It has been a tough few months for AC Milan, and regardless of your views on Sérgio Conceição, you can’t help but feel a bit bad for his tenure.
There are some very mixed opinions on Conceicao and his time at Milan. In his first moments, he delivered a Coppa Italia, but barring that it has been rather bleak. However, it can certainly be argued that this is a problem far bigger than him.
The Portuguese has tried three systems, each showing weaknesses – though it can be argued this is more about his squad than himself. Furthermore, he is working with a slightly different side from what Stefano Pioli had available, so it is not even his team, or that of his predecessor.
Change is desperately needed, and Conceicao’s departure comes into this, something which may be a regret in the future. However, last night’s loss to Bologna made the future clear – a ‘sad farewell’ inevitable, as Tuttosport (via Milan News) writes.
Time has flown from the moments of joy in the changing rooms of Riyadh to the changing room of Rome, and the messages were clearly very different. Now, there is no escaping the fact that this season has been a failure, and with Conceicao already threatening to open Pandora’s box, you fear the worst.
The way he interacted with Calabria is everything one needs to know about him.
I agree. That was the nail in the coffin. Once I saw that I new the this season was up on smoke.
Sebenarnya beliau adalah Pelatih hebat. Tapi apa daya kalau Pemilik Cardinale dan Furlani tidak mendukung baik secara finansial maupun dukungan psikologis
While the team is nothing to brag about. Neither is conceicao. He’s no better than what fonseca was and perhaps he was even worse. 85% of the games conceicao was in charge of were all poor. First halfs were embarrassing and to always go down to try to turn the result around isn’t what I want to see.
He may spill the beans on how the management is and how the players are but we already know that. We knew that before he arrived but he only made it worse. The pushing off the ball was abysmal as well as tactics. Just cause you found success in Porto doesn’t make you a top tier coach. Gattuso demanded discipline from his players just like him but that means nothing.
The harsh truth, looking at situation on milan top management.
1. Most top/proper coaches for example, Conte won’t be attracted or consider joining a milan without proper direction, ambition and management structure (also factor in the cheap salary). Let me dream of klopp.
2. if they hire another ‘cheap coach’ again- I suspect some players like Reijnders may be inclined to leave. Allegri and Sarri (especially) are even more rigid/ formulaic than Conceicao. Who remembers Sarri at Chelsea; 75mins like for like subs (kovacic & co), you can say the same about Sarri at juve.
The best option is to keep Sergio Conceicao regardless and support him to get UCL qualification, europa/UECL trophy, and compare Italia. Sell unfit players (musah, Emerson, terraciano) and prioritize quality over quantity. Keep some useful loan returnees who would like to stay (salad, Adli, pellegrino….)
Thoroughly asses the talents in milan futuro e.g Liberali, Omoregbe, Vos etc. Atleast a handful (1, 2 or 3) would come good where the squad is lacking(see Barcelona & Atalanta).
Get the f**k out of the club.