“Inter Milan’s season has been cursed” – Stramaccioni

Inter Milan manager Andrea Stramaccioni has declared that his team’s season has been “cursed” with refereeing decisions and injuries.

The Nerazzuri are currently in seventh place, afetr a 2-0 loss to Cagliari on Sunday and in his post-match press conference, the 37-year-old clearly stated his side’s problems.

“The key was yet another injury in this cursed campaign, as we lost Walter Gargano. His absence made us lose something in terms of balance,” he told reporters.

“Yuto Nagatomo then came off the bench and got injured again after three minutes, so we’ve lost another two players for Wednesday.

“Any side that loses two forwards [Antonio Cassano and Diego Milito] to injury and other big players would struggle to do well.”

Stramaccioni also criticized the referee, insisting that Cagliari should have had a player sent of and that the penalty they conceded was wrongly called.

“There was a dubious incident on Tommaso Rocchi in the first half, which would’ve been a red card for stopping a clear scoring opportunity,” he continued.

“Today the referee was conned by [Mauricio] Pinilla, whereas last week with Atalanta there was nothing there at all. It really is a cursed campaign, how can you give a penalty like that?”

Inter have a chance to salvage their season with a Coppa Italia semi-final with Roma on Wednesday. The Giallorossi lead 2-1 from the first leg.

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