Good first match for Nicolò Rovella. Making his debut with the national team in the match that saw Italy win 1-0 on Belgium, the Lazio midfielder replaced the absent Samuele Ricci in the best possible way. “Immediately familiar with Samuele Ricci’s role. Just like the Torino midfielder, he also lowers himself to the defenders’ line in order to always be at the center of the game: the first is good”, TMW’s opinion.
This is the comment from the ‘Gazzetta dello Sport’: “He makes his debut, as a starter, without overdoing it: he looks for the right position and rational choices, even with Lukaku on him. I shudder when Trossard escapes him.” “He makes his debut and in the package there are arrows from Spalletti, who would like to remote control him. Applause-worthy coverage work, perhaps – as the coach asks him – he should have had a greater speed of execution”, adds the ‘Corriere dello Sport’.
Thus the ‘Corriere della Sera’: “Spalletti continually picks him up and for a rookie it shouldn’t be the best. He makes a few mistakes, but passes the test with personality.” “Two forced launches to break the ice of the debut, then it melts”, we read this morning in ‘La Repubblica’. For ‘TuttoSport’: “Great dynamism and generosity which go a little to the detriment of clarity in giving order to the exit maneuver”.
Nicolò Rovella’s report cards
TMW – 6.5
Gazzetta dello Sport – 6.5
Corriere dello Sport – 6.5
TuttoSport – 6
Corriere della Sera – 6.5
The Republic – 6.5