ITALY: INTER MILAN MANAGER SAYS TEAM NEED TO IMPROVE FOLLOWING DEFEAT IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER FINAL MATCH

Record ID: 648761

  • Title: ITALY: INTER MILAN MANAGER SAYS TEAM NEED TO IMPROVE FOLLOWING DEFEAT IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER FINAL MATCH
  • Date: 6th April 2005
  • Summary: MILAN, ITALY (APRIL 6, 2005) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. INTER MILAN MANAGER ROBERTO MANCINI SEATS DOWN AT NEWS CONFERENCE ROOM 2. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) MANCINI SAYING: "It was an even match and I am a bit upset because we lack attention and that changed the whole match." 2. NEWS CONFERENCE ROOM 3. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) MANCINI SAYING: "We need to do something more - something mostly on the offensive side. To go past this round we need to score goals -- quite a lot of them. In football, we are always learning. Our hope is that we can play better." 4. REPORTERS TAKING NOTES 5. MILAN MANAGER CARLO ANCELOTTI SITS DOWN AT NEWS CONFERENCE ROOM 6. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) ANCELOTTI SAYING: "The match developed as we had predicted. Both teams tried to play and my team was very brave in all the important moments. We scored two beautiful goals and we were quite good on crosses." 7. UEFA OFFICIAL SEATED BESIDE ANCELOTTI 8. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) ANCELOTTI SAYING: "This was a good result but we still have to play the return leg." 9. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) ANCELOTTI TALKING ABOUT ANDRIY SHEVCHENKO'S RETURN FROM INJURY, SAYING: "It's important that he scored with a header and he proved that the previous injury is now a thing of the past." 10. REPORTER TAKING NOTES 11. ANCELOTTI LEAVES NEWS CONFERENCE Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: MILAN, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVA7C7MF3Z3QQ5AE4XNXDUAX8BSY
  • Story Text: Manager Roberto Mancini says Inter need to improve a
    lot to recover from 2-0 deficit to Milan in the Champions League
    quarter-final first leg.




    Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini insisted his side
    still had a chance of making the last four of the Champions
    League despite their 2-0 quarter-final, first-leg defeat by
    city rivals AC Milan on Wednesday (April 6).

    Goals in each half from Dutch defender Jaap Stam and
    European Footballer of the Year Andriy Shevchenko gave
    Milan a victory which leaves them as firm favourites to go
    through and face PSV Eindhoven or Olympique Lyon in the
    semi-finals.

    Mancini said, however, that Inter should not be written
    off: "It was an even match and I am a bit upset because we
    lack attention and that changed the whole match," he told
    reporters after the match.

    Both Milan's goals came via headers from Andrea Pirlo
    free kicks and Mancini had harsh words for how his defence
    failed to cope with those crosses.

    "We need to do something more - something mostly on the
    offensive side. To go past this round we need to score
    goals -- quite a lot of them. In football, we are always
    learning. Our hope is that we can play better."
    Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti was also wary of reading
    too much into Wednesday's result: "The match developed as
    we had predicted. Both teams tried to play and my team was
    very brave in all the important moments. We scored two
    beautiful goals and we were quite good with crosses," he
    said.

    The Milan coach added: "This was a good result but we
    still have to play the return leg."
    Ancelotti was particularly pleased that Shevchenko, who
    was returning after six weeks out with a fractured cheekbone, got
    back on target and with a header.

    "It's important that he scored with a header and he
    proved that the previous injury is now a thing of the
    past."

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