I tought that was a good thing.
Every game was a must win, we never were comfortably leading. He got a chance in the coppa, there was an opportunity now and he got 30mins.
I think thats reasonable ?
Because it is totally reasonable.
If we're playing a 3-5-2 as our primary formation, we absolutely have to have a comfortable, confident 4th choice CB. That won't happen without him playing. He should certainly be playing Coppa matches, and there should be no problem giving him 35 minutes when we're up a couple against Carpi. It's not like this close finish was just on Rugani, ffs.
Absolutely love BonBon, but if Leo doesn't score that beauty OG, I doubt anybody reacts particularly strongly to Rugani's inclusion following a 3-1 scoreline -- shaky finish or not.
It's not like all of a sudden he's going to be starting big matches... unless somebody gets hurt, and if that happens, it's going to be a darn good thing that he's had some minutes. What if we lose a CB or two during a month like February, and all of a sudden Rugani is stepping in cold to face Napoli/Bayern/Inter?
He's gotta get some minutes somewhere, this was a great spot for that.