Complicated match also for Romelu Lukaku. Insufficient performance also for the former Roma and Inter player, as reiterated by today’s edition of The Sports Gazette: “A blocked, walled-in game, and a tough life for the centre-forwards. If Vlahovic cries, Lukaku cries. He touches the ball 18 times in 72 minutes and never shoots. Totally failed”. The same opinion is shared by Sports Courier: “After two games as protagonist, this time Rom leaves the scene to his marker: Bremer. A tremendously cumbersome shadow that goes by anticipations and contrastson the ground and in the air. He commits and takes care of the pressure on the first carrier, but does not produce a single shot on goal. And he suffers: so-so condition”.
Performance also subject to review AllNaples: “Not very lucid in managing a nice ball that comes to him in the Juve area from McTominay. He fights with Bremer, who leaves him very little space. He doesn’t lack commitment, but he loses the duel with the Brazilian Juve centre-back”. I also give a 5 to TMW: “It’s well known that someone of his size takes time to get into shape. After two goals against Parma and Cagliari, today, when the game is tougher, he struggles more. He always arrives late and can’t get his teammates up when they rely on him, also thanks to Juventus’ defense. In the first big match, he fails.”
Romelu Lukaku’s report cards
TMW: 5
The Sports Gazette: 5
The Courier of Sport: 4.5
Allsport: 5
The Republic: 5
The Corriere della Sera: 5
AllNaples: 5.5