“Why did I let Marchisio lift the trophy? It was a nice gesture because I have had the honour of captaining this team for seven wonderful years. However, there were other guys who were with me every step of the way.
“Chiello has always lifted the Coppa Italia in other years, but this year I wanted Claudio, Barza and Stephan to raise it because they have helped me enormously in my role as captain. I owed it to them. Scudetto? It’s not done yet, but we are on the right track.”