MILAN – It was Esteban Cambiasso’s turn to speak to Inter Channel after this afternoon’s
defeat to Juventus: "We let in a very early goal. Then we reacted and
showed we didn’t want to accept a result like that. We tried until the end but
couldn’t manage to turn things around."
There was question about his sending off for a
foul on Giovinco, to whom Cambiasso apologised on the pitch and then later in
the dressing room. The midfielder had never seen a red card in 277 matches with Inter before, nor in his two seasons at Real Madrid. "My past speaks for itself. They also understood the
situation immediately. Then in addition to what happened on the pitch, I immediately
went to the Juve dressing room to check up on his condition, which I knew wasn’t the best after my foul. Luckily he wasn’t in bad shape. I think you
can study my history and see that I’ve never had the intention to hurt anyone.
I hope he recovers quickly and is back on the pitch soon – better still if it’s
in Europe right away. Anyone who has played the game knows that if your
intention is to hurt someone you go in higher up, and I believe everyone
understood there was no ill intent there. I came in recklessly. I’m not going
to tell you I didn’t. But I think they understood it wasn’t my intention."
Finally, a question on the possibility of reaching third place: "We have to think game by game, without making calculations. We’ll think three points at a time, then we’ll see. We need to face each game with the right intensity and try to improve each time."
