Zanetti hurting from Marseille blow

Inter captain Javier Zanetti concedes his side’s Champions League elimination to Marseille is a huge blow for the team.

The San Siro side fell victims to the away goals rule as they won the second leg of their round-of-16 encounter 2-1 in Milan on Tuesday, following a 1-0 loss in France three weeks before.

Zanetti urged Inter to leave the disappointment behind and turn their focus to Serie A now.

“We must focus on the league now and do everything we can to finish near the top. It won’t be easy because this is a tough blow to take, but we’ll try,” Zanetti said.

“It’s been a complicated season, difficult right from the beginning, but we’ll try to end it as best we can.”

“We’re duty-bound to try and climb as high as we can and aim for third place. We know we have lots of teams in front of us but we must go for it.”

Inter resume their Serie A campaign on Sunday when they host Atalanta.