After only his second game in charge of the Italian giant “Milan”, the Portuguese coach Sergio Conceição already has a trophy with the “Rossoneri”.
In the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, they trailed 0-2 by the 52nd minute, but a late turnaround produced an extremely sweet 3-2 Super Cup final victory over city rivals Inter Milan to triumph.
Thus, “Milan” dethroned its eternal enemy, and also equaled it in terms of trophies in Italy’s third most important competition with 8. The “Rossoneri” won their previous Super Cup in 2016.
Conceição became the first Milan coach to win his first 2 games since Filippo Inzaghi in 2014. In the semi-final, his boys also made a comeback to beat Juventus 2:1.
Lautaro Martinez shortly before the break and Mehdi Taremi shortly after it gave Inter a comfortable lead.
In the 52nd minute, Theo Hernandez returned a goal for “Milan”. Christian Pulisic (80) and Tammy Abraham (90+3) brought euphoria to the Rossoneri supporters.
“Milan” defeated “Inter” in September in series (A) (2:1) and thus recorded 2 victories in the derby period for the first time since the 2010/2011 season.