PALERMO – He put on the captain’s armband once Javier Zanetti left the pitch. Andrea Ranocchia spoke to Inter Channel about the match: "It’s an honour to wear the armband. But, beyond this, there’s a curse: we’re losing a player with every game. We’re extremely sorry about Pupi. He’s the leader of this team. There are four games left and now we have to give everything for him."
The Italian defender continued: "Today we had a few chances to score but it didn’t go well. We’re in an emergency situation. If we don’t get some players back by Sunday then we’ll only have eight players from the first team. We have some difficult but great games still to play. We looked a bit slow on the goal? I don’t know. I saw the ball come out and I went for it. I didn’t hear any whistle. This isn’t the time to give up? When you’re facing bad luck you need to hold firm and give even more. As I said, there are four tough games left, and with this emergency situation they’re going to be difficult. We need to show heart and courage, and give everything we have inside of us."
