AC Milan earned a well-deserved three points in the Derby della Madonnina and this morning, a report has looked at the ratings of the Rossoneri’s players with no real surprises.
There are few things better than a win over rivals, but for Milan, they have been without that feeling for far too long. Now, they feel it once again after 250 days. Paulo Fonseca set his team up brilliantly and nullified Inter’s tactics, and when Matteo Gabbia headed home euphoria set in.
As a whole, the Diavolo earned a score of 7 from Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) this morning, and it comes as no shock to see Matteo Gabbia being given the MOTM with a rating of 7.5, the scorer of the winner and a fantastic performance to go alongside it.
The scorer of the first goal, Christian Pulisic, and the creator of the second, Tijjani Reijnders, were given a 7 each. Both played fantastically and were real outlets for the Rossoneri to build from, looking to create at every occasion and doing so well.
Emerson Royal, Youssouf Fofana, Alvaro Morata, and Tammy Abraham all were given a score of 6.5, as was Mike Maignan, maybe slightly low for him after a very good performance including a fantastic save in the second half.
Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernandez, and Ruben-Loftus Cheek were given 6s, and Okafor was given a 5.5.
Rafael Leao was given a rating of 5 from the paper, he showed glimpses of excitement, and he made a few nice chances towards the end of the game. However, he should have scored when played through by Abraham. Once again, he has to do more.
Fonseca was given a 7.5 for a fantastic managerial performance, his tactics neutralised the Inter threat and his side played with courage just as he demanded. A deserved score after a difficult week.
What a beautiful day! Finally walking in Milan and it’s not black and blue. Somebody checked if Calhanoglu is ok? 🙂 Unexpected win, even better.
Inter fans raging that they had less rest than Milan after UCL and that their players seemed tired, those tears are so tasty.
Now let’s see if it’s the start of a trend or if it was just a miracle. Inter fans are bragging that they saved Fonseca. Petty but true.
OK, who hijacked Bart’s account??? Where is the b*tching about the owners/management? This is scary.
😂 and he was rooting for Inter last night so definitely a hack situation going on here.
Lives in Milan, regularly goes to games….slept through the derby! Pull the other one mate!
Not defending Bart here but we can still blame management (NOT THE OWNER) here. Allthough this is not the time since we are still enjoying our win last night. Morata doimg a better job as am than our current midfielders says a lot.
Oh that sounds like a very joyful jaunty walk!
It is certainly a step in the right direction, let’s build on it!
p.s ignore the negative comments, I’m sure you will.
We won the Derby!!!!
Haha I just take it as a part of the show now! Some still can’t figure that fans are unhappy when it’s not going well but why not.
Let’s just enjoy a huge win, it’s rare these days. Some good signs though, I’m the first to criticize Reijnders but he’s been excellent. What a trajectory for Gabbia, now I think he earned a starting spot. Grinta! Sesso e Gabbia!
I’m delighted for Gabbia!
I’d love to see him as captain
Pulisic and TJ were great too
I also think Tammy is good to have, he is passionate and not afraid to shout at Leao, he can only be a good influence
“Negative comments” is Bart saying he wanted Inter to win the derby……….
Enough with the nonsense.
Let’s enjoy this! It’s a good day!
Absolutely, consistency is the key now. Let’s look to get a series of good wins together before Madrid. Consistency of results and starting XI.
Fonseca has to build the team around Mike, Gabbia, Tomori, Theo, Reijnders and Pulisic. Sadly, Leao is not a priority now unless he sorts himself out.
He’s in a lose lose position, no top coach is going to sign Leao at the moment.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I knew he was going to say that Inter had a day less to rest and prepare, that City tired them out. So how is it when Inter has two equally high-quality squads 🤣🤣
So what did Leao get? My patience is running out with this guy – every year it takes him half a season to get up to speed. And some would argue last season we didn’t even get that…
A 5. You can see it on the paper pic. Top right corner. Ofc it wasn’t mentioned in the article for obvious reasons
Ah got it – no need to mention it in the article 🙂
From the photo it looks like he got a 5, which seems generous.
The good news is that we are no longer dependent on him to score goals. We just need an extra bit of courage from Fonseca to leave him on the bench so he can become motivated again.
He will start playing better if the whole teams plan won’t be like last seasons, if Leao does something in attack we might win. When the rest play and create chances without Leao I doubt he will start playing worse.
Yep – which is ridiculous that he needs leaving out to get motivated. Look at Morata, Abraham, Gabbia, Pulisic etc – showing real passion while Leao’s stroking the ball backwards…
Both Theo and Leao were heavily criticized earlier this season for what happened in the Parma and Lazio games and both were put in a situation were they had to redeem themselves and prove they’re not lazy and desinterested players.
While yesterday’s performance was far from perfect from Theo, it was certainly a good performance as he was defensively more composed, focused, won may balls, played with the team, earned some fouls and didn’t allow Dumfries to get the best of him like he usually does.
As for Leao, we might as well have put a cone instead of him.
Agree – Theo was great, Leao continued with the nonsense performances. What happened to the Leao who came on against Lazio? Baffling…
True. Very passive of leao. Morata defended more than leao. Also. It highlights theo’s hard work in defense, as he gets 0 help from leao. He is the highest paid in our team for gods sake. Wonder how hard he trains during the week. Maybe he likes to party too much.
Let’s not forget that the only way people such as Pulisic can score is because Leao draws 6 opponents to mark him. So I’ve heard. 🙂
I don’t think anyone ever said that. 😂😂😂😂😂
6 opponents ? That’s quite the improvment. Last year he was only drawing 2 or 3 opponents, and now he manages to draw 6 by being a cone 🙂
I think Leao needs a coach to kick his @ss….remains to be seen if Fonseca is that man. Rather than drop him, play him and if he doesn’t run then bring him off at half time, that’s more of a statement. What would Jose have done? Surely he understands he can’t just do the attacking bit…..
Thankfully we have the more reliable figure in Pulisic. The way he helps defend and willingness to defend is night and day compared to Leao.
How did Emerson Royal get a 6.5 when he left his man on the goal? Defender can’t get over 6 if it is his direct fault for a goal. If he had 2 assists or goals, maybe…
After the goal he did well.
He redeemed himself after that, he’s far better and looked more confident in the 2nd half. Not that bad if you’re considering it’s his first derby.
Moderation?
Are my comments about Reijnders now being moderated?
There’s a stream of them on yesterday’s Ratings article. 😂
I really don’t understand why you have such a low opinion of him.
He played well yesterday. Was involved in several key moments.
Including the assist for the 89th min winner. Fofana was good too.
Unlike RLC he can play double pivot or the CAM.
RLC was good as a double pivot v Venezia.
When he plays as a CAM his only good contribution is to ghost into the box as a second striker to finish chances. No creative output.
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Wow, it’s almost like it takes more than a couple games to implement a whole new system. Are we still going for Fonseca’s job? Just need to know where the miserable Milan faithful stand right now