Following their feeble show in opposition to PSV Eindhoven, the Italian press thrashed Juventus of their post-match participant rankings.
The Bianconeri solely wanted to keep away from defeat on Dutch soil and protect their one-goal benefit from the primary leg to make sure qualification for the Champions League Spherical of 16. However this proved an excessive amount of of a activity for Thiago Motta’s males who had been second finest on the night time, particularly starting from the second half when PSV raised the tempo.
The Dutch champions managed to stage the scoring on mixture to ship the competition to extra-time. The writing was already on the wall when Ryan Flamingo scored the winner within the 97th minute following a fantastic onslaught on Michele Di Gregorio’s objective.
Curiously, the goalkeeper’s performances divided opinions within the Italian media. Regardless of conceding three objectives, the previous Monza star pulled off a collection of essential saves to maintain the Italians alive. Therefore, his score diversified between 5/10 and seven/10 relying on every account. Federico Gatti proved to be the same case in what was a mixed-bag show.
Quite the opposite, all newspapers agreed on Teun Koopmeiners who produced one other hole show. He even earned below-par marks on some accounts. Nonetheless, it ought to famous that Thiago Motta revealed after the competition that the Netherlands star had a fever.
Elsewhere, most gamers obtained mediocre grades, maybe aside from just a few like Timothy Weah and Manuel Locatelli.
So listed here are the participant rankings from among the most famous sources in Italian soccer, as printed by IlBianconero).
Corriere dello Sport – Di Gregorio 5; Weah 6.5; Gatti 5; Kelly 5.5; Koopmeiners 5; Locatelli 6; Conceicao 6; McKennie 6; Nico Gonzalez 6; Kolo Muani 5.5; Yildiz 5; Thuram 5.5; Vlahovic 6; Mbangula 5.5; Cambiaso 5.5; Savona 5; Thiago Motta 5.
Tuttosport – Di Gregorio 7; Weah 6.5; Gatti 7; Kelly 6; Koopmeiners 5; Locatelli 6; Conceicao 6.5; McKennie 6; Nico Gonzalez 6; Kolo Muani 5; Yildiz 5.5; Thuram 6; Vlahovic 6; Mbangula 6; Cambiaso 5.5; Savona 5.5; Thiago Motta 5.
Gazzetta dello Sport – Di Gregorio 5.5; Weah 5.5; Gatti 6; Kelly 5; Koopmeiners 4.5; Locatelli 6; Conceicao 5.5; McKennie 5; Nico Gonzalez 4.5; Kolo Muani 4.5; Yildiz 5; Thuram 6; Vlahovic 6; Mbangula 5.5; Cambiaso 5.5; Thiago Motta 4.5.
