Player Ratings: Lazio-Milan 2-2
Starting XI
Maignan: 6. He sacrifices himself on Zaccagni on one occasion, for the rest it is as if he wasn’t there.
Pavlovic: 6. He wins his duels physically, but often gets beaten for pace. In the second half he looks more energetic, also following plays by pushing forward.
De Winter: 5. Overall not very attentive, as usual. On Lazio’s second goal, his inability to clear a ball in the penalty area is clear. In the second half he makes a few decent defensive interventions.
Gila: 5.5. He leaves Zaccagni free to cross the ball for Lazio’s opener. He struggles to chase quick opponents.
Estupinan: 5. Completely asleep on Cancellieri’s goal.
Rabiot: 6. He struggles in defensive duels, but redeems himself in the second half with an assist to Moreira.
Modric: 5.5. He is clearly out of form; after a promising start, he begins to misplace touches and passes while failing to provide defensive cover.
Chukwueze: 6.5. In the first half he is among those unable to finish in attack. In the second half he is decidedly more active.
Cissè: 6. When the ball reaches him, he tries to do something by fighting and shooting. The problem is that he doesn’t receive the ball often enough…
Loftus-Cheek: 5. Offensively irrelevant, doesn’t shoot, misplaces balls into the box and loses possession through distraction.
G. Ramos: 5.5. As if he wasn’t on the pitch in the first half. In the second half he manages just one shot on goal.
Substitutes
Moreira: 7.5 ⭐. With a brace, he rescues a match that looked beyond saving.
Pulisic: 7. Perhaps the most fierce of the substitutes, he is driven by a spirit of redemption which translates into an assist to Moreira.
Musah: 6.5. Very useful when it comes to staying high up the pitch and winning the ball in the pressing phase.
Hutchinson: n/a
Camarda: n/a
Manager Amorim: 6
The question to ask is: why does it always come to this — pulling off unlikely comebacks just to earn a single point? The first half of this match must remain imprinted in everyone’s memory for a long time, if these scares are to be avoided in the future.
