Gimenez admits Milan are ‘very disappointed’ but supports Theo: “It can happen to anyone” | OneFootball

Santiago Gimenez believes that AC Milan were playing well in the second leg against Feyenoord, but everything changed after one incident.

Milan went into the game knowing that they had to win on the night in order to have a chance of going through, after having lost the first leg 1-0 at De Kuip.

Things certainly started in the ideal way as the Rossoneri took the lead inside 60 seconds with Gimenez returning to haunt his former club, heading in from close range after a short corner.

However, the game completely changed when Theo Hernandez was shown a second yellow card for a dive, meaning Milan were down to 10 men.  Julian Carranza then came off the bench to equalise on the night and send the Dutch side through.

Gimenez spoke to Sky and Milan TV after the full-time whistle to give his thoughts on what was a difficult night for the team despite the positive personal note of scoring, with his comments relayed by MilanNews.

Is this a big disappointment?

“We are very disappointed, we started very well and we were controlling well and we didn’t see how Feyenoord could hurt us.”

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What did you do wrong in the two games? Did Theo’s red card change everything?

“Today it was Theo’s turn but it can happen to anyone, this is football. We have the utmost respect for Theo, he has our full support: he always gives everything for Milan and is one of the best full-backs in the world.”

What now?

“Now we must not look back and we must look forward: we must work silently to achieve our goals.”

How do you react after that?

“We were playing well, we almost scored. But that’s football, everything can change in a second. We weren’t able to find the solution to the problem we had. There’s a lot of disappointment, but we have to keep working because the season is long.”

How do you react?

“Work from tomorrow, nothing else.”