Long meeting in the locker room. The message to the players: do not be distracted by the market, the technician did not ask anyone’s transfer. The climate, in view of the Inter, so you can redeem
The Milan derby, if it had not been understood, has already begun. Milan, two days after the game, ended in the locker room for two hours of interview: Sergio Conceiçao, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the whole team closed, in private, in Milan, to try to compact the environment in view of the game. On a Friday of crazy market counterattacks, Milan also lived this training session … extra. Beyond the time spent on the video, beyond training at lunchtime, a long meeting.
What they said
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Conceiçao, Ibra and the team stopped to speak and no, it was not a short thing. What has been said? Not everything can be known, of course, but something emerges clearly. Ibra and Conceiçao tried to unite the group in view of Inter. Sergio reiterated that he did not ask for the sale of any player. Ibrahimovic confirmed that market decisions, however hard, are taken by the company, not by the coach. And he asked to get distracted by the negotiations, true or presumed. Both have let the team know that Zagreb’s performance is under any level of standard possible to Milan. Certainly, they tried to bother the environment in view of the weekend.
Sergio and the team
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The context of course counts and deserves two words. The relationship between Conceiçao and Team is aimed as normal in this situation: a coach who imposes new rules, new times, new habits. The retreat before the game. Evening training. The double training. A new captain. The management of Pioli and Fonseca were much, much softer and the consequence is clear: there is no better choice – sometimes the soft approach works, sometimes hardness – but it is clear what the players’ reaction is to change. In addition, Tomori is openly on the market, Morata has a foot in Istanbul, Calabria is about to go to Bologna, cage has ended up on the bench and many players live a tension that they are not used to. A long dialogue in the locker room cannot solve all the critical issues and reassure the environment but in short … it is certainly a first step.
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