SERIE A – The report cards of Sassuolo-Inter 1-0: Laurienté decisive, Lautaro does not unlock. Roller shutter advice

Andrea CONSIGLI 6.5 – It’s also thanks to him that Inter doesn’t score for the first time in the league. The saves at the end of the first half were especially decisive.

Marash KUMBULLA 6 – Sanchez could be a tough customer but he knows how to defuse it. He is also effective on the other members of Inter’s attack.

Gian Marco FERRARI 6 – Proof like a true captain who wants to maintain the category. He leads the defense well, containing the Nerazzurri’s attacks.

Martin ERLIC 6 – A careful defensive game, and it wasn’t easy with Lautaro to keep under control. Also good when setting up from behind.

Matheus HENRIQUE 6.5 – He doesn’t save until almost 90. He runs and sorts, recovers and sets. All-rounder of the black-green midfield (from 86′ Uros RACIC sv)

Luca LIPANI 6.5 – Ballardini throws him into the fray in the middle and he responds with a solid match. Right face and a shot from outside the area that involves Audero (from the 71st minute Pedro OBIANG 6 – Ballardini sends him onto the pitch towards the end to close ranks and manage. Mission successful)

Kristian THORSTVEDT 6 – He tries immediately at the start with a dangerous shot deflected by De Vrij. He leaves due to slight fatigue (from the 60th minute Daniel BOLOCA 6 – Excellent entry onto the pitch, provides pure oxygen to Sassuolo)

Jeremy TOLJAN 5.5 – You don’t see much of him, busy more with defensive tasks than offensive ones (from 86′ Filippo MISSORI sv)

Josh DOIG 6.5 – He immediately understood Dumfries’ uncertainty by uprooting the ball from their feet and providing the assist for Laurienté’s 1-0.

Andrea PINAMONTI 6 – Usual match spent to favor the play of the teammates who revolve around him. He often runs for others too.

Armand LAURIENTÉ 7 – Decides the challenge in the first half. Fourth goal in the last 4 games. It’s a shame for Sassuolo that they only woke up in spring after a long hibernation. But it might not be too late…

Coach Davide BALLARDINI 6.5 – Grit and character. Sassuolo scores three golden points in the fight for survival. An aggressive first half where the goal arrived immediately and the second half was controlled in an orderly manner.

Emil AUDERO 6 – He can do little on Laurienté’s shot, previously reactive on Lipani’s shot. Quiet recovery.

Alessandro BASTONI 6 – He immediately tries to push forward as he usually does, looking for his teammates with crosses and suggestions (from 70′ Tajon Buchanan 6 – He enters the field well, trying to create some solutions on the left)

Stefan DE VRIJ 6.5 – Solid match. In the first half he wards off any threat that comes within his defensive radar. He has less work in the second half.

Benjamin PAVARD 6 – Too nervous at the end, he commits a few too many fouls but is also the only one who doesn’t give up until the final whistle.

Denzel DUMFRIES 4.5 – Colossal sleep during the 1-0. Doig reads the uncertainty and snatches the ball from his feet, providing the assist for Laurienté. He wastes Asslani’s excellent suggestion by kicking badly (from the 60th minute Juan CUADRADO 6 – A few of his runs and little else)

Davide FRATTESI 5 – He returns to his ex and doesn’t play his best game of the season. He appears a little lost, yet the Mapei Stadium should know him like the back of his hand… (from 70′ Nicola BARELLA 5.5 – He goes in to raise the engine revs but in twenty minutes he never quite manages to put his foot on the accelerator)

Kristjan ASLLANI 6.5 – Among the best of the Nerazzurri. Continuous verticalizations in trying to speed up the game. He delivers an inviting ball which Dumfries fails to convert into a goal (from 74′ Davy KLAASSEN sv)

Henrikh MKHITARYAN 6 – Race without trebles, very diligent and free of errors. It is difficult to move the vote from simple sufficiency (from 60′ Marko ARNAUTOVIC 5 – Half an hour to put yourself in the light instead spent in the shadows)

Carlos AUGUSTO 5.5 – Lautaro’s goal was born from his deflected shot but it was disallowed for offside. His game is based on this: something that could have been and wasn’t entirely.

Alexis SANCHEZ 5.5 – It goes on and off. When he enters, he can make himself dangerous in a flash. But there are very few circumstances in which he manages to make himself seen.

Lautaro MARTINEZ 5.5 – In the first half the VAR took away the joy of returning to goals for the Nerazzurri after more than two months. This seems to be starting to weigh on him but he also puts in his effort by shooting high from a good position at the second real chance he had in the whole match.

Coach Simone INZAGHI 5.5 – Two games with Sassuolo, two defeats. Seeing how it ended they can be considered painless. Inter cannot be asked to continue pushing when the party is over. It’s right to make room for everyone and experiment for next season.