Italians go wild for player mistakenly at Sporting: never puts a foot wrong | OneFootball

The Italian press carried out several analyses of Sporting's performance against Napoli, which ended in a 2-1 defeat for the Lions. The Italian journalists ended up criticizing Rui Silva and Gonçalo Inácio, but there was plenty of praise for João Simões, Geovany Quenda, Morten Hjulmand, and even... Alisson Santos.

The Brazilian player—who has been getting more minutes in Sporting's main squad due to the club's problems signing Jota Silva during the transfer window—came on in the final stages of the match and earned words of praise from 'TuttoMercatoWeb': "Very clear and objective in managing counterattacks, [Alisson] never makes mistakes."

However, the same source ended up considering Sporting's goalkeeper as the worst player on the pitch: "He stood out by saving a curling shot from Politano, but failed miserably on Hojlund's second goal," it reads.

Nevertheless, Inácio, Eduardo Quaresma, and Trincão also received some less positive remarks: "A center-back with technical quality, but when Napoli stretched down the central corridor, a real abyss opened up," they said about Sporting's second captain, moving on to the 'number 72': "He misreads the situation on De Bruyne's run." Up front, the Portuguese international was also targeted: "He was more of a second striker than a true attacking midfielder. He played alongside Ioannidis so the striker would have more support, but he never managed to shoot on goal."

On the other side of the coin, 'TuttoMercatoWeb' highlights Hjulmand, who they consider to have been the best player on Rui Borges' team: "Juventus was willing to do anything to bring him back to Italy. Yesterday's performance fueled [the Old Lady's] regret. Milinkovic-Savic prevented him from equalizing in the last second."

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