He was the key man on the San Siro lawn: without him, coach and player would have come into contact. An ex -worker in advertising and man of dialogue is Sergio’s peaceful half. And he said: “He is sensitive and generous, for me the salary has been reduced”
A blue helmet of the UN. A ambassador on a mission. A bodyguard. Syramana dembélé was all this and much more Sunday afternoon: officially he is the vice coach of Milan but for thirty precious seconds he was the man who held Sergio Conceiçao away from Davide Calabria. Before Fofana intervened, before the spirits calmed down, Dembélé was the only buffer between the two quarrels. He chases Conceiçao, providing for the danger. He holds him back. Let’s put it this way: if there was no Syramana dembélé, we would probably have images of a close encounter Conceiçao-Calabria. Or perhaps a meeting of the middle weights Conceiçao-Calabria.
The Inter shirt
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But who is Syramana dembélé? A good coach, a friend of Conceiçao, a very faithful. Since 2012 he has been working with him – in practice, always – and for the first time he is his deputy. The friendship between Sergio and Siramana was born from afar, from Liège, from the 2006-07 season in which they were companions at the standard: “Sergio was the club icon -said Dembélé a so Foot -. Before meeting him I was impressed, but I love contact with people, so I went to him, uninhibited, and like a fan I asked him for a shirt. Later, during the season, he gave me an Inter shirt that I still carry with me. ” And here, frankly, fate intervenes.
December 29th
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Conceiçao and Dembélé begin to work together on December 29, the same day he arrived at Milan. That time, it was 2011, Sergio called Siramana: “I’m going to train at Olhanense, come with me. Let’s start on New Year’s Eve “. Dembélé has not made it repeat and since then goes like this: ahead together, without compromise. “To live with Sergio is simple: you have to love and want to win – says Dembélé -. He hates comfort, it means that those who surround it progress. He is very intelligent, he is a very sensitive and very generous person. It helps many people around him and he is very loyal. “
the shaman
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Dembélé had opportunities as head coach but has always said no, he has always followed his particular path, as as a footballer: he signed his first professional contract at 25 years old, after studying and working in advertising. The secret is character. Dembélé is a quiet man, a man of dialogue. It is he who talked to the players every day, he who mediates when Conceiçao is tough. A reflective alter ego, who enters the scene – like all ambassadors – when the situation becomes complex. Some Milan fans noticed it immediately – and someone on social media calls him “shaman”, perhaps out of assonance with the name – but Syrama generally works in the shadows, like Sunday.
salary
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Dembélé at the port followed the games in the stands, to give tactical suggestions, while Milan go on the bench. What happened? It happened that Vitor Bruno, the former deputy of SC, spoke with Villas Boas to become the new coach of the port: for Sergio, Syrama and the coach of the goalkeepers Diamantino Figueiredo, a betrayal. Dembélé’s comment speaks alone: “I have known Sérgio for almost 20 years and his attitude towards the colleagues of the staff has always been a loyalty, without compromise. For him we are a family. When we went to Olhanense, he agreed to earn less because the club increased my salary, and not everyone do it. “Dembélé, with Villas Boas, would never have talked about.
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