Inter-Owned Goalkeeper Andrei Radu: “Mistake Against Bologna One Of The Worst Moments Of My Life”

Inter-owned goalkeeper Andrei Radu has admitted that the costly error that he made in a Serie A loss to Bologna which effectively cost the Nerazzurri the title in April was one of the worst moments that he has ever experienced.

Speaking to Italian broadcaster DAZN, the 25-year-old reflected on the experience, and gave his apologies for the fact that the team were unable to win the Scudetto in the season just gone as city rivals AC Milan pipped them to the title.

Inter were already starting to see the title slip through their fingers during the closing stages of their make-up match against Bologna in April, with the score level in a match where a point would see Milan handed the advantage.

Things went from bad to worse when, under little pressure, Radu gifted Bologna’s Nicola Sansone the easiest of goals to make it 2-1 for the Rossoblu, a result which gave the Rossoneri further breathing room and dealt Inter a devastating psychological blow.

The Romanian had been starting his first and only Serie A match of the season due to captain Samir Handanovic having picked up a back problem hours before kickoff, and it could hardly have gone much worse for him.

“Football is like that,” he said of the incident, “it gives and it takes away. These are the kinds of moments that happen to you, especially for a goalkeeper.”

“I chose this path, and I have to always stay on track through the good times and the bad times,” he continued. “The days after that moment were among the worst of my life.”

He reflected that “I felt it deeply in the days after, because of all the work that my teammates had done to get to first place and the fact that we were no longer there.”

“The disappointment was great, but, as I already said, a footballer’s job is not easy so you have to learn from your mistakes, for better or worse,” he went on.

“But it’s a team, and if someone slips up, his teammates help him,” the Romanian added.

“Everyone will have their opinions, but what happened happened,” he stressed. “We must not regret our mistakes, we have to learn from them.”