Goalkeepers were the protagonists of Serie A Week 12 as Wojciech Szczęsny, Pierluigi Gollini and Samir Handanovic were voted the best players of the day.
At the same time, the newspapers are pointing out Cristiano Ronaldo and Lorenzo Insigne as the worst players on Wednesday night.
The Atalanta goalkeeper is the absolute best player as he is rated 8 by La Gazzetta dello Sport and Il Corriere dello Sport and 8,5 by Tuttosport.
Gollini saved a Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty kick in the second half providing Juventus from taking a new lead.
Goalkeepers were the protagonists of Serie A Week 12 as Wojciech Szczęsny, Pierluigi Gollini and Samir Handanovic were voted the best players of the day.
At the same time, the newspapers are pointing out Cristiano Ronaldo and Lorenzo Insigne as the worst players on Wednesday night.
The Atalanta goalkeeper is the absolute best player as he is rated 8 by La Gazzetta dello Sport and Il Corriere dello Sport and 8,5 by Tuttosport.
Gollini saved a Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty kick in the second half providing Juventus from taking a new lead.
The Portuguese star was the worst player on the pitch at the Allianz Stadium.
“I knew he would change corner,” Gollini said at the end of the game where he also performed another vital save to deny Alvaro Morata.
One would think Juventus dominated the game but the Bianconeri goalkeeper Szczesny was the best player for the Old Lady as he is rated 7,5 by Gazzetta and Tuttosport.
Samir Handanovic stepped up at the Stadio Meazza against Napoli with the Slovenia international rated 8 by each one of the three Italian sports papers.
Lorenzo Insigne, who was sent off for insulting the referee, causing Gennaro Gattuso’s anger was the worst player of the game in Milan and he is rated 5 by La Gazzetta dello Sport and Tuttosport, 4 by Il Corriere dello Sport.
Mattia Destro shined with a brace against Milan with Gigio Donnarumma who could not deny the Italian striker but still managed to be the best player on the pitch for the Rossoneri.
Franck Ribery was the MVP of Fiorentina–Sassuolo Valerio Verre and Albin Ekdal those of Hellas Verona–Sampdoria.
Serie A Week 12 – top five players’ average ratings from the Italian sports pages:
Pierluigi Gollini (Atalanta): 8,1
Samir Handanovic (Inter): 8
Mattia Destro (Genoa): 7,3
Wojciech Szczęsny (Juventus): 7,1
Franck Ribery (Fiorentina): 7,1
Serie A Week 12 – five worst players’ average ratings from the Italian sports pages:
Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli): 4,6
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus): 4,8
Rafael Leao (Milan): 4,8
Yann Karamoh (Parma): 5
Matteo Lovato (Hellas Verona): 5,1