In a surprise to absolutely no one, Juventus shared the spoils on their visit to Bergamo to face Atalanta. Here are our players’ ratings:
Michele di Gregorio – 7.5
Di Gregorio was in outstanding form tonight, and his fine saves kept Juve in the match.
Nicolo Savona – 6.5
He put in a mature performance and was not exposed by Lookman.
Federico Gatti – 7.0
Gatti was commanding at the back and made some surprising runs forward.
Pierre Kalulu – 8.0
Kalulu was Juventus’ best player on the night. He was solid at the back and got his deserved goal.
Andrea Cambiaso – 7.0
Back in the starting lineup, Cambiaso showed why Manchester City is keeping an eye on him.
Khephren Thuram – 7.0
Thuram had a good game, ensuring he protected the defence when Atalanta attacked and joined the attack when Juve built offensively.
Manuel Locatelli – 7.5
Another superb day at the office for Locatelli, who led from midfield and broke up many Atalanta attacks.
Weston McKennie – 7.5
McKennie was back in a midfield role and shone. His run to set up Juventus’ goal was excellent.
Teun Koopmeiners – 6.o
Koopmeiners didn’t do anything special, and Juve needs more in matches like this.
Kenan Yildiz – 7.5
Yildiz was a handful for the Atalanta defence, often switching from left to right and causing them problems.
Nicolas Gonzalez – 7.0
Gonzalez offers more in attack than Dusan Vlahovic, but he needs to hit the back of the net more often.
Substitutes
Douglas Luiz – 5.5
He came on, and Atalanta scored just three minutes later.
Samuel Mbangula – 6.5
Mbangula almost set up Yildiz to score the match’s winner.
Nicolo Fagioli – N/A
Too little time to influence the game.
Do you have any shame in hounding out players sans replacement?
How did the defense get such a high score?!? The entire defense watched Retegui score a goal from close range, which is why Juventus didn’t win the game.
Cambiasso shouldn’t be given more than 3 points. He probably made the biggest mistake again. The team could have been worth more with Kalulu as a striker…
And Yildiz also got a high score. Why? He failed to score.
We need more from Juventus’ number 10. We don’t have time for failed seasons during which he develops into a world star (and then finds his way to a Spanish or English team).
You say it well, Alex. Cambiasso is sluggish and make costly mistakes nok and then. Simply not good enough!
Yeah, what might happen to cambiasso? Hes been so poor for a whilt. Savona might not expected that header what Cambiasso gives Atalanta player. But Savona loses Retequi as well.