Here is a look at the player ratings from different European newspapers (French, Italian, Spanish) following Atalanta’s 4-3 second leg Round of 16 win over Valencia at the Mestalla, which sealed the Italian side’s passage into the last eight at the expense of Los Che. Josip Ilicic scored all four goals for Atalanta, making him the oldest player to score a Champions League away hat trick.
L’Equipe player ratings Valencia 3-4 Atalanta
The French publication gave Ilicic a 9/10 player rating, just stopping short of awarding him one of their rare perfect 10’s. On the VCF side, Diakhaby got a player rating of 2/10!
Corriere della Sera player ratings Valencia-Atalanta 3-4
While L’Equipe thought Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Sportiello’s performance only warranted a 4/10 rating, Italian paper Corriere dello Sport gave him a 6.5/10! They also thought Gian Piero Gasperini outplayed his VCF counterpart Albert Celades, with the former getting a manager rating of 8/10 as opposed to the latter’s 5/10.
AS paper ratings VCF vs Atalanta Second Leg Mestalla
AS thought Diakhaby’s performance wasn’t even worthy of a rating. The only VCF players to emerge with some kind of credit were goal scorers Gameiro and Ferran Torres as well as former Arsenal medio Francis Coquelin.
Sport newspaper ratings Valencia-Atalanta 3-4
Sport went one step further than L’Equipe and gave poor Diakhaby a 1/10 rating for his performance.
