AFP Emanuele Tramacere
Oct 22, 2026 05:21+08:00
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Shakhtar Donetsk, CM’s Player Ratings: Bastoni, What a Naive Mistake; Finally, Josep Martínez! Carlos Augusto Everywhere
Inter vs Shakhtar Donetsk | Champions League
Inter-Shakhtar Donetsk Player Ratings: Third Match of the Champions League Group Stage
Inter battled past 11-man Shakhtar Donetsk with 10 men to claim their first 3 points of the 2026/2027 Champions League league phase. Standout performances came from Inter player ratings.
Inter Player Ratings
Josep Martínez 7.5:
He handles what comes his way and earns his place in the match highlights three times. Late in the first half, he saves Bondar's header to keep the game level. His best work comes late on, with miraculous saves from Newerton and then Matvienko.
Akanji 5.5:
Last season's giant feels like a distant memory. Opponents often beat him for pace, but more worrying are the short passes and clearances from the back that he gets wrong. Those should be routine for a player like him.
Bastoni 4.5:
Back in a role that inevitably recalls Zenica and the disaster with Italy, he suffers the same outcome. He handles the defensive work well, then picks up two yellow cards in two minutes. It's an incredible gift to Shakhtar and a lapse in judgement that takes him back a few months.
Carlos Augusto 8:
He can play as a wide centre-back, but Dimarco's condition makes that a waste of his talents. Once the Italian goes off, he pushes forward and covers the entire flank at full-back, defending well and attacking even better. His goal, another in this opening stretch of the season, is a breath of fresh air.
Spence 5:
Timid and worried, he never gets into the game and always goes backwards when he has the ball. His first start is a failure.
(59' Diouf 6: His arrival at least gives the team a lift at a difficult moment. Bastoni's sending-off stalls that momentum and forces him to run backwards)
Barella 6:
Despite plenty of misplaced passes, he brings the extra running and determination Inter need most. His work helps them feel their numerical disadvantage less.
Calhanoglu 5:
He is visibly unhappy with Chivu when substituted, but the Romanian manager judges it well. After a shot that goes narrowly wide early in the first half, Calhanoglu is often late with his pressing and defensive cover.
(59' Zielinski 6: Basic, but less muddled than Calhanoglu in the playmaking role)
Sucic 5.5:
He runs plenty, often to no effect. His pressing goes wrong and, at the most tense point after the sending-off, he picks up a completely avoidable yellow card that forces Chivu to substitute him.
(from 73' Luis Henrique 6: An attacking wide player by trade, he finishes at full-back in a back four. Inexperience shows in a few wobbles, but could this be his future?)
Dimarco 5.5:
Still short of his best, he fades after the 20th minute. Basic errors creep into his crosses, passes and even his set pieces, usually his speciality.
(59' Bisseck 6.5: Inter need energy, and he has plenty. He battles and uses his physical strength right up to the 93rd minute)
Bonny 6:
He and Thuram get in each other's way a little, but he still poses a threat on the few occasions the ball reaches him in a playable position.
(75' Mkhitaryan 6.5: With Bastoni's red card making the match harder to see out, he brings experience, calm and composure. A delightful assist for Carlos Augusto follows. His control with the ball at his feet lets him slow the tempo and keep things in hand, though he should do better with the chance from Thuram's assist)
Thuram 6.5:
He starts well, then slows as Inter struggle to move the ball from defence to attack. Sensing that Bastoni's red card could affect them mentally, he accelerates and drags the Shakhtar defence behind him. His assist for Mkhitaryan deserves a better finish.
Manager Chivu 6:
His initial selections fail to convince. Inter are far from both the side he wants and the one he was asked to produce after Bruges. To his credit, he reads the game well and secures the three points with his substitutions.
Shakhtar Donetsk Player Ratings
Riznyk 6.5:
Reacts superbly to efforts from both Thuram and Bonny, but has no chance in the one-on-one with Carlos Augusto.
Vinícius Tobias 6.5:
With plenty of space available, he often moves inside. He starts deep to draw pressure from Sucic, then makes him chase back.
Bondar 5.5:
Inter rarely find a way through down his side. Accurate and alert in the air, he also poses his side's biggest threat with a 40th-minute header that forces Martinez into an outstanding save.
Matviyenko 6:
Inter create their only dangerous chances down his side, where Bonny and Thuram come to life. He adjusts as the match goes on and even comes close to an equaliser.
Pedro Henrique 5.5:
Containing Spence and then Diouf takes priority over getting forward. Neither poses much of a threat.
Ocheretko 5.5:
Far too careless early on, he loses the ball twice in dangerous areas and needs Riznyk to rescue his side both times. He also wastes a good chance from a corner. His one "merit" is provoking Bastoni into a shove that ultimately gets him sent off.
(from the 72nd minute: Isaque N/A)
Alisson Santana 6.5:
His side's biggest threat. A Neymar-style flick over Dimarco's head heats up the match and rattles Inter. Bastoni loses his head shortly afterwards.
(from the 82nd minute: Bruninho N/A)
Pedrinho 6:
While he is on the pitch, no team-mate looks more dangerous. Starting on the right, he often cuts inside, threatening with a deflected shot and then a through ball that a team-mate fails to control in the box in front of Josep Martinez.
(from the 32nd minute: Nazaryna 5.5: Barely involved and unable to match the level of the team-mate he replaced)
Marlon Gomes 6:
Fouls opponents, provokes them, seeks confrontation and often goes to ground. The German referee lets him get away with it, but he offers his team little else.
Mendoza 6:
An arm problem nearly forces him off midway through the first half, but he stays on and contributes well in both phases of play.
(from the 72nd minute: Newerton 6.5: Still his side's biggest threat in the closing stages. Only a superb save from Josep Martinez denies him a goal)
Kauã Elias 5:
For all the talk about him before the match, he barely makes an impact and never troubles the Inter defence.
(from the 72nd minute: Traore N/A)
Manager: Arda Turan 6:
His Shakhtar side match Inter blow for blow for long spells and cause them considerable problems. He loses one of his best players early, then comes away with nothing. On the balance of play, they deserved more.
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