Conceiçao to Milan, the first words: “Warm heart, fresh head”

Sergio Conceiçao is on the pitch, his habitat, and talks about Milan. Dry, concrete as per his style. His first words as Milan coach leave the impression of what he will try to impose on the team. “We must have a warm heart and a fresh head to work at our best and be able to win matches.” And again: “We don’t have much time but this is absolutely no excuse. Words are words. I have to demonstrate with facts and results.” The key concepts: work, collective, organization. It has already been understood: he will speak dryly, sincerely, with few explanations and few turns of phrase.

the two most important sentences

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Conceiçao is different from Fonseca but some concepts already heard in recent months return. This sentence for example opens up a world: “I have to work as hard as I can so that the players understand what they have to do individually and then collectively to be a strong team every match.” Two steps to underline. The adverb “collectively”, which draws attention to the team, to respect for teammates and tasks. And the last three words, “strong every match”, an inevitable reference to the main problem of Fonseca’s Milan (and not only): the ups and downs.

the history of Milan

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Here are all the other statements from Conceiçao, with the inevitable reference to the history of Milan: “I am proud of this adventure. The emotion is temporary because we have to work. We represent a great club on a global level and we must be up to it. there is a lot of work to do: if we have a great mentality, then with the organization and the quality that the players have we can do some good things. There must be a lot of work from everyone: not only the players but also every member of the staff We are here to work. What I say to the fans is that we will work hard to live up to this great club.”