MY RATINGS:
Buffon: One great save, one miscalculated parry out, but looked assured for the rest of the game, so a 7
Thuram: Brilliant performance, immaculate in defence and also very impressive and fast going forward 8.5
Montero: Great, organised the defence superbly, calm on the ball, looked assured throughout 7
Iuliano: One of his better performances. Good in the air, on the ground, and at bringing the ball out from defence 7.5
Moretti: Squandered a couple of good possibilities going forward, but worked tirelessly getting forward, creating a couple of good opportunities and perfomed OK defensively 6.5
Baiocco: Didn't particularly impress me, gave the ball away quite a bit, but having said that he got forward well, couple of good crosses, and worked hard to regain possession. 6.5
Davids: Started off not very well but improved as the game went on, as he started to find more room he became a real menace for Newcastle defence 7
Tudor: Great in the air, won many headers, and was harshly penalised by the ref for leaning, when he did nothing wrong. good solid tackler, so quite good all round performance 7
Nedved: Worked hard, crossing the ball was very good, but when Griffin was subbed off, he got a lot of room and became very influential 7
Trezeguet: Overall, he did well, though he could have done better with a couple of close chances. His volley in the first half was sublime, and great dummy for Del Piero's second goal 7
Del Piero: Showed great touches of skill, and caused the defence no end of problems, hitting the bar, then scoring a fantastic freekick before a deflected second 9
btw plexus, my name is Tom
