Venice, Di Francesco: “The penalty changed the game, I don’t agree with the referee”

Eusebius of Franciscoach of Venezia, after the debacle at San Siro against Milan spoke to the microphone of DAZN: “Our fragility has come out and we need to work on it. The team had reacted well to the first goal: it’s a shame about the lost ball, the corner and the two penalties. We hurt ourselves. You lose confidence in dribbling from the bottom, where Milan struggled to catch us at the beginning. A bad evening that should serve as a lesson to us: without excuses, we made mistakes. We weren’t up to par, in front of us there was a team that had players who wanted to prove themselves”

On the penalty on Abraham?
“The moment you lose your certainties and commit naivety, everything gets worse. I don’t agree with the first penalty: there was a light touch on Abraham. That took the game in one direction. Then it’s unacceptable to concede four goals after half an hour and it’s difficult at San Siro. But for me that penalty was a bit forced”

Should we work on individual mistakes?
“I think the team makes mistakes together: if something goes wrong it means that everyone hasn’t done something. We need to be more of a team, without pointing the finger at certain players. We need to examine our conscience.”