QS: A future to be written – Conceicao and Jovic unlikely leaders of Milan’s European hopes

Luka Jovic and Sergio Conceicao appeared destined to leave AC Milan at the end of the season, and now they are leading the final attempt at Europe.

As Quotidiano Sportivo report, while Giorgio Furlani was meeting with Igli Tare to outline the Milan of the future, Conceicao’s tactics and Jovic’s brace helped the current Rossoneri reach another final. It is symbolic of a rollercoaster season, one that has not been short of confusion.

On the field, a gulf has opened up. Milan are nine points off the Champions League places, and in the fourteen games against the teams above them, only one victory: against Inter in the Fonseca era. The Nerazzurri won six derbies in a row in the Stefano Pioli era, now they could provide a turning point.

Wednesday’s 3-0 win over Inter had another sub-plot. Jovic scored a match-winning brace while Mehdi Taremi really struggled, and the Serbian was signed two summers ago right at the deadline after the Rossoneri failed to sign the Iranian.

Jovic’s parable is extraordinary: he went from earning a renewal and the No.9 shirt to exclusion from the Champions League squad list, little more than an hour of playing time in seven months and what seemed like a certain January exit.