Calabria and Hernandez carry the trophy to midfield, the fans shout Conceiçao’s name. Then the moving memory of Cudicini
Something shiny was needed in a stadium that this year has seen too many draws, too many groans and too many boos. As Conceiçao says, a Super Cup won’t be enough to fill the belly of the Rossoneri world, but the scope is still tasty. And Milan savored it all. The trophy on the LED lights in the anti-stadium, the team photo with confetti and streamers in the locker room tunnel and then her, the cup that enters the pitch ten minutes before the kick-off of the match against Cagliari while the speaker Gegio talks about that “we suffered, hoped and rejoiced”.
three times hey
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Calabria and Hernandez carry it to the midfield circle and then raise it in the direction of the Curva Sud while the highlights of the Riyadh derby scroll on the giant screen with Meazza accompanying the goals against the Nerazzurri: “olè” three times, until the final celebration and to the applause that accompanies the trophy off the field. By the way: after months of indifference, we once again hear the name of a coach shouted from the stadium: “Conceiçao” is forcefully chanted by San Siro, partly as thanks for the Super Cup and partly as a good omen. But it’s not just an evening of celebrations, on the contrary: a few meters away, next to the goal under the South, Maignan has spread out the black shirt with the number 1 on the pitch. It’s a tribute to Cudicini, the historic Rossoneri goalkeeper. His images also scroll on the screens, in black and white, and another round of applause rises from the Meazza. Different and very exciting.