The day after the match against Bari, Ignazio Abate: 'I'm disappointed, as are my team mates. Now we just have to keep our heads down and work. Marco Storari did really well.'
MILANELLO - Here are the declarations made by Ignazio Abate today at Milanello, to Milan Channel's microphones, at the end of the team's training session, on yesterday night's match against Bari:
"Certainly we expected a different evening, we wanted to shorten the standings by getting the full result and getting closer to the top teams, but it has to be said we met a fine Bari team which created many more chances than us. On Wednesday we have another big game, in a competition we care a lot about, our heads are already focused on Zurich.
When you face teams like Bari we need to have the same focus and the same determination to let our qualities come out. Evidently Bari put in something more and in the future that shouldn't happen again, especially at home.
Personally I am bitter just like my team mates about yesterday's match, we could have done much more. We only need to keep our heads down and work to try to do much better on Wednesday.
We players go on the pitch and we are the ones who have to find the right motivations and the desire to do well, we have what it takes so we'll have to play a good match."
Yesterday night Storari played a great match.
"I am very happy for Marco, since we arrived here we formed a great friendship, he's a great lad and especially a great professional, I hope he continues like this, with all my heart."