OBJECTIVE REACHED

Alberto Gilardino, Ricardo Kakà, Filippo Inzaghi, Alessandro Nesta and Clarence Seedorf are celebrating reaching their Serie A objective for the season!

ALBERTO GILARDINO: ‘We have qualified with two game left to go. We played really well in Serie A. It’s been an amazing season, from the Champions League preliminaries up until here. We went through some difficult moments, but the group’s strength prevailed. Now, we can think about the final Athens.’

RICARDO KAKA': ‘We reached an important objective. Both sides were affected by the heat today. Even so we played a good first half and created various scoring opportunities. Then the team let up a bit in the second half, but that’s normal considering the heat and the fatigue. Now, there’s the game with Udinese. We have reached our objective for next year’s Champions League preliminary round, which allows us to now focus on the final.’

FILIPPO INZAGHI: ‘I thought that the first goal was good but the important things is that we qualified for the preliminary round of the Champions League next year. We hope to take forward from Athens. The heat held us back a bit, but we played a good game. We are satisfied. Now, we will be playing for the big one in ten days.’

ALESSANDRO NESTA: ‘We are satisfied. It was really hot in Bologna today and we had to labour through that heat a bit. We should have closed the game in the first half. The draw with Catania made me a bit angry. As of today the league on paper is finished for us. We wanted to go into the Champions League winning, but it’s okay like this too.’

CLARENCE SEEDORF: ‘I am not happy with the entire game, but I am happy that we reached an important objective. It was a tough year for us. Now, we should celebrate this day even though we didn’t’ win and it wasn’t a great game. Nevertheless, we have reached this certainty for next year. Now we can prepare for the final with the right attitude.’ Today Milan’s number 10 scored his tenth goal: ‘I won’t stop here…’