‘When I beat him as Milan coach’ – Conceicao and Inzaghi tensions continue in Saudi Arabia

There was some unexpected drama involving former AC Milan boss Sergio Conceicao and the ex-Inter head coach Simone Inzaghi over the weekend.

As Calciomercato.com recall, after the final whistle of the big Saudi Pro League match between Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad, there was no handshake between the two coaches. As a reminder, Inzaghi is with the former, and Conceicao with the latter.

Sunday’s match was anything but a trivial affair between two heavyweights of the Saudi league. Al-Hilal prevailed, winning 2-0 thanks to an own goal from Doumbia and a goal from Marcos Leonardo. However, it was at the end of the match that controversy erupted.

After the full-time whistle had blown, Inzaghi and Conceicao didn’t shake hands, as is customary at the end of a match. The gesture didn’t go unnoticed, so much so that the Portuguese coach was asked at the post-match press conference about the reasons for the snub.

“Maybe it has something to do with our last match, when I beat him as Milan coach [0-3, in the Coppa Italia semi-final second leg]. Maybe we’ll meet again in the future and things will go differently. There’s nothing wrong with that,” the former Porto boss said.

The Milan derby, it seems, has made its way to the Middle East. What is rather interesting though is that the pair were team-mates at Lazio over 20 years ago, but there is clearly no love lost.