An unusual evening for Paulo Dybala: in a period in which he has fluctuating performances, the Argentine shows off a fully sufficient match against Lecce, in an unprecedented role given the absence of Artem Dovbyk forward. Tuttosport rates his match with a 6.5 on his report card: “Given Dovbyk’s absence he finds himself at center forward for one night and almost scores with a header after 5 minutes. He tries again with his chest and in many other ways, but he’s not lucky , but his test remains positive”. Same vote for TMW: “He doesn’t score, it’s true, but his role as a fake nine doesn’t give Lecce points of reference and allows him to communicate freely with his teammates. He comes close to scoring with his chest and creates at least 3-4 clear chances from the network”.
La Gazzetta dello Sport (another 6.5) underlines: “It varies a lot and gives Saelemaekers a couple of chocolates just to unwrap”. Vocegiallorossa.it – which gives him 7 – confirms: “He doesn’t give references to the Lecce defenders. He gives quality to the maneuver and searches for the goal until the end, without luck”. Corriere dello Sport gives blame it on bad luck always evaluating it with 6.5: “The ball doesn’t want to go in. An assist to the kiss not exploited by Saelemaekers, then he perfectly chooses the passing time for Abdulhamid for the third goal”.
THE VOTES
TuttoMercatoWeb.com: 6.5
Gazzetta dello Sport: 6.5
Tuttosport: 6.5
Corriere dello Sport: 6.5
Corriere della Sera: 7
Vocegiallorossa.it: 7