,” he stated. “The gamers had seen movies and requested me to smoke one if we received. I’d executed it 11 instances with Porto after profitable trophies, greater than every other coach. So, I did it once more.”
Conceicao, now accountable for Al-Ittihad within the Saudi Professional League, was requested for his predictions forward of Monday evening’s Supercoppa Italiana ultimate between Napoli and Bologna.
BOLOGNA, ITALY – NOVEMBER 09: Jhon Lucumi of Bologna FC 1909 battles for possession with Rasmus Hojlund of Napoli throughout the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and SSC Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on November 09, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Pictures)
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“There’s no favouritism from me, and I don’t even need to speak about particular gamers, as a result of then they’ll write that we’re excited about signing them,” he laughed. “I’ll watch the sport, Bologna and Napoli are each nice to look at.
“The battle between Conte and Italiano will probably be an advert for Italian soccer. Antonio is obsessive, like me, and a whole lot of the time, obsession beats expertise. Vincenzo then again, performs nice soccer, a lot in order that we misplaced the Coppa Italia ultimate towards him final 12 months, that was a giant remorse.”
Conceicao on Milan tenure: ‘Administration didn’t assist me’
Although his Milan tenure bought off to an excellent begin, Conceicao was finally dismissed on the finish of the 2024-25 season after an eight-place end, which was not sufficient for the crew to qualify for any European competitors.
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Regardless of their end within the league desk, Conceicao describes his time in cost as being: “Constructive.”
MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 23: Sergio Conceicao, Head Coach of AC Milan, acknowledges the followers after the coppa Italia Semi Remaining match between FC Internazionale and AC Milan at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on April 23, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
He defined: “From 2016 till now, solely two coaches have received trophies with the Rossoneri: Pioli with the Scudetto, and me. If we add up the factors from my time there, we have been at Europa League tempo, fifth place.
“The outcomes have been there, I take into consideration the 2 derbies that we received and the victory towards Roma. I’m sorry in regards to the Coppa Italia ultimate, however there have been some issues that I didn’t like.”
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When requested to broaden, Conceicao stated: “There was instability club-wide, the environment across the crew was not good. That’s why I take delight in what we did.
“Additionally, the administration didn’t assist me. I’ll provide you with an instance: After profitable the Supercoppa, we then performed towards Cagliari. Even then, rumours have been already circulating that the membership was following different coaches. I used to be focussed on working onerous and profitable. I didn’t have the time to sort things on each degree.”
And when requested whether or not he would have stayed at Milan underneath completely different circumstances, Conceicao stated: “Sure, with some adjustments.”
epa12012425 AC Milan’s head coach Sergio Conceicao reacts throughout the Italian Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Fiorentina on the Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milan, Italy, 05 April 2025. EPA-EFE/Daniel Dal Zennaro
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Does Conceicao really feel that the Milan gamers let him down, and even betrayed him?
“By no means, the alternative, they have been with me,” Conceicao replied. “Theo (Hernandez) additionally stated it in a earlier interview: After Feyenoord, when folks stated that he had bought despatched off on goal, I defended him. Plenty of them wrote to me after I left.
“I demand rigor, depth, but additionally leisure when it’s time to chill out. If anyone turns up late, or an additional kilo obese or one thing like that, I can’t stand it. For me, on the finish of the day, all gamers are the identical.”