Final result: Monza-Roma 1-1
MONZA (edited by Marco Pieracci)
Pizzignacco 6.5 – He thanks the post, then is good at saying no to Koné and Pellegrini. Dovbyk pardons him the first time, not the second.
Izzo 5.5 – A perhaps a little fortunate but very effective shoulder closure, on the Roma goal he was brutalized by the last Pichichi.
Seas 5.5 – After Lukaku, he has to face another heavyweight: he accepts a fight with Dovbyk, and leaves the ring defeated.
Carbons 6.5 – Last season he scored a goal as beautiful as it was useless, this time he easily defused Soulé and brought about the equalizer.
Pereira 6 – Everything is under control with El Shaarawy, the greater dynamism of the substitute Zalewski creates some additional problems for him. From 73′ D’Ambrosio 6 – Experience for the finale.
Bondo 6 – Muscular duel in the midfield with his compatriot Koné, he tries to respond blow for blow with the same intensity.
White 6 – Lots of aggression, but also the right leg to push forward: he starts from afar to finish and dive in. Honest performance. From 63′ Dany Mota 7 – Decisive from the bench: he attacks Carboni’s cross with the right malice, believes in the goal and is rewarded.
Kyriakopoulos 5.5 – Celik forces him to be on the defensive, he rarely looks forward. He takes a big risk by crashing into Baldanzi.
Pessina 6 – Played again on the attacking midfield to increase the danger rate, he works well on the bank for Maldini but does not accept the invitation.
Maldini 6 – He could celebrate his call-up to the blue team with a goal, he has to deal with Svilar. Brilliant heel to free Pessina. From 89′ Caprari sv
Djuric 6 – Fundamental pivot work, Ndicka tries in vain to advance. He elbows his way forward, always prevailing in the air.
Alessandro Nesta 6 – Confirmation of players and attitude seen in Naples, with the entry of Dany Mota he finds a valid alternative to the classic long ball scheme on Djuric.
ROME (edited by Patrick Iannarelli)
Svilar 5.5 – It’s not an evening in which shots often arrive, he responds to the home team’s first shot. Then he manages a ball coming from the right, an indecision that costs Roma a lot.
Left-handed 5.5 – He goes after the opposing attackers in every area of the pitch, for an hour he plays a good match, attentive and without worries. Then he goes out too easily on the play that leads to Monza’s 1-1 draw.
Ndicka 5 – Race with a thousand faces. He stays low and gets caught in the middle at the decisive moment, a choice that effectively condemns his team. He could, but above all he had to do more.
Angelino 5 – It’s true that you notice one mistake more than ten good things, but that distraction about Dany Mota shouldn’t have been there. From 71′ Hermoso 6 – He comes in with a team that is demoralized and unconvinced of their abilities. He does what he can.
Celik 5.5 – It begins with the head bowed and the desire to plow the band, it ends with breathlessness, a unique photograph of a more than negative moment. From 86′ Baldanzi sv
Koné 6.5 – He has all the desire to show off and win the permanent job. Among the most on the ball, he also hits the post after a quarter of an hour. He is the only one who has good opportunities, together with Dovbyk, to hurt Monza.
Cristante 6 – He has the merit of seeing the movement of the Ukrainian bomber and thinking about the post. But he loses 2-3 bloody balls in the decisive moment.
El Shaarawy sv From 20′ Zalewski 5 – He starts well, then starts losing balls too easily. Participate in the collective horror at the equalizer.
Soulé 5 – Always nervous, he gives the feeling of wanting to break everything, but the embroidery prevents him from expressing his full potential. I would like to, but I can’t. From 71′ Pisilli 6 – He’s the only one who puts his heart into it, works hard and tries to do something.
Pilgrims 5.5 – Who knows if anything will ever change in his relationship with the fans. He has a couple of good chances, but fails to score. He shuts down like the whole team. From 86′ Shomurodov sv
Dovbyk 6.5 – The first big shot, a first-intention left, ends up high. Then he goes on his own, first by playing with Izzo, then finding the two or three dribbles that opened up Monza’s defense. But it was a temporary joy.
Ivan Juric 5 – He has now lost his way. Or maybe he never had the team in hand. Late changes, a lot of confusion and a dressing room that seems to be looking elsewhere. It’s difficult to make predictions, but the question is more than legitimate: is it already the last resort?