"We're bitterly disappointed about how things went this evening, the match shouldn't have finished in this way," said Javier Zanetti on Inter Channel after the 2-1 defeat to Juventus. "They were luckier than us and won a match that we didn't deserve to lose."

The Inter captain continued: "It wasn't a foul which led to the free kick that decided the game. Nedved dived after Cordoba made the slightest of contact.

"Now we must look ahead and think about the next match, we want to make the best possible finish to this championship. Conclusions are always made at the end of the season, and we're still in the running in other important competitions.

"We're also disappointed for the fans because they didn't deserve this result. We gave everything we had to win this match, we finished the game with our heads held high even if this defeat is very hard to accept."