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AJAX-ATALANTA 0-1
AJAX
Onana 5.5 – It never gives its own security. Very few interventions, but at the start it compromises a lot of avoidable lightness. He can do very little for Muriel’s goal.
Mazraoui 6 – One of the most proactive. Try to push, but more than anything it limits Gosens’s game. Some acceleration, but the Nerazzurri defense contains it well.
Schuurs 6 – Match neatly and without too much shaking. He handles balls well in depth, he also uses unkind methods to limit the pockets of Gómez and his teammates.
Lisandro Martinez 6.5 – He leaves exhausted, after a careful game: he anticipates Zapata in every action, he always seizes the right moment. In the end he gives in, with one less man he changes practically everything. (Dal 91 ‘Wood sv). (From 93 ‘Álvarez.).
Tagliaphic 5.5 – Participate in the back spin of the ball, but don’t push too hard. Try some offensive start without worrying the Nerazzurri defense.
Klaassen 5 – Polished on several occasions, except one: devours a sensational goal ball. And as in the best football stories, the dogma of “goal eaten goal conceded” never betrays.
Labyad 6 – A couple of remote initiatives, but nothing particularly dangerous. It is proposed when there is a need to start the ball, even if the possession of the ball is quite sterile. (Dal 63 ‘Huntelaar 5 – It should have given that extra edge, but it disappoints everyone. Zero chances, zero shots on goal).
Gravenberch 4.5 – It is not daylight and you can already see it in the first fraction. He gets three on defense at the end of the game, but gives Atalanta the third useful result by taking an avoidable red.
Antonio 5.5 – The chain on the right works, he also tries to take advantage of the little space that the Nerazzurri defense allows him. In the second half it disappears.
Brobbey 6 – He gets into a good duel with Romero, often affirming his physique. Good approach to the race, but the experience of number 17 prevails. A single header controls Gollini. (From 46 ‘Promes 5.5 – He starts with a couple of good plays, then loses himself in the Nerazzurri jerseys).
Tadic 5 – He is too wrong. He never puts the team on his shoulders, he often leaves it to its own devices. At the conference he said several times: “I am like a father to the little ones.” But today he was too absent from a father.
Erik ten Hag 5 – Unloaded team with few ambitions. It’s true, Atalanta defended very well. But to get through a round and finish in the top sixteen in Europe you need something more.
ATALANTA
Gollini 7 – Brobbey passes the ball to him in the 45th, luckily sending the center back. The only mistake comes in the third minute of recovery, when the situation is already downhill. But save with his feet the possible equal on Klaassen: decisive.
Toloi 6.5 – In defense he almost never lets go, giving a hand to mark Tadic.
Rosemary 6.5 – In hot air balloons it’s second to none, Brobbey has bread for his teeth and while he can’t move it, he sometimes anticipates it dryly.
Djimsiti 6 – The worst of his first half is a hoe on the ground, which has no effect. But then he goes on and on, playing even more unscrupulously. But also with a back pass that runs the risk of giving Ajax an advantage.
Hateboer 6 – Tadic on his side could be a risk, he has to cushion it without worries in the first half.
Freuler 7 – Less architect than usual, at least in the first half, because opponents usually have the ball and the intention is probably to put the problems under the rug. Loot the advantage sphere, also signing the assist.
De Roon 6.5 – He arrives on time for the appointment with the ball, on the 20th, but with one leg too far from the body to unlock the game. For the rest, it is a background performance, the usual.
Gosens 6.5 – Antony is a bad customer and a couple of times he runs dry. When he leaves the Brazilian in Djimsiti he must try to target Mazraoui who puts his body in him (from 79 ‘Palomino sv).
Pessina 7 – It moves between the lines, just like Pasalic would. He is the key player, he also creates superiority and looks for Zapata. With tactical sagacity but also with skill.
Gomez 6.5 – It was a special week, everyone knows it. And no one wants to leave with the accelerator pressed more than him, even going to press Onana alone. As usual, it acts as a base for the offensive phase, although the balls are few. With a blink of an eye, Gravenberch’s second warning is earned.
Shoe 5 – Some run at breakneck speed, a couple of unsold balls at the right time, but also the bench to De Roon who could send him to the net. In the second half, however, he practically never manages to maintain possession (from 79 ‘ Muriel 7 – Missed the goal of the possible advantage over the ball of Gómez, just entered. But then Freuler sends it to goal and deposits it in the net for victory).
Gasperini 7 – “I have not seen many 0-0 in the Champions League.” He’s close to subverting his prophecy, but then Muriel counterattacks the lead and can handle the final minutes with ease.
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