Fabio Capello pulls the ears of Sergio Conceiçao

Capello’s words

Fabio Capello spoke to the Gazzetta dello Sport about what è happened between Sergio Conceiçao and Calabria at the end of Milan-Parma: "It è was not a good show. During and. after the 90’. Milan won in a comeback against Parma at San Siro and okay, they are three important points to chase the qualification to the next Champions League, but the bad performance before the two goals in the final and the scene between Conceiçao and Calabria after the triple whistle cannot leave indifferent fans and simple observers".

"It è not normal to see a coach lash out like that, in front of everyone, against one of his players. Of course, in soccer quarrels – even hard ones – happen, I am the first to be aware of that, but indoors in the locker room, not in front of the cameras. In post-match interviews, the two protagonists downplayed it. I, however, remain convinced that the episode is a symptom of obvious tension and, above all, excessive nervousness on the part of the coach. 

Whyé Conceiçao è so on edge? I think it all stems from the Portuguese’s difficulty in getting the team to follow him. Milan does not do what its coach asks: it presses poorly when it loses the ball, it does not è aggressively, it does not have the anger and agonistic willà to win games. You will say: out of seven games with Conceiçao, però the Rossoneri have brought home five. Let’s go and see how: on four occasions, Milan è went into a disadvantage and then overturned the result. What does this mean? That today è a team of reaction rather than action. The game is lacking, if it does not take the first slap, it struggles to wake up".