Sérgio Conceição: does Santiago Giménez's red card make sense?
This Sunday, Santiago Giménez was in the eye of the storm after an absurd expulsion that limited AC Milan in their attack and dashed their hopes of sneaking into the Conference League. Sérgio Conceição spoke with the Italian press about the current situation of the team and the Mexican's red card. "THE KRYPTONITE OF SANTI GIMÉNEZ!! 😲🇲🇽 Santiago Giménez has been expelled twice against Roma, once playing for Feyenoord and now with Milan, but what's even more curious is that both were fouls against player Gianluca Mancini." "The VAR tonight is the same as in the match against Bologna: I'm not saying that Giménez's expulsion wasn't deserved or that with Beukema's expulsion we would have won the match against the rossoblu. But like this, it's not easy," he mentioned. AC Milan has one more match left in the season, to conclude a sports year to forget, as they are left out of all European competitions in the 2025-26 campaign.
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