MILAN - "We’re hugely disappointed after what we did in this game – a strange game. I think Inter and Palermo both did everything they could to win this match and in the end it produced a draw." Javier Zanetti couldn’t hide his regret about what might have been three points in an encounter that neither side won but that offered a great spectacle at the Meazza.

MILAN - (Statistics provided by Football Data) Excluding the sackings before the Serie A season kicked off (Roberto Donadoni at Cagliari and Stefano Pioli at Palermo) and the recent change at Genoa (Pasquale Marino has yet to oversee a game), of the seven Serie A clubs who have changed coach in 2011/12, Inter have gained the most advantage: with Gian Piero Gasperini in the league – 3 matches, 1 draw and 2 defeats – the Nerazzurri averaged 0.33 points per game; under Claudio Ranieri – 13 matches, 8 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats – the average is 1.92, which means an increase of 1.59 points per game.

MILAN - "I’m happy because we ended the year in the best possible way. We played well and more importantly we won the game because that’s what we had to do." Ricardo Alvarez explained to Inter Channel what this evening’s victory over Lecce meant – a victory to which he made a telling contribution: "What I did was important because we won, otherwise it wouldn’t have been of any importance, that’s why I’m happy. Now we can have a rest and then we’ll think about the future."

APPIANO GENTILE – "They’re a team in last place in the standings, but from
what I’ve seen and what I know they don’t deserve to be in that position. They
have quality players and will give us headaches." These were the words of
Claudio Ranieri speaking on tomorrow’s opponent, Lecce. Inter will be facing
them in the rescheduled Week 1 match of the 2011/12 Serie A season.

APPIANO GENTILE – "In recent days president Moratti and I had talked about
this, and I think that today when he spoke of Sneijder he was referring to the
fact that in this particular moment not having the Dutch player – that is, not
having a 90-minute player – can cause some worries. And then I was the one who
decided to take it slowly in order to avoid him getting re-injured, to avoid
speeding things up." From the words of Massimo Moratti to those of Claudio
Ranieri at today’s press conference. The subject was the current situation of
Wesley Sneijder, who was forced to remain away from the pitch.