The Gazzetta dello Sport, the Corriere dello Sport and Tuttosport all rated Mario Balotelli as Italy’s best player in the 2-2 draw with Brazil.
The Gazzetta dello Sport, the Corriere dello Sport and Tuttosport all rated Mario Balotelli as Italy’s best player in the 2-2 draw with Brazil.
Although the Milan man only rated his own performance as 6 out of 10, the three big sports newspapers all gave him a 7.5.
The pagelle given to the Azzurri were all pretty uniform across the publications, although there were different opinions of Christian Maggio and Mattia De Sciglio.
The Napoli full-back was awarded a 5.5, a 6 and a 6.5, while the Milan debutant was handed a 6.5 by the Gazzetta but only a 5 by the two other newspapers.
| Player | Gazzetta | CorSport | Tuttosport | Average |
| Buffon | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Maggio | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 6 |
| Barzagli | 6 | 6 | 6.5 | 6.17 |
| Bonucci | 6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.67 |
| De Sciglio | 6.5 | 5 | 5 | 5.5 |
| De Rossi | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Pirlo | 6 | 6.5 | 6 | 6.17 |
| Montolivo | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 6.17 |
| Giaccherini | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Balotelli | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Osvaldo | 5.5 | 5 | 5 | 5.17 |
| Cerci | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 6.17 |
| El Shaarawy | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Diamanti | – | – | – | – |
| Gilardino | – | – | – | – |
| Antonelli | – | – | – | – |
| Poli | 6.5 | – | 6 | 6.25 |