A captain’s performance and unlucky to concede three – Maignan and Rabiot’s rating vs. Italy

By: Ben Dixon

Last night, Mike Maignan and Adrien Rabiot were opponents at San Siro, a rare occasion for the star AC Milan duo.

Before last night’s game, there was plenty of attention given to Maignan and the shared story he had with Gianluigi Donnarumma. For both, it was a return home, but only the Frenchman (or duo) were given a warm welcome from the Rossoneri in the crowd.

How did they perform in their home stadium, though?

As Gazzetta dello Sport – seen below – writes, Maignan’s performance was worthy of a 6/10. However, there were frustrations with some of his decisions to rush out, leading to questions about the need for him to be a ‘goalkeeper-superhero’.

For Rabiot, it was a 5.5 for his performance. The Frenchman struggled to find space when attacking, and whilst France’s attack was strong, they were missing some key names.

Elsewhere, Goal gave Maignan a 6/10 thanks to some good stops against Pio Esposito and admitted that he couldn’t have done much with either of his goals. Additionally, he dove the right way for the penalty, but power took it past him.

Rabiot, though, was bumped up to a 7/10. The captain ‘set the tone’ at both ends and was unlucky not to score at least once. Not only that, but he made an excellent recovery run to stop Riccardo Calafiori, which showed how important he is in the midfield.

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