Result: Venice-Empoli 1-1
VENICE
Stankovic 7.5 – Superlative performance, another one. Repeated saves, the one on Maleh is truly prodigious. Then the exits: every corner is his and some are courageous, confirming that he is improving in many ways. The only flaw is with his foot, when he gives a poisonous ball to his opponents, but Idzes saves him: a venial sin.
Altar 6 – Providential about to sacrifice himself on Esposito. Solid performance, despite the great pressure from the opposition and the high level performance of Anjorin.
Idzes 6 – He saves everything on Colombo, then on Esposito’s goal he has to try to close the gap on the former Milan player seeing Sverko miss, but he was outnumbered. The shiniest behind.
Sverko 5.5 – Great suffering performance. From his side he is often caught in the middle, Carboni does not help him in some cases. On Esposito’s goal he misses on Colombo.
Zampano 6 – It contains Pezzella, on his side Venezia suffers less, up front with Oristanio he manages to combine only in flashes.
Nicolussi Ankle 5.5 – Put in great difficulty when he has very little space and time to think, more imprecise than usual in his clearances in a match where Venezia is at times crushed. He grows in the second half, especially after Andersen’s entry, but loses other poisonous balls.
Busio 6 – Patches here and there, he’s everywhere to put lungs where quality can’t reach, given the game suffered for large stretches.
Carbons 5.5 – He started in a positive way, but as the minutes passed he suffered too much from Gyasi’s descents, often getting caught from behind.
From 65′ Andersen 6 – With his entry Venezia breathes and in particular Nicolussi Caviglia: two brains in the midfield, the Dane enters well and restores vitality and ideas to a midfield that had been crushed until then.
Oristanio 5.5 – With Venezia crushed in the first 45 minutes it was one against all and was locked in a cage. In the second half it lights up more, but it is poorly supported.
From 70′ Yeboah 5.5 – He tries to intelligently manage the balls that come to him. However, it is a mess in at least a couple
Ellertsson 5.5 – His flexibility today leads him to start as a midfielder and then move to the left wing, given the emergency. He does his thing in the defensive phase, he is unable to communicate with his teammates, never having breathing room to think.
Pohjanpalo 6 – He receives a gift from Vasquez who rewards him for the great sacrifice he puts into every pressing game. Long balls are not his cup of tea and this was understood, then he struggles to defend the balls that would help his teammates to move up.
All. Eusebio Di Francesco 6 – It is perhaps one of the most difficult matches to prepare: it literally has no changes in depth, apart from a few exceptions, especially for the emergency in the midfield. His Venezia had a too slow first half, he has the merit of keeping it up with his team showing growth in holding up and maintaining an important point.