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LONDON (AP) — Porto coach Sergio Conceicao accused Arsenal counterpart Mikel Arteta of insulting his household throughout Tuesday’s Champions League sport between the groups, persevering with a pattern of lashing out on the opposing supervisor after a loss.
Arsenal beat Porto on penalties on the Emirates Stadium to advance to the quarterfinals, and the 2 managers had a prolonged trade after the sport through which Conceicao appeared to admonish Arteta, pointing his finger on the Spaniard as he made his level. Arteta responded by shaking his head as he walked away.
“Through the sport, (Arteta) turned to the bench and in Spanish — it should be a Spanish coach factor as a result of it was the identical factor with (Pep) Guardiola — he insulted my household,” Conceicao mentioned in Portuguese after the sport. “In the long run I informed him to concentrate as a result of who he insulted is now not with us, and to fret about teaching his workforce, as a result of as a consequence of particular person high quality he has an obligation to do extra and higher.”
When requested concerning the trade with Conceicao in his post-game information convention, Arteta solely mentioned “no remark” earlier than leaving the rostrum.
Conceicao has made comparable claims about different managers.
After a group-stage loss to Manchester Metropolis in 2020, he mentioned Guardiola “spoke about our nation utilizing ugly phrases” and that “Guardiola’s perspective was extraordinarily disagreeable.”
After Porto misplaced to Chelsea within the 2021 Champions League quarterfinals, he additionally mentioned then-Blues coach Thomas Tuchel “insulted” him throughout the sport.
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