‘Bullied by Cambiaso and Yildiz’ – Emerson Royal criticised for Juventus display | OneFootball

Emerson Royal has been criticised for his performance during AC Milan’s draw with Juventus, which continued a difficult start to the season.

Royal arrived at Milan in the summer from Spurs, where he was struggling to get game time. He has taken the starting right-back spot from Davide Calabria, who has struggled with injury problems.

He got a 5 out of 10 in our player ratings from the game against Juve last night, with the following comment: “The Brazilian was beaten far too many times and was even forced to take a yellow card, and a free-kick in a dangerous position, on one occasion. In addition to this, he didn’t add anything when going forward and lost all of the 50-50 duels.”

As Radio Rossonera relay, after yesterday’s match the CBS Sports Golazo commentators Matteo Bonetti and Mike Grella criticised the Brazilian, making a more general comment on his first few months in red and black.

“Emerson Royal, this is one of the worst players I have ever seen at Milan. Every week he gets beaten, he commits fouls. He is the worst in Serie A. What’s wrong with Calabria? Calabria is the best of the two.”

Paper ratings

La Gazzetta dello Sport (4.5): “Bullied by Cambiaso and Yildiz, never protected by Musah. He shows a yellow card to limit the damage. He tried to redeem himself with an attacking header. It’s not enough.”

Corriere dello Sport (5.5): “He never attacks and Yildiz gets away from him easily three or four times.”

Tuttosport (5): “Only one memorable tackle on Yildiz – recovering on the edge of the area – otherwise he was always beaten in one-on-one situations by the Turk, who could have even dared more. He is also a rare example of a Brazilian who struggles when he has to be on first name terms with a ball.”