Huddled together after the final whistle that sends Milan to the Super Cup final and Juve home. The semi-final of the two Portuguese ends like this
The image of Sergio and Francisco Conceiçao’s match is the one that closes the semi-final of the Italian Super Cup. The snapshot from Riyadh of their very personal Juventus-Milan is the one at the end of the match: the long embrace and the kiss that couldn’t be more paternal than that. Until a few seconds first opposed, then father and son returned. The Milan coach had also said it before kick-off: “Francisco is an opponent today, after the match I will be his father, now I want to beat him”. And that’s exactly how it went.
sergio in the final, francisco injured
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Conceiçao senior won, the younger lost, he abandoned a Super Cup that he never played due to a problem with his right thigh flexor that stopped him in the warm-up. He had to start. Chico’s first tears of the evening were there. Others came in the 95th minute, when he approached the Milan bench and found his father who then held him close with a gesture that was also consoling when they returned… family.
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