Charles De Ketelaere failed to break his goalscoring drought last night and struggled to impose himself against an impressive Fiorentina side. As such, the Italian papers weren’t too kind this morning.
Gazzetta Dello Sport gave the Belgian a 5.5/10 as apart from a couple of nice actions, including a great cross for Junior Messias, he had no shots on target. ‘Zero presence in the last 20 metres’, as the newspaper put it.
Corriere Dello Sport had a similar verdict as they believe De Ketelaere was ‘more of a midfielder than a trequartista, without results’. They gave him a 5/10. Finally, Tuttosport also gave him a 5/10 as only the cross for Messias can be remembered.
In our player ratings, De Ketelaere was given a pass at 6/10 as he did have more than just a couple of good actions. It was a game, however, that was always going to be tough for the attacking midfielder.
It remains to be seen if he will start against Tottenham or if Brahim Diaz will be back from is injury by then.
