Kucka accuses Milan of mental weakness
AC Milan midfielder Juraj Kucka has blamed another disappointing Serie A season on the team’s mentality.
Sinisa Mihajlovic’s side were beaten 2-1 by Juventus at San Siro on Saturday, leaving their lingering hopes of Champions League qualification all but ended.
Kucka concedes that Milan’s inconsistency has been their undoing and has called on his team-mates to show greater mental strength in order to restore their place at the top of Italian football.
“We gave it our absolute all,” he said after the match, which was won by a second-half Paul Pogba strike. “We went for it and it’s a shame about the final score.
“We have to keep this up. We have been too inconsistent this season and we have to change our mentality, which has been our weakness. We have shown that we can match anyone and we now have to focus on the end-of-season run-in.
“It’s important we keep playing like we did tonight. We will now focus on the next game with Sampdoria and fight right until the end.”
Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma praised opposite number Gianluigi Buffon for a handful of crucial saves, but is confident Milan can avenge the defeat in the Coppa Italia final in May.
