[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.

[dst]

I do feel that it was hte defences fualt for not having cleared the ball, especially with the second goal, someone should have just hoofed it clear.

You know what?

Shot happens!!

Of course it was the defence's fault to leave Van Buyten unmarked and of course the ball should have been cleared before that but from the moment a shot is taken it's the keeper's responsibility to protect the goal and Dida failed to do so miserably in Bayern's second!

In that logic... it's Gourcuff's fault for committing a foul in the midfield or maybe Kaka's for passing the ball to him... or... we'll end up blaming God for creating man!

It takes a series of mistakes for a goal to be scored and when a keeper could have save it but didn't he's as much responsible as everyone else. Not more but not less either... It's equally everybody's fault, it's just so happens that the keeper's fault strikes so much in the memory and eyes that he ends up being made the scapegoat!