Milan manager Rino Gattuso spoke to the press following the rossoneri's loss to Inter 1-0.
He's sorry, but not resigned. Rino Gattuso spoke frankly when commenting on the derby, which his team lost in the final minute. Mauro Icardi scored as time was expiring, to defeat Milan 1-0. Gattuso is not angry, but filled with regret. "Inter deserved the points more than we did," he commented to Sky. "But if it ended 0-0, we'd be immersed in all the good things we did. We played against a physical team that plays a type of football we don't like playing against -- chasing opponents and being pressured. We could have dribbled better, but we were afraid."
First the stick, then the carrot. "From when the season began, we haven't managed an entire match. Today we suffered for 92', taking blows. The squad did what they needed to do from that point of view. The biggest regret is not taking advantage of the final 20'. We played a lot of useful balls, but we didn't score for technical reasons. We really missed our chance."
Therefore, these are problems for the team. Not the individuals. Gattuso pushed back on any criticism toward Donnarumma, who came off his line for the decisive goal. "Don't say anything about Gigio. The errors are on the entire defense, we could also talk about Musacchio and Abate. We don't give the blame to players, but to the team. We'll lick our wounds and look ahead tomorrow. It was a lesson learned for the entire defense. When one loses, we all lose together. Today, we'll lick our wounds and start again tomorrow, knowing that we didn't win because we lacked courage and because they played better than we did."
On the topic of courage, Gattuso also spoke on his changes: "I inserted Cutrone for Calhanoglu because I didn't want to change our tactics, which were working, and because Calha was tired. Patrick has played in that role, he could have played crosses and put Inter in difficulty. But with their physicality, we could have brought more energy."
