Conceição: Leao can become the best in the world, and that's what we want
Tuesday 07-01-2025

Milan coach Sergio Conceicao spoke to the media, after winning the Italian Super Cup at the expense of Inter, 3-2.


The coach said: “I am very happy with Yes, players, because it was not easy when I arrived, and there was not a lot of time to work on the details before these two matches and we were facing two high-level teams.


He added: “The players were magical They absorbed everything we discussed and obviously there are things we need to improve on, but they understand that. I feel that with humility, we can have some great months together in the Champions League and Serie A and we want to take Milan to where it deserves to be.”


He stressed: “Now we We are happy, we are celebrating and from tomorrow we will start focusing on Cagliari.”


Regarding what he said at half-time against Juventus in the semi-final: “There were some things that we had to adjust, both in Defense or attack, but it was painful to concede a goal from a throw contact and then we conceded another goal immediately after the restart when we did not read the long ball.”


He stressed: “However, this means that the team has character, because it twice managed to Turn things around and win against big teams. The coach must make adjustments during the course of the match, and this is what they push me to do.”


He added: “Today we wanted to be strong. We need to keep the team together and maintain Form,  We can do better, but the defenders and midfielders have to be brave. If we talk about the great Milan, he should not be afraid or retreat in defense.”


He noted: “It is very important for me to do that, it is not easy to express Defensive movement with little time to work on it, but these are all internationals, they are intelligent and they learned quickly what we had to do in order to win.”


He continued: “Rafael Leao is exceptional. I've known him for a long time, he's Portuguese like me, but he's more relaxed Portuguese and I'm more nervous, he needs to learn some things and then I think he can become the best player in the world. I told him that too, he has a lot of individual quality and if he puts it in the service of the team, he can be even better. I have no doubt, he can become the best in the world next season if he learns these things.”

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