AC Milan managed to claim all three points against Udinese on Saturday evening, despite playing with ten men from the 30th minute. As highlighted by Gazzetta dello Sport, quite a few players were decisive for the Rossoneri, while others could have done better.
The pink newspaper has assessed the individual performances (see photo below) and while it was a hard-fought win, some players could have done better. Compared to our player ratings, it’s safe to say that the newspaper was more harsh.
Youssouf Fofana was named the best with a 7/10 rating, acting like a true leader for Milan in the defensive phase. He was everywhere and especially before the red card, we saw his abilities in possession (he couldn’t be dispossessed).
Tijjani Reijnders was the flop of the match, inevitably as the newspaper puts it, with a 5/10 rating. It was an involuntary foul and the referee’s assessment can be discussed, but there was contact and it changed the game for Milan.
Paulo Fonseca, meanwhile, was given a 6.5/10 for his bold XI choices that paid off. Below, we have collected the full list of Gazzetta dello Sport’s ratings for the game.
Gazzetta dello Sport’s ratings
7: Youssouf Fofana, Samuel Chukwueze.
6.5: Mike Maignan, Malick Thiaw, Strahinja Pavlovic, Christian Pulisic, Noah Okafor.
6: Alvaro Morata, Yunus Musah, Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
5.5: Emerson Royal, Filippo Terracciano.
I made an upscaled 4K 120fps video of the segment where Lovric fell down in front of Reijnders and uploaded it to youtube. You can find the video by searching for the title:
“Lovric trips himself to get Reijnders red carded”.
Can they overrule that red card?
There is an appeal process but usually it doesn’t succeede.
Thanks for the video man. I didn’t watch the game and I haven’t seen the foul. To me, it’s obvious that the Udinese player’s left foot hits Reijnders’ knee, which moves his foot into his right leg, leading to his fall. Very harsh to give a red card on that, but a fool nevertheless.
you wrote an article in english and pasted notes comments in italian…..very wise…
At least they had the courage to give Reijnders a proper rating Isak, instead of a cop out N/A.