 Milan were similarly astonished at the manner in which they had lost the final . Manager Carlo Ancelotti said , " We had six minutes of madness in which we threw away the position we had reached until then " . The result compounded Milan 's failure to win Serie A a week before the match . Milan 's vice @-@ president , Adriano Galliani , played down the loss , asserting : " Even if we come second in the league , and second in the Champions League , this is not a disastrous season for us " . Captain Paolo Maldini was less optimistic , stating that the reverse was a " huge disappointment " , but he added that Milan would accept the defeat and " go out with their heads high " . 
