DONNARUMMA 6.5: a tense cross from Arnautovic immediately after the whistle warns him, it will not be another idle evening. Instead, it is a game of light and shadow. He comes out confidently on the crosses for the Austrian center forward and gives serenity to the defense. On Alaba’s free-kick, he watches the ball touch the intersection and still seems to be cut off, and misses the exit on Arnautovic’s goal which was then canceled. But his save on Gregoric at the beginning of the second extra period is important
DI LORENZO 6.5: blocked behind by Alaba, his is a game of great sacrifice, with a single flaw on Arnautovic’s goal which was then canceled. In practice, the position almost moves the defense on a three-way line; but it makes a bank, is precise in its closures, and supports the construction from below from the right. Dangerous head on corner, in the final of the first half
BONUCCI 6.5: alternates with Acerbi on Arnautovic, and a couple of times he struggles to contain his progression on the Austrian restarts. Remedies with the trade, at the moment his best gift together with the header on the corner, in which he performs at the opening of the second half
ACERBI 7: physical on Arnautovic, he goes into difficulty once in the first half allowing him the slalom up to the edge of the area. But he is one of the few Azzurri to respond with intensity to intensity.
SPINAZZOLA 7: the most dangerous blue is for the whole game, even when he is tired. As long as he has an arrow that Lainer is unable to intercept, when he realizes that he can no longer push smart in the diagonals and illuminating in game changes, like the two from which as many blue networks are born. For that of the Church, from side to side his throw is a real assist.
VERRATTI 5: caged by the dense network of the Austrian midfield, he struggles to turn around in the right way. Perhaps this is why the mistake is to hold the ball too much between the feet, except then to waste due to inaccuracy where passing lines open up.
From 22 ‘st LOCATELLI 6: enter and immediately create the space for the shot. However, it gives little dynamism and little phosphorus
JORGINHO 6: Baumgartner or Sabitzer in turn come out to press him and prevent him from thinking, compared to his midfield partner-director he has the quality of foot and head to speed up with the first play. Much more cannot be asked of him
STRETCHER 5: immediately hit hard by the ubiquitous Arnautovic, he suffers and limps for a good twenty minutes before overcoming pain and block. Then he grows in dynamism, without prejudice to the precision of the passage that should not be asked of him. Perfect in the round exterior that Bachmann removes from the Austrian foot door.
From 23 ‘st PESSINA 7.5: risks provoking the penalty on Laimer, saved once again by the Var, then puts the final stamp with 2-0 which closes the game
BERARDI 5: disappears from the field for the entire first half, isolated on the line or too close between Alaba and Grillitsc when he enters the field. The first dangerous ball in the center puts it at the beginning of the second half, his game ends with a quick turn to forget.
From 37 ‘st CHIESA 7.5: he is better able to exploit the few spaces, as when he goes to the shooting at the beginning of the second half. His goal is thanks to Spinazzola’s change of play, but he is good at controlling and recovering the rebound for the full neck that blows up the blue bench
PROPERTY 6: also for him suffering in tight spaces. He misses too many stops at the start, so he understands that it is better to turn wide to find the right balls and spaces. Like when at half an hour the right shooter is printed on the pole. Then when Austria crushes Italy in the second half, they suffer up front, alone, until the change.
From 37 ‘st BELOTTI 6: fight in traffic, putting the body to the team.
INSIGNE 5.5: always has an extra touch, and this favors the Austrian double marking. The best things he tries to do by opening the game on the opposite side to his, the left, but he is pretentious twice to shoot. And above all not very illuminating, like when he wastes the counterattack by badly calibrating the passage in the center for Berardi instead of squeezing and aiming the door. Of beauty, only the final punishment saved at the intersection.
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CT MANCINI 7: At the first knockout match of the European he immediately warns that things are a little different from the magical Roman nights. The Austrians are a very difficult opponent to face and – as per historical tradition – they transform the race into a long and painful trench warfare. The skill of the blue coach is in understanding that in the second half, with things really bad for Italy, a reversal is needed in the center of the field: the grafts, in particular those of Chiesa and Pessina, reward him with a victory that brings to the elite of Europe. From tomorrow, however, he will have to study the solutions for Friday’s match in Monaco against Belgium or Portugal, because the elimination round played on velvet obviously has a little misleading environment and team. (HANDLE).
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