The turnaround on the Milan bench is complete, as it passes from one Portuguese to another: after the dismissal of Paulo Fonseca, Sérgio Conceiçao arrives. For the latter, it is a return to Milan, after two years as a player (far from exceptional) at Inter from 2001 to 2003.
" AC Milan announces that it has entrusted the technical management of the men's First Team to Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro da Conceição until June 30, 2026 ," the Rossoneri club's statement. "Milan extends a warm welcome to Sérgio and his staff, wishing him an experience full of success and satisfaction."
Tomorrow Conceiçao will have his first training session and leave for Saudi Arabia, where on Saturday 3 January at 8pm (Italian time) he will face Juventus in the second semi-final of the Italian Super Cup. Whoever advances will face the winner of Inter-Atalanta in the final on Monday 6, which will be played on Friday 2 at the same time. In Serie A, the debut of the new Rossoneri coach will be in Milan-Cagliari on Saturday 11 January at 8.45pm .
Fonseca leaves Milan in eighth place with 27 points and a game to make up (against Bologna), 8 points away from the Champions League zone and 14 points away from the top pair of Atalanta and Napoli. Yesterday's disappointing 1-1 draw against Roma and the management's decision to fire him was announced about an hour after the final whistle, with the now ex-Rossoneri coach confirming it while leaving the Meazza in his car .
Sérgio Conceiçao, father of Juventus player Francisco, left Porto in the summer, where he had been coaching since 2017. During his career he played in Italy from 1998 to 2004: in addition to Inter, he also played for Lazio (98-2000 and 2003-2004) and Parma (2000-2001) .