Buffon: "Pity, we led on penalties too..."

Captain Gianluigi Buffon was understandably rueful post-match: "It's a shame, especially as we led both in normal time and on penalties. We could have avoided the match being dragged out. We should have realised that we could have killed off the game in those blistering opening 25 minutes because it was an even contest after that. AC Milan showed determination - they played well."

The captain was also asked for his take on 2016: "A good year. There were lots of good things - it hasn't ended as we would have liked but that's part and parcel of the game."