"We cannot consider our season as being successful, we can only say it's been good,” said Kaka.

“The triumphs of Yokohama [Club World Cup] and Monte Carlo [European Super Cup] were linked to the previous Champions League success, while this season our goals were to be different.

"First there was the Champions League, the second was we had to be involved in the championship race. A distant third was to finish in the Champions League places."

Yesterday afternoon Milan picked up a crucial 3-1 win at Empoli to close to within one point of Fiorentina in the fourth and final Champions League position.

Kaka created the second for Massimo Ambrosini, while he added the third himself in the penultimate minute of the game.

"The goal I scored was important both for the team and for me personally because it had been a while since I had scored,” the Brazilian stated.

“Being decisive, whether with a goal or an assist as I was for the second goal, is very important to me.

“We managed to win and get three very important points for our position in the league. The run-in has started, we had 12 finals to play, now we have only 11 because one has already been won."

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