The former coach coached the Portuguese at Parma in 2001: “I already appreciated him then: he was serious and determined. The club supports him in everything and for everything”
Sergio Conceiçao, for three weeks, was Arrigo Sacchi’s player. “And I liked him a lot – says the former coach from his home in Fusignano -. It was January 2001, I arrived at Parma, the team was doing badly, Malesani had been sacked. I only stayed for three games, then I had to leave because I no longer felt like I was inside the sacred fire. But in those few days, on the fields of Collecchio, I met Conceiçao and made an excellent impression on him. Serious, gritty, determined. Although…”.