The Milan midfielder had become a regular under Roberto Donadoni, but even after Gennaro Gattuso’s injury Lippi opted to call Antonio Nocerino instead.

“He has decided to focus on other players instead and I was upset,” he told Tuttosport.

“I was made to believe I would get back into the side, but Lippi has been clear. You don’t always agree with a Coach’s decisions, but they must be respected.”

Ambrosini must instead focus on reviving Milan’s campaign after a series of disastrous results, including a 2-1 Serie A home defeat to Bologna and 2-0 friendly loss to Swiss outfit Lugano this week.

“We have gone all round Europe giving a bad impression of what Milan are about,” confessed the midfielder.

“We are the first to be annoyed about this, but there is not a general sense of doom. Above all, we are all 100 per cent behind our Coach.

“We paid a heavy price for the absence of several players and a new project such as ours needs to be tested out in training. We were simply unable to do that.”