[Portman]

ANCELOTTI: ‘Many goals and a good show for the fans’

2/8/2006

MILAN - Carlo Ancelotti's post-game analysis: ‘It was a beautiful evening and a beautiful game. We played at an optimal level and there were a lot of signs of improvement. We are confident about the future. We took control right away thanks to Kakà’s goal and we saw an all around great Milan down until the end. We played well in terms of speed upfront, bringing the midfielders into the game and getting the full-backs forward. Each one of the goals was beautiful and it was a good show for the fans. The spirit that I saw on the field was the same as was Sunday’s against Lazio, but there was less apprehension and the result arrived.’ Regarding individual players, he added: ‘Vogel helped to balance things out, he gave substance to the midfield. Costacurta was no surprise, he lives for this work and his performance this evening was the result of training. Sheva has reached a wonderful target, no he has another objective ahead, Nordahl's record. He's young and can do it. He's emerging as a goalscorer but also as a leader, which is an important jump in quality.’ Finally he touched briefly on the league table and the results of the other teams: ‘We must focus on ourselves and try to find the Milan that we saw this evening, a team that is focused and able to score many goals. Our objective is to win and rack up some good results for continuity. This is the only way that we will be able to recover points on Inter and get back into second place.’