Milano – “A club that has won seven Champions League cannot have a full belly for a Super Cup”. No more cigar, dancing and music. Sergio Conceiçao still has a bit of a cough: he is at San Siro for the final match towards Milan-Cagliari, he has clear ideas and a firm gaze: Riad’s triumph “is the past”. “We deserved the cup and we enjoyed it, of course, but we are 17 points behind first place in the championship and now we have to start winning and convincing to get as high as possible.” The emotion of his debut on the bench at San Siro is there, but it is almost overshadowed by the amount of thoughts that swirl in his head: “I will feel the normal adrenaline of a match and I will try to understand where I am, that is, in a historic club . Maybe I’ll hear something before kick-off, I’m not a stone, but above all I want to prepare the boys as best as possible.”
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by our correspondent Franco Vanni
“I am the greatest leader of the locker room”
Tough and decisive, Sergio attracts pressure like a magnet: “Maignan, captain? I’m not interested in controversy. I am the greatest leader of the locker room, but everyone must take their responsibilities, regardless of who wears the armband.” For the restart, at least initially, we continue with the 4-3-3. Conceiçao explains it like this: “I have to find a good balance in both phases. Today I think that the 3-man midfield gives the team more security. I also like playing with two strikers, but I need to work on it. I can change even within a match, I did it in Riyadh: that’s why I’m here, they pay me for this.” The players least used by Fonseca will have their opportunities: “For me they all start on the same level and day after day I will see, based on the strategy of each match, who can give us a hand. Nobody is excluded and nobody is a sure starter.”
“Rashford? He’s a good player”
He wants to take stock of the transfer market after Cagliari: “The management tried to talk to me once or twice, but it’s not the right time, we have a game to win. Maybe we’ll have time to talk about it the next day.” Regarding Rashford, however, he lets it slip that yes, “he is a good player, like many others. Let’s see what happens.” The Englishman from Manchester United, 27 years old, is the first choice of the Rossoneri club for the attack: in the middle of the week there was a positive meeting with his brother-agent, the Red Devils can loan him out contributing to the payment of salary of 13 million gross.
Conceiçao: “It’s not difficult to get up there, but to stay there”
The tension must not be lowered, because during the season great victories were followed by unexpected missteps: “I saw the matches with Real Madrid and Cagliari. The difficult thing is not getting there, but staying there. We must continue with the beautiful things seen in Riyadh, not fall immediately. Against Juventus and Inter, in some phases I didn’t like the boys at all. We made mistakes in pressing, in the timing of forward runs. There are some things we need to improve.” In short, maximum concentration. As always, with Sergio dictating the route: “I danced for the Super Cup, but already on the bus that took us to the airport I was thinking about how to calm the boys and beat Cagliari.”
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