Conceição praises Félix and… criticizes Leão
In the aftermath of the victory over Roma, the Milan coach admits to having liked «two new players», João Félix and Santiago Giménez. «Rafael Leão can do much more», he adds
Satisfied, but not too much. Right after the 3-1 victory over Roma , Sérgio Conceição began with the praise.
“We prepared for this match against Roma with just one training session, but I have intelligent players and I am happy. The second goal we scored came from a recovery in midfield that we had prepared. And I’m also very happy with the two new ones ( João Félix and Santiago Giménez)”, said Milan ‘s Portuguese coach before moving on to… criticism.
«I wanted to talk about Rafael Leão … He can do much more, because he has incredible characteristics. But you have to understand that you play as a team and that you have to work with and without the ball,” said Conceição.
«Similarities between my Porto and the current Milan ? Not yet, we are working on being more compact and aggressive, then we can start working on other features. What is certain is that we have not won anything in the Coppa Italia yet, there are three games left to win the trophy”, stressed the coach, before concluding by turning the needle to Serie A
«Now we have Empoli . It will be a difficult game against an opponent who is not going through a good moment. But I like the way they play. I have to move forward and continue working on the qualities of each player and the important thing is that they learn. The objective now is that we have to find balance on the pitch both with the ball and without it, I saw some small signs that I didn’t like, but we have to work on it.’
