Juventus travelled to Monaco today, as they looked to move up the table, for a top spot in the Champions League. However, they wouldn’t manage to do themselves in the first half as Juventus couldn’t get on the scoreboard. Juventus started the game on the front foot but only managed four shots on goal.

This is because the game slowly shifted as the half went on, by about the 30th minute Monaco came in control, but before that Juventus were in charge. A lot of that came from Teun Koopmeiners, playing deeper in midfield then usual who controlled the game with class.

While having a little less possession in the first half, Juventus didn’t give up any goals. This is thanks to a strong defence mainly from Glieson Bremer, who took charge of Juventus’s defence once again. However, Juventus nearly conceded at the beginning of the game when Mattia Perin gave the ball away to Monaco, high up the pitch but they missed that chance.

The second half of the game was much the same, as both teams struggled to score, even as the game opened up more. Both teams had their share of chances but neither managed to score. Juventus especially pushed to score, as they had a chance of a top eight finish, which couldn’t come to fruition.

Juventus will only have themselves to blame as they blew a lot of half chances to score, the most of them came down to Andrea Cambiaso. Cambiaso was in some more bad form as he just looked lost in the tactics of Luciano Spalletti, and could have cost Juventus’s a goal.

Napoli hosted Chelsea in the last match day of the Champions League needing a win to stay in the tournament. The game wouldn’t start well for Napoli as Chelsea would dominate most of the early game. This lead to Chelsea winning a penalty in the 15th minute, after a handball from Juan Jesus.

However, Napoli wouldn’t be stopped for long, as Antonio Vergara scored for Napoli in the 33th minute. He spun Wesley Fofana and then finished nicely in the bottom corner past Robert Sanchez. Napoli wouldn’t stop there however as they wanted to take the lead to make it through the league phase.

It took only ten minutes for Rasmus Hojlund to score to give Napoli the lead. Mathias Oliveira sent in a low cross for Napoli, and Hojlund smashed it away to give the lead to Napoli. Napoli would go into the break with the lead, however Napoli wouldn’t manage to hold on for long.

Napoli where clearly tired by the 60th minute of the game, and couldn’t manage to compete with Chelsea. This lead to Joao Pedro, using his pace and finesse to tuck away two goals. The first one came in the 62nd minute to equalise for Chelsea, then he scored again 21 minutes later in the 82nd minute.

Napoli failed to earn a point today, and with others around them picking up points they dropped down the table. This lead them to finish 30th in the league phase, meaning that they are out of the competition. While this is a negative for Napoli, as they won’t advance to the knockouts, but the less games could be a positive for Napoli’s league campaign.

Inter Milan hosted Pisa today as they looked to temporarily go six points clear of AC Milan. However, Pisa took the lead after only eleven minutes after Sommer choked up the ball giving Moreo a open goal from range. Inter then looked to push forward to equalise the game.

However, they would be stunned again in the 23rd minutes as Moreo would score from the corner, to double his tally and Pisa’s lead. Inter Milan would then begin pushing to find some goals to get back into the game. But, Inter wouldn’t be able to create any real chances until Federico Di Marco was substituted on in the 33rd minute.

Inter would then slowly find themselves back into the game, they got their first goal in the 38th minute. This was from Piotr Zielinski, going down the middle from a penalty. However, Inter wouldn’t be contempt with only one first half goal. Inter then went out and flipped the game.

Lautaro Martinez scored in the 40th minute, with Pio Esposito scoring in the 46th to give Inter the lead before the break. Inters quick turn around can mainly be put down to the fact that Cristian Chivu knew the game needed a change. This led to Federico Di Marco coming on to the pitch early.

The second half started off a lot slower then how the second ended as the game calmed down. This was until the 62nd minute, when Inter had two big chances saved and then cleared on the line. Inter would continue searching for the security net while sitting off in the second half.

The Nerazzuri would find it in the 82nd minute as Federico Di Marco finding the back of the net off both posts. Inter wouldn’t stop there however, as Ange-Yoan Bonny scored in the 85th minute. This took Inter’s tally for the day to five, before Mkhitaryan capped off the display scoring in the 93rd minute.

Player Ratings

The Best:

Federico Di Marco – 8.5: Federico Di Marco was the game changer today for Inter Milan after he came on the pitch. Di Marco provided two assists in the game to go along with his goal. The entire identity of Inter changed once Di Marco was on the pitch.

Lautaro Martinez – 7.5: Lautaro Martinez was the spark plug for Inter once again today. When he is on the rest of the team is as he scored the second goal to equalise for Inter and he gave the team life.

Stefano Moreo – 7.5: Stefano Moreo had Pisa fans dreaming of an upset win in Milan today as he scored a brace to give Pisa a two goal lead in twenty three minutes. However, their dreams wouldn’t become reality as Inter Milan came back into the game.

The Worst: 

Simone Scuffet – 4: Simone Scuffet is the lowest rated player today, as it is hard to not be when you concede six goals. However, he kept Inter Milan out multiple times, but his defence also let him down at times, but he struggled to pick his head up.

Yann Sommer -4: Yann Sommer probably had one his worst games for the Nerazzurri, being directly responsible for Pisa’s first goal. Sommer should have also done a lot better on the second goal for Pisa but Inter got all three points which will be his concern.

Francesco Coppola – 4.5: Francesco Coppola suffered today, as the youngster lacked some of the mental strength to pull himself up from the Inter onslaught. His young age meant that he doesn’t have some of the mental skills to keep on going and not doubt himself.