Average at best across the board – Player ratings for Milan-Genoa from Italian papers

Just from watching last night’s game, many would deem AC Milan’s performance to have been average at best and the Italian papers agree.

Rafael Leao’s late goal was almost made to mean nothing, thanks to the last-minute penalty. However, fortunately, Stanciu missed and Milan added another point to their tally. Despite the events, though, it feels like two points dropped, rather than a point gained.

Naming a MOTM in our player ratings was difficult, with seven players each getting a rating of six, which tells you an awful lot about the game. However, this feeling was shared by the papers, with no particular standouts.

With that said, most agreed that Youssouf Fofana had the poorest performance of the night, an unavoidable fate, really. Corriere dello Sport and Tuttosport both gave him a 5/10, but Gazzetta gave him a 4.5.

Gazzetta dello Sport’s ratings

6.5: Pavlovic, Bartesaghi, Leao.

6: Maignan, Tomori, Loftus-Cheek, Fullkrug.

5.5: Saelemaekers, Modric, Rabiot, Pulisic, Athekame.

5: Gabbia.

4.5: Fofana.

Corriere dello Sport’s ratings

6: Maignan, Tomori, Athekame, Pavlovic, Modric, Pulisic, Leao.

5.5: Saelemaekers, Fullkrug, Loftus-Cheek, Rabiot.

5: Gabbia, Fofana, Bartesaghi.

Tuttosport’s ratings

6: Maignan, Tomori, Athekame, Modric, Pulisic, Leao, Loftus-Cheek.

5.5: Gabbia, Pavlovic, Saelemaekers, Fullkrug, Rabiot, Bartesaghi.

5: Fofana.

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