AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli was visibly annoyed that his side saw a goal disallowed during the 3-0 cup semi-final defeat against Inter.
The evening simply never went to plan for Milan as they found themselves a goal down inside five minutes and two down at the break with Lautaro Martinez scoring a clinical double, and after a lot of controversy over a disallowed goal Robin Gosens ensured Inter’s progress to the final late on.
Pioli spoke to SportMediaset after the game to reflect on the defeat and on his team’s performance, with his comments relayed by MilanNews and translated below.
“We wanted to win and we didn’t. We encountered a strong opponent. The result is clear and heavy, I don’t think there was this difference but Inter always scored at the right time. The 2-1 would have given us some chances, then it became more difficult,” he said.
Is that the best this team can do? “Of course we can do more. When you concede 3 goals it means that the others played with more quality. It was not our evening, too bad because we wanted to reach the final at all costs. It is a great opportunity for my team to show that they can play it all until the end.”
With 25 minutes left on the clock, Milan thought they had got themselves back into the game and when Bennacer rattled a loose ball in from just outside the edge of the box. A lengthy VAR review commenced to check if Tomori handled the ball in the build-up but in the end it was Kalulu who was harshly adjudged to be offside when the ball whistled through the crowd.
“Look at Handanovic’s reaction… He doesn’t do anything, if a Milan player had blocked his view he would have immediately run to protest. Come on…”
After reviewing the images of the disallowed goal, the Rossoneri coach left the interview visibly annoyed.
