Roberto Mancini has explained his baffling attempted resignation from the Inter bench on Tuesday evening.
The former striker announced that he would be leaving the Nerazzurri hot seat at the end of the campaign after exiting the Champions League at the hands of Liverpool.
However, Mancio reconsidered and yesterday declared that he would in fact be staying put and now he has discussed his traumatic week.
“If I had my time again I wouldn’t say what I did because it wasn’t what I was thinking or what Inter needed,” he conceded on Sky Sport Italia.
“It wasn’t premeditated at all. The defeat was a hard one to take and there was such bitterness at the wasted chances and that it wasn’t played as 11 against 11.
“Their goal came from our possession and we made too many errors, but the pressure of the situation and our need to turn things around came into it.
“In the cold light of day I spoke to the President and I think I just needed to feel trusted.”
Mancini shed some light on the antagonistic relationship he has endured with the Press this term.
“In Italy people assume that if a team wins they have a good Coach and if they lose he isn’t good.
“If things don’t go well they look for someone to blame and it is usually the tactician.
“I think I have made myself unsympathetic to them by always speaking my mind, but that’s just the way things are.”
President Massimo Moratti briefly discussed the issue on Rai Sport earlier this evening.
“Now the Coach will talk to the players,” he said. “It’s up to Mancini and the team to put things right.
“This episode can be disruptive if they want it to be, but it doesn’t have to be.”
