“He can do nothing on the Leipzig net, he tries to come out on Sesko but the attacker goes over him with a precise lob. In the second half he touches the ball with his hand outside the area even if it must be said that he does everything he can not to hit it.” Rating 5 for Michele Di Gregorio on TMW after the mistake that cost him the red card in last night’s Champions League match against RB Leipzig. “How to turn a normal evening into a nightmare: zero saves until the red card episode: the touch of the hand outside the area is a heavy naivety”, he adds La Gazzetta dello Sport confirming his vote.
“Sesko’s goal is a feat of skill for which he is not to blame. Fifteen minutes into the second half he comes out of the area well to block Openda’s counterattack, missed by the two centre-backs, but he touches his hand just enough to catch himself red”, writes the Corriere dello Sport raising his report card grade by half a point. We return to 5 instead on the columns of Tuttosport: “He can’t do anything about Sesko’s bomb, saved by the post on Openda, then he touches his hand outside the area and is sent off.”
Michele Di Gregorio’s report cards
TMW: 5
La Gazzetta dello Sport: 5
Corriere dello Sport: 5.5
Tuttosport: 5