AC Milan is in the final of the Italian Super Cup! For Sergio Conceiçao’s first, the Rossoneri overthrew Juventus in five minutes, thanks to a penalty and an own goal.
It was the big night for Sergio Conceiçao, who took his place for the first time on the AC Milan bench during the semi-final of the Italian Super Cup, played in the Al-Nassr stadium, club of Cristiano Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia, against Juventus.
While he was thinking of facing his son, Francisco, announced as a starter for the Old Lady, the Portuguese coach saw his offspring leave the pitch during the warm-up, in tears, the victim of an injury. It was finally the young Turk Kenan Yildiz who started.
A good choice from Thiago Motta. Because, after twenty minutes, it was he who took advantage of the service of the Belgian Samuel Mbangula to send a missile into the cages of Mike Maignan and open the scoring (1-0, 21st). Juventus, at rest, returned to the locker room with a deserved goal advantage.
But this is where Sergio Conceiçao’s influence has already been felt on the AC Milan troops. Because, in the second half, the Rossoneri no longer showed the same face and finally showed themselves to be conquerors.
And it paid off. Twenty minutes before the end, Manuel Locatelli was guilty of a handball in the area. With a central but powerful strike, Christian Pulisic tied the two teams (1-1, 71st).
While we could have gone to penalties, since they were directly planned in the event of a tie after 90 minutes, without going to extra time, AC Milan made the difference, quite fortunately. Yunus Musah’s center was deflected by Gatti into his own net (1-2, 76th).
For his first on the bench of AC Milan, Sergio Conceiçao managed to overthrow Juventus to offer himself a first Italian Super Cup final, which will be played this Monday against the internal rival, winner of Atalanta on Thursday evening .
