When looking back on this season, Moratti still maintained a serious position. "The past year has been very complex, we have suffered too many injuries. Not winning the league championship will obviously leave a feeling of regret, but this is mainly because in the first 6 months we were clearly disorganized. Then we had a recovery, but in April we missed some good opportunities," summarized the Inter Milan owner. "Anyway, I want to thank the boys, because after they won everything last season, they could maintain the same confidence and desire to win this season."
Barcelona, Messi, and Guardiola are also unavoidable topics. Last season, Inter Milan eliminated Barcelona and eventually won the Champions League; this season, the Nerazzurri stumbled at the quarter-final stage, while Barcelona swept all before them to take another Champions League title. "Barcelona played an outstanding game last night," said Moratti simply, clearly not wanting to bow down to the "extraterrestrial team." Messi has always been Moratti's dream, and the Inter boss even once half-jokingly promised fans that he would bring Messi to the blue-black faithful. Today, when asked about Messi again, Moratti spared no praise. "Messi is a great player, he can make the players around him play better because they know Messi is right there beside them. Messi gives the team a sense of security, he can score goals, create spectacular performances, improve the team's operational efficiency, he is smart, and he continues to grow every year," praised Moratti, but it is clearly harder to buy such a perfect player.
As for Guardiola, he was once one of the future managerial candidates for Inter Milan. Now with rumors swirling again about Guardiola leaving Barcelona, even Cruyff said that after this victory Guardiola would step down, so the gossip between Inter Milan and Guardiola has resurfaced in the Italian media, but Moratti quickly gave a negative response. "The newspapers say I am obsessed with Guardiola, but truly, despite our acknowledgment that Guardiola is a great coach, we will move forward with our current coach Leonardo," said Moratti.
Of course, not everyone has had a brilliant season. Players like Maicon and Julio Cesar have seen a significant drop in performance compared to a year ago. The Italian media believes they no longer have the energy to continue advancing with Inter Milan, so the Nerazzurri will sell them this summer and bring in fresh blood. But Moratti denied this after the game today. The head of the Inter Milan family stated that there would be no major overhaul of the team. "As Leonardo said: this team is already very strong, and if we can improve it further, that would be better, but the most important thing is to preserve the existing team foundation," said Moratti. "I've seen various claims in the newspapers, as if something big is going to happen, but I think everyone will stay, because each of our players has their own characteristics, and it would be difficult to find suitable replacements for them. What we need to do is first maintain the continuity of this team, and then make improvements."