Gennaro Gattuso confessed “Lazio deserved to qualify and the fans deserved more tonight. Milan were embarrassed” in the Coppa Italia semi-final.
The first leg ended 0-0 in Rome, meaning the Rossoneri had the risk of away goals counting double, but ended up losing 1-0 on the night and on aggregate to a Joaquin Correa counter-attack.
“We held out well in the first half, but after the break Lazio had three chances, we didn’t move enough off the ball,” the Coach told Rai Sport.
“It’s a difficult moment, we’re struggling and have to turn over the page, as on Sunday there is another knockout round type game against Torino.
“We’ve got to try to understand why we are in this negative spell. Lazio deserved to quality and the fans deserved more tonight.”
Gattuso moved to a 3-4-3 system, but created barely any genuine scoring opportunities.
“Sometimes you change just to do something different, to improve the performance, lift the team. Something isn’t working and we’ve been struggling for the last month. I don’t think it’s just physical, but also mental and tactical, as we are performing below our capabilities.
“I don’t think it’s an issue of systems or individuals, but the entire team has taken steps backwards. We’re playing with the handbrake on and paying a price for that.
“We had tried to play a life or death game today, but it didn’t work. There’s no point denying it, we were embarrassed tonight and have to look forward.
“Lazio were coming off a difficult moment too, but we made it easier for them. We’ve got a month left in the season and it is our duty to give our all, to get back on our feet.”
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"to get back on our feet ". how if you still our coach 😡 I'm not going to say Gattuso out bull💩 and leave no i will explain how Milan did end up in the 4th place this season and the reason is Lazio and Roma didn't play well in the first half of the season that's why because if Milan did get the same points of this season after the same round last season he will be 6th or 7th 😡 also the way of Milan playing have zero creative just the same way every week and all Milan goals come from counterattack or individual effort like Piatek match against Napoli 🤔 Gattuso talking about how Milan did well in the first half and everything go wrong after that so where's your job if you don't talk to your players and read the match and the opponent weak spot to make your team play better and fix your mistakes 😪 Gattuso isn't ready yet maybe Milan owners should have look for new coach last summer before they sign 108m worth of players include Paitek and Paqueta deals 70m did they not learn from the Chinese people before them when they trust Montella and give 200m budget for new players 2017 😔. the point is that with Gattuso Milan will not giong to CL next year and I'm sorry to said that but it's the truth 😢.