Milan, draw with Roma è fatal for Paulo Fonseca

All that is missing is the official announcement but the 1-1 draw with Roma has made AC Milan take the decision to relieve coach Paulo Fonseca.

According to reports on X by Gianluca Di Marzio, Sky Sport’s soccer market expert, the club’communicated the exoneration to Fonseca immediately after the match. Thus ends the Portuguese coach’s adventure after 18 league games.

Tomorrow, Di Marzio adds, Sergio Conceicao, also a Portuguese, will be the new Rossoneri coach. Fonseca confirmed the communication of the exoneration to Peppe Di Stefano, correspondent of Sky Sport, coming out of the garage of San Siro.

Fonseca in Serie A coached Roma from 2019 to 2021, collecting a fifth and a seventh place finish. Conceicao, a former Lazio, Parma and Inter Milan player, coached Porto from 2017 to 2024 winning 3 championships, a Super Cup, a League Cup and 4 domestic cups.

Milan, Paulo Fonseca does not feel questionable

These are the words of Milan coach Paulo Fonseca after the home draw against Roma during which è he was ejected for protests.

“I was asked if I had a tough confrontation with Ibra. I haven’t met him, I haven&#39t seen anyone from the company. I cannot say anything more than that. I cannot make up things that did not happen”.

“Never in my life have I been afraid in soccer. And I continue thisì. For me è it is important to always have a clear conscience: I work, I am honest with those who work with me. This è the most important thing for me. And that is why I am not afraid of anything”.

“Today’s game? We created enough to win, but è missed the goal. Mo I expect to coach the team in the Super Cup as well, I have no signs to the contrary. Now I’m going home, will watch the game, and then think about working”.

“What’do I have to say about the rumors of Conceicao’s arrival? Nothing, I come here to comment on the game. What can I say? I can talk about what è happened, not about other things. I did everything I could do until today”.

Milan-Roma, Claudio Ranieri è amused

These are the words to DAZN microphones of Roma coach Claudio Ranieri after the 1-1 draw against AC Milan. “È it was a vibrant match, the draw è a fair result and that also entertained the fans”.

“Everything they did to us in the first half, we did to them in the second half, incredibly both teams did not score”.

“Dybala? The whole team is helping him, he is training with continuityà and when Paulo è in this state of form è nice to pay the ticket to see him”, says Ranieri again.

“The derby next Sunday? Now we recover the energy spent. Congratulations to Lazio for the championship. But the derby comes out of any concept”, he concludes.