MILAN - "I’ve been through many
negative situations like the one from this evening, but lately they
always happen to us. I’m talking about the non-existent penalty
that Atalanta received, which is really shameful. He
told us he saw a handball from Samuel, and we told him he’d see
from the replay that it was never there. There was a penalty on Ranocchia? The replays speak for themselves. I
won’t say anymore because I don’t want us to risk punishment for these things
as well." These statements came from Javier Zanetti immediately
after tonight’s match against Atalanta.
The captain continued: "The team absolutely did not deserve a defeat. We never lost our belief in spite of everything. But the penalty episode, although I don’t want to come back to this, changed the game. When we were leading 3-1 we had the game in our hands. When it went to 3-2 it gave Atalanta confidence."
A comment on the two goals scored by Ricky Alvarez, one of which was truly lovely: "It was clear the fans loved it. He showed great personality and what a class player he is. Cassano’s injury? It hits the team in a department in which we’re already hurting. However, we’ll move forward with the strength we have."
