MN: ‘I try to do what I can’ – Conceicao seemed ‘almost resigned’ after Dinamo game

AC Milan have been no strangers to disappointment and crises in recent seasons, and 2024-25 is no exception even with the change in coach.

MilanNews speak of the ‘total devastation’ displayed yesterday by Milan at the Stadion Maksimir against Dinamo Zagreb, an ‘unworthy performance, beyond all logic, absolutely unacceptable and unjustifiable’.

While there has been talk of needing a striker like Santiago Gimenez and a new central midfielder to help Youssouf Fofana and Tijjani Reijnders, and so far only a right-back has arrived, there must be questions about what signings would actually change.

The report rightly adds that ‘without a soul you won’t go far, and this team never shows it, except sporadically for a minimum of personal pride’. It’s a feeling that Sergio Conceiçao must also feel too, given what he has inherited and the difficulties he must work through.

The Portuguese appeared ‘almost resigned’ in his post-match press conference. A fighter like him, someone who by nature never gives up, forced to accept all this with the phrase: “I try to do what I can, but if there’s no fundamentals, if there’s no passion…”

While Fabio Cannavaro was applauded into the conference room, there is a ‘terrible feeling that there is really no limit to the worst’ at Milan. The league derby against Inter comes on Sunday, then possibly a European one against Juventus, two possible watershed moments.