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A season in purgatory'

AFP, Rome
AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti admitted on Sunday that his team of underachievers have a season in purgatory ahead of
them after missing out on Champions League qualification.
Milan had spent most of the season playing catch - up after getting off to a dreadful start and due to their involvement in both the European Supercup and Club World Cup.
But with two matches to go they had clambered thcir way up into the top four - a Champions League qualification position - only to lose 3-1 at Napoli last week and hand the initiative back to Fiorentina.
Milan finished their campaign with a 4-1 win over Udinese but it wasn't enough as Fiorentina's 1-0 victory at Torino gave them the coveted fourth spot.
"We have to accept the final standings which leaves us out of the Champions League," said Ancelotti. "We have to think about the mistakes we made. It was an up and down season in which we paid for our stan to the season at home."
Milan failed to win a home league match until January, losing two and drawing five of their first seven games at the San Siro.
"We didn't do enough. We have a year in purgatory ahead of us but we will tackle it with the same enthusiasm as always.
"We'll concentrate our efforts on the league to be competitive. We won't roll over but we will graft."
Milan's vice-president Adriano Galliani preferred to remind everyone about Milan's past glories rather than dwell too long on this season's failings.
"We're sorry to be in the UEFA Cup, it’s (only) the second time in 10 years," hesaid.
"You shouldn't forget that a year ago we won the Champions league and five months ago the Club World Cup.
" From August 31 we'll think about the league. Before we thought about other tilings and we achieved our objectives."
However, he did give grudging praise to the dub's cross dty rivals Inter, who won the league.
"Whoever wins is right," he said.
Fiorentina coach Cesare Prandelli admitted he was worried his team wouldn't make it over the finish line.
They had to wait 76 minutes before a spectacular Pablo Osvaldo bicycle kick secured the win.
"Were we afraid not to make it? Of course, we were afraid because we created six or seven chances and (Torino goalkeeper Matteo) Screni was fantastic," he said.
"When there is the tension and desire to get a result, everything is more difficult.
"Fortunately Osvaldo’s goal changed the season, at least from the point of view of our critics.
"That's the one tiling I don't like. If you want to change foot ball you have to look at it from a sporting perspective and look at the potential of a team regardless of their results.
"The path was long but week by week the players haw given the right reaction.
"This is a team that has spirit, soul, where we've created a group." |