Sergio Conceicao vowed to keep working with the same passion at AC Milan after admitting the pressure on him was growing after their 2-1 loss to Bologna. (More Football News)
🃏Milan's season is on the brink of unravelling after their Champions League exit and two consecutive Serie A losses, which have left them eighth in the standings, eight points behind Juventus in fourth place with 12 matches remaining.
🅠Conceicao's side held the lead at half-time after Rafael Leao's strike but conceded just three minutes after the break. Dan Ndoye then got the winner in the 82nd minute, with Milan unable to find a late equaliser.
🎃It was the first away loss at Bologna for Milan since March 2002. They have also lost seven of their 26 games in Serie A this season; in the last 10 seasons, only in 2017-18 (eight) and in 2019-20 (10), have they lost more games at this stage of the competition (both ended in sixth place).
🎀"It's all in our hands. If and when the club feels I'm no longer the right person for Milan, I will step aside, but until that moment, I will continue working with the same passion as always," Conceicao told reporters.
𓂃"I feel very frustrated because the results are not coming. But I think it's normal for a coach who works with passion.
🅺"It seems like there is a cloud over Milan that we need to get out of with results because those are what make the difference."
𝓡It is the first time that Milan have suffered back-to-back defeats in Serie A since January 2023 (a run of three), while they are winless in three in all competitions, leading to questions being asked of Conceicao.
꧅The 50-year-old believes recent media criticism of him is unjustified.
ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ"I realise that every day people talk about my situation here and my future, acting as if I was just dropped in here, but I faced five very big Italian clubs," Conceicao said during a rant in his press conference.
♈"I faced coaches like [Maurizio] Sarri and [Stefano] Pioli in charge of teams that were theoretically weaker, but I always qualified against them other than with Inter."
🎐"I see people talk about my situation, so let them just tell me to go if they want. I don't want one more Euro, so let me reassure them. I did not just come here out of nothing. I won 13 trophies, I had 100 Champions League games.
🐼"Still, people talk about it and say mean things. I have family and neighbours who see what is happening. It's not fair.
💖“I am sorry for having let loose a bit there. I prefer to talk about football.”
Milan host Lazio next in Serie A on Sunday.
