Moratti defends Leonardo

Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti has insisted he still has faith in coach Leonardo despite Tuesday's Champions League debacle against Schalke 04.
The last four days have been nothing short of a disaster for Inter as a 3-0 defeat to AC Milan in the top-of-the-table derby clash saw them give up a five-point Serie A advantage to their bitter neighbours with just seven games to play.
And that was followed by a spectacular capitulation in their Champions League quarterfinal, first leg at home to Schalke in which they were humiliated 5-2, despite leading 2-1, leaving next week's second leg virtually superfluous.
To have had two such high-profile failures in quick succession one might have expected Leonardo to be in the firing line, but Moratti came out defending his coach.
Having seen his side concede eight goals in their two most important games of the season, and having Cristian Chivu sent off in both, one might have expected a reprimand from Moratti over defensive frailty or discipline, instead there were excuses.
"It was a defeat due to tiredness. I was surprised by the size of the defeat but you could already see the tiredness on Saturday (against Milan) and it's impossible to rediscover freshness in so few days," he said.
"Now we're feeling down but this can help to push us on even more, however my opinion of Leonardo hasn't changed.
"I know that something has maybe changed for him because he feels bad about what has happened twice in quick succession.”