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On a night when Barcelona demonstrated with devestating effect just why people are calling them the greatest football side ever put together, it’s hard to pick out a Man of the Match for Roma but these are the four Giallorossi players the newspapers in Rome singled out for praise...
La Repubblica: Edin Dzeko 6
“Fought like a lone lion in the savannah. Set up the only good chance of the night, didn’t get hold of the penalty well enough but then scored to make it 6-1.”
Il Messaggero: Juan Manuel Iturbe 5.5
“Ran and ran. The only one. Even Lionel Messi had to kick him.”
Corriere della Sera: Radja Nainggolan 6
“The only one who wasn’t scared. He set up the chance Džeko squandered. At risk of suspension, he came off at half-time.”
Corriere dello Sport: Alessandro Florenzi 6
“If Barcelona really do want him, then they have good reason: In terms of his dynamism, character and bearing on the game he was Roma’s best player. It was no coincidence that he was the only one to work Marc-André ter Stegen when the result was still in some semblance of doubt.”
Corriere dello Sport: Iturbe 6
“A reaction you weren’t expecting, despite him coming on with the result already decided. He knows Messi from the Argentine youth set-up and at the Camp Nou managed to provoke him into getting a booking. That’s something. He also caused a number of problems for the Barcelona defence, which hasn’t conceded in six games.”
Gazzetta dello Sport: Iturbe 5.5
“Came on and frantically tried to press his opponents. Managed a few good bursts of speed and can tell the story of how he was brought down on the edge of the box by Messi, who was booked for his troubles.”
Il Giornale: Džeko 6
“Failed to take a chance to give Roma the lead. Put the effort in, recovered from missing a penalty to score the consolation goal.”
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