Inter Milan & AC Milan Coaches’ Intertwined Histories Explained Ahead Of Supercoppa Italiana Final | OneFootball

From their playing days to their coaching experience, Simone Inzaghi and Sergio Conceicao have crossed paths on quite a few occasions.

This is highlighted in today’s print edition of Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, via FCInterNews.

Sergio Conceicao is getting his first experience as a coach in Italian football in the Supercoppa Italiana.

The 50-year-old has only just taken over as coach of Milan. He replaced the embattled Paulo Fonseca right on the stroke of the new year.

However, Conceicao is certainly a familiar face in Italian football from his playing days.

He starred for the likes of Lazio, Parma, and Inter as a player.

SImone Inzaghi & Sergio Conceicao Continue Intertwined Histories In Supercoppa Italiana Final

Inter coach Simone Inzaghi has never had any experiences outside of Italian football, either as a player or as a coach.

The Inter coach made his debut as a player in Serie A in the same match that Conceicao did, by coincidence.

That was a clash between Inzaghi’s native Piacenza and Lazio on September 13, 1998. That match ended in a 1-1 draw.

Inzaghi and Conceicao were opponents then. But they would soon be teammates, as Inzaghi joined Lazio in 1999, beginning a long association as both a player and a coach.

The two coaches won the Serie A title together with the Biancocelesti under Sven-Goran Eriksson in the 1999-2000 season.

Then, in the 2003 there was a very memorable Champions League win over Marseille.

That match was a 5-1 victory which both Inzaghi and Conceicao started. Inzaghi, then a striker, got a four-goal haul on that occasion.

And as the Gazzetta note, there’s a parallel to that result.

Twenty years later, on March 14th, 2023, Inzaghi’s Inter clinched a place in the Champions League quarterfinals with a 0-0 draw against Conceicao’s Porto.