Aston Villa-Juventus 0-0
ASTON VILLA
MARTINEZ 8 – His outings are all acts of courage. He is among the best in the world, and he shows it in the details as well as the big things: the parade on Conceicao is illegal.
CASH 6 – No infamy, no praise. Little push, but good substance.
CARLOS 6.5 – Weah starts little, and on Koopmeiners’ insertions he keeps the line straight. The offside works wonderfully.
TORRES 6 – He comes close to scoring first of all, then gets a rather similar yellow.
WORTHY 6 – After the French national team, he also came close to scoring a goal from a free kick against Villa. It stops at ballistic qualities, however.
KAMARA 6.5 – More one phase than the other. Guess where it sinks. Guess where it dominates.
Dal 76′ BARKLEY 6 – Try to give support up front.
TIELEMANS 6 – Spend some time inventing, some more time arguing.
BAILEY 5.5 – The man less in Villa’s attacking phase. It never sinks.
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McGINN 6 – 250th presence and naturally he is the most praised. Little technique, huge ringworm.
ROGERS 5 – Like Bailey: on the outside Aston Villa always arrives to waste, and with banal inaccuracies.
WATKINS 6.5 – He misses the goal and Di Gregorio is good at denying it to him. Constant danger as long as he is on the pitch.
Dal 76′ DURAN 6 – He tries.
EMERY 6 – He signed for the draw, but is he really satisfied? Aston Villa hits more, but less hard than expected.
JUVENTUS
DI GREGORIO 6.5 – Watkins takes a penalty on the move, stays up until the end and smacks it. Much more complicated than it seems.
SAVONA 6 – The Milan match has a twist, and inconsistency is the price to pay, even for the many close matches. Try putting a patch on it. Often he succeeds. Dal 60′ DANILO 6 – He is ready when needed.
RABBIT 6.5 – Devastating first half: he covers everything and everyone, even skirmishes with Watkins. Yellow changes his mood.
GATTI 7 – Speaking of devastating first halves: anyone who goes through Gatti also has a complicated quarter of an hour. Two closures and a chest rebound. Aura.
CAMBIASO 6 – Less inside the pitch, but perfect in closing. Only one side of the coin: you willingly take it.
LOCATELLI 7 – Among the best in the first 45′, also among the best in the second half. The foot on McGinn’s shot is worth the price of the sacrifice. Fundamental.
THURAM 6 – It starts well, then it shuts down. And it’s a shame, because Juve would have needed his dominance on the pitch more often.
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CONCEPTION 7.5 – It all starts from him, and it always starts well. That is: with a jumped man. Chico is Juve’s light bulb, he turns it on and off as he pleases. The goal isn’t there by a millimetre. And for a monumental Dibu.
BUYERS 5 – It’s not so much a question of positioning, of the importance within Motta’s game. It is precisely what he can give compared to what he gives. There is a sensational difference, which influences the general thinking on his contribution. Still insufficient.
STAR 5.5 – A couple of times it comes out great, just as many times it stops at the ‘I could’, without sinking. Juve attacks very little from their side.
From 82′ BANGULA SV
WEAH 6 – It’s the game he has to play: sides, insertions, reference. It doesn’t sink because it has no way, but everything seems in line with the requests.
MOTTA 6 – The team has character, responds, and performs a clear miracle in its own small way: it makes us forget about the enormous emergency. Another clean sheet, not to be thrown away. And the goal is a matter of millimetres.
