“Future tests or just an emergency? The second is certain, we’ll see about the first and some more doubts arise. The comparison with Calhanoglu and also with Asllani is inappropriate, but he makes a lot of effort in directing traffic”. On TMW This is how we explained the 5.5 on the report card assigned last night to Nicolò Barella after his performance as director against Young Boys. In the third match valid for the championship phase of the new Champions League, the Nerazzurri midfielder was unprecedentedly used as a playmaker in front of the defense, but the results were not too convincing. “Great effort, in a role that isn’t his: you can’t invent a Calha. Brought back from inside, he grows out of all proportion. And Inter with him”, not surprisingly also writes today’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“He plays the second close match after the injury and the engine is affected”, is the newspaper’s shortest comment Tuttosport in any case next to a passing grade on the report card. “Adapted to the role of Calhanoglu, he doesn’t have the same speed as the Turk in managing the rhythms of his men. But the commitment never fails”, continues the Corriere dello Sport keeping the same thought. Commentary de The Interista: “There is an Inter with Calhanoglu and one without, in playmaking he doesn’t help the team to turn. On one of his lost balls, Monteiro hits the post. In the defensive phase, however, he is decisive, especially in the second half in which he increases the turnover of the team motor.
Nicolò Barella’s votes
TMW: 5.5
La Gazzetta dello Sport: 6
Corriere dello Sport:
Tuttosport: 6
The Interista: 6