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6 days ago
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AC Milan announce they are parting with coach Conceicao
Sergio Conceicao urges on his AC Milan team as they lost the Italian Cup final to Bologna (Isabella BONOTTO) AC Milan announced on Thursday that they were terminating the contract of their Portuguese coach Sergio Conceicao, who joined the club last December and led them to an eighth-placed finish in Serie A. "AC Milan and Sergio Conceicao will not continue their journey together next season," the club said in a short statement on their web site. Advertisement "The club would like to thank Sergio and his staff for their commitment, professionalism and dedication shown during their time leading the First Team over the past few months." Italian media linked Massimiliano Allegri with a return to Milan. Allegri, who is 57, led Milan to the 2011 Serie A scudetto in his first stint in charge. He won five more Italian league titles in two spells at Juventus. Conceicao, a former Inter Milan and Lazio player, had signed a contract with Milan until the end of next season but there has been speculation that he might leave in the summer with Milan eighth in Serie A. Advertisement He began at Milan by winning the Italian Super Cup after replacing sacked compatriot Paulo Fonseca and then led Milan to the Italian cup final where they lost 1-0 to Bologna on May 14. Conceciao, who is 50, won 16 of 31 games in charge at Milan, including 11 victories, seven losses and three draws in the league. He took over with the club in eighth place and finished the season there. After that loss, the season was summed up in damning fashion by defender Matteo Gabbia, "Quite simply it's been a bad season," Gabbia said. "We weren't able to give our best. We were hoping for more, better from a team given how much talent it has. jr/pb/lp
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Sport
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Premier League claims fifth Champions League spot
At least five Premier League teams will be in next season's Champions League (Isabella BONOTTO) Arsenal's 3-0 win over Real Madrid means at least five Premier League teams will play in next season's Champions League, the English top flight confirmed on Wednesday. The top four sides in the Premier League automatically qualify for Europe's top club competition. Advertisement But due to the success of English clubs in the three European competitions, England is now guaranteed a top-two placing in UEFA's association club coefficient rankings, which earns a European Performance Spot. England lead the way, with Spain and Italy next on the list. Five English teams are involved in the quarter-finals of the various European competitions -- Arsenal and Aston Villa in the Champions League, Manchester United and Tottenham in the Europa League and Chelsea in the Conference League. The Premier League could potentially have as many as seven clubs in next season's Champions League -- the top five teams in the league, plus the Champions League winners and the Europa League winners if they finish outside the top five. Advertisement Liverpool are almost certain to win the Premier League and Arsenal, in second, are well-placed. But there is a scrap for the remaining Champions League spots, with just six points separating third-placed Nottingham Forest from Villa, in seventh. Arsenal shocked 15-time European champions Real Madrid 3-0 on Tuesday in the first leg of their quarter-final, with Villa in action against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday. jw/bsp
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Sport
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Inter's bold treble bid bumps up against past glory at Bayern Munich
Captain Lautaro Martinez has said that Inter are eyeing the Serie A, Champions League and Italian Cup treble. (Isabella BONOTTO) Inter Milan are on an unlikely mission to repeat the treble as the Serie A champions travel to take on Bayern Munich, the team they beat to complete a historic Champions League triumph under Jose Mourinho 15 years ago. Advertisement League leaders in Italy and also contesting the Italian Cup semi-finals with AC Milan, Inter have made no secret of their ambitions to emulate their best ever season of 2009/10, when a star-studded team beat Bayern in Madrid thanks to a Diego Milito brace after already securing the two domestic honours. Another Argentina striker in Lautaro Martinez has been the most bullish about Inter's chances, the captain saying that he believes the Italians can pull off what would be a near miracle ahead of the first leg of their quarter-final with Bayern on Tuesday. "It's almost like we don't want to say it but yes," Martinez said last month after a statement win at Atalanta. "It will be difficult but we'll go for it because we want to win every match we play." Advertisement Inter are the most recent Italian team to win the Champions League and were unfortunate to lose the 2023 final to Manchester City, but there is no denying that Serie A has lost the lustre of yesteryear in the continent's elite club competition. The clashes with Bayern are the key fixtures in Inter's packed April after a relatively straightforward run to the quarters in which coach Simone Inzaghi often rotated his line-ups, with the Serie A title defence his priority in the early months of the season. Inter have only conceded twice in the Champions League and have the best defensive record in the competition this season with two goals, but have been far more fallible at the back than last term. - Shaky Inter - Advertisement One of those two goals conceded came in Inter's only defeat on their way to a top-eight finish in the league phase, 1-0 at Bayern's league title rivals Bayer Leverkusen. An inability to close out matches has characterised a large number of Inter's performances this term, and their Serie A tally of 30 goals conceded is already eight more than in their charge to last year's Scudetto. Inter threw away a two-goal lead to draw at lowly Parma on Saturday, and the week before came very close to doing the same thing against Udinese at the San Siro. Their lead at the top of Serie A could be cut to one point on Monday night after arriving in Germany, with closest Scudetto challengers Napoli at in-form Bologna. Advertisement Assistant coach Massimiliano Farris said after Saturday's draw that Inter "couldn't find the mental or physical energy to contain" Parma after going two ahead, a worrying statement before a trip to face Harry Kane and company. Luckily for Inter, Italy defender Alessandro Bastoni looks likely to be fit after being seen with an ice pack on his left knee at Parma, but the continued absence of Denzel Dumfries at right wing-back is a problem with Bayern's power on the flanks. Inter's chances are helped by a Bayern injury crisis which has come just as Vincent Kompany's team close in on reclaiming the Bundesliga, with an eye on the Champions League final at their Allianz Arena. Germany star Jamal Musiala is the latest Bayern player to be ruled out of the tie with a hamstring tear which looks to have ended his season. Advertisement Musiala joins defenders Alphonso Davies, Dayot Upamecano and Hiroki in likely being on the sidelines until the end of the current campaign, while goalkeeper and captain Manuel Neuer, winger Kingsley Coman and midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic have unclear timelines for their returns from injury. td/nr
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Sport
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Inter and Milan level in derby Italian Cup semi
Hakan Calhanoglu drew Inter level with his 10th goal of the season (Isabella BONOTTO) Inter Milan and AC Milan's Italian Cup semi-final was left finely balanced on Wednesday after the two giants of Italian football played out a 1-1 draw at the San Siro. Hakan Calhanoglu's strike in the 67th minute made sure that Inter would head into the tie's second leg later this month with the scores level. Advertisement Turkey captain Calhanoglu's low shot squirmed past Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan and cancelled out Tammy Abraham's brilliantly taken opener which was netted a minute after half-time. Abraham's ninth goal of the season in all competitions came when his quick turn and drilled finish punished slack marking from Inter defender Yann Bisseck. The winner of this tie will likely play Bologna in next month's final in Rome after Vincenzo Italiano's team comfortably beat Empoli 3-0 on Tuesday night. Milan need something to cheer about more than Italian champions and current Serie A leaders Inter, who are chasing the treble ahead of their Champions League quarter-final with Bayern Munich. Sergio Conceicao's Milan are ninth in Italy's top flight, 20 points behind Inter and nine from the Champions League positions. td/nf
