MILAN – Inter technical director Marco Branca spoke to Sky Sport Italia before the match against Atalanta. Inevitably he was asked about Inter's current difficulties but also about what the future holds for the team. As always, Branca was sincere and forthcoming in his answers to both questions.
"We've been working for some time already on what could be our future but at the moment we're obviously concentrating on the end of the season. Should I bear the most blame for this negative year? I never shirk from my responsibilities: if there are people who want explanations for the way the season went, I'll provide them, maybe even in a press conference once the season is over. I've heard lots of things, some of which were true but others that were inherently false or that were, or which seemed to be, biased. I prefer to get behind my team, and our fans must do the same because we're eight points off third place; we have lots of teams around us and we have some crucial games coming up. Let's just concentrate on working as best we can; there'll be time for explanations later."
The Nerazzurri technical director was then asked if he felt the need to respond to recent comments made by Lele Oriali: "No, I don't have to reply to him because even when he was here - and he was never involved with transfers apart from the first two years I was here – he didn't know the club's business in the same way as I did and as my president did."
