AC Milan coach Stefano Pioli was angry with the match officials after their 3-0 Coppa Italia semifinal defeat to Inter Milan.
With the score still at 2-0, Ismael Bennacer's goal was controversially disallowed, after Pierre Kalulu was ruled to be in an active offside position.
Pioli complained: “Look at (Samir) Handanovic's reaction. He doesn't even complain," said Pioli after watching the replays.
“Tell me a goalkeeper who doesn't react after conceding if a Milan player had damaged his view. Instead, he does nothing, they only complained about a handball that wasn't even there. Come on! Come on…"
He also said: “We wanted to win, we didn't achieve that, we were certainly up against a strong opponent. I don't think the performance was worthy of a 3-0, but Inter scored at the right times.
“They scored early, we had the chances to get back in, naturally going 2-1 down would've created a different match and given us more momentum, so that was a difficult moment.
“When you concede three goals, it means the opposition played with more quality and we made errors. We didn't lack for effort, intensity or chances, but it wasn't our night. We wanted to reach the Final, but this is a great opportunity for the team to prove themselves up to the task and throw everything into the Serie A race, because we have everything it takes to go all the way."
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