Carlo Ancelotti must accept Milan’s “year in purgatory” and analyses where it all went wrong.
“We have to look at the table and accept it leaves us out of the Champions League,” said the Coach after losing out to Fiorentina in the race for fourth.
“We must analyse our mistakes. It was a season of peaks and troughs, though we paid a particularly heavy price for our poor home record in the first half of the campaign. We didn’t do enough.”
The Rossoneri will now enter the UEFA Cup, which Ancelotti views as one step away from Hell.
“We’ll have a year in purgatory, but will face it with the same enthusiasm as always, concentrating our energy on Serie A to become more competitive.”
A clear-out is expected, as Marcos Cafu and Serginho already said their goodbyes this afternoon with many more set to follow.
“We will not have a revolution, but there will be a few introductions.”
Milan incurred the wrath of their fans at half-time, as they were losing 1-0 to Udinese before turning it around for a 4-1 result.
It didn’t matter in the end, as Fiorentina scored in Turin late on to ensure fourth place.
“During the break I asked the squad for a whole other attitude and wanted them to push more.”
