SOMMER 7 – Different stage, but Pagliuca replies on Pellegrini’s harmless cross in the ’94 World Cup final. Without that little kiss on the post that takes away a bit of poetry. However, prose is not needed to repel Pellegrini’s right from a favorable position with closed fists. In the midst of normal administration, he achieved the victory by neutralizing Soulé’s poisonous left foot in the opponent’s last attack.
PAVARD 6.5 – Never fuels Inter’s momentum, even if there is room to go on the counterattack. But overall the choice is wise, because it is not one of those disputes in which you can leave your position without feeling guilty. In the final, when Roma, at a disadvantage, increased the offensive pressure, the Frenchman was good at placing himself between the lines and keeping the balls coming from the left away.
AGERBI 6 – Sufficient esteem, because until then he had controlled Dovbyk with ease. Unlucky, his thigh betrays him. VAL 26′ DE VRIJ 6.5 – Some inaccuracies, also due to the heavy pitch and too often leaves Dovbyk free to receive and turn. Decisive when he interrupts an assist from Zalewski for the Ukrainian in an insidious counterattack. When there is a need to double-lock the fort, the Dutchman raises the level.
STICKS 6.5 – In a complicated context he shows off his attributes even at the risk of getting hurt (and this happens to him at the end of the first half). He plays with great personality and doesn’t pay too much attention to quality, even if he takes away a couple of whims. Less involved in the second half, when he could do harm on Roma’s right lane. DAL 71′ BISSECK 6 – A bit of a ruffian when in possession of the ball, he doesn’t show great serenity. But his physicality is a panacea when Roma try everything.
DARMIAN 6 – Matches where you have to suffer and grit your teeth are his bread and butter. at the Olimpico there is little space for aesthetics and you have to roll up your hands. You don’t see much of it in the offensive phase, also because the team waits for their opponents for large stretches of the match to try to restart. Zalewski plays on his side, keeping him on alert and forcing him to receive a yellow card. DAL 71′ DUMFRIES 6,5 – He immediately appears, plowing down the right flank until finishing on goal and finding the great deflection from Svilar, a situation that is repeated shortly after on Dimarco’s assist. After personally punching, he puts Barella in a position to hit. How much presence in just over 20 minutes.
STRETCHER 6.5 – Having just returned after about a month in the pits, the responsibility of the Nerazzurri midfield was immediately thrust upon him when Calhanoglu asked for a change. Inzaghi, Asllani’s orphan, sends him into the control room hoping for his versatility and cold blood, a role he had already approached in other circumstances. The response is that of the great professional, who stifles his own offensive streak to ensure balance for his team. In injury time he shoots high from a good position but is crushed by fatigue.
CALHANOGLU SV – FROM 12′ FRATTESI 7 – Not even he would have expected to be the protagonist of such a personally significant match so soon. Instead, when it’s cold he has to start running to support both phases, trying to make the Giallorossi midfield lose track of him and at the same time maintain tactical balance. When Zalewski leaves that ball there he unleashes his fatal wrath which leads to Lautaro’s goal, the yellow for Pisilli, the assist that Thuram and Dimarco in tandem don’t exploit and Massa who senselessly denies him dozens and dozens of meters of isolated pitch. Core (ungrateful) of Rome.
MKHITARYAN 6,5 – Positive and proactive start, he slips away more than once, creating the conditions for his team’s offensive chance, in turn chipping the crossbar with a nice right-footed shot from outside the area that comes down with a fraction of a second late. With the forfeit of Calhanoglu, his personal squire, he interprets the race in a more defensive mode and has to keep up with the lively Koné, who should give him a couple of runs on the athletic challenge. Precious in the second half when he chases every opponent.
DIMARCO 6 – He starts with the right attitude, supporting Inter’s push on the left and communicating with Bastoni in a fruitful way. He also shows up in the Giallorossi area trying to take advantage of the balls coming from the right. Then when the team, once Calhanoglu has left, lowers itself and prefers counterattacks, it tends to stay on its own, so as not to abandon its position too often. Celik chokes the scream of the goal in his throat, saving with an intervention bordering on desperation. In the end he is in obvious physical difficulty but grits his teeth.
MARTINEZ 6,5 – In a complex match, in which he shows so many interesting and useful plays for the team, he struggles to be effective in the final meters also due to his fault in not always following Thuram’s initiatives properly. But then, suddenly, like a vulture, he senses Celik could make a mistake and strikes both him and Svilar with a right-footed shot under the crossbar. FROM 71′ CORREA 6 – He could do more with all the spaces granted by Roma at the end, at least his presence keeps the Giallorossi defensive department apprehensive and if Thuram still had fuel who knows what they could do together…
THURAM 7 – Total performance, even without scoring. His is the first ring that warms Svilar’s hands, thanks to him the red that Cristante would have deserved, he is N’Dicka’s nightmare who in 97 minutes against Inter will have committed more fouls than in his Giallorossi experience up until yesterday. At times he is imprecise and doesn’t carry out very dangerous actions, but in general the work he does to keep the team going is commendable. Heroic, when he spits blood even when he has none left.
ALL. CLOTHES 7 – They haven’t even played for half an hour and they’ve already lost their two main point guards, Calhanoglu and Acerbi. He gets the yellow because he doesn’t like that missed red for Cristante. He asks Barella, in the midst of an emergency, to act as director. He gets exactly what he wants from the substitutes and from the team the demonstration of knowing how to suffer. And, a significant detail, he did not concede a goal at Roma. Platinum victory, on a championship day that is more than a trap. From tomorrow he will take stock of the next absences, tonight only applause.
ROMA: Svilar 7, Mancini 6, N’Dicka 6, Angeliño 6 (from 79′ Hermoso SV), Celik 5.5, Koné 6 (from 53′ Pisilli 6), Cristante 5.5 (from 79′ Le Fee SV), Zalewski 5.5 (from 72′ Baldanzi 6), Pellegrini 6, Dybala 6.5 (from 79′ Soulé Sv), Dovbyk 6. All. Judge 6
REFEREE: MASSA 5 – Many errors in a match with a high competitive content. But the blue pencil one is the missed red card for Cristante who lands on Thuram thrown into the net. Letting it go was the only decision not to make. The reason why he interrupts Frattesi’s isolated counterattack after the obvious error of the aforementioned Cristante also needs to be explained. No regulation provides for this, a second obvious damage for Inter.
ASSISTANTS: Carbone 6 – Peretti 6
OUR: Di Bello 5
