Sneijder: "Thanks to our fans for their support"
"We'll move on now: we want to win the Scudetto and the Coppa Italia," began Wesley Sneijder as he spoke to Inter Channel. "We thought we could do it tonight but we knew it would be very difficult: we created lots of chances but if you don't stick them away it's very hard. Schalke did well in San Siro and again today; we lost the tie at home more than here. The applause from the Nerazzurri fans? We thank every one of them because they are always behind us.
Now we have to do our best for them in the league and in the cup. We'll put this elimination behind us and focus on the targets we have left. We'll look forward." :thumbsup:
Ranocchia: "Let's look forward"
"The first-leg result certainly influenced this game," explained Andrea Ranocchia at the end of the match. "We came here and we went for it. We put everything into it but unfortunately we just couldn't get the early goal. A team like Inter has to look forward, though. We have the league and the cup and we want to be in them till the end," the Nerazzurri defender concluded." :thumbsup:
Nagatomo: "Disappointed but we won't stop here"
"I can't hide the fact that I'm a little disappointed after this defeat, but we don't have time to stop and worry about it now: we still have the league and we'll concentrate on that and on the Coppa Italia, which are are targets from today." :star:
Leonardo: "We still have a lot to do"
"We left ourselves open at the end, when it was hard to believe in the result we needed and it was too late to turn it around. In any case this tie was decided in the first leg, though we believed we could do it and we showed that on the pitch. But the moment didn't come for us, we needed something to spark it off." That was Leonardo speaking after Inter's elimination from the Champions League.
"We're disappointed because we really believed it was possible. We're disppointed to go out, but this team has given so much, even in difficult situations," he continued. "Our overall condition as we came into this quarter-final wasn't the best; we had used up so much energy and that penalised us, starting in the first leg of course. It's not the same disappointment as after the first-leg, mind; that was a truly bizarre game.
"I had dreamt about us completing the comeback," he added. "If we had got a goal at the beginning, if we had been as clinical as we wanted, it might have set us on our way, but it wasn't to be. Certainly we could have done better but we didn't manage it. It's a shame that Schalke scored from their only decent chance in the first half and that we weren't incisive enough. They were struggling to cope with the situation but we were unable to strike the blow that might have turned the tie." Asked to give his team a mark, the Brazilian replied: "It's not about giving marks, but the team has undoubtedly had a troubled season. I've asked a lot of them and it wasn't easy with all the players that were returning from injuries. There's no regret about anything because, as I said, this team has done so much and given me so much. I was and I am enthisiastic, and I wouldn't regret things even if we lost every game. I'll maintain my enthusiasm; you know I don't think about the future but I work the same way as I did the first day.
Now we have to make sure we overcome the moment intelligently. We have to battle on in the league and in the Coppa Italia: we still have a lot to do." :star::thumbsup:
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