[misha]

The agent of under-fire goalkeeper Nelson Dida has stood up for his client by attacking the Milan defence. “It’s their fault, not his,” Oscar Damiani argued.

The Brazilian was blasted in the Italian media for his performance in the 2-2 Champions League draw with Bayern Munich on Tuesday where he seemed at fault for both goals.

Those mistakes, coupled with a few more unconvincing displays this term, did raise question marks over the club’s decision to recently hand him a new £2.8m a season deal until 2010.

However, Damiani has today followed in the footsteps of President Silvio Berlusconi by backing the South American.

“The truth is that the Milan defence is inexistent and everyone is simply shifting the blame on to the goalkeeper,” the representative claimed.

“The errors at the back against Bayern, specifically by [Massimo] Oddo and [Alessandro] Nesta, were significant and my client can’t pay the penalty for those.

“Journalists need to take into account this aspect. Milan won’t get anywhere if they don’t put their defence right, no matter what Dida does.”

The World Cup shot-stopper, born in 1973, has been the Rossoneri’s undisputed No 1 since the 2002-03 campaign.

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Look...I think the issue we should bother about here is why is his agent making this kind of statement. Whether Dida is or is not at fault I'm afraid is subjective...but then his agent making this kind of statement throws the club in a really poor light. Since when does a player's agent have the authority to judge a team's functioning? I hope the management has sent this bloke a memo or something.

Look, I don't know how you guys feel, but I've always felt (and I think someone posted a similar thing on this forum) that Dida hasn't been the same after the flare incident against the merda. Sort of like what happened to Ali and Frazier after their epic fight. That unflappablness, that icy cool somehow seems to have cooled down. There is an air of nervousness in his positioning. Just compare any random matches before and after.

Again a subjective opinion, but there is an air of apprehension about him, where earlier there was just concentration.

I think Dida needs a psychologist. Misha...get ur tickets ready bro.