Inter-Atalanta 2-0
Sommer 7: He takes a deep breath when he finds Scalvini one meter from the line and swallows his opponent’s central header without any problems. With a minute to go he dons his superhero cape to block first Djimsiti and then Lookman there in front of him.
Bisseck 6.5: He gives practically nothing to the unfortunate person in question, on the right or on the left, the attention is maximum and the performance offered is of a high level.
de Vrij 6.5: Atalanta plays without key players but he is good at never losing his bearings.
Sticks 6.5: A bad header from him puts Scalvini in front of the goal line but the Atalanta player isn’t ready and Sommer saves everything. Defensively he is the usual dam, he would have the opportunity to provide an assist to Lautaro but he delays the play and in the end he chooses for his personal conclusion, rejected for a corner.
(Dal 22’ s.t. Carlos Augusto 6,5: The save on the line was then made in vain by De Ketelaere’s offside, but he always enters with the right attitude against any opponent).
Dumfries 8,5: Lautaro serves him in the area with a backheel but at the moment of conclusion, in front of Carnesecchi, his body and that of Ruggeri fit together. For Chiffi it is nothing and a potentially great opportunity dies like this. He makes amends by coordinating himself in the area as a centre-forward, in acrobatics, to score the opening goal. He decides to frame his evening by smashing the door with a flat shot from outside the area.
Stretcher 6: With Scalvini stuck close to him he almost never manages to light up the scene but at the end of the first half he finds a brilliant play in depth for Lautaro, even if the action ends in nothing. He struggles and suffers throughout the match.
(From 36′ st Frattesi: sv)
Calhanoglu 6,5: In the middle there he is always the master of the game.
(Dal 22′ st Asllani 6: He does his thing without going into a frenzy, despite entering a very particular moment of the match).
Mkhitaryan 6,5: Lautaro’s offload is intelligent and the Armenian hits with a sure shot, but finds Zappacosta between the ball and celebration. Tactically disciplined, when the pace increases and the ball is hot, the professor takes the chair.
Dimarco 6,5: He also damns his soul for his teammates, he puts Lautaro on goal but the Argentine fires blanks.
(31′ st Darmian: st)
Thuram 6.5: Not even the time to beat him as he already sprints down the wing to create the first big opportunity, but first Lautaro and then Mkhitaryan fail. He works well across the entire attacking front, dictating the depth and giving support to the maneuver. He leaves due to a physical problem.
(From 1st st Taremi 5.5: He touches very few balls, sometimes playing as if the issue doesn’t concern him. He gets a great chance to score, he skips Ederson and could shoot, but he passes it to the center for Lautaro. Inexplicable for a center forward stuck to one goal this season).
Lautaro 5: By now it seems like a curse, he misses the impossible in front of goal and after a sensational error on his part Atalanta also scores the goal, which is then disallowed for a millimetric offside. His teammates continually put him in a position to score goals, but there’s no point, he still gets stuck.
S. Inzaghi 7: The opportunities created in the first half are not even counted, Atalanta bridles giving Gasperini’s team the bare minimum and flies to the final.
