Final result: Juventus-Milan 0-0
JUVENTUS (by Dimitri Conti)
Szczesny 6 – The grade on the report card is the official passing grade but to be honest he doesn’t even have to get his gloves dirty. Milan never managed to kick towards their goal.
Cats 6 – He has to worry about Leao, the Portuguese’s not-so-excellent performance helps him in the defensive phase. He also tries to show himself while conducting but is not very precise.
Bremer 6.5 – He pretends to be Giroud’s shadow and in fact as long as the Frenchman remains on the pitch you get the feeling that he doesn’t even know what color the ball is.
Danilo 6 – The least overworked in the back trio also has the right to disengage and go and do damage forward. He also has the ball to strike, but hits Sportiello.
Weah 5.5 – He has free space to sink on the right, but will always be imprecise when making the final play of the action. Seventy smoky minutes, then he leaves.
From 71′ McKennie 6 – He has often been able to be a decisive factor in favor of the Bianconeri, but this time it won’t be like that.
Cambiaso 6 – At the school of multi-functionality, he plays as a midfielder after having demonstrated that he already knows how to play as an all-round winger and full-back. It flickers at the start, but then settles down.
Locatelli 6 – Juventus manages to take control of the game from the start of the match, but their transmission of the ball only increases during the second half.
Rabiot 6 – We are used to seeing him dominating on all fronts of the pitch, even using his body, but today he seems more tame. And despite this he wins the individual duel with Loftus-Cheek.
Kostic 6 – Little cleanliness in the final play, but he is a constant presence on the left. He forces Sportiello into a good response at the start of the second half, just before going out.
From 63′ Church 6.5 – He puts himself at full range and gives a couple of lively accelerations, which explains how he can be an asset, when he is well and free from cages.
Vlahovic 6 – The only player in the entire match to shoot on target in the first half, after a quarter of an hour of recovery Allegri calls him out, surprising everyone. Him first.
From 63′ Milik 6 – Dangerous in two aerial play situations, on the first Sportiello was needed to stop him, the second time he shaved the post.
Yildiz 5 – Great opportunity to leave a mark and climb the ranks in this season finale, but he doesn’t take up the chance, proving rather impalpable as long as he remains inside.
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Massimiliano Allegri 5.5 – Juventus takes the reins of the match right from the start, even if the Juventus actions proceed at a cruising pace for quite a while. Surprise when he pulls out a decent Vlahovic after an hour of play instead of Yildiz, the substitutes Chiesa and Milik almost let him win anyway. Having to score three points, however, more was needed.
MILAN (by Marco Pieracci)
Window 7 – Maignan who? Catapulted between the posts without warning, he is not fooled by the rebound from the poisonous free kick kicked by Vlahovic, the double reflex on Kostic and Danilo is superb. He also says no to Milik, just a small mistake remedied by Thiaw.
Musah 5.5 – As a right back he is an absolute novelty, the emergency solution chosen by Pioli holds up in the first half against Kostic who worries him up to a certain point. The situation is different when Chiesa enters. Since ’82’ Zeroli sv
Thiaw 7.5 – He returns from the break to track down Vlahovic, he man-marks him, making him turn wide: thus preventing him from moving his sights on the goal. He saves a goal scored by Rabiot on the line.
Cage 6.5 – He emerges unscathed from the high-altitude clash between heavyweights with Gatti and appears in a threatening manner in the Juventus area on set pieces.
Florenzi 6 – Between injuries and suspensions of others this season he often has to work overtime, he keeps a watchful eye on the lively Weah and puts in some interesting balls.
Adli 5 – Calmly paced, it punctuates the playing times but does so in an all too scholastic way without variations on the theme. He doesn’t go beyond the short pass. From 63′ Bennacer 5.5 – Raise the engine speed slightly.
Reijnders 6 – He plays first to speed up operations, looking for the best position: the direct confrontation with the Rabiot alter-ego ends in a substantial draw.
Pulisic 5.5 – Clearly in a down phase after having pushed the cart for a long time in the winter months, probably also a little tired: he lacks the out-of-the-box flair to which he was accustomed. From 82′ Chukwueze sv
Loftus-Cheek 6 – He tends to widen, because when he attempts the central insertion he hits the black and white wall which equalizes his physical impact. A nice recovery on Yildiz and a shot wide were the only shocks. From 82′ Bartesaghi sv
Leao 5.5 – Captain for the occasion, he spends himself in defensive retreats with unsuspected self-sacrifice but is unable to make a difference up front: he didn’t reach Szczesny’s area.
Giroud 5 – He returns to the starting lineup after being on the bench in the derby with the aim of improving his scoring score, before flying to California. Bremer stops him with the window out of his arm. From 71′ Okafor 5.5 – It doesn’t shock.
Stefano Pioli 5.5 – Forced to deploy an experimental defence, the legacy of nerves on edge due to the sixth consecutive derbies lost: with the draw they secure second place in the standings, maintaining a five-point lead over Juve, but the good things aside from the result and the defensive stability were not there’s a lot.
