Juve, Conceicao is the man of the derby of Italy: assist in the first leg, goal on the return

Maybe as soon as you return to the locker room after the 1-0 against Inter, Conceicao and Kolo Muani will have spoken again, thanked each other, embraced as at 74 ‘when the Frenchman did a magic and the Portuguese made the spell definitive to beat Inzaghi and his. Chico makes 3 in Serie A and his third goal in the championship has a totally different flavor than the others against Genoa and Empoli. Decisive, heavy for the Champions League race – Juve thus hooked fourth place – and for the Scudetto struggle, because the Nerazzurri braking holds Inter two points from Napoli. All thanks, or fault on the basis of the perspective, of that boy who never gives up dribbling (sometimes even too much), to run like a madman in the middle of the opponent, to kick down his head as soon as he sees the door, to always try and However to be found in the right place at the right time.

He works, he does not spare, he is angry, he never lacks a certain Vis controversy Against refereeing decisions he does not like them and above all he knows how to excite an entire stadium. It is his moment, all spotlight for Francisco Conceiçao who marked in two home games in a row for the first time in his career.

all the exultations

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“I died,” he said laughing at Dazn when he was asked about the moments immediately following the goal. Many frames remain of those second courses: the rush with a wide arms with the almost incredulous expression, the fist closed, the index in the ear to ask for more warmth to its audience, a heart and some kiss to the stands, the shirt raised by the shoulders to show that name even better as to say “remember it”. Then he knelks up, looks and indicates the sky (a thought will also have gone to Pinto da Costa), Gatti gives him a kiss on the forehead, he then puts his hands in his hair, gets up, shows even that shirt and that emblem even better . The sequence of Portuguese happiness.

The numbers of his derby

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Possessed. Three shots in the mirror, two wallpapers, one goal. Three cross, two of which are successful, two occasions created, 44 balls played in those 81 minutes finished among the applause and with a hug in Motta. Conceiçao returns home with the best prize on the pitch and some more certainty. He, who is only the third Portuguese player to score with Juve against Inter in Serie A, after Cristiano Ronaldo (two goals between 2019 and 2021) and Rui Gil Barros (a goal in 1989). Portuguese e Mottiano Together, of those who at the end of the game still think of the group: “A nice goal? Yes, because he gave us the victory”.