Guardian Thistle / HOW THE PARS RATED

LEONARDO PERUGINI (6.5/10) - Survived a major scare as the ball bounced past him early in the first half and looked a self-assured, and reassuring presence, throughout, and also produced an excellent save from a close range effort. Was unfortunate on the equalising goal.

FABIO FRASSINELLI (6.5/10) - He triggered the 2-0 goal move and was as good as ever in snuffing out any attacks thrown his way. Unfortunately, he slightly injured himself and called himself out of the game at the interval.

DAVIDE DUCCO (6.5/10) - Finally made his debut for the Pars, and showed good composure throughout, although he often relied on long balls instead of starting the flow of play from the back, which he can surely do given his attributes.

ALESSANDRO MERELLO (6.5/10) - Good debut for him as well, a notable last gasp intervention to deny Arbore a clearcut chance and lots of well-timed headers to send the ball up the park.

MATTEO BOVALINO (5.5/10) - As the rest of the midfield, he was penalised by a team spirit which didn't involve as much passing as it should have. Was forced off the field early in the second half.

ALDO MARLETTA (5.5/10) - Didn't make much of an impact on the game, as the midfield was often cut off the run of play by long balls which weren't too effective after all.

MARCO CANTELLI (6.5/10) - Scored a goal and caused the other one with a good move. He was often left to deal with two or three defenders at a time.

FILIPPO FINOTTI (6/10) - He was excellent defensively, and even had a goalscoring chance with a header late on, he was expected to start, considering his very good debut last week.

STEFANO ROSSI (5.5/10) - This time, he didn't really have too many chances to bite, although his commitment wasn't questionable and he tried his best. He was blatantly brought down in the box seconds before Thistle equalised, but poor refereeing penalised him and the team on that occasion.


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