By Anna Italia
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Sour defeat for Inter losing the Serie A Week 37 game, Genoa 3 – 2 Inter, on Saturday 23 May 2015 at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium. It puzzles me to read the declarations by Inter coach Roberto Mancini saying it was a spectacular match.. though still losing, … and that if he had to lose prefer to do so .. in few words playing as well as tonight. Oh well… he lost me, bottom line guys, Inter lose and practically saluting the Europa League next season. Bottom line, guys, is to play good or bad, but win the game.. Hello….. punto e basta.
Here are the declarations by Inter coach Roberto after losing to Genoa: “We’ve given it a go until today and thanks to our results we had the chance to qualify for Europe. Today, for example, we played some excellent stuff but committed crazy errors. We can’t rely on scoring three or four goals every time we play.”
As for losing the game, Mancini saying, “If I have to lose, I prefer to do so like we have done tonight – going for it and not just hanging back and waiting for our opponents. It was a spectacular match tonight and we had three glorious opportunities before Kucka’s goal. We kept going right until the end to try and get the three points for Europe.”
Now, guys, hello, errors made by goalkeeper Samir Handanovic and defender Andrea Ranocchia resulting in Genoa scoring a goal. On this matter, Mancini saying, “We need to work on our defensive errors. We’ve really improved our mentality and the way we take hold of games both home and away, so we can get better at the back too. I can only emphasise that this is a good starting point for next year. After the Sassuolo game, we demonstrated a really attacking, proactive mentality.”
The crushed dream…. Mancini lamenting, “Unfortunately, we’ve not qualified for Europe. It’s a shame for the president and for the fans, who were desperate to get it. The lads have worked very well to change their approach, but we’ve committed too many errors in key matches. My group has been fantastic in the way they’ve worked, so I’m disappointed for them. There’s no point in blaming anyone. We’ve really disappointed and demoralised. Blame doesn’t change anything. Our mentality has improved but we’ve made some errors. I believe that with the addition of some great players who have played at the highest level, the existing players will improve too. If you play with Maradona, you raise your game.”
Finally, Mancini looking towards the future. “We have a lot of young players here and we need to help them grow and set them up to make as few mistakes as possible. All the players have improved. Hernanes is doing very well, Kovacic still needs to grow but he can play as a central midfielder.”
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Inter coach Roberto Mancini… 3 more points and the season is over.