Berlusconi blames Chelsea target Ancelotti for Milan's 'wasted season'

Milan's president Silvio Berlusconi has accused Carlo Ancelotti of wasting the club's season, according to Italy's La Repubblica newspaper. Chelsea's No1 choice to take over in the summer, who met officials from Stamford Bridge last night, was singled out for criticism by Berlusconi during the Italian prime minister's visit to Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt.



"We lost the title because of Ancelotti," Berlusconi is quoted as saying. "Many times we did not use the right tactics. We have so many good ball players and should have based our football on this asset, but we did the opposite."

Milan's vice-president, Adriano Galliani, refused to comment on the reports.

"As club director, I do not wish to comment on the president's words that were published in the papers," Galliani told La Gazzetta dello Sport. "I said and I repeat that I won't speak before May 31 on these things, or at least I won't speak before we have reached the direct qualification to the Champions League."