After the game against Red Star Belgrade in Serbia, the Italian press commented on the game highlighted that the Rossoneri could have done better.
To highlight the performance of the Italian squad, Il Corriere della Sera gave the following ratings to the players and head coach:
Pioli: 5.5
Donnarumma: 6
Kalulu: 6.5
Tomori: 6
Romagnoli: 5.5
Theo Hernandez: 6.5
Bennacer: 5.5
Meité: 4.5
Castillejo: 6
Krunic: 6
Rebic: 6
Mandzukic: 5.5
Leao: 5
Tonali: 6
Dalot: N/A
Calhanoglu: N/A
As for the referee Sidiropoulos he was given a rating of 6 by the newspaper.
