LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 12: Sergio Conceicao, Head Coach of FC Porto, appears to be like on previous to the UEFA Champions League 2023/24 spherical of 16 second leg match between Arsenal FC and FC Porto at Emirates Stadium on March 12, 2024 in London, England. (Picture by Shaun Botterill/Getty Photographs)
Former Chelsea and Manchester United midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron outlined his former teammate Sergio Conceição as ‘a person of sturdy rules’ and ‘product of metal’, and he expects him the brand new Milan supervisor to keep away from ‘pointless discuss’ and instantly begin working to revive what’s a tough marketing campaign for the Rossoneri.
Veron and Conceição spent two seasons collectively at Lazio, additionally serving to the Biancocelesti to win the Serie A title in 2000 underneath coach Sven Goran Eriksson, and the previous Argentina worldwide believes the coach retained the resolute fashion he already had in his enjoying days, as he ‘believes in guidelines and follows them’.
Conceição joined the Rossoneri after a prolonged expertise at Porto, which in keeping with Veron made him ‘prepared for any atmosphere’, together with a struggling facet that he’s prone to strategy with few and ‘clear’ phrases to ‘keep away from misunderstandings’.
Veron: Conceição not ‘afraid of something’ and can give Milan ‘certainties’
“Sergio is somebody you’ll be able to all the time depend on,” Veron stated in an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“I’d shut my eyes and know I’d discover him on the proper wing, able to obtain my move. After which he’s cussed, gritty, and by no means provides up—he needed to win even the small-sided video games in coaching. I’d describe him as an hombre vertical.
“Sergio isn’t afraid of something. He’s able to tackle all the world to attain his purpose. His character isn’t simply sturdy; it’s product of metal.
“I don’t assume he’ll be fazed by the state of affairs he finds at Milanello. He spent seven years on Porto’s bench, a membership that is aware of all about pressure and stress. And at Porto, he gained—loads. I imagine he’s turn into probably the most profitable coach within the membership’s historical past, which implies he’s prepared for any atmosphere.
“If I do know him effectively, he’ll arrive, maintain a gathering with the workforce, and clarify what must be performed and what he expects. Few phrases, all very clear, to keep away from misunderstandings. Then straight to the sector to work, no pointless discuss.
“He’s a person of sturdy rules. He believes in guidelines, follows them, and by no means deviates.
“I’ve by no means been coached by him, in fact, however I think about he’s the identical on the bench. He has a way, he applies it, and I imagine he calls for his gamers give all the pieces on the pitch.”
Regarding Conceição’s enjoying fashion, the previous Inter participant famous that he appears to want ‘vertical soccer’, including that he additionally had the prospect to study some worthwhile classes from Eriksson.
“I watched a number of matches on TV, particularly within the Champions League,” the ex-midfielder continued.
“Sergio appears to me like an old-school coach, which I want. Vertical soccer, little tiki-taka, and above all, the elemental precept: the gamers create the sport on the pitch, not the coach on the drafting board. He discovered that from Eriksson, and all of us owe him that lesson.
“Sergio typically makes use of the 4-4-2 formation. He likes wingers who push ahead and observe again, identical to he used to, and in midfield, he desires a pondering man. However I’m the president of Estudiantes right here in Buenos Aires, so I can’t transfer… Jokes apart, his groups are bodily, focus closely on urgent, and depend on pace.”
The 49-year-old believes that the repeated adjustments of formation underneath Fonseca might have by some means affected their consistency, which is why he thinks that giving ‘some certainties’ to his new gamers might be the very first thing he’ll attempt to do in his opening weeks on the helm.
“I believe he’ll attempt to give the workforce some certainties,” Veron stated.
“The construction of the group on the pitch should all the time be the identical—a minimum of, that’s my view. This implies having a base lineup to work on.
“As soon as issues are heading in the right direction, you’ll be able to take into consideration making adjustments to provide somebody a relaxation, rotate gamers forward of an vital fixture, and so forth. However consistently altering the formation doesn’t make sense, in my view—it finally ends up with gamers not figuring out one another completely.
“Take a look at Inter with my pal Simone Inzaghi: the beginning workforce is evident, and the outcomes are there for all to see, each in Italy and Europe.”
