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A lot of bitterness could be detected in the words of Roberto Mancini, interviewed by Rai Sport after the late-game blow that sends Inter out of the Coppa Italia quarterfinals: “Honestly I don’t know what to say, you cannot concede a goal like that after playing a whole game. I don’t even remember when I last lost two or three consecutive games, it must have been ten years ago. Let’s say that we were too cautious, because we were too soft. To concede a goal like that is absurd. Did Ranocchia commit a stupid error? Higuaín is a very experienced and smart player, he managed to anticipate the ball before everyone else”.

The Inter manager continued by speaking about SantonBrozovic and Puscas: “I am happy with their performances, they played a good game. Kovacic? Of course I had him ready to sub in before the start of extra time”. Returning to the game, Mancini chose to focus on the positive aspects of the game: “A team is a team, but we make mistakes, as we saw against Sassuolo. Today the mistake really cost us, I am extremely disappointed because of this but also happy because the players are starting to play as a team again. We put a lot of effort into trying to score. Today we tried to win the game, and on the bench we had even more attacking options, like Kovacic, Palacio and Podolski. The team performs well, but in football the important thing is to win. This game should not have been lost, because now we are out of the competition”.

Source: FcInterNews.it