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AC Milan reached the Italian Super Cup final after coming from behind to beat Juventus 2-1 on Friday in Sergio Conceicao’s first game in charge, setting up a derby decider with Inter Milan.
A second-half penalty from Christian Pulisic and an own goal by Federico Gatti completed Milan’s comeback after Kenan Yildiz had fired Juve into a 21st-minute lead.
Milan will play Inter in Monday’s final, after the Serie A champions overcame Atalanta 2-0 in their semi-final meeting on Thursday, where Conceicao could immediately get his hands on a trophy after replacing the sacked Paulo Fonseca as Milan manager on Monday.
The expected intrigue of a father against son battle failed to materialize, after Juventus winger Francisco Conceicao was named in the starting 11 but was withdrawn after picking up an injury in the warm-up. Conceicao’s place was taken by Yildiz, and after a slow, cagey start to the game, it was the Turkish forward who broke the deadlock.
A through pass from Samuel Mbangula caught the Milan defense off guard and found Yildiz who took the ball into the area before smashing his shot into the roof of the net, beating Milan keeper Mike Maignan at his near post.
